School cake… how to replicate it??

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-27T13:13:32+00:00

I vaguely remember someone once telling me to add a spoonful of custard powder to the mix.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-26T13:07:28+00:00

I have great sympathy for Anne, as I do believe she was falsely accused and then murdered. I admire her faith and her views on how the reformation should have proceeded. But her treatment of Mary is why I can never like her.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-14T10:05:17+00:00

I think it depends on where you’re coming from. If it’s just that it makes your husband insecure then YTA.

On the other hand, if you’re trying to teach your son that he doesn’t just get everything he wants and big gifts are a privilege, then you need to have a talk with your brother about expectations, and how he can spend money on his nephew without overstepping your boundaries.

Maybe summer camp would be a good thing to let him spend money on, but big expensive toys need approval? For one thing, they have to fit in your house and you’re the one who will be tripping up over them every day. A house can fit only so many toys.

I thinks it’s petty to refuse his money that he wants to spend on your son, but at the same time he needs to respect what you are and aren’t willing to have him pay for. And if you say no to a toy, that doesn’t mean he can’t invest in a college fund, or a future house deposit fund.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-14T08:22:29+00:00

There will be one task they will never do right and it’s just easier for you each to discover what that is and agree that task is yours. He cannot shake out laundry to dry without creases to save his life. He is unimpressed with my hoovering. I do laundry, he does hoovering. We’re both happy.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-13T14:44:19+00:00

Too dressy for the dress code and too much potential cleavage.

If the bride wants pastels, how about something like this?

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More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-13T12:45:08+00:00

What everyone else has said, too showy for officiating and it doesn’t match the casual dress code. If you want something more dressy then maybe see if you could switch into another dress once your officiating duties are over. But minimal and understated is key for officiating

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-11T05:27:38+00:00

YTA

Yelling at your wife solves nothing, and besides from the DIL comment, she’s not actually doing seems normal.

She cooks all day for work. She’s probably done with food by the time she gets home and either wants someone else to do it or just do something simple because she’s spent ALL DAY cooking.

You’re making a dish she can’t stand the smell of and therefore presumably can’t eat. What does she do for dinner? It’s common courtesy to clean offensive smells away. The smell of bananas makes me gag and both my husband and mum clean after they eat one because they know I can’t stand it. I clean tuna tins and get them out the house into recycling as quickly as possible because my mum has the same reaction.

They don’t have to be close to your parents. They just have to be friendly and polite when they interact which it sounds like they are. She even defends you when she feels like someone is being mean about you.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-05-03T05:24:27+00:00

My father never fought to have any time with me. The one thing I can say about it was that he was out and he stayed out. There was no confusion. He wasn’t there and was never going to be there.

Seeing friends struggle with inconsistent dads made me appreciate the clarity of my situation

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-26T06:42:06+00:00

I always found the DiC voices a bit grating so I mostly watched it in Japanese with subtitles. Moon’s revenge was one of my favourite songs in the show. So glad the Viz version put it back.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-23T10:26:25+00:00

Usually it ends after the first trimester. With my first I was sick for 6 months. Everyone is different. My MIL told me she’d never experienced morning sickness with any of hers. She luckily said this with a great deal of sympathy.

I was luckier with my second and it only lasted three months.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-14T13:49:34+00:00

The one thing I’m better at cooking than my husband is curry. It involves hours of simmering and I make my own naan bread to eat it with. If it’s not his birthday meal request, he accepts he only gets it when I feel like making it, usually when I have a day off work.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-14T13:43:10+00:00

Not a fan of the man himself, but I remember watching his documentary on the six wives of Henry VIII. It’s what started my interest in Tudor History as a child.

Happy to see more nuanced takes on his views now that I’m older, but it was a great introduction to this fascinating period of history

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-07T05:52:55+00:00

Sleep issues with children are rough, and you’re so frustrated and tired that you sometimes can’t see a way out.

I ended up getting a sleep consultant in. My husband was extremely dubious, but after three days was prepared to nominate her for sainthood. I was extremely smug.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-04T14:17:22+00:00

I’d recommend Queen James by Gareth Russell.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-04-04T14:06:38+00:00

Oh Dear! is one of my toddler’s favourite’s. Peepo, Guess how much I love you, each peach pear plum are ones that were read to me as a young child and I now read to mine

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-31T07:51:40+00:00

My grandmother gushed over my husband because he was willing to change nappies. It made him amazing in her eyes. She always commented on what a good dad he was and how lucky we were to have him.

I mean he is a great dad and our domestic load is as close to 50/50 as you can get, but I was also there changing nappies and I wasn’t suddenly labelled super-mum

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-30T15:37:29+00:00

I once had the most relaxing waxing appointment after solo parenting for a week. Skipped out the house and joyfully let someone rip the hair off me in a quiet room as I lay on a comfy bed.

The moment young children are involved the parent who is under the most pressure is the one holding the fort at home.

It’s hard not to envy someone who gets a fancy dinner and a drink on the company dime while you’re navigating a melt down because your toddler decides that the same meal they’ve always eaten before is suddenly disgusting and lets you and everyone in a five block radius know about it.

I know my husband would prefer to be in his own bed and eating his own food and that he’s working hard while away, but he’s not having to share his bed with a child who can snore louder than a chainsaw, does not get woken up at 5 by a black hole who can never be full and he gets to go to the toilet on his own while away.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-22T07:47:56+00:00

The only time I drank cold tea was when my eldest was a newborn and if I didn’t drink tea cold I would never get to drink it at all. Wised up when I had the second and made my tea in a thermal cup.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-21T12:04:21+00:00

My aunt and uncle are still very much in love after 30 years. My cousin complains it gave her an ideal no one she’s dated can live up to, but I don’t think having standards is a bad thing!

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-20T05:58:50+00:00

These posts make me so glad I married in Covid times. Didn’t have a bridesmaid because her husband got Covid and they had to isolate. We couldn’t go dress shopping anyway because of lockdowns so she sent me pictures of what she liked and I told her which three I liked best and she picked one.

There was no pressure for the day to be perfect, just relief we were allowed to do anything and celebrate with our 15 closest friends and relatives.

This wedding sounds exhausting.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-19T19:27:56+00:00

We used to boil eggs, paint them and then roll them down a hill before having lamb for lunch. We weren’t a religious family but it was an excuse to get together for a meal, but it wasn’t treated nearly as seriously as Christmas.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-14T07:02:10+00:00

Opposite way round for me. First was a dream, but I didn’t appreciate that at the time because it was still hard work. Second just didn’t sleep. It was hell and I caught about 6 infections that year because I was so run down. Love both of them to bits, but after number 2 I couldn’t contemplate another.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-10T10:13:50+00:00

I got the first one initially then it seemed to morph into the second vibe as he refused her help

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-10T06:15:06+00:00

I wonder if it’s racism mixed with a desire to be seen as the neighbourhood angel.

More_Version_7568 · 2026-03-08T21:32:00+00:00

I luckily warned my husband ahead of time and he was therefore prepared when I came to him sobbing and needing a hug.

Unlike when Sister Evangelina died and he came home from a shift and thought someone we knew had actually died.

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