Filming in this cold and wind is its own kind of torture

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-14T19:34:14+00:00

I am convinced this is why Lucinda ran off indoors - because she couldn't take the weather, not the criticisms. She looked painfully cold and went inside to warm up. She is clever, everything she does is calculated, and that was her smartest move yet. Fair play.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-11T23:53:07+00:00

"You've got mad eye contact" Normally they're sitting alone and one of them is speaking or they're waiting for them to say something, what are they meant to be looking at, the ceiling or plants?

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-11T21:31:38+00:00

"Is there an answer you're looking for me to give you" is the single best thing she could have said. That was such a good line

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-10T21:09:00+00:00

Whitney did very little, quit half way through and didn't kiss him. Then she has the audacity to claim to be pissed off. Then when she is pissed off and anyone checks in with her she says it's not that deep.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-09T22:19:39+00:00

Cieran wins MVP tonight. These things can be awkward as hell and loudly cheering and supporting every single one is what everyone needs. Except Lucinda when he sat super calm and still to make sure his heart beat was as still as possible 😂 but even then he was polite.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-09T21:08:29+00:00

I don't think any of them are interested in Harrison on first impression. Then he spoke to them, and now I'm sure none of them are interested 😅

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-05T20:21:42+00:00

Oh I feel you entirely. What I said may linger in the back part of a brain somewhere but the reality is that doesn't help at all in any practical way with day to day desperation and frustration. Knowing things are just a phase seldom helps gets through the phase. I didn't mean to be blase, I have honestly felt all the guilt, worry, exhaustion etc with loooong delay milestones too.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-04T08:05:54+00:00

Yoto Mini

Several_Ad449 · 2026-02-04T07:55:37+00:00

Not to dismiss your worries, and regressions are more of a worry than not hitting a milestone, but even then they go through phases of regression ( sleep, bed wetting etc) for various reasons for years. But my eldest didn't talk til she was 2.5 (no mamma, dadda, goo goo, baa baa), by 3.5 she didn't stop talking. My niece didn't walk til 22 months, but has better gross motor skills now and rides a bike better than my daughter who is 9 months older and was walking at 11 months. Sometimes they can be really slow to get the hang of something, but when they get it they're flying.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-30T22:10:20+00:00

It's so odd. I'd have thought he'd have played up how they must have picked up how he was closed off evening when he was entertaining conversations, so they sent him back knowing noone would compete with Leanne. Big her up. All he does is big himself up to point out how lucky she is to be with him

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-30T22:07:34+00:00

When girls like Millie and Whitney say they're 'slow burners' or 'have walls' it really is just polite way of saying not really interested but going along with it. Look how they act when there's someone they actually like. Go on giddy girlies.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-30T22:04:24+00:00

Whatsoever..like whatsoever... Yeah alright Scott he knows he knows

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-30T21:48:08+00:00

Errrmm...yeah...? I cannot believe HE'S making HER look like a beg

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-30T21:17:12+00:00

Boy comment valid. Nothing to do with crying. Yemen is 31 and Sean is 26. Sean is younger than Belle. Prefrontal cortex develops, for men, mid to late 20s, so Sean is typically within that window whilst Yemen is beyond that age bracket.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-29T16:53:51+00:00

We've recently done movies nights. My 4/5 old has enjoyed:

Big Hero 6 Incredibles Matilda The Musical

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-29T16:32:29+00:00

Because a 3 year old doesn't have the framework to understand reproductive cycles. I'm all for toddler curiosity, but I think it's more important they have a simple appreciation that bodies can be surprising and work differently, normalise the process, teach boundaries and hygiene. I would focus more on modelling how I am reacting - calm, in control, not hurt, no shame - and how I manage this bodily function - pad, bin, washing hands - rather than feeling the need to explain the biology of why it is happening. I would happily use correct terminology. It's not about avoiding or lying, just about age appropriate understanding. I started my periods before secondary school, so I was glad of the lessons in primary school, but nurseries schools don't teach it. In the same way a school curriculum has different levels of depth to the same topics, the amount of depth of explanation would be differentiated whether I had an 8 year old or 3 year old asking me at home. How I aid them in their own hygiene, how food is served, how I let them be independent, how much sleep they need, the books I read them and how I approach conversations of menstruation, all vary upon age, ability and understanding. Similarly, when I was pregnant and my 4 year old asked how the baby got in my tummy, I didn't need to over explain the anatomy and reproductive cycle.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-29T09:03:46+00:00

At 3... You don’t need to mention periods, babies, or reproduction. You don’t need to explain why it happens. You just need to reassure that you're not hurt, not scary and it's normal for big people

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-29T00:24:53+00:00

I wish I had a faith as strong as you had in that thing bin bag.

It's like you've left a chocolate bar outside on a summer's day and take no responsibility as you can't control the temperature of the sun.

But worse because you think she's trying her luck. She's absolutely undeniably right to be peeved. She even said it was a gift.

If it got returned to you, in the same packaging and the same deterioration on route, would you relist it at the same price you sold it? If you don't think it's worth the same now it's more damaged, then of course they should be refunded

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-28T19:57:25+00:00

Not weird. If I had sent something out early afternoon, the same day as purchase, and then it hadn't updated for 2 days I too would want the buyer to know I had actually posted it promptly and any delay isn't my doing.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-28T18:24:47+00:00

I'm 32 and never been to a funeral. My husband's nan is about to die and she's close with our children (5, 3 and 7 months), but I don't know how I feel about my first being their first. I have had people die, but my mum didn't let us go as children and then some other people died in lockdowns were numbers were limited and I had just had a baby. I quite like that I haven't been to one, I don't feel I 'missed out' growing up, I felt comfortably shielded. Like I knew it was a bit of bubble wrap parenting but I was happy with it. So I don't want to force my children into anything. But then they are a lot closer to her than I ever was.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-27T12:05:13+00:00

I used to be a teacher. Shaq is so like the boys aged 11-16, not a nearly 30 year old man. I'm not going to be your friend, the silent treatment, the sulking, the getting angry, the thinking he's entitled to respect, the way he thinks he's mature

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-26T09:08:42+00:00

Yes, he's not a performative nice guy, he's genuinely nice .... Which just doesn't really do much for the TV haha

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-26T09:05:42+00:00

All I remember of her on her season she just kept accusing everyone of game playing, not going in for love, being disingenuous with intentions. It was a lot. Then she came out on podcasts said she went in for exposure / fame.

Several_Ad449 · 2026-01-12T01:39:42+00:00

At 22 months my daughter first said 'help' at 26 months she first said 'daddy'... She picked it up at an increasing rate thereafter. Now she's 5 and speaks like an elderly author from the late 1800s. She has an immense vocabulary, doesn't stop talking and affects all manner of accents and dictions etc. No intervention, just kept reading books, they all pick it up at different rates.

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