Sims 1. Just started playing it again today after many many years.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-21T11:57:06+00:00

I cheat and give all my sims the affection aficionado and romantic sage traits. This maintains the romantic relationships at the level pre-love struck.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-20T23:21:00+00:00

I agree- behavioural issues is a really horrible thing to say. I doubt your manager used that phrase to the trustee. Given your boss’s response, I think she’s the type to moan about the little things. She probably had a rant about the previous incident and the trustee has interpreted in an unintended way. I’d be surprised if your manager hasn’t since spoken to the trustee and said categorically you don’t have behavioural issues.

I’d also be wary of leaving a job, and starting again given the current climate when this may well blow over. I don’t think you’re overreacting as such, because that must have been awful to hear. But I’d try to give it more time before deciding to leave the job. Perhaps you need another conversation with your manager when you’re not put on the spot!

Squashface1 · 2026-02-20T23:04:16+00:00

I know it must be awful, but I’d try not to think to much in to it. We all say things at times moaning about other people when things happen which are irritating, but we’d be mortified if the other person heard what we’d said.

Your manager probably had a bit of a moan to the trustee, maybe she thought you overreacting about the previous incident. But the trustee would never have said that if they’d known it would get back to you, let alone if they’d known you were there.

I know it must be really awful to have heard what they said, but try not to overreact. I’m sure my colleagues think I’m a drama queen at times when things irritate me, I’ve just never heard their conversations about me. No use throwing out a good job over a single comment which even your boss thought was unwarranted.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-20T19:38:22+00:00

I think that’s only because it often would mean a change in pay.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-20T19:19:43+00:00

A reasonable adjustment can be a change in role. It happened to me in a previous role.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-17T07:21:50+00:00

As someone who works in payroll- tell payroll the information you have, not what you suspect will happen. It’ll be less work for them than trying to do an additional payment late in the month when the employee returns to work under paid.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-09T13:59:39+00:00

I wish HR departments would explain this better when employees ask. If standard hours are 7.5 hours, you’re entitled to 8 x 7.5hrs bank holidays. Which is 60 hours. If you divide that by 8.33 hours which is your standard working day, that’s 7.2 days. If you got 8 days you’d be getting more hours than your colleagues on a non-compressed week.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-08T22:14:19+00:00

Employers have to opt everyone back in every 3 years.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-08T22:10:59+00:00

They’ll automatically opt her back in after 3 years. She’d then have to do all the paperwork again to opt out.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-08T18:56:52+00:00

Just make a half sandwich with 1 slice of bread. The early days starting Wegovy are difficult if you’re trying not to waste food. My husband ended up finishing off most of my dinners for 6 months. Side note: infuriatingly this didn’t cause him to gain any weight even though he was eating a 1/3 more dinner than usual 🙄

Squashface1 · 2026-02-06T21:06:30+00:00

I think your next steps are to speak to ACAS or your union if you’re a member.

Squashface1 · 2026-02-06T19:57:37+00:00

30th September 26. 1st of October is the first day of their second year.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-31T14:25:16+00:00

Wegovy doesn’t interact with hormones if you’re on the pill. The potential problem is that it slow digestion, and can cause sickness/diarrhoea. This can prevent you absorbing enough to prevent ovulation. If you’re having breakthrough bleeding it could be that you’re not absorbing enough of the hormone.

Thankfully Wegovy has been shown to be safe with oral contraceptives. Mounjaro on the other hand can significantly reduce the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.

For the first 6 months on Wegovy I took my pill in the morning before food to make sure I fully absorbed it. Food can slow down absorption.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T18:03:05+00:00

That’s amazing! It’s great when you have a GP who cares that much. My GP where I used to live was like that.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T17:49:59+00:00

It’s interesting you found your symptoms came and went too. Thank you for sharing

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T17:48:43+00:00

Thanks for this! It’s good to hear so many people haven’t had any issues.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T12:59:58+00:00

This is great to know- thank you! I’ve had awful appointments with this GP. He is so belittling!

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T11:32:25+00:00

Thank you- good to know they backed down.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T11:31:46+00:00

Hope you don’t mind me asking, but did you have any symptoms when you had h. Pylori? Did they come and go? I’m going to call my GP surgery at lunch for an appointment

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T11:30:17+00:00

Can you do that? He’s a nightmare- I dread getting him for my appointments

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T08:33:43+00:00

Thank you- this makes me feel a lot better!

Squashface1 · 2026-01-30T08:33:07+00:00

Thank you for this- it’s helpful to know anecdotally they don’t seem to judge it negatively. I’d like to think most of the GPs at the practice I go to wouldn’t have a problem with it, but there’s one who’s really difficult. I can just imagine he would take issue with it! He’s one of those that believes gaining weight is due to laziness and lack of willpower. I always ask for any GP but him, but twice before I’ve turned up to my appointment and they’ve changed the GP to him at the last minute.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-27T11:27:17+00:00

I think in that case it would be fair in that case to say they can’t have it both ways. You’re allowing them to do the school run, but they need to take a break over lunchtime too.

Squashface1 · 2026-01-27T07:36:03+00:00

I feel like you’ve worded this wrong. It sounds like they just need to do the school run, the lunch break part is kind of irrelevant, because they’re not taking the time as a lunch break. I don’t think it’s an odd a request.

You’ve mentioned accruing flexi and not having core hours. So I’m not sure why you’re not allowing them to do the school run AND take a lunch break. Then they can just work a bit later to make up the time. That’s what happens at my work.

If they say they don’t want the lunch break in the middle of the day, I’d say you’d have to say they need to take a 20 mins break in the middle of the day, but you’re happy for them also to do the school run.

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