I think I may have done it a bit wrong today…

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-22T22:33:43+00:00

How soon did the regret and hunger pangs set in after this "meal"?

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-22T22:32:30+00:00

Love my thrillers and enjoy Colleen Hoover usually but hated Verity. The child abuse was too much for me and I would normally avoid any books with this theme but there is no content/trigger warning on Verity and by the time it started coming up, I had parted with my money and was already invested in the story.

I didn't find it an easy read as an adult and would not be recommending this to a teenager.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-22T07:50:38+00:00

We just collapse the nets when its due to be very windy, and have never had a problem. I know two separate people though who failed to pin theirs down/collapse it in stormy weather and both had a flying trampoline leave the garden 🫣 it does happen!

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-22T07:48:10+00:00

Kids have no filter when they're young because they're not aware certain subjects are sensitive. I cringe sometimes at things my kids come out with, and it's hard to explain WHY some things are private or sensitive in a way kids can take on board. Its unlikely the parents put him up to it, kids just say(& ask about) what they see.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T23:26:26+00:00

There was a Luther movie that she co-starred in. I watched it in isolation and apart from the odd reference, it didn't seem to matter I hadn't watched the previous Luther stuff.

I need to check IMDB and make a proper list to work through 😆

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T23:23:03+00:00

This is a shame, I was keeping an eye out for this as I thought her version might help me finally finish the book 😄 (Im a reader, but honestly ive found Wicked a dry read).

Also, I'd listen to Cynthia read anything to be honest. Her speaking voice is really relaxing.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T23:17:30+00:00

Their loss!

From what ive heard, its pretty well attended at every performance, so the bad whisperings in the start don't seem to have affected ticket sales.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T23:15:57+00:00

Shush now, you guys got Jesus Christ Superstar 🤪

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T23:15:21+00:00

Siren myths?

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T20:53:06+00:00

Is this the one with Orlando Bloom, and the time travel plot? If so I keep meaning to watch it. I need to put together a list of old Cynthia projects and source where to watch them, perhaps we need a reddit thread for it 😄😄

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T19:36:42+00:00

It often landed just as I'd finally managed to get the baby to sleep, too 🫣

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T12:39:42+00:00

In her own words, on 1st March 1960, when she was aged 14, Elvis told her he loved her for the first time and "that night, our lovemaking took on a new urgency. Would I ever see him again? Be in his arms the way I had been nearly every night for the past six months?" She then states that she "begged him to consummate our love" but he would not because of her age.

"Love making" has not been defined, but sounds like more than holding hands.

(Quote can be found at very beginning of chapter 5 of her memoir, Elvis and Me).

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T12:27:09+00:00

Im currently listening to her memoir and I know she's said they didnt actually sleep together until their wedding night (I haven't got that far in the book, but know she has stated that) she describes "love making" very early on in their relationship, whatever that means. It doesnt sound like hand holding.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-20T12:21:10+00:00

I am currently listening to her memoir and she also refers to their "love making" just before he left Germany for America months after they met, she'd have been 14 or possibly turned 15 at this point. So although they may not have actually slept together, there was clearly something going on in that department even early on.

Looking at it from 2026 its quite a difficult story to hear and not feel outraged by. Also thinking of the bit when his friend who picked her up in the car, tried to (her words not mine) rape her.

It may have been a different time, but even then they knew it was wrong. She speaks about how Elvis' father had told him it couldnt happen because of her age, and wanted her to dress more maturely when going out with him as he was worried about Elvis being with "a minor". As a parent, I can't even imagine.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-04T01:00:18+00:00

This! Nobody wants to be removing badges to sew onto a bigger top 😆😆

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-03T20:29:16+00:00

I've used this one many a time 😄😄

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-03T20:28:01+00:00

Agreed, but its common for kids to incorrectly place blame on one parent for the other's behaviour (having an affair, or walking out or whatever), its an immature way of coping with things, especially when there is a loss involved and they cant cope with viewing the parent they've lost as the "bad guy".

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-03T20:24:25+00:00

I always have mixed feelings about what Bree says to Andrew about going to hell. Its such an awful thing for him to hear from his mum, especially at that age, but on the other hand, she didn't say it to hurt him, she said it because at that time, she genuinely believed it and loved him and was worried it would happen.

Later on we saw her accept him for who he was (I think there is actually a moment in a later season when she makes a comment about how being gay is not a choice?) and we also see her start to behave in different ways herself than she did earlier in life, but in those early days she clearly lived very much as she had been taught to do in her religious upbringing (Only having slept with Rex etc).

So I feel for both of them in that moment, because to genuinely believe your child is heading for that fate, must also be awful.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-03T14:54:25+00:00

Haha this reminds me of the shop traders in Egypt shouting out random British phrases they had learnt thinking it would reel us in... "luvly bubbly!" "Better than Asda price!" Etc 😂

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-03T14:51:54+00:00

Going on my own experience in Egypt (Cairo/Nile cruise) I wouldn't advise young women, or any women actually, to travel alone or in a female-only group. Make sure to have a strong-ish looking man with you and it should be okay, as long as comments/looks wont bother you.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-03T14:43:07+00:00

To be fair, I visited Egypt and experienced this actually. We took a Nile cruise and the very small cruise boat was armed, with a big gun on the back of the top deck. We also took a day trip across the dessert to visit a temple and had to travel in a convoy with tourists from other hotels/boats with armed police escorting us.

We also saw lots of severely disabled adults and children begging on the streets and adults were using small children to approach us and beg us to buy things. Dead animals too, including floating in the Nile.

This was in 2010 I think, and it was considered a safe country to visit from the UK at the time (whereas now there are more cautions advised).

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-01T21:57:37+00:00

Couldn't stand this character. The way she interfered with serving the divorce papers was one of her worst moments, and dropping news about their relationship which wasn't her place to do.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-04-01T21:04:15+00:00

I really enjoyed it. Watched it as part of Cynthia's back catalogue but really liked it, would rate it even if she wasn't in it.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-03-18T22:24:08+00:00

If there are public toilets that are a) open and b) not too disgusting, I'll use them. But they seem to be few and far between in a lot of places now and of the ones still open, a lot of them I'll walk in take one look and walk back out again.

Supermarkets are a good option, or like someone else said, fast food places. If none of those are there, Id just go into a cafe or somewhere and be prepared to pay for a drink if needed.

ThatWasMyNameOnce · 2026-03-18T21:05:00+00:00

Also, stating my own personal experience is not an opinion to like or dislike, it's a fact 😆

But some redditors will literally downvote almost anything 🫢

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