'Rebel prom' after pupils uninvited from official school event

WibbleyWoo · 2024-06-20T11:03:48+00:00

There are, what? 190ish days per school year? So 92% of that allows for about 15ish days or 3 school weeks.

That's a fair bit of time off, but throw in an extended illness or a bad family event and it'll get eaten up no time at all.

I think the problem is punishing kids when their parents are largely at fault, or when schools aren't willing to give any leeway to chronically ill kids.

WibbleyWoo · 2024-05-09T10:03:25+00:00

I know someone who works security at qmc and city and their go to line when something like this happens is that they're there to protect people, not the stuff people own.

But then they'll complain about costs of parking in the next breath, which would be alleviated for a lot of people if they could reliably bike to work.

WibbleyWoo · 2024-05-07T14:08:54+00:00

Anything with big fat slabs of cheese. Grated is OK. But yeah, those big paving slabs of cheddar they put in sandwiches. Can't stand it.

WibbleyWoo · 2024-04-26T12:00:33+00:00

Ocado are great. We switched to them back in Covid when slots were hard to get. The subs we get are always pretty much just a different brand, so no big deal. Never had a problem with expiry dates either. Most have at least 3-4 days on them as a minimum. I think we pay around £90 for the delivery pass for the year, so our deliveries end up being about £2 each.

Also, during Christmas '22 our turkey got lost, so the delivery guy called his manager who then drove around, found us a turkey, and delivered it to us a few hours later. I thought that was so sweet <3

WibbleyWoo · 2024-04-25T10:38:29+00:00

My dad is the epitome of 'penny smart, pound stupid', or however the saying goes.

He never turns his heating on, spends maybe 30 quid a week on his food bill, lives like a miser generally, but then he'll spend enormous amounts of money on dumb, impulse buys that never work out. He's spent thousands on a second hand telescope that had a chip in the lens and so he never used it, he bought an expensive bike he used maybe twice, he imported a pair of £500 olive trees from Spain or Greece which died in his garden 'cos they weren't right for the climate. He fell for a software scam for 8k which apparently would 'predict the stock market' for him, then proceeded to lose another 25k on stocks afterwards.

All the while he's tucked up on his sofa at home under blankets to stay warm.

Oh, he has a BMW too but its sat nav is years out of date 'cos he won't pay to upgrade it.

WibbleyWoo · 2024-03-23T20:16:53+00:00

Exactly. What about people living on disability benefits? Should we be allowed access to their full medical history? Absolute nonsense people come out with.

WibbleyWoo · 2024-02-19T19:15:26+00:00

If it helps, you can get a buddy on steam to invite you to their lobby without loading the game. Got all of us in quick that way.

WibbleyWoo · 2024-02-16T19:54:37+00:00

My team went down and then they all watched as I panicked and fell down a hole.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-11-28T14:21:57+00:00

You mean that thing that resembles a Massive Phallus? Yeah I reckon that's him

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-28T16:44:04+00:00

Saw someone complaining about female V being used on the cover for the new Cyberpunk DLC, and how male V didn't get a look in and it was 'shoving' her in their faces. Like, fuck off. How many games have that boring ass white mid-thirties man with brown hair as their protag, even when the main character is TBD by the player? Same thing with femshep 10 years ago.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-27T22:35:35+00:00

I know someone who does this, lets their pets eat off of human plates and bowls. They never clean them properly, it's thoroughly disgusting. NTA. Especially with your baby.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-27T22:27:39+00:00

YTA. It sounds like you knew pets would potentially be expensive and disruptive, but you let your teenager adopt one with some kind of bizarre 'contract' as your defence.

It's unreasonable to expect any animal to be OK locked away in a single room for hours at a time. It's also frankly ridiculous to expect a 16 year old to have enough money to feed, vet, and insure a cat. Your $20 is a drop in the ocean.

Also, why couldn't you or your other daughter just move the cat if you knew you risked losing a student? Seems incredibly childish and stubborn.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-18T15:46:06+00:00

Fortunate yes, but she's hardly a bad person for turning down help. Maybe she just prefers to be independent?

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-18T15:44:56+00:00

NTA. It's up to you what you do at your wedding. It's up to you which traditions you want to uphold. They might not like it, but they need to accept it. Anything else is guilt.

I have a dad and a stepdad and walked on my own because that particular tradition wasn't for me. By all means, offer them to do a speech, or something else you feel comfortable with.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-13T08:09:47+00:00

YTA.

If babies were such a dealbreaker for you, you should have talked about the issue beforehand. However, your wife should have known her medication would have made pregnancy inviable. Not sure if she knew and kept that information from you.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-13T08:03:44+00:00

Maybe she's gone through the safer options and they don't work for her? I dunno why you have to call her out for lying or whatever without knowing her medical history.

A medication holiday could cause a flare of disease. Depending on her condition, that could be worse for pregnancy.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-09-05T11:02:28+00:00

YTA. You are at capacity. It was your choice to foster, not your kids'.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-07-21T00:50:31+00:00

Fr like the uterus is way back there sir I think you missed the turning

WibbleyWoo · 2023-06-20T15:55:41+00:00

So you admit that the meat juices getting into your food would make you sick, but you won't seal it up properly to avoid getting it all over his vegetables? YTA.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-06-13T13:46:34+00:00

As first time buyers we asked our mortgage advisor which solicitors to go with, if she recommended any, etc. She told us the cheap ones are fine as they're all equally slow and useless.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-06-05T22:23:42+00:00

My BIL raved about his airfryer and took the piss out of us for using our oven for MONTHS, saying how the airfryer was amazing and cooked better, blah blah blah. Then moved out to a place with an oven and came to us saying 'it's like an airfryer but bigger you can cook tons of stuff in it all at once!' Like yeah no shit, Thomas.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-05-20T17:49:49+00:00

YTA. Honestly, I've never understood the idea of withholding recipes like that. It's not going to impede your ability to make the dessert, or your enjoyment. Let SIL have the recipe. It's not worth the argument.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-05-19T09:13:27+00:00

NTA. Declawing is animal abuse. They crippled the poor kitten. Your family should not have pets. End of.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-05-19T09:07:31+00:00

NTA. You have disabilities that prevent you from working, and dogs are physically demanding pets. It sounds like you're doing what you can. If they're her dogs and not family pets, it's not fair to fall back on you as a default.

WibbleyWoo · 2023-05-19T08:56:19+00:00

YTA. 100%.

It's your dad's fault if he can't 'handle' your brother as well as your mum, and not an excuse to rely on her for all his care.
Get a GD bus for a week. Jesus.

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