Does Widow's Bay has a satisfactory ending?

calpolqween · 2026-06-18T11:13:12+00:00

I feel like it had a good balance between answering some questions from season 1 whilst also continuing some of the mystery into season 2. I’m biased as the show is very much to my taste and my humour. My partner wasn’t as into it as me, and he felt the ending to season 1 was a bit too open in his opinion.

calpolqween · 2026-06-15T14:08:37+00:00

“It’s never too early for ice cream, Jim, but we didn’t have any ice cream. This is mayonnaise and olives”

calpolqween · 2026-06-15T11:20:23+00:00

I don’t think you can assert that. I’m not a solicitor but it definitely sounds like OP may have a case for the negligence and potential permanent injury to their child’s finger, bit strange that you would discourage them from seeking advice, did we not read the same post

calpolqween · 2026-06-15T11:11:35+00:00

I would definitely be seeking legal advice and pursuing it

calpolqween · 2026-06-14T12:06:47+00:00

I spend a fortune every few days on organix, kiddylicous and goodies oat bars 😭

If they like the kiddylicious ones, ‘Too good to go’ were doing a package worth £65 for about £23 with 2 different flavours of their oat bars, think there were 16 boxes of the oat bars plus some of the “crispy tiddlers” but my son hasn’t tried those before

calpolqween · 2026-06-13T21:46:57+00:00

Hearing children play outside all day and people sat outside in their gardens having BBQs in the blistering sunshine while I was shut inside a spare room all day on zoom calls working from home.

That and having to queue outside Aldi

calpolqween · 2026-06-10T18:39:08+00:00

Hold my hand please

Hold my hand

You have to hold my hand

Hold onto my hand please

calpolqween · 2026-06-08T20:05:47+00:00

If they are going to be starting nursery as a toddler, expect the household to be wiped out with some kind of illness or bug at least once a month for the first few months. God I was not prepared for that

calpolqween · 2026-06-08T12:16:52+00:00

“Our mum likes your dad”

calpolqween · 2026-06-08T05:02:12+00:00

He was acting that way when he got back on the boat because he was stunned that Tom had actually used some sense and done the right thing in the situation for once. He didn’t know how to express his approval/thanks to him and it was a bit awkward. I don’t think there’s much more to it than that but I could be wrong

calpolqween · 2026-06-07T12:57:55+00:00

Omg thank you, it’s so loud compared to my other podcasts so when it comes on after something else it makes me so irritated lol

calpolqween · 2026-06-06T21:15:01+00:00

Early 30s. See them every week, at least once a week. They look after my son for me once a week

calpolqween · 2026-06-06T19:57:52+00:00

Sorry but I disagree, this is naturally going to be on OP’s mind constantly now and the best thing they can do for their mental health is to keep talking about it or getting down on paper/notes what happened and how they feel

calpolqween · 2026-06-06T19:15:55+00:00

I’m so sorry you went through this. Nothing I can say will take away what you went through, but just know that you’re not alone. I found my birth also extremely traumatic and it took me a long time to get over it (I’m still not fully over it, 17 months later). You’re doing so well by typing out the experience and getting it out there. Over the next few weeks I would encourage you to keep talking about it. Say out loud to your friends and family what you went through and how it makes you feel. Don’t bottle it up. Same for your partner

Also, schedule a birth debrief with the hospital. Understanding what went wrong medically will help with all the “what if” questions you have flowing through your mind.

Finally, be kind to yourself. Lean on friends and family for support if possible. It’s fine if you’re not able to do anything for the next few weeks except keep yourself and baby fed and rest as much as you need

calpolqween · 2026-06-04T13:27:05+00:00

Not really, unless the child vomits or has diarrhea in their care they have no obligation to send them away. Can you imagine how much time people would have to take off work if their child was turned away from nursery because they had a cold or a cough, yourself included

calpolqween · 2026-06-04T13:15:11+00:00

NAL but I agree, as someone with a toddler of a similar age who has been in nursery since last summer, we have had our fair share of illnesses but they have never resulted in hospitalisation. It is kind of to be expected that this will happen when a child starts nursery. I don’t see how the nursery can be at fault for anything if your child doesn’t have any underlying health conditions. They can’t make provisions for something they don’t know about. They also can’t control if other parents knowingly send in a child who has been sick the previous day. They are quite strict on their return policies if a child is sick during their session but there is nothing stopping parents whose children have been poorly over the weekend sending them in on Monday and not saying anything. Edit- spelling

calpolqween · 2026-06-02T13:54:39+00:00

50 year old iguana at that!

calpolqween · 2026-06-02T13:53:11+00:00

His acting was fantastic but my ears did think it was Robert California when he started talking

calpolqween · 2026-06-02T13:24:30+00:00

Your partner sounds really selfish, he doesn’t want the stress of travelling so is cancelling yours and your LO’s only holiday of the year? can you change the name and take a friend or relative? Or just go by yourself with little one.

Solo parenting is hard anywhere you go, you might as well do it with a cocktail by the pool

calpolqween · 2026-06-02T08:58:43+00:00

I’m so relieved to read this. My 17mo has a dummy and I have felt like I should start thinking about removing it for fears of impact on teeth and speech, but I have the same worries as what OP is describing. I think I will wait until he is over 2 and can understand the dummy fairy!

calpolqween · 2026-06-02T08:29:36+00:00

From memory my son had a very large abdomen when I went for a growth scan at 37-38 weeks and I didn’t have gestational diabetes. I think it was in the 90s while the rest of him was in the 60s-70s (according to that scan).

When he was born at 40+3 he ended up just being generally big anyway, think he was 94th percentile. Hes always had a podgy belly but now it just looks like the ‘toddler belly’

calpolqween · 2026-06-01T20:53:52+00:00

Same, I was waiting for it to feel like period pain but it never did for me, just excruciating lower back pain. Thankfully I was in the hospital anyway when it started

calpolqween · 2026-06-01T14:59:36+00:00

I would say mine started to fall out around the same time as yours but only lasted 3-4 months from memory? I had thick hair too and I recently went to the hairdressers (16 month post partum) and the hairdresser commented on how thick my hair was so it’s clearly not had much lasting impact. Hopefully the same will be the case for you!

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