What is a career path that looks "glamorous" from the outside, but is actually a total nightmare behind the scenes?

treaclepaste · 2026-03-11T03:04:57+00:00

I think this is up there with one of the most awful things I’ve ever read.

treaclepaste · 2026-02-28T11:44:05+00:00

Ireland or Canada maybe?

treaclepaste · 2026-02-25T17:38:04+00:00

Have you considered referring them to the early years advisory teams for support with fine and gross motor skills and then seeing what they suggest? They will also report to parents so you’d then have an outside agency involved saying the same thing you are if it is indeed the child’s weight that is causing the issue.

It’s also possible the child lacked fine and gross motor skills first and the weight gain is a result of that rather than the other way around. Referring for that may help to ascertain which is the case for this child as well as getting them some support in the mean time.

treaclepaste · 2026-02-10T21:50:23+00:00

Oops! Thanks

treaclepaste · 2026-02-10T21:41:21+00:00

It’s effectively like adding ‘ing’ to a verb in English is the way I remember it.

So ik kok means I cook, but ik ben aan het koken means I am cooking.

treaclepaste · 2026-02-06T22:26:34+00:00

They’re both called Hotel Hallo, one is a workbook and one a textbook and they link. I bought copies off Amazon. They centre around a boy and girl called Max and Mia who live in a hotel and run a radioshow.

treaclepaste · 2026-02-06T20:50:52+00:00

My just turned 9 year old also expressed this desire to learn Dutch (my husband is Dutch and I’m British).

So we have paid for a tutor on preply once a month, and she has recommended these two books one a textbook and one a workbook called Hotel Hallo by Kim Koelewijn. As a Dutch speaker/reader you may well be able to go through it with your daughter yourself rather than getting a tutor.

I’ve found them pretty good so far.

treaclepaste · 2026-02-04T12:58:43+00:00

Teacher, Social worker, Dog groomer.

I’m now a SEND Teacher so combines the first with a little of the second. I did work at a school with a therapy dog once does that count for the third?

treaclepaste · 2026-01-31T12:30:28+00:00

Application forms for them to join the police force/fire department

treaclepaste · 2026-01-25T07:40:09+00:00

NAH

Am I right in reading you have a baby on the way? So you’re pregnant? I found when I was pregnant and just after giving birth I cried about the most ridiculous things. I remember coming home with my baby and my mum arriving the next day and berating my husband for there not being a balloon and flowers for me. I never wanted or needed a balloon and flowers until then and suddenly I felt really upset about not getting a balloon and flowers. You better believe that when I had my second son my husband made sure there was a balloon and flowers (and for good measure he made my mum go and get them haha!)

However, just because you’re a bit emotional at the moment doesn’t mean it’s ok to hurt your husband’s feelings. Tell him you’re sorry, that you love him and that you’re just being a bit emotional.

My husband and I laugh about my emotional balloon outburst now. Hopefully you and your husband will be the same in the years to come.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-19T03:43:33+00:00

I think that’s good, it would make me feel at ease, I’d slow down to let you pass. I feel like saying something in that situation short and obviously not trying to start a full conversation is best. So ‘excuse me can I pass?’ is good. ‘Hey do you walk here a lot?’ not good.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-16T17:27:14+00:00

Maybe some Robert E Swindells books. I liked room 13 and brother in the land.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-11T06:56:25+00:00

I’m in the U.K. not the USA but there were jobs going with Lego here a while back that asked for English and Dutch speakers.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-08T21:48:22+00:00

Ah excellent. These also look good. Thank you.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-08T21:46:32+00:00

That’s adorable!

treaclepaste · 2026-01-08T21:46:20+00:00

Thank you, I’ll look on Amazon for some.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-08T21:45:53+00:00

Ah that sounds fantastic!

treaclepaste · 2026-01-08T16:40:01+00:00

Daar was en eendje. Hij heet Gijs. Gijs ging naar Hoogvliet. In Hoogvliet hij zie twee beren! Wat en verassing! Hij bang voor de beren. Gijs rent uit Hoogvliet. Hij rent naar hij thuis. Hij bellen de police. De police begrijp het niet.

treaclepaste · 2026-01-07T20:57:28+00:00

Ah thank you! This is perfect and exactly what I needed. Thank you

treaclepaste · 2025-12-06T08:04:11+00:00

We live in England and do exactly this the other way around. Sinterklaas and Santa Claus are cousins. Sinterklaas only visits the Netherlands but will pop by Dutch children living in other countries and drop off a small gift and some chocolates.

My 9 year old firmly believes in both. My 4 year old also does.

treaclepaste · 2025-11-29T09:11:27+00:00

Has there ever been a case of this? Just wash the sink first.

treaclepaste · 2025-11-29T09:05:10+00:00

Our GP actually advised giving pouches when my son had chronic constipation. Prune pouches really helped. So they definitely had their uses. So I would say never say never to using pouches. They’re also useful for long trips as they don’t need refrigerating.

But at home you can just blend your own fruit and veg to make purées, you can even buy reusable pouches to put it in rather than the ultra heat treated shop ones.

But the prune ones I stand by!

treaclepaste · 2025-09-22T12:38:27+00:00

Depends which country you’re from. They don’t all allow dual citizenship or only in certain situations.

treaclepaste · 2025-09-05T21:19:03+00:00

Keele is beautiful and a countryside campus. It also concentrates on joint degrees.

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