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I feel deeply uncomfortable when people help me, when I have not asked them to. It's not a pride thing, I just don't feel as though I have earned it, and I have a little worry that I'll have to do...

Jonathan is 12 and has always been a reluctant reader. He's able (in the top stream), but would much rather be running around playing sport. We found the best way to motivate him to read when he was...

No wine at all, or one glass of wine?

My SIL has been slagging my brother off on Facebook - a bit stupid really, given that I am on her friends list. Also, I assume he is too. It's annoying me, even though I know it's none of my business,...

DC Chris Skelton Luigi What have they been in before please? It's driving me mad. Google has not been my friend.

Go on, you'll never guess, I must be committing at least one Hitched sin... ?

I had an interview for a contract this afternoon - I really, really want it. Despite the car breaking down and me being 45 minutes late (? I was mortified, but they were fine) the presentation and...

I haven't seen my first love in probably 15 years. However, he still lives in the town my Mum and Dad live, as he and my Dad worked together for a while and Dad sometimes updates me. We've sent the...

I have loads to do - including something really important for a pitch tomorrow. But I just can't tear myself away from Hitched. What do you reckon? I've rather enjoyed Hitching recently...

I am hoping that some of you on here will assuage my guilt, as I am naturally a tight-arse and so is my H. I am the sort of person who wears the same clothes all year round, give or take a coat or...

Did anyone like the new wardrobe he gave the lady with the long hair? I watched it closely because I look quite similar to her (but with more boobs / bum and less waist). I was really disappointed in...

Do any of you have miniature, private rebellions? At the moment I am refusing to shave my arm pits or my legs ? I've done it for 23 years and, for some reason, I have just have enough. I don't show...

I just need to offload, but would appreciate practical ways to move forward. Actually, I probably know the answer: I need to pull my horns in! ? I'm not sure if you remember that about a year ago we...

Admittedly I am a bit of a stationery fiend and can think of nothing better than perusing lovely new notebooks etc. However, I have always loved Berol Notewriters / handwriting pens or other...

God. Give. Me Strength. Son (aged 12) has lost his shoe at school. A gang of lads in his year decided to do "a leg and a wing" and his shoe came off. Some others decided to throw it into a bush. Son...

Following on from La P's thread, I am pretty run down and tired too. I eat a balanced diet and sleep usually from 11 - 7am each day, but I am overweight and I know I have to do something about this. I...

Is it a myth that if a marriage hasn't been consummated it can be annulled? I ask on behalf of someone who has just confessed that, in almost 2 years of marriage, they have never had sex. Just curious...

I have an ongoing problem in that I work 2 days per week, but am frequently made to feel as though I am underperforming if I don't do far more (ideally full time). I made it explicit on my CV and at...

In case your marriage doesn't work out? I do, quite a detailed one. I have worked out what my income and expenditure would be, what amount I'd have for rent / mortgage and consequently where I could...

I've always thought she's wonderful, but her programme last night was wonderful <girly sigh>. I can't wait for next week. TV is so good at the moment....

Have they changed much since the 1990s? ? The wife of H's school friend has invited me to go to an AS party and kip over tomorrow night. It's about a 2 hour round trip. She's lovely, but I don't know...

If a man said to you that they'd "give you a massage with their love juice" would you think they were making a pervy joke?

I have just been called by a company offering me 3 editions of House Beautiful and Prima for £1 each, with the option to cancel the subscription without further charge at any time. However, they want...

I agreed to sell my MILs washer dryer on Fleabay, because she doesn't know how to work t'interweb. We went through all the options and she decided to put in on at 99p to stimulate bidding (6 year old...

Can I have a whinge about people who don't pay invoices, then get very humpy when they receive a solicitors letter? ? They receive several reminders by letter / email / phone call, offering sympathy...

I'd like to have a go at making some summer dresses for myself, and maybe crocheting a little shrug / summer cardi for work. I like the idea of something strappy but long. I can't seem to find the...

I feel as rough as a badger's derriere. I ache, I feel exhausted and I have a horrible one sided burning pain on the right side of my back that's hurting up my arm and down my leg. It feels for all...

I don't go into Aldi all that often - a couple of times a year and then get so cross that I don't go back for ages ? The customer service is truly appalling. Each time I have been I have been asked to...

I am so fucked off. I have a PT job where I am co-ordinating a large partnership of schools and colleges (6 schools, 3 colleges, 1 uni) to introduce a new qualification from next Sept. The...

I've offered to buddy my brother with a cheap food regime (I have thought how to word this several times: I don't mean cheap food, but making the most of nice ingredients that don't cost a fortune)....

I know this is an impossible question ? We are being tormented by a house we love, that has come down in asking price (significantly) twice. We're thinking of just putting this house on the market and...

I taught myself to crochet last week ? I am so chuffed it's untrue ? I am attempting to make an afghan blanket - I've managed six squares (which are all roughly the same size - woohoo) and I'll post a...