Discussions I've Participated In

H heard today that he didn't get a job he really wanted. The feedback was really positive and they said it had been a tough decision between him and another person and the other person had slightly...

H2B and I got married 6 months ago, now we are married everybody turns the conversation to when we are having children. Since H2B and I met we discussed we did not want children, we are both still of...

TOday at work we have been talking about Boarding Schools 2 of my collegues both attended boarding school frrom the age of 8 and one of them has 3 kids and all 3 kids go to boarding school. the other...

Any suggestions. I bought some of this a while ago to try out the Nadia Sawalha (Masterchef) chicken recipe, but was wondering what else I can put it in / on - the jar is enormous. The only thing I've...

Just trying to work out budgets and looking at the last few months we're probably spending nearly £260 (on average) on food for 2 of us. That's a bit much isn't it? Caught the start of the article on...

R-A's earlier comment "I see the parks and my Lido and the fab diversity and sense of community where other people see the gun crime and used syringes" got me thinking about how certain areas develop...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8175000/8175790.stm

We have been a 'second hand family' my whole life. Be it from cousins, siblings, neighbours, charity shops or boot sales, as a child I hardly ever wore something new and thought nothing of it. These...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/why-nobody-is-forking-out-for-knives-anymore-1754398.html Whilst not exactly the height of sophistication, does one really require a knife when...

1. Despite your claims, you are not a chef. Do you work in a restaurant ? No. Can I make a reservation to have you cook me something ? No. You are a slightly average food writer with an irritating...

Did anyone watch this last night? Was one of the captains a transexual or just have a deep voice?

My mum tripped on a zebra crossing in a car park, the driver of a car heading towards her didn't see her fall and started to roll over her leg! She wasn't badly hurt - a soft tissue injury to her leg...

It can't just be me. A bloke pulled up alongside me at the lights, about 1.5miles from where we'd parked in Brighton, gesticulating wildly. I was most confused. He looked exasperated, and mouthed, as...

My mum has MND and my H and I would like to raise some money for the MNDA and Woking Hospice who have been fabulous. We've decided to do a bike ride from Buckie (Banffshire, where mum was born) and...

How difficult is it to organise a collection and drop-off of your own kids?? I just don't get how it doesn't work! Basically: H and his ex have talked SINCE EASTER about when we're having Jnr Smith...

Just being nosey and wondering if there's any other cricket fans on hitched? I'm really looking forward to it this year especially as I'm on maternity leave so I get to watch it all, my Mum is very...

For those interested, an update on my last dress drama - first one was too big, second one a bit too big and it was clearly going to make me look hippy, so back it went. AM now lusting after this...

On Monday our cooker died. It just wouldn't turn on (electric). Electrician came yesterday and said there was nothing he could do. Meant to be coming back 'at some point' with more bits/a friend. In...

My Dad is in his mid-fifties and suffers a myriad of health problems, due to being hugely fat (he's had lots of help from doctors but refuses to believe he eats too many calories. Then eats bread...

Pros: I will be cool Cons: Might only get a week's use every year Noisy Uses lots of electricity £100 that could be better spent Bulky Would need to leave window open for the vent - bugs and noise...

Are they his biological children?

I've knackered a screw I need to remove and there is no longer any bits for the Phillips screwdriver to fit into. Normally when I've done this a mixture of (my not very strong) brute force, pliers,...

Simply wonderful. Tom Jones is awesome. Shame they couldn't do continuous coverage.

? I am on the train with Hitler ? Sitting in the quiet coach en route to Leeds. Couple a few seats upo were hving a normal conversation, maybe a tad loud the way older people do, and got told off by...

We are going to France soon to see the ILs and some friends. They have both requested tea bags (normal and Earl Grey) along with other requests for baked beans, shredded wheat, sausages and sandpaper...

We are off to Bath next weeked for a hen weekend and things have gone a bit wrong with our transport and we are thinking of driving there. We are staying in Travel lodge which I assume is in central...

Hi all, as above, really... The options I've got in mind are: 1. Try and kit out our house as much as we can for that money, such as bathroom cabinets, the double bed we've been wanting for the guest...

Can anyone help me? I took french at GCSE and A Level and used to be quite good at it. I could hold conversations in french that were passable enough that french people understood and could talk to...

I went to get my sandwich and yogurt out the fridge at lunch and the sandwich had gone but not the yogurt. WWYD?

Quick question - Is it still reasonably fashionable to wear trousers under shortish dresses or are leggings more acceptable? Plus can I wear jeans under dresses or is that a big no no?