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I have heard multiple stories now of women taking a male friend/relative posing as their partner to an appointment, and when the man talks for the woman about her symptoms, it is suddenly taken seriously. What a sad reality we live in.

Just Google them, should bring them up.

I'm not sure if Reddit will censor me, but SW is sex work, and I was specifically talking about texting rather than camera-work.

Are you any good at ironing? Could look into setting up an ironing business, although it might not earn you enough. Don't go into any job which requires contact by phone (with customers) or regular meetings. You could look into online SW - there are agencies which do text only (no camera), you just have to commit to a certain amount of hours per week but you can set the times you want to work. However, the big money there is usually after 8pm and on weekends.

What can I say, I'm a rebel and like to live life dangerously.

Stroopwafel.

Depends on how frustrating my day was. Good day: pierce 5 times or so. Bad day: so many times I might as well remove the film lid. And anything in-between.

Check out assistant - that was next to school and college 1995-1996: General assistant in hotel - work experience Hotel receptionist - work experience Since September 1996: Hotel receptionist - 4 hotels in about 4 years Foreign exchange cashier - about 1.5 years School receptionist/reprographics assistant - just under 2 years Lease insurance customer agent and claims adviser - I think just over 2 years PA to financial advisor - about 1.5 years years Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable - 9.5 years with same employer Accounts Receivable - just under 3 years with 2 employers Client Advocate (Accounts Receivable plus Renewals added in soon) - same employer for 4 years.

Go! If need be see if you can change your partner's name to someone else's, if you do not want to go alone. There will be someone. As someone who is bipolar, you absolutely need and deserve this. Your partner will be in good hands whilst you're gone.

Joined my local little muscle gym first £30 per month. No frills, but all equipment for strength-training is there. My partner pays £60 for his gym further up the road, purely because he likes the sauna and steam room.

Not bad for the knees as such, but a challenge to get out of for anyone with mobility issues. I always love a hammock, once in it I'm like 'Oh shit, how am I gonna get out?' At least it's entertaining for anyone watching me try.

I once had an Adam Jones or similar with a heavy Indian accent ringing me once, and I went along the lines of 'Sure you are', and hung up. Since then I met a Gordon Smith, who had a full Italian accent. English father, Italian mother, lived in Italy until he moved to England in his early twenties. 😂

I will be able to confirm if it was a scam if you give message me the long number on the front of your debit or credit card, and the three numbers on the back.

Only occasionally.

Initially a bit sad but now at 50 I do not dwell on it. My partner and I have a great life together.

You are aware bacteria and poo particles appear on the body as well? They don't just cling to underwear and your bum is magically clean?

I am not British (although I live here), and I want it now.

We don't have GCH, just electric, but we rarely put it on. We just layer up and stay comfy that way. We did indulge in an electric blanket in bed, but as it is quite mild we've now taken it off. Maybe suggest your partner uses hot water bottles or a single electric blanket on his seat(s).

Incorrect. It is only illegal if you use the contents to the detriment of the addressee. For example, if the addressee wins a prize, and you claim it as yours instead. Another example, the addressee is sent a gift card and you use it instead. Opening a letter on its own is not illegal.

I do that as we are still getting mail for a family who haven't lived here for 5 years. I then let the sender know they don't live at our address anymore, haven't done for 5 years and we do not have a forwarding address.

We used to share a house, and when she lost her job (because she turned up severely hungover one too many times) I'd cover her share of bills for a while. Whilst we lived together I usually did the shopping, cooked, cleaned, made sure her visiting kids were fed in the morning because she preferred a lie-in. When her kids were meant to stay overnight, she'd regularly ring her ex-husband to pick them up again saying they couldn't settle and were upset because they were missing him too much. Not true, she did it so she could go out with her friends. I moved out, and she stayed in the house and I made it very clear she was now responsible for all bills. This was about 3 months after she lost her job. I made the landlord aware I was moving out. About two months after I moved out I got a message from the landlord that he couldn't reach her and was she okay, as no rent had been received. I contacted her and she promised to sort it out. Her ex-husband also tried to help her by helping her sort out benefits, but she ended up getting evicted for non-payment of rent. I was a lodger at a mutual friend's house, and sucker as I was I asked our friend (my landlady) if she could move in with us and I'd share my kingsize bed with her. Again she had no money for her share of rent and bills as she still had no job and wasn't signing on. But there was suddenly always money for nights out and ciggies. By this time she got infatuated with a guy in Scotland, he was the love of her life etc etc. I was so fed up of her antics, I told her I'd buy her a one way-ticket so she could see him and find out how she really felt about him, and just say the word and I'd buy her a ticket back. She never came back, only for visits where I paid for her ticket when she'd cry she missed her kids so much. During one of those visits she was raging that a vague mostly online friend had not informed her personally that she got engaged and that she had to find out online. She was really angry and upset about that. Colour me surprised when I had to find out through Facebook she got engaged to some other dude different from the original one! I decided to step back then, finally realised I was only being used. Before all of the above, I was married to a narcissistic prick and we took her in for a while. There was a pregnancy scare then - I knew he was shagging her. However, years living with a narcissist meant I was easily manipulated when we split up by the next one - her. She married the second Scottish bloke, had two more kids with him, then had an acrimonious divorce. I was still in contact with her ex-husband for a few years, he had full custody of both their children, and throughout the years she often bailed out on seeing them, even when she was in town, because she preferred going out with mates. She'd also promise big presents to her kids and then not buy them, so her ex-husband felt compelled to. She was a piece of work!

If you keep saying you're too ill to come into the office, but well enough to WFH, they might insist you take sick days instead and do not work at all until you are fully better and well enough to come into the office again. This is to cover their own backs, and for your welfare. You will probably have welfare-meetings to investigate why you are too sick to work in the office, but well enough to WFH, and what they.can do to support you. If you have less than two years' service and have an office-contract, they may also dismiss you.

I grew up in the Netherlands, so it was a bit different for me, but I told my careers advisor I wanted a career in hotels or something with languages, like a translator. He advised against it as there would be no work available or difficult to get into. I went against his advice, and went on to a college specialising in different aspects of tourism. I had a successful career in various hotels in the Netherlands and England for a few years, followed by a stint working in a travel agency. I now work in finance, as bilingual-skilled collector working with customers around the world.

You did the right thing. Probably would have woken up with your wallet and other valuables missing, or worse.

I'm 50 and never even had a single driving lesson. I don't give a shit what others think of that. 😂 I've designed my life to it, I don't expect lifts. I get to plenty of places.

I'm 50 - I was married from my mid- to late twenties and we 'owned' (mortgage). Since then I've either been a lodger or tenant. Due to mental health-issues I don't give value to money and have no savings. I now live with my partner on a lodger-basis. He owns the flat and I don't pay towards the mortgage, just bills. Maybe if we move again we might get a joint mortgage.

If you are genuinely happy doing this, fine. However, it will not be great for your physical health. Invest in an electric blanket to put on your workchair - doesn't cost much to run whilst you're working, and you will have a better posture sitting up properly, and you stay warm.

You need to ask, as it hugely depends on the work you do and the culture at your specific office. Customer-facing roles (where you meet people in person) traditionally wear smarter attire. Saying that, IT then tends to be more 'polos with chinos'-kind of vibe. Offices I have worked in usually had a 'smart-casual' vibe - no jeans, no tshirts, no trainers but full suit not required. But again, it's best to ask what their dress code is.

Tomorrow. I was over them last weekend but my partner wanted to wait.

We take regular trips if we find a good deal. We wouldn't spend £500 on a weekend away in a log cabin in the woods just for the sake of it, but if we see a good hotel deal for like £200 for a long weekend we might do it. We also visit my family in the Netherlands, and go somewhere warmish abroad in winter.

If you have an Ann Summers-shop near you, they take them in for disposal. Doesn't have to be bought there. I remember my local one had a bin in the store you could drop them in.

The things we do to protect ourselves.

I continued to live in mine for another 9 months, but did not use the balcony anymore.

Oh god... Is your friend okay?

Thanks. I'm okay now.

Yes, I was but did not take it. Police were wonderful that day.

I lived on the 8th floor of a 16 floor-building. In a split second I happened to look up from my lunch and saw something large fall past my balcony. I went out on my balcony, looked down and I'll let you fill in the rest. If I had not looked up from my plate, I would have completely missed the moment, as there was no sound whatsoever. Will stay with me forever.

I am! Never even had a single lesson. I would be absolutely terrible at driving, I'd be a complete and utter danger to others. I have built my life around it - if I can't get there by walking or public transport or by arranging (never expecting or demanding) a lift, I won't go. Nevertheless, I have (had) a varied life.

I was in group therapie for depression, and they had us writing our own eulogy, in the sense what we thought other people might say about us when we're dead. Probably not the best exercise...

You will not be able to adopt if you're both at work all day. Not even when you offer doggie day care or a walker to come in. Rescues are very strict on that, and any legit breeders will also refuse you. On an article about adoption I once read, one couple was refused despite at least one of them being at home all day due to WFH. The rescue wanted both to be home.

Allegedly not enough evidence.

I allegedly have no idea either.

Friend of mine knew a MET-officer investigating crimes involving minors, and Cliff's name has allegedly been going round the force for years but allegedly they do not have the evidence.

The correct title is Only Fools and Horses - there may have been some confusion if you mentioned 'Fools and Horses' combined with an accent. Did you mention Del Boy, Rodney, Uncle Albert, Trigger? I would say most people aged 35 upwards will have heard of it, with many younger people too. Lines from the show are often quoted, and the show is often repeated. It is one of the best loved shows in the UK.

If she is able, take her for a really nice meal. Or a spa day with an afternoon tea. Something she's always wanted to do but hasn't - like balloon flight. If she can't go out, arrange for a spa day at home, someone coming round for a massage or a facial and other treatments.

He hasn't got it yet, but I meant to set one up for a friend of mine. Actor, not a household name but well-known in certain circles.

I have noticed the same with parcel-deliveries, and one of us is always home. They rarely ring the bell anymore. We either get a delivered-notification and it's just left by the front door, or a missed delivery and they never rang the bell.

Here another one who has heard women do it too.

I have eaten them cold in the past - my then landlady preferred them cold, and I wasn't opposed to it. However, these days with my partner they are always warmed up. He prefers them stodgy.

Their chocolate.