Tag: problem

  • Do I Give Up My Son Or My Boyfriend?

    A post on https://www.facebook.com/SingleMumsDen/ has caused uproar see below for why

    We have been dating for almost two years and he has now proposed to marry me. We have so much fun together, he’s kind, honest and our connection is magical

    But he says he doesn’t want my 5 year old son to live with us when we get married.

    He also doesn’t want me to receive child and financial support for the child from the father in the meantime.

    He says the boy should go to his father.

    When he met me, I had broken my relationship with the father of my son because he was unfaithful and made other women pregnant.

    I’ve brought up my son alone and the boy literally has no relationship with his father. But the father occasionally sends money or clothes to support the boy but he won’t take the child.

    I love my son and I wish to continue to bring him up as my own. I also don’t have my own mother who I probably could have taken the child to, so my Mother having him isn’t an option.

    But he says that the boy makes him uncomfortable as he looks like his father(the father to the boy is well known in our town).

    Please advise me. Do I give up this child to one of my aunties who live some distance away or break up the relationship

  • Primark Sizing Problem “Solved”

    Chelsea Webster has shocked Facebook users with a revelation about Primark clothing.

    How many people have gone to Primark picked up their size and then tried it on and it is unbearably tight, it is not a nice feeling thinking that you have gained extra weight, it can be a complete confidence low, so you try on the next size and it is still a little tight so you end up having to buy a size you never thought you would be in.

    Well Webster has discovered a reason behind this she said  “So I got these jeans from primark 3 weeks ago! In a size 12 moaning that they were tight! And to my shock Iv gone to wear them today and the first labels coming off but saw another underneath and there’s a 10 label, so no wonder us girls don’t know whether we coming or going if primark doesn’t!!!! surly that’s wrong to re label sizes forever fat”.

    Many people commented on the original post saying they had experienced similar issues with Primark clothing, Sarah Pincher checked some of her buys from Primark and also discovered an extra label.

    Some people were offended by the post stating that size 12 is notfat and that Webster as wrong to state that.

    However if you have to buy clothing a size up from the norm, it can make you feel larger in your own eyes.

    Can you buy your correct size of clothing in Primark or do you also have to buy a bigger size?

  • Relapse In Mental Health Is Hilarious Isn’t It

    Demi Lovato overdosing in her $8mil home is the newest punchline for memes.

    She joins the Bipolar relapse walk of fame in the company of 2007 Britney Spears and Amanda Bynes’ Twitter rampages.

    Relapse is hilarious.

    Hilarious until it’s Robin Williams spending his whole life making others happy – just to end his own with a rope around his neck.

    It’s all SO funny until it’s tragic.

    Until it’s your sister’s lifeless body on the floor, accompanied by an empty bottle of her medication. Until it’s your son alone in his room with a razor to his wrist. Or your Mum who hasn’t left her bed for a week.

    Mental illness looks like so many things.

    It’s Carrie Fisher on 7 different medications, 3 times per day. It’s Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller and Stephen Fry.

    It might look like your mate who hasn’t been to school in 2 weeks and won’t answer your calls. Or the neighbour you haven’t seen leave the house this month, and you can see the dirty dishes as a mountain through the window. It might be the teen on drugs or the girl you know who’s always too shaky to speak. One day, it might even be your own reflection.

    It’s 1 in 4 people you know. 25% of us have a problem with our mental health and too many more have a problem with that.

    As Kevin Breel said,

    “…unfortunately, we live in a world where if you break your arm, everyone runs over to sign your cast, but if you tell people you’re depressed, everyone runs the other way. That’s the stigma. We are so, so, so accepting of any body part breaking down, other than our brains. And that’s ignorance. That’s pure ignorance. And that ignorance has created a world that doesn’t understand depression, that doesn’t understand mental health.”

    Demi, our love is with you. 🌻❤️

    Full credit to The girl in the sunflower dress Facebook page

  • What Is Wrong With Me Having A Large Family

    Children are a blessing. We say it but don’t speak it. I am guilty of this as well.

    I scroll through Facebook and see people joking about being pregnant and joking about not being pregnant. The newest joke is who can make it through the summer without getting pregnant. When I go places, my life seems to be a joke to many. A joke about not owning a television or having anything better to do all because I have five children and i am pregnant with my sixth.

    When and why did we start taking life into our own hands?

    The other day I was at the supermarket standing in line waiting to pay. The sweet cashier congratulated me on my 6th baby. The woman checking out turned to me and said, “oh sweetie there is a sale on Tv’s here, far cheaper than having children!”

    I was pretty shocked. It was supposed to be funny, but why? Why is it common humor to joke about not wanting more children?

    I understand children are hard. They make us sacrifice dreams and desires we had planned out. But I have never met a family that said they wished they never had their last child. Every single child has been a blessing. Every parent says that they can’t imagine life without every single child.

    So why is it that we joke so much about having or not having children?

     Everywhere we turn, pregnancy is made a joke and looked down on, people also assume that they must all have different fathers or I am doing it for the money (we don’t claim anything other than child benefits).

    So where did we go wrong? Why is life no longer celebrated? Why is life now limited when it was once begged for?

    I think the first place we need to start is in our words. Are we encouraging people to value life? Are we making inappropriate jokes about someone else’s new pregnancy or telling them it is time to stop?

    The first step to valuing life is watching what we joke about.

  • Do Not Use Viagogo For Your Tickets

    For those of you wanting to attend a concert I need to plead with you to not use viagogo for your tickets, or these other places selling tickets unless it’s from the actual site.

    Many shows do not allow the e-tickets anymore (you’ll also notice the huge difference in costs to what you paid than what’s on the ticket!) so you’ll have to go to the box office to get them, but the people who order them have a different name. So even if you have the proof of purchase you still won’t be allowed in.

    We believed viagogo was a reputable company when we bought tickets, however when we went to our venue we were not allowed to enter as the ticket was not valid. Whilst we were lucky that my husband could get through to viagogo on the phone which many struggle to do so, so we have a refund coming….many aren’t so fortunate.

    I have since discovered that we are not alone and many other people have had the same issue, take a look at some of the awful reviews this company has received

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