Holiday Plans!!
Well I have made another terrible mistake.
It was my daughters birthday at the weekend, and I had her round the day after to visit, and she started talking about her mother and her new 'fella' - who is called Dent (?? - that can't be right can it?) Any way she started saying that Dent was promising to take them on holiday in the summer, to Spain. As I had mysteriously drunk rather a lot of the 'Asti Spumante' - which I had thought suitable for a fifteen year olds birthday and which she had oddly rejected in favour of a glass of the 1987 Chateau Latour - I replied "Well you are going to have a busy summer then!"
"What do you mean?" she replied questioningly.
"Well I am planning a far more exotic destination than Spain!" I replied expansively. "But it will have to be a surprise!"
At that moment overcome by optimism I truly believed this idea to be possible. I think I had in mind Mauritius....
This morning I got a text from her saying
"So whre r we gning on hols nd wen??? - Need to tll frendz so not clash on dates!
Luv u!! Yr g8t!!!"
How many ways are there to say failed father, useless dad, let down again etc ? Is it possible to feel worse and more stupid than this I wonder?
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Mutley,
With your sense of humour, I doubt that you are ever a letdown to your kids!!! I am sure that you are the fun parent.
Just think of something unique and wildly unexpected to do in the U.K for a week end....or something so horrid they back out- like croc hunting, and whip out a little flimsy net!
Money does not make a good parent, but the traits that you have do.
You need to start a save Mutley fund.
I'll willingly contribute next time I'm paid -- for all the laughs you give me.
dent....DENT ??? what sort of name is that.
Oh Mr M , the dreaded Asti leads to all sorts of dreadful mix ups. Best own up as son as possible :-(
You certainly haven't failed as a Father. The fact your Daughter came over to see you for her b'day.
This shows that you are still the main man in her life at this time.
It also shows, your love, you have for your Daughter wanting to spend as much time as possible with her. Your Daughter also wants to spend more time with you than with "Denture Boy".
Being so close to Europe is a blessing.
I found a link with Thomas Cooke for some interesting and not break the bank type holidays.
http://ww1.thomascook.com/content/holidays/package/this-weekend-focus-summer.asp?intcmp=hol_06promo_summer08
£19.50 holidays in The Sun all this week Mr M!
if not your welcome to bring her to Chez Naff in Bournemouth for the week.
Oh Mutters! Bless you.
She's fifteen, she'll understand if you explain. (Okay she might rant and rave a bit but she'll get over it.)
If everyone who reads and gets so much pleasure from your blog chipped in £10 each, why, you'd have £17.50! That would get you to Chipping Bottom. And we all know what fun there is to be had in ChipBot (as the locals call it). Although it might not be entirely suitable for a sensitive young teenage girl.
And, by the way, don't think I haven't seen your response to my comment on the previous post ...
I visited Bridport with Tim Vincent on Saturday! I had lunch in a cinema foyer it was called the Electric Palace! you paid at the ticket office. So funny. There appeared to be a giant car boot sale in one of the streets, and we bought cakes at a bakery called Punch & Judy!
Tim got bitten by a monkey!
Is Dent pronounced in the English way like "dentist" or in the French way?
Make a point to pronounce it incorrectly in front of him in either case.
Or stick a brosse à dents (toothbrush) up his arse.
And up Beast's while you're at it.
Mutley- I have been exactly, where you are at at this moment. My daughter was 15 once as well. You have a very close bond between the two of you and it shows through the words . You have written in the blog. You get to see her on a regular basis, which was something I wasn't able too.
I know , how much you feel as if you have to compete with the ex. You should take real comfort that you are there when your Daughter needs you and can terrify all the boys who come around to the door to take her out to a movie or dance.
As I was in a different country, I never had that chance to see her; day to day growing up. Watching the adult teeth grow in, going to her recitals, etc.
It was four years before I even knew where she was .
But Bless her heart, we are probably closer now then ever, we are not just parent and child but also friends.
I do wish I was around the corner to fix blinds and toilet seats and the like for her.
I found out, just be yourself and love them unconditionally regardless of whether you can compete or not. Being there for them 24/7 never ends, regardless of how big they get.
It's not everyone's fifteen year old who wants to spend time with their uncool father. So " Don't Worry, Be Happy". Just do your best and be honest with them and it all works out in the end.
"As to embarrassing funny moments" "Years ago. In Ottawa my ex. Mother-in-law came to visit. My ex. used to call her mother a Witch all the time, behind her back. My In-law really got up my nose this one day. So I put an old Straw Broom on her bed with a note on it." Use this; this will save on the Bus Fares."
Not the smartest thing I did. Although She did shut up for the rest of the Visit. Although my Ex. then made up for it. So I was doomed either way.
my sympathies dear Mutley
You don't think a Butlins holiday at Bognor Regis is going to cut the mustard??
Mutley
Are you sure she didnt say
"Mums new fella is BENT"?
I intend to spend my summer hols in a resort called Malaysia, the locals appear to be very friendly.
*winks at the beautiful little pearl if she reads this*
On a serious note, you have some great hill walking nearby, even girls like camping, no doubt your daughter would much prefer a nice few days in lovely scenery with her beloved dad and his jack russel, to being bored on a beach with her mother and some clown she probably hates.
Blogger UBERMOUTH said...
Mutley,
With your sense of humour, I doubt that you are ever a letdown to your kids!!! I am sure that you are the fun parent.
Just think of something unique and wildly unexpected to do in the U.K for a week end....or something so horrid they back out- like croc hunting, and whip out a little flimsy net!
Money does not make a good parent, but the traits that you have do.
I just feel such a fool right now again! I have ridiculous moments of wild optimism - and I am a very optimistic person usually. The horrible holiday is a good idea - I thought about taking up naturism - that should ensure they both boycott me all summer...
Blogger Rob said...
You need to start a save Mutley fund.
I'll willingly contribute next time I'm paid -- for all the laughs you give me.
I have already collected 93 coins and the moment I happen to got to Communist Yugoslavia they will come in useful... I will need a time machine..
Blogger BEAST said...
dent....DENT ??? what sort of name is that.
Oh Mr M , the dreaded Asti leads to all sorts of dreadful mix ups. Best own up as son as possible :-(
I think the name is wrong but I would rather gouge out my eyes than express the slightest interest... Asti is quite horrifying, I am glad I did not try the bloody Bacardi Breezers - I wondered if I pretended to have had my passport confiscated because of my revolutionary political activities...
The Old Tarf said...
You certainly haven't failed as a Father. The fact your Daughter came over to see you for her b'day.
This shows that you are still the main man in her life at this time.
It also shows, your love, you have for your Daughter wanting to spend as much time as possible with her. Your Daughter also wants to spend more time with you than with "Denture Boy".
Being so close to Europe is a blessing.
I found a link with Thomas Cooke for some interesting and not break the bank type holidays.
http://ww1.thomascook.com/content/holidays/package
No the lovely daughter does spend a lot of time with me... I see her about 5 or 6 times a week right now. Its the main reason I cant move away from here and find work in a bigger city or town. And you are right - I can try to find something better value for money. I dont think she has much to do with Dent, (?? it sounds ok when you say it - but written down it looks like car damage...) Thanks for the link...
It's good to be optimistic. I'm sure you're a heck of a dad and whatever you decide to do this summer will be great as long as she gets to spend it with you.
Blogger Frobisher said...
£19.50 holidays in The Sun all this week Mr M!
if not your welcome to bring her to Chez Naff in Bournemouth for the week.
They are Haven Holidays - I have done one on my own with my kids in the past ... They are OK, but a bit too young for us...
Liz said...
Oh Mutters! Bless you.
She's fifteen, she'll understand if you explain. (Okay she might rant and rave a bit but she'll get over it.)
If everyone who reads and gets so much pleasure from your blog chipped in £10 each, why, you'd have £17.50! That would get you to Chipping Bottom. And we all know what fun there is to be had in ChipBot (as the locals call it). Although it might not be entirely suitable for a sensitive young teenage girl.
And, by the way, don't think I haven't seen your response to my comment on the previous post ...
I would get some kind of negative money I think Liz!! Perhaps the Chancellor will nationalise me and give me 100 billion of your cash? I am sure I could manage on that....I have also developed a varicose vein... it looks weird.
Tell her you meant Birmingham, take her round Symphony Hall, then you and I get pissed in the Arcadian.
Blogger Frobisher said...
I visited Bridport with Tim Vincent on Saturday! I had lunch in a cinema foyer it was called the Electric Palace! you paid at the ticket office. So funny. There appeared to be a giant car boot sale in one of the streets, and we bought cakes at a bakery called Punch & Judy!
Tim got bitten by a monkey!
Thats a coincidence as Mohammed El Fayed was down for the weekend as well - he spent lunch time in the Ropemakers insulting people and was bundled off by some security guards shouting obscenities ... about the car boot sale - it was one because of a strike at Aldi, it was people selling their spare groceries mainly... I am glad you and Tim are still an 'item'!!
Blogger MJ said...
Is Dent pronounced in the English way like "dentist" or in the French way?
Make a point to pronounce it incorrectly in front of him in either case.
Or stick a brosse à dents (toothbrush) up his arse.
And up Beast's while you're at it.
I have no intention of meeting the guy- and re my ex, I am genuinely not interested. Good luck to her I say. I am jealous about my daughter...thats true. Mr Beast is in the shower right now.. I shall attack him with a tooth brush when he emerges...
Blogger The Old Tarf said...
Mutley- I have been exactly, where you are at at this moment. My daughter was 15 once as well. You have a very close bond between the two of you and it shows through the words . You have written in the blog. You get to see her on a regular basis, which was something I wasn't able too.
I know , how much you feel as if you have to compete with the ex. You should take real comfort that you are there when your Daughter needs you and can terrify all the boys who come around to the door to take her out to a movie or dance.
As I was in a different country, I never had that chance to see her; day to day growing up. Watching the adult teeth grow in, going to her recitals, etc.
It was four years before I even knew where she was .
I am so sorry Mr T. And there it is for me. The secret fear, the dread scenario. I could not stop my ex doing this to me. Not practically nor through law. She could move country or city. My daughter would keep in touch of course but still
But Bless her heart, we are probably closer now then ever, we are not just parent and child but also friends.
I do wish I was around the corner to fix blinds and toilet seats and the like for her.
I found out, just be yourself and love them unconditionally regardless of whether you can compete or not. Being there for them 24/7 never ends, regardless of how big they get.
I cannot compete financially at this moment. Like you say above, but its stupid to want to, some silly male pride thing... still
It's not everyone's fifteen year old who wants to spend time with their uncool father. So " Don't Worry, Be Happy". Just do your best and be honest with them and it all works out in the end.
She has been borrowing from my CDs as well - she thinks I m cool because I have loads of punk and rock which she loves... Good hay?
"As to embarrassing funny moments" "Years ago. In Ottawa my ex. Mother-in-law came to visit. My ex. used to call her mother a Witch all the time, behind her back. My In-law really got up my nose this one day. So I put an old Straw Broom on her bed with a note on it." Use this; this will save on the Bus Fares."
Not the smartest thing I did. Although She did shut up for the rest of the Visit. Although my Ex. then made up for it. So I was doomed either way.
If she had been nice she would have got the joke... which is actually pretty funny. I guess it was worth the hassle to shut her up for a bit? I actually get on well with my ex mother in law...strange but true.
Blogger EmmaK said...
my sympathies dear Mutley
You don't think a Butlins holiday at Bognor Regis is going to cut the mustard??
Butlins is pretty expensive Emma dear! I am never going to Bognor again - not in a million years !!
Blogger The Hitch said...
Mutley
Are you sure she didnt say
"Mums new fella is BENT"?
I intend to spend my summer hols in a resort called Malaysia, the locals appear to be very friendly.
*winks at the beautiful little pearl if she reads this*
On a serious note, you have some great hill walking nearby, even girls like camping, no doubt your daughter would much prefer a nice few days in lovely scenery with her beloved dad and his jack russel, to being bored on a beach with her mother and some clown she probably hates.
yes you are right - but it is not what I was insinuating is it? It is me and stupid male pride which has got me into this...
Blogger Hammer said...
It's good to be optimistic. I'm sure you're a heck of a dad and whatever you decide to do this summer will be great as long as she gets to spend it with you.
I do my best and I realise this is just stupid male pride and machismo. I think everything will be OK...as you know Mr H, I was her stay at home parent for about 5 years from about 3 to about 8 years old...
Blogger Crushed by Ingsoc said...
Tell her you meant Birmingham, take her round Symphony Hall, then you and I get pissed in the Arcadian.
As pleasing as this idea is - I dont think it will wash. But for sure next time I am in Brum, I will be holding you to this...
I'm likely a bit late in the game here but how no take her camping up north?
It gets really hot in the summer and there's loads to see and do if you don't mind the midgies.
Oh, Mutley, I am sure you could never let anyone down. Your daughter is just being a teenager and therefore thoughtless. And she's got acting-up female hormones to cope with! You are always welcome in Sicily. Simi and I send you hugs - and before you ask, we would post your food parcel if you would only bloody well tell us where to send it! Auguri xx
Muts, I think camping is a splendid idea. We spent years going camping with our kids and there are no bears or cougars in GB such as here. My bear experiences would turn you pale.
Alternatively fill in all those chances to win a free vacation that the manufacturers think will help sell their useless products. I think it's time for your luck to turn for the better.
She'll always love you no matter what, you know that Mutley.
Awwww....! It's really not about holidays, Mutley *Truly, I really don't much care where my family takes us every holiday; would be content just to stay at home and go online :-)* And it may be cliched, but I do think it's possible that all they want to do is spend time with you *there's a good show about that; 'Sam I Am'*.
Hmmmmmm.... *thinking of a solution* How about giving her a really nice present instead, something she really wants *and can show off to her friends about, so that your 'male pride' will then be satisfied there*, and, like Hitch said, just going camping (explain it to her so that she'll see that she'd have chosen the present too :-))..?
Hitch darling... *smiles* xxx
Mutley, seriously. Install paypal on your website. I'd totally donate something, and others have said it before. DO IT!
I'm sorry that you've found yourself in this predicament, but if you think creatively, you could spend a lovely amount of time with your girl. Think manicure, pedicure, all that girl stuff - most girls would love a make-over.
SAVE MUTLEY FUND.
If you don't set it up, I will bloody pay some 15 year old kid to hack into your computer and do it.
Ohh hun. I think you should just be straight up honest with her, even tell her your motivations for saying what you did.
Good luck ((big hugs))
I agree ...set up a pay pal acount. We all love you Mutts and I have no doubt you could score the money. I am in for a tenner AND will grovel, bully & cajole on my site, on your behalf. In fact, this would be agreat blogosphere bady BUnch moment. We could ALL highlight a father's plight on our sites and direct everyone to your pay pal account AND a Hollywood film deal would be just around the corner for you.
Then as you stepped over ius, we could all smile and say' I knew him when!'
Been thinking about it, and came up with an idea (but now I see the other ideas, I think theirs are better. Set up that stuff where people can give you money if they like; I've seen it work, even on girls' blogs where they say, "I lost my camera; won't you all donate a little each so I can get a new one?" - and in one day, she has enough to get a new one :-)). Or, if you like my 'gift' idea, I've got lots of exotic gifts *so that instead of going to an exotic location, you could get her stuff from all over the world - a shawl from India, an Egyptian necklace from Egypt, etc *I really have lots of extra stuff I could send you for her, if you'd like*. Tell me what you think... But ai yah, you did say 'exotic location'.... could check the travel fares to various places...? (or, in the end, just tell her how much you love her and what you were feeling about Dent. I know I wouldn't mind having a single, divorced dad, 'cos then one doesn't have to share him with anyone, and he's all for you)
OH BELOVED MR. THE DOG, DO EMAIL ME. we shall talk.
muchas smoochas.
all you need to do to make this kid happy is to take her to one of the big openair concerts y'all have, like Glastonbury. you can camp out, bond over alcohol and bitch about the music and the crowds.
'DENT' is a moronic name.
"Is it possible to feel worse and more stupid than this I wonder?"
Indeed it is. You could have shown her a tattoo of Mickey Mouse on your bottom. Dent is surely an abbreviation for Dental Pick. I think we should refer to him as Mr Pick from now on. I will certainly contribute to your collection.
It's a tough one, my son once told me that there are some things he can't talk to his mum about like making films, making inventions, creating stories, all the things flying about his head, and that to me is the role I fulfill.
Rups xox
*squeeze*
Time spent with you - doing nothing in particular - will always be the best, although she might not see that right now. She will know, one day x
Blogger oestrebunny said...
I'm likely a bit late in the game here but how no take her camping up north?
It gets really hot in the summer and there's loads to see and do if you don't mind the midgies.
Camping is certainly back on... I now realise why I kept all those tents and sleeping bags...
Blogger Welshcakes Limoncello said...
Oh, Mutley, I am sure you could never let anyone down. Your daughter is just being a teenager and therefore thoughtless. And she's got acting-up female hormones to cope with!
But she isnt -shes really sweet
You are always welcome in Sicily. Simi and I send you hugs - and before you ask, we would post your food parcel if you would only bloody well tell us where to send it! Auguri xx
Thank you for the hugs - shall I contact you by email? I did only suggest this as a a joke in the first place as you have such wonderful things on your blog...
Blogger jmb said...
Muts, I think camping is a splendid idea. We spent years going camping with our kids and there are no bears or cougars in GB such as here. My bear experiences would turn you pale.
Alternatively fill in all those chances to win a free vacation that the manufacturers think will help sell their useless products. I think it's time for your luck to turn for the better.
She'll always love you no matter what, you know that Mutley.
It will be camping I am sure... just not very exotic I am afraid... I do enter competitions already but you just get deluged by advertising as well....
Blogger -eve- said...
Awwww....! It's really not about holidays, Mutley *Truly, I really don't much care where my family takes us every holiday; would be content just to stay at home and go online :-)* And it may be cliched, but I do think it's possible that all they want to do is spend time with you *there's a good show about that; 'Sam I Am'*.
Hmmmmmm.... *thinking of a solution* How about giving her a really nice present instead, something she really wants *and can show off to her friends about, so that your 'male pride' will then be satisfied there*, and, like Hitch said, just going camping (explain it to her so that she'll see that she'd have chosen the present too :-))..?
Didn't you just go to Japan Ms Eve....? It sounded like a great trip. The present idea is brilliant - I am sure I can manage this...Thanks for your advice..
Blogger Ms Smack said...
Mutley, seriously. Install paypal on your website. I'd totally donate something, and others have said it before. DO IT!
I'm sorry that you've found yourself in this predicament, but if you think creatively, you could spend a lovely amount of time with your girl. Think manicure, pedicure, all that girl stuff - most girls would love a make-over.
SAVE MUTLEY FUND.
If you don't set it up, I will bloody pay some 15 year old kid to hack into your computer and do it.
I have no idea how to achieve this and I am anyway too embarrassed by kindness here to actually do it. I do have a paypal account, its not much used, I used it to buy and sell the odd thing on ebay. I presume it is still active... I have been admiring your breasts a lot Ms Smack.... tee hee, I always wanted to say that...
Blogger Steph said...
Ohh hun. I think you should just be straight up honest with her, even tell her your motivations for saying what you did.
Good luck ((big hugs))
Yep. I will do this. You are right,better stop it now before it goes any further...
Blogger UBERMOUTH said...
I agree ...set up a pay pal acount. We all love you Mutts and I have no doubt you could score the money. I am in for a tenner AND will grovel, bully & cajole on my site, on your behalf. In fact, this would be agreat blogosphere bady BUnch moment. We could ALL highlight a father's plight on our sites and direct everyone to your pay pal account AND a Hollywood film deal would be just around the corner for you.
Then as you stepped over ius, we could all smile and say' I knew him when!'
You are so sweet Ms Uber. I am especially looking forward to the Hollywood bit... I would never dare step over you, I bet you would bite my ankles... :-))
Blogger -eve- said...
Been thinking about it, and came up with an idea (but now I see the other ideas, I think theirs are better. Set up that stuff where people can give you money if they like; I've seen it work, even on girls' blogs where they say, "I lost my camera; won't you all donate a little each so I can get a new one?" - and in one day, she has enough to get a new one :-)). Or, if you like my 'gift' idea, I've got lots of exotic gifts *so that instead of going to an exotic location, you could get her stuff from all over the world - a shawl from India, an Egyptian necklace from Egypt, etc *I really have lots of extra stuff I could send you for her, if you'd like*. Tell me what you think... But ai yah, you did say 'exotic location'.... could check the travel fares to various places...? (or, in the end, just tell her how much you love her and what you were feeling about Dent. I know I wouldn't mind having a single, divorced dad, 'cos then one doesn't have to share him with anyone, and he's all for you)
You are fantastic , I wonder if people donate to buy girls cameras on the internet for -ahem - 'mixed motives'?
Its nice to see the positive side in things and actually I am glad to be single, you really cheered me up!!
OH BELOVED MR. THE DOG, DO EMAIL ME. we shall talk.
muchas smoochas.
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Blogger FirstNations said...
all you need to do to make this kid happy is to take her to one of the big openair concerts y'all have, like Glastonbury. you can camp out, bond over alcohol and bitch about the music and the crowds.
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Blogger FirstNations said...
'DENT' is a moronic name.
I shall email you FN, its a hard time for me right now - but I know you have had much harder times in your life...
and you have a good idea on the concerts, I just applied for free tickets for one!! Ill see if this works out!
Dent cant be right - but I assure you I am not asking!!
Blogger Gorilla Bananas said...
"Is it possible to feel worse and more stupid than this I wonder?"
Indeed it is. You could have shown her a tattoo of Mickey Mouse on your bottom. Dent is surely an abbreviation for Dental Pick. I think we should refer to him as Mr Pick from now on. I will certainly contribute to your collection.
thanks M Bananas - I am happy to say that I have never succumbed to the modern taste for tattoos!
Rups said...
It's a tough one, my son once told me that there are some things he can't talk to his mum about like making films, making inventions, creating stories, all the things flying about his head, and that to me is the role I fulfill.
Rups xox
Its certainly true that like you I have always had a very important relationship with both my children. The main problem for me is 1.My jealousy of anyone else being round my children and 2.Me being broke.... They are both my problems and not theirs... I shall be posting more entertaining stuff next and escape from all my wallowing...
Blogger bittersweet me said...
*squeeze*
Time spent with you - doing nothing in particular - will always be the best, although she might not see that right now. She will know, one day x
*squeeze right back*
She does spend a lot of time with me - I am beginning to be reassured that this problem exists mainly in my head....mostly because I am a stupid showoff and an arse I think...
> I wonder if people donate to buy girls cameras on the internet for -ahem - 'mixed motives'?
Ehehehehehe... ;-) Ahh... possibly...*grins*
> actually I am glad to be single,
*Nods* It's a good thing you are. If I were your daughter, you NOT being single would be a problem and make me a bit distant, actually *kids are selfish :-) Now you get more points than mom 'cos mom's priority isn't 'ME' anymore :-)*
Someone suggested Glastonbury: I think that's a brilliant idea! What could be cooler than that?
Someone suggested Glastonbury: I think that's a brilliant idea! What could be cooler than that?
Yo, super-dad.
Everyone is so nice and touching here it brings atear to one's eye.
So let me be the impolite one and say ' Milk these bastards nutts, while they are still emotional!"
Not my James though. :0
I hadn't read the other bloggers' responses to this. Some of them are brilliant.
Open air concerts, girly treats (Miss Smack's idea) all great and probably better than playing gooseberry to Ma and ... Dent (haw haw haw !)
Yes. These can be brilliant.
Also The Sun is doing fantastic European breaks for £19.50 each.
I have the paper here.
Let me know if you want a copy of the details, application form etc.
kevinjpeat@btinternet.com
BTW ... Dent. What a stupid name. I bet he's a cunt.
There's a mission I know of in southern India, which will fly you and your daughter down there on business class and provide accomodation/food for two weeks.
All you have to do is convince your daughter that picking scabs off lepers during her holiday is somewhat exotic...
Blogger -eve- said...
> I wonder if people donate to buy girls cameras on the internet for -ahem - 'mixed motives'?
Ehehehehehe... ;-) Ahh... possibly...*grins*
> actually I am glad to be single,
*Nods* It's a good thing you are. If I were your daughter, you NOT being single would be a problem and make me a bit distant, actually *kids are selfish :-) Now you get more points than mom 'cos mom's priority isn't 'ME' anymore :-)*
This is a very clever observation but I wonder if anything makes up for the security provided by a complete family?
Blogger Liz said...
Someone suggested Glastonbury: I think that's a brilliant idea! What could be cooler than that?
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Blogger Liz said...
Someone suggested Glastonbury: I think that's a brilliant idea! What could be cooler than that?
its quite expensive and tickets are very hard to come by these days... but something similar is a great idea..
Blogger Bretwalda Edwin-Higham said...
Yo, super-dad.
I know! I am bloody rubbish! However, I shall resume on a more entertaining blogging experience soon...
Blogger UBERMOUTH said...
Everyone is so nice and touching here it brings atear to one's eye.
So let me be the impolite one and say ' Milk these bastards nutts, while they are still emotional!"
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Blogger UBERMOUTH said...
Not my James though. :0
If anyone would like to make a donation - perhaps you have won the lottery or sold a tiny flat in central London - then email me at mutley.thedog@gmail.com... Otherwise I shall not mention this matter again. I did not post this stuff to get money from people, rather to cast some light on the way stupid things go wrong so quickly. We are all very close to the edge all the time...
Blogger electro-kevin said...
I hadn't read the other bloggers' responses to this. Some of them are brilliant.
Open air concerts, girly treats (Miss Smack's idea) all great and probably better than playing gooseberry to Ma and ... Dent (haw haw haw !)
Yes. These can be brilliant.
Also The Sun is doing fantastic European breaks for £19.50 each.
I have the paper here.
Let me know if you want a copy of the details, application form etc.
kevinjpeat@btinternet.com
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Blogger electro-kevin said...
BTW ... Dent. What a stupid name. I bet he's a cunt.
I have had some brilliant ideas here - and so thanks to you. I was to quick to dismiss the Sun thing, I was thinking of their last years offer. I will look into it as well. I am genuinely not bothered about my ex and what she does -indeed I wish her well. It did not end with a bang -as they say - but a whimper. It was very much for the best...
Blogger fingers said...
There's a mission I know of in southern India, which will fly you and your daughter down there on business class and provide accomodation/food for two weeks.
All you have to do is convince your daughter that picking scabs off lepers during her holiday is somewhat exotic...
I did not know you were a missionary Mr Fingers -do they provide gloves for the leprosy scab picking...and curry? Lots of curry.....
maybe this mysterious Dent person is in fact Arthur Dent and he will soon make off with your ex to Betelgeuse.
Consider yourself lucky, then you can have your daughter around the whole time.
The most exotic place i have been to recently it hounslow - there is no way to tell the difference from Bombay and that is confirmed by my co-traveller who IS from bombay.
So book there it is cheap and close and yet very exotic!
I think Iceland beats Spain as "exotic" and it's much closer...
Thanks for the link. I am linking too.
I am guessing you do not mean Iceland the supermarket...
Mutley, put a bloody paypal button on your sidebar; we would like to help, we want to help.... it's what friends are for.
We won't donate much each perhaps.... but there are a lot of us.
I, like many others, have been through what you are experiencing and have survived, scarred but surviving.
I read somewhere that to offer sympathy without any real attempt to help is merely a self indulgence, so please spare us the self indulgence tag and accept some help.
Nah, never compare and feel bad over stuff like that... especially if the guy's name is Dent LOL :0]
Hmm... what is a 'complete family' except a mother and a father? *and possibly, some siblings if you'd like it so ;-)*. And she has both; just be sure you're there for her anytime she needs you, and it won't make that much difference what happens between her mom and you *as long as it's not incessant quarrelling. Being civil, or just 'not mentioning each other', is fine :-) IMHO*
P.S. I think it's great that you're not moving to a different area to jobhunt so you can be close to her. Would be nice if she could somehow find that out in some indirect manner *cos if you told her yourself, it might feel a little show-offish... :-)*
Yes, of course, email me , Mutley. I know you said it as a joke at first but I know what it's like to feel down and as you always cheer me up I will happily send you a few things in the hope I can do the same for you!
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