Elderly parents or relatives to care for and/or worry about? This is the place for you.
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12 Apr
8:20pm, 12 Apr 2024
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Lip Gloss
It’s a true saying One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Wouldn’t know the worth of anything in dad’s house and we don’t really have the time to find out. He has a lot of books that my sister is keen to keep and look through. He does have a motor bike in his garage which we will sell as it’s in very good condition.
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13 Apr
12:33pm, 13 Apr 2024
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macca 53
Have you checked that his collection isn’t valuable jda?
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13 Apr
1:05pm, 13 Apr 2024
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jda
We’re getting it valued and will probably sell it to the dealer depending on whether BiL is interested.
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13 Apr
1:22pm, 13 Apr 2024
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Ally-C
Just looked at my mum’s bank account and in the last two days she’s spend £120 sending random folk flowers, fecking lunatic.
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16 Apr
9:25am, 16 Apr 2024
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jda
BiL's visit (with family) went pretty well. They didn't stay with us but we had plenty of time to talk each afternoon/evening. The state of things was a bit of a shock after which they soon got on board with our thoughts (clear out any keepsakes and then jettison the house ASAP, basically). I only had to deploy the magic formula once or twice: In-law: "I think we should do XYX with the house/contents/etc." Me: "Of course, my wife and I would be very happy if you did XYZ, we wouldn't dream of standing in your way." In-law: "Oh I didn't mean me." Me: "..." In-law: "Um....maybe we don't need to do XYZ." As for FiL, he was amazed to discover that his son was married and that he has a (grown) grandchild. A little surprising to me, he hasn't seemed that bad with us. I think seeing his son might have reset his mind back to earlier memories, as they haven't seen a whole lot of each other in adulthood (BiL working abroad almost all of this time). FiL was apparently also asking after his wife and the house, hopefully those ideas will fade again soon. It would be a shame if he got worried and upset about things as he's mostly seemed pretty content up to now. |
16 Apr
9:42am, 16 Apr 2024
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LindsD
Glad the visit went well.
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16 Apr
9:53am, 16 Apr 2024
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Little Miss Happy
I like your style jda.
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