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Latest post on 23 January 2011 - 06:35
Maids should be banned for all! I never had a maid or will, I have worked full time and part time, had 2 kids and managed to do all without extra help. I do not understand why people complain all the time, I think they should learn how to manage their time better. Now, I don't work and I could not imagine having someone around the house and myself doing nothing! It feels too colonial...I live in the 21st century! Two kids, a sometimes job, no help - pah thats nothing. Loads of people do it. Now what really is something is the lady we had here last week who has 7 children, a full time job and no help. She really did deserve to be patting herself on the back. To the OP - if you need 2 maids then why not? Only you will be aware of your personal circumstances and what's bringing you to this conclusion. Its your set of circumstance, no one else's, and if it makes you feel any better about things - I have 7 employees on the household payroll. People who know me know why, and those who don't - don't. It really is as simple as that. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 23/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 19:29
and what does a butler do, that a maid does not? Just curious. Oh dear SQ you don't know? A butler is far higher in status than a maid. hmmm but who cares about status? as long as someone else does all the work, who cares....I mean, really? yeah who in their right mind would want to be a butler when you could be cinderella and eventually get to the ball in your own right.
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Latest post on 22 January 2011 - 08:15
HI, I started to reply yesterday but I sounded like a big party pooper. I was going to say - its highly highly unlikely you'll find a genuine Omani silver rattle even here in Oman. There are plenty of rattles around but they come from far off lands and they are made for the tourist market.
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 20:36
some of the stuff I buy in dubai is so tough its must have come in on the ark during that big flood years ago.
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Latest post on 19 January 2011 - 19:15
Aroha thank you for thinking of me. Sadly I'm not doing the race. My trainers passport has been delayed in germany where it was sent for renewal and we're quite frankly stuffed. I know I could have asked on the board for people to let me run/walk with them but the truth is a lot of my confidence comes from my trainer and I really needed to do it with her. However we are going out tomorrow to mapa 10k route of our own here in Oman and we'll do the race together one day next week. I'm not chickening out - honest. I leave that kind of thing to big girls blouses like your other half :D :D xxxx
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Latest post on 15 January 2011 - 06:53
The Capital Area Yacht Club Tel number, well the only one I can find for it, is - 24737712 hth :) <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 15/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 23:54
Try hypnobabies. It worked perfectly for me. I had a drug-free childbirth (wont dare to go for a root canal though). No IV drips, no episiotomy, no needles, injections, none of the poking and prodding hospital stuff. Major major adrenaline rush after childbirth, felt like I could run a marathon there and then. I had so much fun I wont mind doing it again (minus the child rearing part). Good luck! How I long for the days when a person would have a baby and say they felt so well they could have cleaned a house from top to bottom. Now its all I could have run a marathon. Jeez :D <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 14/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 14 January 2011 - 23:37
what time did you first post that he was missing ? eta, never mind, i looked... so you started the thread at 11.35 - 5 hours after he had been found. edited by Sue62 on 14/01/2011 Your point? Regardless I had no idea he was found. As far as I was told he was still missing. Im not going to apologize for trying to help a child that was missing. you're doing really well to keep on coming back in order reply to your critics. most people would have delivered a well deserved get stuffed to the screen long before now, even tho some of the comments regarding the thread are justifiable. i think your thread illustrated the benefits of the internet as well as the draw backs of it, but the bottom line is a child was missing and you tried to help.
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Latest post on 13 January 2011 - 13:39
I think you refer to the dive center http://www.omandivecenter.com/EN_Home.php
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Latest post on 12 January 2011 - 06:15
Jeez my mum was 10 years olde than my (step) dad. He's only 8 years older than me and married my mum when I was 15 and being a toy boy was scandalous. Oh and he's the same age as my husband. Age really is only a number. As for him being Arab and people falling flat on the faces etc - I've been married to one for almost 35 years now and the only time I've fallen flat on my face it was nothing to do with my husband. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 12/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 12 January 2011 - 05:38
BB I dont think this is anything to do with logic thats unique to this part of the world. It seems to be me its the way it was also played out when I was growing up and we were living the high life with my birth father. So perhaps its a generation thing more than a cultural thing Whether you have your husband back is entirely up to you but the fact he won't take responsibility for his actions really doesnt bode well for the future. Nor does his 'maybe' mental health and personality problems that are more than likely never going to go away - if the really do exist. So thats perhaps what you should ask yourself - am I prepared to go through life with a husband who's 'maybe' mental health issues/personality problems can contribute towards him causing me the turmoil and heartbreak they do? Do I have it in me any longer to be this mans carer as well as my own when he's going through a period of being unwell? Do I have it in me to turn a blind eye to many things that will almost for certainly happen again in the future, and they will - the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. Is my husband really not a very well person or is it just a convenient label thats been attached to him for the sake of explaining away the choices he makes? As for your husbands family - of course they want you to take him back because whilst he's your problem he's not theirs. Your son was really great to stand up to the mark the way he did but he's only a young lad and not really equipped to be dealing with these kind of grown up things to any great extent. Just be careful he's not slipping into the role of the man of the house and advising on things that aren't his to advise on - for this simple reason. If you want to have your husband back, or meet up with him someplace to talk things over - it really isn't for your son to be saying no to. Yes he can look after his mum, but as the child in the relationship, because ultimately any choices you make are yours to make and no-one elses. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 12/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 January 2011 - 17:18
All these mades seeing to the man of the house. I tell you I demand equality and if one of mine doesn't proposition me soon I'm going to impose a travel ban on them till they do!
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Latest post on 11 January 2011 - 15:23
weddings have nothing to do with paying for the occasional eat out.. Ok abby you asked if you should maybe start picking up the tab sometimes when you go out - just try it and see what happens because it really isnt that big a deal. Either the bloke will say thank you and accept you doing this at times and you will like doing it and want to continue doing it. Or it will go down like a tonne of bricks with him and he'll make it clear. Or he'll appreciate you wanting to do, and let you, and it will go down like a lead balloon with you and you'll wish you'd never started it. There'e probably other scenarios but the only way you'll find it out how its going to pan out is by feeling the fear and doing it anyway. :D <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 11/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 11 January 2011 - 11:38
Abbey at 24 I doubt your friend really has the money to finance a relationship to the extent he picks the bill up all the time. Well that is unless he's wealthy. There's so many factors to be taken into account when it comes to thins like this but the bottom line for me at this point in time is - they guy is only 24.
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 12:05
I am thinking down the sentimental route now, thanks guys. Have to make it count as my work won't let me fly home until 4 days after her birthday :( Hopefully though it will work out better for her as she then gets to stretch out her birthday a bit longer! Could you and her maybe have a special day out? Just the two of you. Choose a nice town to go to and have a nice meal and maybe see a show or the likes. I did something along similair lines for my 50th but it was an extended family and friends day out. It was a blast and one of the best days of my life. I'm finding the older I'm gettting the only thing I ever really want is more time with my family, it really does become as simple as that. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 10/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 12:00
Ah, just googled him and it was the same one. He was lovely lovely lovely.
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Latest post on 10 January 2011 - 07:37
If thats the Brian Moore who was in Muscat before Dubai - we still miss him here. He really is a very good Dr. I used to pass the London Clinic and think - shall I nip in and see if its him. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 10/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 08 January 2011 - 13:58
[quote Neither do you take on board the issue of hormones..I'm going through " the other end of the hormone issue " right now and believe me there are days where my rage got so bad that I did feel like I could kill someone ( and I am not exaggerating) - thankfully I am now on HRT. You can't discount hormones in all of this either. What about these poor mothers who end up swinging from their light fixture? You don't need to be in full blown PND to be sideswiped. . I had a second cousin who was desperate for a baby and never likely to have one, she was so desperate she ended up having a phantom pregnancy. Her tummy grew, she was able to express colostrum, she had the whole pregnancy experience till she 'reached' 6 months and she was admitted to hospital for quite some time. If I hadnt seen it with my own eyes I wouldnt have believed it possible. I'm of the mind that if a persons mind can do that to them - its equally likely it can make a person not believe they are pregnant. Maybe thats what happened to this wee girl.
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Latest post on 08 January 2011 - 13:52
DR are you sure you havn't muddled the BA hostess who delivered in SA from Dubai or the one who was taken in to the desert and raped? Do you have any news link to the one you are referring to because with a quick google i can't find it and most cases are somewhere on the net. The dumping the baby part might be more of an issue in this case. No jane I'm not muddling cases up. I didnt even know about the two you're referring to. As for links - I'm sorry but I won't be posting any. It happened and people have probably moved on quite a bit from when it did.
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Latest post on 07 January 2011 - 20:36
the baby is born to a British mother and I assume the father is also British. There must some precident for this as the baby is a British Subject by birth??? What does being British got to do with this? Don't you need a birth certificate here that you then take to your embassy? They do not give them for out of wedlock babies as far as know unless they make exceptions. I sure hope they do though. I do not know how British embassy helps in cases like these. But jail in my opinion is totally wrong solution. I think the girl has been punished enough. She needs some mother's love herself I am sure. A few years ago an unmarried British air Hostess with a regional airline gave birth after keeping her pregnancy a secret, though I'm not sure if she did it deliberately or if her mind failed to register she was pregnant. She delivered early but not that early. The British Embassy stepped in and her and her baby were given all the necessary travel documents to enable her to leave the country where this happened. I think something along these lines will happen for the wee girl who's found herself in this very sad mess. I suspect the Government concerned was glad to be able to wash their hands of the problem and I dont for a minute think the girl will ever go home without her baby, and I think they'll go home sooner rather than later. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 07/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 07 January 2011 - 16:15
I'm doing it with my PT and a friend. I hope to run more than I walk even if I run 5.1kms and walk the other 4.9. I'll be doing run/walk/run/walk........for a certain amount of minutes each time. Its the best I can do at 53 and new to this keeping fit and healthy malarky. I'm really concerned though that despite registering months ago I've had no information from the organisers apart from the initail email telling me I'd registered.
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:41
it is astonishing that if she finds it such sad reading why does she read it !! You're not supposed to point that out you silly wee billy you.
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:38
[i'>The website you are referring to is the biggest embarassment to women I have ever seen. The women who go on it have obviously got nothing going on in their lives - unless it is to discuss the imporant things in life such as maids, which colour 4 x 4 to buy or what their husband does for work. Just ignore what they are saying as the people on there do not have the level of intelligence to be an asset to society. It is truly sad reading.[/i'> oooopsssss I suspect the person who wrote the original letter has now written the above in order to make herself look less silly because her orginal version of events has been blown out of the water. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 06/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 11:52
The bit that makes me laugh is the post from the member who always comments on these letters and is less than nice about the people here - yet this seems to be the first place she comes when she wants something if her number of posts are anything to go by. Hypocrite that she is. I'd just laugh the 7days letter off - the person who wrote it obviously has such a bee in her bonnet about maids that it renders her incapable of following of thread and understanding whats been said. Its true there's none so so blind as those who won't see. And I know some think the frying pan was really of no consequence but it must have hurt for Ginnee to have it re-inforced once again that she had a lying, cheating, stealing, scheming coniving cow living under her roof. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 06/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 05 January 2011 - 20:20
oh and the planes sounded like Tornados to me........;) A girl after my own heart, one that can identify an aircraft by the sound it makes. My heart still leaps everytime I hear and see a fighter. I loved it when we were in the Military. I loved getting my husbands uniform ready every night. Those were the days. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 05/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 13:04
I have a band and any reputable surgeon will be able to tell by your eating habits if you need the band or a bypass. The general rule of thumb is - if you are overweight because you eat too much chocolate and other sugary and fatty snacks then the band is probably not for you. The bypass would be a better option though its not something I could ever have done - but perhaps I just wasnt desperate enough. I've had my band now for two years and the only people who know about it are those I've told. My weight loss has been gradual becauseI haven't strangled myself with the band. I've really had to rely on willpower, and I think what the band has done is make it possible for me to stick the same amount of calories daily as someone on the likes of WW. I eat really well and as I said previously - no ones has ever guessed the secret to my weight loss is down to a band. Having the band didnt sit easily with me, I was quite ashamed I had to go that far to lose weight, so its was very important to me I did things properly because to be quite frank with you the thought of some of the possible side effects - a certain kind of burping for eg, filled me with horror so I take the correct steps to make sure it doesn't - I do the band properly. I think I'm probably about 15 kilos behind other people who had the band done at the same time as me but I'm fine with that, Im a picture of health my skin has coped really well with whats been expected of it. I think about a year from now I'll have a tummy tuck done and that will be me. I excercise 3 or 4 times a week with a personal trainer and I've also had counselling to get to the bottom of quite a few bits of me. I know some people just have the band and be done with it but I couldn't have done that, for me it had to be an attempt at weight loss from all angles. For me the band really was about much more than weight loss.
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Latest post on 04 January 2011 - 07:49
Well... I think I'm the naive one... We never wanted nanny of our boy to wear uniform, since she's looking after a toddler she preferred sth more comfortable, so I decided to buy her stacks of t-shirts and track suit pants, as requested. Went silly at Debenhams and similar stores... Thing is - I only saw her couple of times in them and than she started wearing her own clothes, horribly old, stained, pyjama-type clothes. I also gave her lots of my old branded clothes and jackets - she showed herself in them few times and that's it.. no more... As someone mentioned - she probably has shipped them back home as they were really good quality clothes... :( :(( There really should be no sad smilies and defeated attitudes etc about this. Tell your maid you want her turning up to work looking smarter than she is now, that the clothes you bought her are what she has to wear. If after talking to her about the clothes she still doesnt wear them, assume they're gone and take her shopping to buy more - then deduct the amount out of her salary at the end of the month. If even then she still doesn't turn up wearing her work clothes, you really do have to ask yourself why your maid is allowed to stick two fingers in the air at you in your own home. The maid is a representation of you, how she looks etc will be taken as an indication of your expectations for her and more than likely how you're perceived to treat her. If you dont mind people thinking you have an far eastern version of cinderella sleeping under the stairs then let her wear her old clothes - otherwise be the employer and do something about it today. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 04/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 21:28
So recently an old boyfriend moved to Dubai. He's been emailing & SMS-ing me (my bad for giving contact #), wanting to get together (as families). It's all very above board, he wants to play tennis with the DH. I'm pretty certain he has no other agenda. I have to say that this man BROKE MY HEART. Although it was almost 20 years ago, it was AWFUL, and truth be told, I dont think I want to see him. DH says he will go with whatever I decide. Should I tell him that I dont want to be friends or just keep dodging him to be (sorta) polite and hope he gets the message. Your DH will go with whatever you decide? Blimey. What else was he to say? As for your ex - there's a reason for him being an ex and in the past he should stay. Why let him into your life? Why have the headache of him even as someone new in town who needs a nod in the right directions?
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 21:22
Thanks for your feedback. According to the AD thread, the Dubai Foundation For Women & Children can't do anything unless there's a police report filed. I really am confused on whether or not I should say anything. The family is of Egyptian decent from what I know and the daughter doesn't go to school. When we are home on the weekends, during the day, it's the same thing! I'm afraid of what will happen once we "know" each other and our feelings are out and then imagine bumping into them in the hallways or elevator. It's a very quiet building. We have a friend on their floor who also hears noises and screaming through the night. edited by na115 on 03/01/2011 I have a child who spent many a year screaming throughout the night as well as other things - he wasn't being abused, he's autistic. It went on a lot during the day as well, so did a lot of other things that probably had the neighbours talking. At times we must have been seen as the worst parents on the planet. Just some food for thought. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 03/01/2011</em>
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 21:04
Thanks again DesertRose. What does the expat ladies do if they are not working? I'm afraid that I'll get bored and I like to feel a bit independent even if I don't earn a great deal... Vera/Patty, I couldn't really tell you what expat ladies do if they're not working because I'm married to a local and dont really live the expat life in the conventional sense. If you stood next to me in the supermarket there's absolutely nothing about me that would make you think I have local connections and that I've lived here for 34 years. But I have and I've been very happy. Any expat friends I've had have been full time mums and those who weren't were married to locals and were entitled by law to work at their careers. I'm a grandma now and recently went to a ladies mind body and soul group that was run by expat ladies and they seemed very content and happy though only one worked and the job she did she'd been doing for years for a person who could disregard labour laws. The ladies I met that day were all very long term expats and were older, so perhaps it can be an age/genertion thing when it comes to oman and settling in. to pick up on something helsbels said - we're looked upon as the country bumpkins of the middle east but that as far as I'm concerned is no stigma. Most people don't have the spending power that those in other countries have but I'm not exactly sure they have it either - they just have more access to debt. Oman is very strict on what people can borrow and for the most part people have to live within their means. The shopping isnt that great but it doesn't bother me as I'm not a shopper anyway and when I have to I go to Dubai, or further afield if I can't get what I need in dubai. However I'd rather have root canal than shop. But if there is anything specific you need if you let me know I'll keep an eye out for it, or suggest where you might be able to find it. Dogs - there is rabies in oman and stray dogs get shot so as far as I'm concerned its something that has to be done. Its only a few years ago that a rabid fox was found wandering around the military camp thats 10 mins by car from the wave. However as far as other dogs go, the ones who poop all over the place - I'd have no objection to their owners being shot as well. And yes, I do have dogs :) Patty I think you said you like silk painting - perhaps Anna Dudchenko might be able to tell you of where you could find others who have the same interest. She's a locally based artist and I think arty people kind of know where to find each other. http://www.annadudchenko.com/ Vera - link to an article in this weeks local newspaper regarding The Scandinavian Community in Oman http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=40752 The next one is a page on swedish expats http://www.internations.org/expats/members/oman/muscat/swedish hth ladies :)
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 17:48
Nobbles - this could only have ever worked if it had been planned, planned and planned again. To have the situation thrust on you like this is awful. Your FIL isn't an old man and I think the time has come for his future to be sorted out even if it means asking just how is wife could throw him out and leave him apparantly homeless. If he's to stay here with you in Dubai he needs a life for himself and in turn you'll get a life back as well. Perhaps start by asking what the situation is in the Uk with regards to property and just what he has there that could be the start of his new life as a single older man.
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Latest post on 03 January 2011 - 17:41
Thanks for the responses. I guess she needs some warm clothing for the winter so I will get some sweaters in a few days. Already told her to give me the numbers of the maids whose madams supply everything and her response was that she does not have them? hmm... i get the gist here! Anyway I will let her know that I am also not responsible for her entire wardrobe but will only give her some warm clothing once. thanks EW... i guess these ladies love taking us on guilt trips! I just wanted to suggest that you rig her out with winter clothes once and only enough to be seen as a start to her winter wardrobe. I would get her some camisoles/vests, 3 long sleeved t.shirts, and a couple of hoodies or jumpers/cardi's. I buy everything for my maids because they dont wear uniforms and its not fair to expect them to buy work clothes out of their money given how house-work can damage clothes. But the only time I would buy them going out clothes would be when we're travelling and different clothes to what they'd wear here would be the order of the day. AS for all the madams do it - its maids talk for the teenager of equivalent of all my friends mums let them do it!
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 10:29
I have a fantasy of coming to dubai for a week or two for a learn to salsa dance holiday. It would be like practicing for Strictly come dancing without the competition at the end of it and Old Brucie. I wish, I really really wish :)
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 10:25
Hi Ladies when you're readly to exchange email addies just give me a shout and I'll put mines up for you. Vera - Omani's abound in the hotels here as employees and unless you could bring something very special to the table I think you'd find it hard to get a job. This really is a land of omanisation, and its working. Arabic - there are a few places. I think Polyglot is one of them. Yoga - fantastic classes are run at the intercon gym be Debbie. She's wonderful at what she does and she could fill he classes many times over. Horse riding - yes. There are stables in Qurum Garden as well as a few other place I don't really know anything about. Swedish/German Groups - I think perhaps taking a look at the PDO website may help with that. Its the only think I can think of to suggest. There are two school that cater for the American system of Education. One is the American British Academy and the other is TAISM.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 10:15
My wallet was stolen on the 28th- completely my fault because I withdrew money from the ATM, put the wallet in my purse, then left my purse completely open while shopping at Carrefour. I left my info with security at Carrefour but they still haven't looked at the videos yet, only "trying their best to review the videos"---am I better off filing a police report- what can/will they do? Am so annoyed at myself for being so naive! Here in Oman security guards in carrefour are now walking around the store telling people to becareful with their wallets and open handbags. Its a sign of the times I feel and not a good one.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 10:02
Ginee do whats is suggested in the article and move on. The maid is ok and this was all pre-planned. As for your husbands friend - I thought of you this morning I thought of your husbands friend as well - before I had read about him being afraid to confront his maid in case she does something to his child. My thoughts regarding him initially were compounded when I read the bit about how he's afraid. There's a term we use for people like him in Scotland but I won't say it here. Suffice to say just who is it that wears the trousers in his house - he's a man for gods sake and he's living in fear of the person he leaves his child with in case she does something! Dear God. The fact he can even think something like that regarding her shows life isnt rosy in his garden either. So just sit back and wait for his fall out and try not to laugh too much, or tell him you were warned. Oh and it won't be that something happens to his child. With so many spineless wonders going about as employers is it any surprise that people can be royally screwed by wee things who we're supposed to believe don't have an ounce of gumption about them.
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Latest post on 02 January 2011 - 09:50
I find i am the one doing all the contacting of my friends to arrange play dates with my son coffee etc. Do i need new friends or will my freinds see fit to change in the new year and act like real friends. i can text them and they take ages to contact me. i would have thought that in a place like this we need company and real freinds. Any one else have his problem? Maybe they just dont have the time or the inclination to put into socialising that you do. Thats not a dig by the way its just a fact - you can be really good friends with people and not have to see a lot of them. Quaility over the quantity of time spent together is what Im saying.
 
 
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5 Tip for Expats to Survive Long-Distance Relationships

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Opening a bank account in the UAE

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Why you shouldn't upload your resume on your LinkedIn profile

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10 Secrets to Happiness as an Expat

10 Secrets to Finding Happiness as an Expat

4 Ways to Network as an Expat

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8 Expat Problems That Are Just Too Real

8 Expat Problems That Are Just Too Real

How to Make New Friends in a Foreign Country

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Top 10 Countries with the Best Quality of Life

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The best European cities for new expats

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How to Make Your Own Life as an Expat and Why It’s Important

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The Real Expat: Chasing Your Dreams to Find Your True Purpose

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