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Latest post on 23 June 2013 - 15:22

For me it doesn't even get as thinking about the cultural aspects. Its more about there being enough emphasis put on looks nowadays without us as women encouraging it even if its all disguised as a talent contest. If that's the case then let them sing with a big cardboard box over their head and a space cut out for the mike.

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Latest post on 23 June 2013 - 15:18

My flat chested, very slim, 9 year old daughter wants a bra or anything that will resemble it! She says it's embarrassing that she is the only girl in her class who doesn't have one when they change. I have explained to her that there is a time for everything and her time for this hasn't come; and that wearing one is completely pointless. But, she has her heart completely set on this and it has taken her world over. She asks everyday! What shall I do? if she wears a vest, the kind that gets tucked into her underclothes, I think its acceptable to progress to those short sports type vests/bras that you can find in the likes of markies. I was looking at my granddaughter just yesterday, she's 8 next month, and there was a definite rosebud protruding for her t-shirt and I almost lost my eyesight. I think the children develop so much quicker these days and with that comes their desire to go into the next stage of underwear. The little short type sporty vests/bra are good for bridging the gap. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 23/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 23 June 2013 - 15:12

And the ones you get on the big roles in C4.

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Latest post on 23 June 2013 - 14:46

Oh Dear God.

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Latest post on 23 June 2013 - 14:37

Marroosh, it shook me up considerably because its all just so close to home on a personal level. The young men who are residents, they look like my boy, their situation in life really is very sad but I say that without wanting to take away from the obvious good care that's being given to them. One of my sons carers used to manage a residence in the Uk and even she had a lump in her throat when I showed her the requests for clothes for the men. My giant pest :) drives me/us bonkers at times :) but I'm just so glad he was sent to us and that he has a baba who wakes up every morning with the sole aim of providing for him. Hopefully other lovely people like yourself will continue to help at Senses and that donors will help out with what they need for the men. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 23/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 22 June 2013 - 08:35

BB mover - I had Rachael's Organics last night poured over a mango. It was delicious and what got me thinking about wanting to have another go at making my own. I can get it to a certain stage but then when its gets to scoffing it all up time - its one huge grain of rice. That in itself is strange because Im generally very good with rice. Your wee boy and my wee grandson must be kindred spirits because his supper before bed was always rice - Rachaels or tinned Ambrosia :D Lal, thank you for that :) , I shall give it a go. I have Sainburys rice pudding rice in the cupboard, about 8 packets bought when I was last craving it and thinking about my granny. I dread to think of how big a ball of rice I could make with all of it. Apricot - I wonder if my granny put waters in her. Its not something I can remember but I'll give your recipe a go as well and report back. thank you :)

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Latest post on 22 June 2013 - 08:28

Would be great if safety pins for headscarves and headbands underneath that prevent sliding and opening could also be mandatory at these workplaces, so the women would not need to adjust their headdress every 2 mins. This would increase work efficiency by 50%. edited by dentro on 22/06/2013 Its one of the reasons my heart sinks. I don't know why it happens because it wasn't always the case and I get fed up to the back teeth of dealing with someone in a professional capacity and its press a few buttons on a keyboard, undo headscarf, reapply, press a few more buttons sign a paper, undo headscarf..... My nieces are all very high flyers with and what would be described as high powered jobs in industry and government yet the manage to go to work and not have to perform what is a rather intimate act in public. They wear an Abaya to work and it gets hung up during the working day, underneath they have a very modest 'business' outfit on and their headscarf is tucked into their jacket, kind of Audrey Hepburn like, its done that way to ensure it stays put. Or they wear one of those turbans with a headband underneath. They'd tell you themselves they wouldn't have time to rewrap a headscarf and nor would they want to whilst at work because it is just so unprofessional, not to mention the amount of hair that can be on show when they re-wrapping is being done. It wasn't always like this and I don't know the reason behind it nowadays but talk amongst family who are also really annoyed by it would suggest it could be the products a person uses on their hair, not such good quality fabric or very good quality fabric, and wanting your headscarf to look fashionable/nice rather than functional. I was out with my friend the other night and she was wearing her turban, not once did she have to adjust herself and everything that had to be covered was. Lots of things are different nowadays and not always for the better, this is one of them, and it really isn't becoming and I just wish people would wear their scarf properly or not at all. I don't wear a scarf but it really does bother me when its not worn properly and not just because it makes bank transactions take much longer than they should. ;) <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 22/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 16:56

I like the staff in Mango and Promod. They're usually busy with something but always welcoming. The Zara shops are full of "Men" in skinny jeans or tight suits from a certain nationality that are so arrogant ugh. and think they are the bees knees. I was in Zara with my daughter and the male assistant was horrible but in all fairness to him so would I have been if I had to wear to work what he was wearing. Its was a suit that didn't fit him anyway, and the fact it had to be worn to look to small didn't help matters any further. The male gladiator sandals he was having to wear with it as well just topped the look and I would have hated for his mum and dad to have seen him going to work. Trouble is that he thought he looked the bees knees and he couldn't stop looking in the mirror at himself. Its was all just horribly painful but so ridiculous I don't know how we kept a straight face.

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 16:50

On a happier note, I find the staff at Sacoor Bros very very helpful patient and polite without being pushy - refreshing after years of living in Northern Asia where the sales staff stick to you like glue and browsing is an uncomfortable and unpleasant experience and here where mot sales staff find you just an inconvenience to their busy social life via their mobile phones!!!! I hate that sticking to you like glue thing to the extent I'd had enough recently in Lakeland. Its my favourite shop and I was happily going along the aisle browsing and putting things in my basket but despite saying twice that I didn't need help - I was assigned a bodyguard. I was so fed up I went along with it and filled 3 baskets and each time one was full I gave it to my bodyguard to take to the till. Once I'd filled the third I went to the till and picked up a catalogue and walked out. My bodyguard ran after me saying madam your items - I just looked at her and said oh I thought they were yours. I got a phone call later from the Manager apologizing, they know me, and I think she understands now that people don't like being followed round the store by a bodyguard. I hate it, just hate it.

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 16:42

We have a new maid starting next week, I plan to show her about the house & give list of daily, weekly, monthly duties (as suggested on this site), but should I be showing her how to clean? Or let her go for it & then make suggestions on improvement? Those with maids, what have you found best in your experience? Painstaking instruction and demonstaration because only my way is good enough in my house.

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 16:40

Some of the trendiest and most 'modest' looking women I know layer their clothes. They would wear a long skirt, then a t shirt, then a blouse or shirt on top with as many buttons as you like being left undone. The latter is usually done with a cami under the t-shirt if more coverage is needed. A nice headscarf tucked in to the blouse and you have a really lovely outfit. You can also get away with a short sleeved blouse over a long sleeved tshirt. If they are wearing trousers they wear them with a longish tunic top or a knee length dress. Personally my heart sinks when I have to deal with someone in a professional capacity and they are in an Abaya. Its an outer garment for wearing outdoors and its no different to dealing with someone sitting at a desk wearing their coat. They do no more to cover things up than carefully put together outfits and given the emphasis there is nowadays on cut and bling and how they look... they catch the eye and kind of defeat the idea behind them. I think for the workplace a suit or uniform if working in a bank or the likes is ideal. I But again in certain sectors of business it is enforced that women wear abayas. Sadly. I have no issues at all with women wearing the Abaya but it will only ever be in my mind a coat. Not something to be worn in a professional capacity when working in a bank or the likes. edited by DesertRose1958 on 21/06/2013 Well here it is the way women dress, as the men wear kandoora. We can't expect others to wear what we are used to. Maroosh I'm 55. I left the UK to come this part of the world as the wife of a local when I was 18. That's 37 years, more than twice the years I ever spent in the UK. I have 5 local adult children and soon to be 4 local grandchildren. The way of life and dress here is what I'm used to and its what I can base my opinions on.

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 11:06

Some of the trendiest and most 'modest' looking women I know layer their clothes. They would wear a long skirt, then a t shirt, then a blouse or shirt on top with as many buttons as you like being left undone. The latter is usually done with a cami under the t-shirt if more coverage is needed. A nice headscarf tucked in to the blouse and you have a really lovely outfit. You can also get away with a short sleeved blouse over a long sleeved tshirt. If they are wearing trousers they wear them with a longish tunic top or a knee length dress. Personally my heart sinks when I have to deal with someone in a professional capacity and they are in an Abaya. Its an outer garment for wearing outdoors and its no different to dealing with someone sitting at a desk wearing their coat. They do no more to cover things up than carefully put together outfits and given the emphasis there is nowadays on cut and bling and how they look... they catch the eye and kind of defeat the idea behind them. I think for the workplace a suit or uniform if working in a bank or the likes is ideal. I But again in certain sectors of business it is enforced that women wear abayas. Sadly. I have no issues at all with women wearing the Abaya but it will only ever be in my mind a coat. Not something to be worn in a professional capacity when working in a bank or the likes. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 21/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 09:56

Some of the trendiest and most 'modest' looking women I know layer their clothes. They would wear a long skirt, then a t shirt, then a blouse or shirt on top with as many buttons as you like being left undone. The latter is usually done with a cami under the t-shirt if more coverage is needed. A nice headscarf tucked in to the blouse and you have a really lovely outfit. You can also get away with a short sleeved blouse over a long sleeved tshirt. If they are wearing trousers they wear them with a longish tunic top or a knee length dress. Personally my heart sinks when I have to deal with someone in a professional capacity and they are in an Abaya. Its an outer garment for wearing outdoors and its no different to dealing with someone sitting at a desk wearing their coat. They do no more to cover things up than carefully put together outfits and given the emphasis there is nowadays on cut and bling and how they look... they catch the eye and kind of defeat the idea behind them. I think for the workplace a suit or uniform if working in a bank or the likes is ideal. I

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Latest post on 21 June 2013 - 08:30

Nothing new there! Whoever runs that business here seriously needs to consider additional training for staff in (basic) manners and customer service. Maybe the first class could centre on the topic "we do not physically barge customers out of our way when replenishing stock"...aaaaand repeeeeat.... edited by GirlAnachronism on 20/06/2013 That would have to be the second class. The first one already covers threading your colleagues face in the changing room in full view of everyone. Not that doing it with the door closed would have made it any better.

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Latest post on 20 June 2013 - 19:08

if I was her i'd have asked for it to be removed after the pasting she was getting..... ah ok.

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Latest post on 18 June 2013 - 13:29

Kitty bitty. Why are you so tired and could your tiredness be contributing to things being a bit unsettled just now. Are you needing to look at a bigger picture here? Are you well supported as a wife and mum and perhaps someone who works outside of the home as well. Is your health ok. You should be asking yourself why and so should your husband. As for not talking to each other ..... you both really need to get a grip and not just because its a horrible trait to be passing on to your children.

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Latest post on 16 June 2013 - 13:45

Frazzled we recently had cause to see people at KidsFirst in Jumeirah. I was very happy with their level of expertise and Im basing this recommendation on having two feet very firmly in the world of special needs for 23 years. Be aware however that the people working the reception are incapable and chaos seems to reign supreme. Its a great shame because those women really do the clinic no favours at all as a first point of contact. Once past them tho - its a different story. As for therapies, there's loads of things a person can do to help a child live a more comfortable and able life but to suggest something blindly is difficult but I do have experience of Brain Gym and it was effective. Also perhaps start your son on an omega supplement. I personally prefer Eye Q but there are other makes available. Re medication - I understand people are reluctant to consider it because of the negativety associated with it, and how it can make parents feel as if they are failing as parents, but the reality is that some children need it and not giving it to them is failing them. Dont be in a rush to rule the possibility of it out, and all the more-so because you don't yet know what you are dealing with. Some children can get by on strategies, Others need medication, others need both. Time will tell what's best for your son. edited by DesertRose1958 on 16/06/2013 edited by DesertRose1958 on 16/06/2013 edited by DesertRose1958 on 16/06/2013 <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 16/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 13 June 2013 - 12:17

I daresay the management will tell you anything - they don't want to lose your business !! how many other phone numbers does she also have ? and how could "the carer came in without the owner's knowledge" ??? Exactly! Where was the manager when she came in? I wouldn't trust these people.. They have 2 nurseries - she was probably at the other one and fired her this morning. Regardless, it's done now. At some point I have to trust someone with my baby - obviously the best thing is if she is with me all day, but that can't happen. I suppose other mums with maids have to trust them too. I'm happy for now but it has opened my eyes to these things that's for sure. Look, people can have long and happy relationships with household staff and you really shouldn't be put off having a maid because of the horror stories we sometimes hear. What about all the people with a great maid who never gives them a days trouble. There's loads of them its just they are hardly ever mentioned here.

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Latest post on 13 June 2013 - 12:06

I am satisfied the management have dealt with it - she has apologised profusely, and fired the lady immediately as well as responding to my emails and phone calls within minutes. To me this sends a clear message to the other staff not to go around abusing their position. She has also assured me they are taking steps to ensure it never happens again so I am sure everyone has had a stern talking to. The rogue lady has my number now hence I got the message. What else can be done? There are bad apples everywhere. The alternative is to send her to another nursery where we may face the same, and she is already settled now. Or hire a maid who might end up being a rogue maid. Or quit work...! Its getting a bit dramatic now what with the talk of another nursery etc when all you have to do is keep your baby where she is and not let someone looking in your file spoil something that has suited you both till now,.

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Latest post on 13 June 2013 - 12:03

Hi ladies, Just looking for some advice...My daughter has had a food intolerance test done and it turns out she needs to completely cut out gluten, dairy and eggs from her diet. She is only 6 and I really don't know where to start!! I wonder if you ladies would be able to give me some advice on sourcing food products and how to go about all of this....thanks x Without wanting to come across as being sarcastic about these test results - doesn't everyone who does them turn out to be allergic to at least the gluten and dairy. It just seems nowadays that if you're not Bipolar or have Polycystic Ovaries you're allergic to Gluten or Dairy. I really wouldn't eliminate things from a 6 year olds diet unless there really was a very good reason to.

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Latest post on 13 June 2013 - 11:56

Rachel I had only considered poaching her - I never once mentioned it to her or asked her. Our only interactions were her discussing what my DD ate each day and whether she needed more wipes or whatever! My question about the clothes was purely rhetorical - what makes them approach people, do they think we are all loaded? I have just received an angry upset message from the carer - THANKS I'M ALREADY FIRED. Now I feel really bad... Don't for the simple reason she sneaked around in your personal files in the nursery.

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Latest post on 13 June 2013 - 11:40

I used them for quite a long time as did my daughter but we stopped because they really are not that great anymore, just so-so really. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 13/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 17:39

they also add things like yogurt / sour cream / buttermilk to their cakes to lighten / moisten them which may counter the gluten hardening effects. I tried adding buttermilk to my scones instead of plain milk and it truly works! Same for muffins. That's true TDB, they often use buttermilk. Can't say I've ever used or even bought it in my life. If you have ever bought Leban you have pretty much bought buttermilk. I use it in my scones and it makes a difference. If you fancy trying it you can google the 'Delia scone with buttermilk recipe'.

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 15:12

See Dr Suzanne Salihi at her new clinic - www.thewhitehouseclinic.com in Jumeirah. she was recommended to me by a colleague. I am truly happy I found her as she's the best obstetrician & gynaecologist i've come accross in Dubai. Hope this helps. :) I definitely agree! She's my doctor! #proudpatient You are proud of who is your obgyn? Strange that all these new posters are so keen on Dr Suzanne - with the exception of DR. Maybe she could explain what's so great about her? All of these new posters? There's two of them. Then there's myself and another long term poster who've recommended her. What's so great about her? Well that would be telling and some things aren't for the telling because of various things - but you could try her yourself and see.

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 13:17

See Dr Suzanne Salihi at her new clinic - www.thewhitehouseclinic.com in Jumeirah. she was recommended to me by a colleague. I am truly happy I found her as she's the best obstetrician & gynaecologist i've come accross in Dubai. Hope this helps. :) I can second her.

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 10:38

Watch out ladies, I will be cycling fast and smiling at you! In the UK that's what muggers do. :D

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 09:18

All it needs is Cliff Richard for the driver we can all go on a Summer Holiday :D OMG are we related - that's our family jaunt song. :D Even my local grandchildren sing it, that and you cannae shove yer granny aff the bus. No trip in our house is complete without those two songs and the Barney song to finish things off. Or as my husband says ' go on, now finish me off with the Barney song, put me out of my misery please. edited by DesertRose1958 on 11/06/2013 Ha ha. No way. You get shot in my family if you start up with that. We had to endure our Mum watching it constantly through childhood! Your mum sounds like a lady of discerning taste but personally I prefer the teletubbies. :D

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 09:12

All it needs is Cliff Richard for the driver we can all go on a Summer Holiday :D OMG are we related - that's our family jaunt song. :D Even my local grandchildren sing it, that and you cannae shove yer granny aff the bus. No trip in our house is complete without those two songs and the Barney song to finish things off. Or as my husband says ' go on, now finish me off with the Barney song, put me out of my misery please. edited by DesertRose1958 on 11/06/2013 DR - aye ye reated to Scoots be chance? eh'm fae Dundee. eta somehow I don't think Ive answered your question. :D <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 11/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 09:05

All it needs is Cliff Richard for the driver we can all go on a Summer Holiday :D OMG are we related - that's our family jaunt song. :D Even my local grandchildren sing it, that and you cannae shove yer granny aff the bus. No trip in our house is complete without those two songs and the Barney song to finish things off. Or as my husband says ' go on, now finish me off with the Barney song, put me out of my misery please. <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 11/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 11 June 2013 - 09:00

I want one but in white and with classier furnishings. I even posted a link to my facebook page so my children can see what to get me when they are stuck for a present to get me. I want it so I can go glamping with them when they go camping because this mobile home is the only way they will ever get me to join them on their winter jaunts that always seem to involve horrific stories about weeing in things and not being able to wash properly for days. Come to think of it though maybe they only ask me to go with them because they know I will say no......ahaaaaa, so lets see if I get the caravan or not.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 20:20

i neve did actaully meet the woman who I still think of years later but I wish I had. My daughter was a new mum living in AD, her husband is often away with work. I think its safe to say she was quite lonely because she really didnt know anyone. One day she went to the mall and sat down for a coffe, she sorted the baby out first and put her down in the buggy for a sleep. The baby wouldnt settle and my daughter must have looked at the end of her tether. A middle aged lady, I think she was Jordanian, got up and took my granddaugter and said to my girl - have your coffee and read a a chapter of your book. My daughter did, she was just so at the end of her tether that she did what the woman told her. Meanwhile the woman just walked with my 4 month old granddaughter all the while in view of my girl . The baby just snuggled into her and was happy. My girl told the woman - I will never forget you, thank you. I'll never forget the woman either. I think of her almost weekly, lovely lovely woman that she is, whoever she is.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 17:46

What kind of man registers the username "Mr Footlong" ?? lol I don't know, but I did once stand in subway and say to the server, oh god no, I'll just have 6 inches please, I couldn't cram anything larger than that in.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 17:42

Its horrible and even more horrible when your horrible stay hasn't been a special offer. Its cheap and tacky and the bedrooms are made of plastic. The food is awful. But most awful of all is the pissy damp and stained bed your teenage child with profound special needs gets given to sleep in because the person doing the rooms was a dirty cow as was the mum who knew the bed had been peed in and said nothing. The best place for Atlantis is the bottom of the sea.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 17:32

Im looking at things this way - if you are sure you would never leave your child in a car and one day you actually do with tragic results. Are you equally sure you would think you should be sent to jail for what you did. Would you be able to do the time secure in the knowledge its what you deserved. Would you do it without a whimper and just say to your other children - you have to be without me because I am a murderer. Somehow I dont think so.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 17:22

We dont have family experience of a child dying in a car but we do have family experience of a child falling to death from an AD high story building. All of the little ones had a virus and my niece took them to the dr. Whilst she was away her husband cleared up the mess of a sickly night and opened the bedroom window to let the room air. He left the curtains closed. My niece got home and put the children into bed then went to get a spoon for the medicine. In the 2 or 3 minutes she was away one of the children found the open window and fell out from a very great height. We think the curtain may have moved and attracted their attention. My niece and her husband are no longer together and neither of them have ever been the same again. Their marriage and family died that day with their child. In comparison my best friend who's 3 year old daughter died of natural causes has come through it very differently. Her marriage ended in the aftermath of losing her child but there is a very distinct difference in how my friend and niece moved on do to speak. And I hate that term by the way. ..moved on, but it seems to be what people say nowadays.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 16:55

I live a boring life,i never get to see Bits and Bob's dangling about in the sunshine ! You're not trying hard enough! :D :D Eyes wide open from now on. Just be careful you dont get something in it.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 12:48

DesertRose1958, thank you for asking dear. She is better, we went to see a Gastroenterologist in the city hospital, did many tests, no infection thanks God, and all the tests are normal. He said its mainly stress and that she had high tendency for vomiting. He gave her motilium (sp??) and another medicine, no antibiotics. She is better now as she is finishing school too.. Im pleased to hear things are improving for her. You sound like a fab sister to have.

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Latest post on 10 June 2013 - 12:15

Lamaaz, on a different note. How is your sister?

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Latest post on 09 June 2013 - 13:09

Sorry ladies but I will continue to be very suspicious of these types of posts for the time being. Im also more than willing to eat humble pie should it ever be necessary.

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Latest post on 09 June 2013 - 12:49

Ah the carpet salesman lolol. I think that one was a different kind if wind up, it was so obvious it was funny. But this recent lot are different to the extent I removed a post from the other thread - and not just because of the internet access the person seems to have all things considered.

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Latest post on 09 June 2013 - 12:42

Ladies, I surrender in front of majority: it happens and is excusable to forget your child in the car while you focus on the shopping bags! No comment anymore! :( perhaps if you read the article I posted - it certainly made me be a bit more understanding..... Sorry to have become the bad guy just because I don't accept people's actions leading to the death of an innocent child! I have 2 grown-up kids and. Grand-ma anytime now so...I don't comment! It is my opinion, better posters focus on the subject. Simoralu when you become a grandma you will learn amongst other things that your child isnt infallible.

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Latest post on 09 June 2013 - 12:28

I don't know why but when I read the opening post I kept on thinking of the thread M In Trouble. There is just something about the posts that make them come across to me as if they've been written by the same person although the English is different. And the user names, both have numbers at the end. I'm finding it all a but suspicious. Granted Expatwoman could be becoming a place where women from certain parts of the world come for a certain kind of advice but its just not sitting right with me. What do you suspect DR? Someone is making up these "dear abby" stories to bring traffic to the site? No. Not that. I think its a wind up and very much a case of light the fuse paper and stand well back due to the different cultural backgrounds of the people answering the posts.

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Latest post on 09 June 2013 - 06:31

I don't know why but when I read the opening post I kept on thinking of the thread M In Trouble. There is just something about the posts that make them come across to me as if they've been written by the same person although the English is different. And the user names, both have numbers at the end. I'm finding it all a but suspicious. Granted Expatwoman could be becoming a place where women from certain parts of the world come for a certain kind of advice but its just not sitting right with me.

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Latest post on 08 June 2013 - 21:31

The italian dad who lost his child recently quite simply forgot he had the little one with him. He was supposed to drop him at nursery but didnt. He went straight to work and the little boy was found dead 8 hours later at the end of his shift. A case here a few years ago happened because each parent thought the other had gone back to get the last child out of the car. The child had been asleep and each parent thought the other had put her into bed. It was only when mum decided it was time to wake her up from her nap that they realised ..it was too late. About an hour had gone by in the height of summer. Horrible things can happen to good people.

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Latest post on 08 June 2013 - 18:49

Sorry Bunny, but I've no idea as to the home schooling and dancing classes. Re your dogs - please be aware that dogs are not appreciated here in Oman so yes I would say it would be better if you took them out to the bondoo for walking, well away from people who are out walking and do not want to even be approached by them let alone sniffed etc. Im a dog owner and they are very small but they are kept in the garden because of the cultural sensitivities involved with them. People will tell you oh its ok blah blah blah, we walk our dogs on the beach blah blah blah but the reality is that walking a dog on the beach is illegal and people only realize this when they are in trouble because their dog has jumped up on someone who would rather it hadn't done so. I'm British with an Omani family so can see this from both points of view so all I will say is this. Omanis are wonderful and welcoming people who are happy to live alongside people of many a different nationality and not really ask for much in return respect or consideration wise. So when it comes to your dogs who I'm sure are lovely and well trained :) - please do not walk them amongst the general population. I know people walk their dogs on The Wave, but I think the locals who live there (some of my animal loving lot included) aren't that bothered about the dogs as long as they are under control and their daily offerings are taken home in a bag or put in the appropriate doggy doodah bins. eta - can I ask what schools your girls are on the wating list for and what class they would go into? <em>edited by DesertRose1958 on 08/06/2013</em>

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Latest post on 03 June 2013 - 08:54

Hi DR as the recent thread was deleted and we couldn't continue our 'journey of discovery' thought I would catch up to add that I now have all my OZ friends on the case to find out who M and J are hehe.;) LOLOL - I can tell you who they are. will put up an email address later on, round about when I would expect to see you here.

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Latest post on 03 June 2013 - 08:53

Well we are off to "Grannies Heilan Hame" up the north of Scotland. Cheesy caravan park with cheesy entertainment although great for a 6 year old but great location for touring. Canny wait :-) I love out holiday park holidays and my kids still talk of going to the caravan park in Tenby with their nana every year. People can turn up there nose at things like this but the reality is - don't knock it till you've tried it. We're doing one in Europe this year, me and my grandchildren, a chalet kind of thing but a holiday camp nevertheless. We did one last year as well, a Les Mouettes camp, and it was fab. I used to escape and night to the launderette and do the washing.

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Latest post on 02 June 2013 - 21:54

She could be a money lender to other maids and when asked for an amount she foesnt have yo hand she borrows it interest free from you......then lends it to others. Aside from that. .....what are you thinking about still having her in your home? Its mind boggling. She really does need to go but until you can organise it just start putting her in her place and if she doesnt talk to you when you greet her tell her to go back to her room.

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Latest post on 02 June 2013 - 19:21

How can your husband leave you without support?. Because that's what some people do. Even those who were once really good husbands can turn into something not so nice. Its life, its human nature, and no matter how much a person thinks their husband would never do x y or z because he is so lovely - a few more years of life experience under their belt can make them realize nothing can be set in stone when it comes to another person.

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Latest post on 02 June 2013 - 18:45

Does anybody care ? Really ? Yes. I would if I lived in the UK and I'd perhaps voted for the concerned parties. These people have to live beyond reproach and no one having a carry on with someone else, and perhaps married to another person, would ever get my vote. Also I think when the names do surface their parliamentary voting record just might make interesting reading. My dad is in politics and based on a family who live their life in politics - yes, this kind of thing really does matter.

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