Ladies...well thanks about the loss. I was surprised to be honest. This diet is working a treat.I never feel deprived, and do what I need to. SO it is going well.
Elle, He seems nice, but I could tell by the way he spoke that he is shy. I would say though, you should learn to take a compliment. *LOL* He thinks you're gorgeous!! Just say thank you to the boy!! hahaha
Abz...you'll be fine with your chicken, just drink loads and you'll do well sweetie. As far as the MIL, well she couldn't get a council flat ro anything because she left her husband, which meant she made herself homeless and she wasn't in the county long enough to be given houseing. The list of 6 years long. The flat she had, the gov, paid for it, but it was up 5 flights of stairs and after the heart attack she couldn't handle that many stairs anymore. She was living with her boyfriend but still kept the flat on just in case, but he wwas a loser and she needed to move back out. But couldn't go back to her place, so OH suggested we buy another house ( which is around the corner from us- i can see it from my back garden) as an investment for us, and we told the council what the situation was. On that score things are ok I suppose, the gov ( on her benifits) pay a little less than half the mortgage of the house. but it is only £327 a month....normally we could get 550-600 p/c/m for that house. and we pay £350 a month + for her to live there as the morgage is £770. And she is still mean to me.
She hates me really...but to my face is ok with me. Tell's me " I love you, i idolise you!" it makes me ill. When she tries to give me a hug I just shut down!! I stand there cuz all i can think is....DON'T TOUCH ME!!!
Originally she came to live with us in manchester because her boyfriend dumped her and she was living with him and she had no wear to go. I got a job as soon as my papers were processed ( within 5 days ) When OH quit his job to try new things and I supported us all. I would leave just before 7am and get home about 7:30pm and would be left to clean up and do dishes. SHe would make dinner for OH and herself but I would be left to make myself my own stuff. She would do laundry for OH and herself and I would spend my weekends doing my own. And she didn't start working until 1.5 years after she moved in, but never gave us any of the money. Even at one point ( all 3 of us smoked) but there wasn't enough money for us all to do it, so I had to quite because she said she had been smoking longer and therefore was more addicted than I was. She is evil!! The only reason I stuck it out was because I knew i had a good one...I just need to let him figure out what was right and wrong on his own. I couldn't do or say anything about her, as I didn't want him to think that I was being mean or had a problem with her. Now....well it is another story.
So all is not too bad, at least to gov is paying for some of our house, but really I would rather they just let us keep our taxes. The year before last we paid so much in taxes it would have paid for her income support for the next 20 years. *LOL*
Gem....I don't think it is the esteem thing....it is that she is a lazy person. If she can get out of it she will.
(or the rest of you, obviously 
