Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

[stashia]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Evening cass have you had a good day? Evening expat hope you had a good day tooo!

[Cassia]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Hey expat! It's awesome but still really cold. The shopping has been great and so has the food and seeing friends and family! I can't wait to move back. How's France? X

[Recluse]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Evening cassia and stashia

Cass - are you still looking at working for the same bank that you work for now or are you hoping to try somewhere new?

[expat3]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

So who's still around?? Cas-I know you want to live in the States but it's a BIg place. Texas is the size of France. Do you have a special area where you would prefer to go?

[EnglishWriter77]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

I had the same numb fingers as JC and had Thiamin prescribed which really helped me as I decided to go cold turkey. I admire Zennies tapered approach and the control that must have taken. I always have been a one drink = drink to oblivion kind of guy.

Well again, similarly I was when drinking at home on my own as I became a hermit for the last year of drinking

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

I'm still here Expat,

Just been looking at the hotel the son and heir's going to on holiday on FB.


Yo Cassia.

[expat3]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Hiya Stash and Reccie! I have a bit of insomnia. Mum's in hospital and my daughter had a bullying thingy in the bus coming home from school yesterday-did not say anything till now on the thread.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Aw Expat,
I had a feeling something was up hun,:l

You know you can always talk to us. Good times and bad.

[Recluse]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

EnglishWriter77;1086803 wrote: I admire Zennies tapered approach and the control that must have taken. I always have been a one drink = drink to oblivion kind of guy.(

Me too EW - to both of those comments.

[expat3]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Thanks JC:l. I'm actually ok. Though I did buy a pack of cigs!:upset: I am smoking as we speak. Yesterday just after work -around 5pm-my daughter's friend left a message on my mobile phone-"Gabrielle got ...hit(static) bus". I freaked out! I thought she had been hit by a bus! Five minutues later --I learned she was "hit" in the bus by a bully. A boy the little shit.

[Recluse]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

expat3;1086805 wrote: Hiya Stash and Reccie! I have a bit of insomnia. Mum's in hospital and my daughter had a bullying thingy in the bus coming home from school yesterday-did not say anything till now on the thread.

Sorry to hear that expatty. Is your mum going to be ok? :l

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

I can remember getting a phone call from the daughter's school saying she'd been hit in the side of the head by a boy in her class and that she may be upset when she came in. She was fine I was a wreck. The little shit subsequently got expelled and just 2 weeks later they were sat next to each other playing the fecking clarinet at a charity concert.

[expat3]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

Thanks Reccie. My mum just had to go in earlier than planned for her hip. They operated awhile ago (she's almost 80) and I'm still waiting to hear news. My shite brother is not keeping me up to date. From what I understand--she made out ok but still waiting. Like for her to wake up from surgery. I'm going to keep trying to call hospital.

[expat3]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

JackieClaire;1086819 wrote: I can remember getting a phone call from the daughter's school saying she'd been hit in the side of the head by a boy in her class and that she may be upset when she came in. She was fine I was a wreck. The little shit subsequently got expelled and just 2 weeks later they were sat next to each other playing the fecking clarinet at a charity concert.

As for my daughter JC!! I don't know what to think. As you know--I have been a victim of domestic violence. While not being able to compare what happened to my daughter and me--I don't want to take it too lightly. Maybe I did-at first. Or maybe her French grandparents are taking it too seriously! I don't know what to do! The boy punched her in the nose--and she bled. Nothing broken. I remember when I was a child a boy threw a rock and hit me in the forehead. I had blood streaming down my face but my mum just dragged me over to the boy's house screaming-and the parents sorted things out. No more problems. My ex in-laws want to involve the police. The world is just so fecked-I don't know what to do.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 29th March

I didn't even tell her grandparents or they'd have gone ballistic. Must be a grandparent thing.

She'd been bullied before and when I reported it the staff were great. There was a big anti-bullying campaign going on at the time.

But this wasn't bullying he just lashed out. The school took it from there so my only thought is that he had major problems to start with as she wasn't the only one who'd been thumped.

My thoughts are to see what the school say.