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  • Aahhhh. I love living in Glasgow. This really made me giggle! by SquintyBubbles (Sun 8th Dec 2019 4:32am)
  • Is there any chance you can reconsider your living arrangements? Can you and your daughter move back into the family home? I DON'T MEAN AS ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY. I think in the long term it would be better for you and your kids to be together in the family home, keeping things as stable as possible for them. It is your wife who needs to address her addiction. I would go back and ask her to pack her things and go live with her parents while she reassess her life and addresses her addiction. Maybe you don't need to jump immediately into divorce, I mean you've stuck with this woman for this long. If she finally got her priorities in order and you forced her to face her addiction she might come back through this as a person you st love and can respect. I just don't think that you should be the one to be moving out of the family home. You're the one who will be providing the stability for your kids. Don't walk away from them or the home. You'll regret it. My fiancé cooperated with his ex-wife by leaving the family home to give her the space she needed. He was a fool. His kids are under the impression that he chose to leave the family, that their separation was his idea all because he was too much of a gentleman and didn't want to put his ex in a situation of discomfort or deny his kids their mother. Now his kids only see him part time and it kills him and them. Please, go back to your family home and ask your wife to seek help for the sake of your kids and marriage. Get your in-laws on board to help. Get her out of your house and be with all of your little ones. I truly hope you can find some way forward in all of this. by SquintyBubbles (Tue 7th Jan 2020 5:29pm)
  • You're gonna need it! by SquintyBubbles (Sat 7th Mar 2020 4:35pm)
  • Thank you! by SquintyBubbles (Sat 7th Mar 2020 7:59pm)
  • There are a few for sale on Gumtree just now. I've just checked. by SquintyBubbles (Thu 16th Apr 2020 1:14pm)
  • This is so rubbish isn't it? I wish I could help. If they had been near to me I would have met them at a supermarket for you and then met you at one closer to you. by SquintyBubbles (Thu 16th Apr 2020 1:32pm)
  • I absolutely agree with this, that's why I'm asking here for some more 'local' advice. Also, just to put your mind at ease, there is always someone at home during the day in our house, even when we're not in lockdown. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 9:13am)
  • We have been trying different rescue centres, our issue has been trying to get a pup young enough. We have cats in the house too and we need to consider their welfare also. One of them is very timid and we think would get on better with the transition if we were to bring a slightly younger more helpless looking pup into the pack rather that some older dog bounding in and scaring the tripe out of the existing scardey cat! 😜 The other two cats are sphynx and already think they are dogs so they will be fine. (They used to live with a couple of dalmatians for a couple of years before we adopted them.) by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 9:20am)
  • You weren't harsh at all, I hold exactly the same point of view as you. It's just that we've been trying to get a pup for quite some time now and been unsuccessful. Two of our animals at home were adopted after their retirement and they are a joy to have. In another post I explain our situation for our adoption needs. We'll keep looking. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 9:28am)
  • Rescue is our preference but it every dog I'm seeing in the rescue places says 'can not live with cats' on their wee write up. I also just presumed that everyone would expect to be paid for the dogs these days. As someone said in a previous comment, I remember when I was a kid that there was always someone whose dog was having puppies and needed good homes for them. That's how we got both my childhood dogs. Thanks for your recommendations, I'll go take a look. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 1:47pm)
  • Same here! When I was a kid there was always someone who knew someone who was needing a home for a litter of puppies or kittens. We were that home to two dogs and two cats in my childhood and since I've married and left home four cats and two more dogs. I just don't fancy going down the Gumtree route,not for a living creature. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 1:50pm)
  • Because every adult dog we look at, and we look at every available dog right now, says 'can't live with cats'. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 6:52pm)
  • That's my fear, that the dog would come off worse. The cat is enormous, he's shy but when he gets frightened he attacks. I don't want a poor dog getting its eye taken out. I'm just not sure that I'd trust him with a grown dog challenging him. Maybe it would just be like it is when one of the other cats does. At least I have plenty of time to think about it. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 1st May 2020 6:57pm)
  • Thanks for this, it's definitely something worth considering. I had noticed a few dogs that had been returned to the charities with behavioural issues, now that you mention it. Also good to be aware of potential sickness. I'm definitely glad that I made this post. by SquintyBubbles (Sat 2nd May 2020 8:44pm)
  • Yes!! We've got loads of them. I thought it was from our stuff, perhaps since others are experiencing it it's in the fabric of the building? My cats are going nuts chasing them!! by SquintyBubbles (Sun 10th May 2020 7:06pm)
  • I'm originally from Northern Ireland, the first time I ever heard the word 'outwith' was when I was in church in Arbroath. Mind you, the minister originally hailed from Glasgow. by SquintyBubbles (Wed 27th May 2020 3:53pm)
  • Hmm. I don't have any in the house but I play card games on my phone. If that helps... by SquintyBubbles (Sat 13th Jun 2020 10:41pm)
  • My husband got new glasses at the opticians in Asda at The Forge back in April. I'm pretty sure they have all stayed open as medics etc need access. by SquintyBubbles (Fri 19th Jun 2020 11:11pm)
  • But I guess if we're wearing our face masks? by SquintyBubbles (Wed 1st Jul 2020 8:33pm)
  • Thanks for asking this question. I usually keep my hair really short and choppy, in a kind of funky style. With the lockdown my hair is absolutely wild, I'm now following the culy girl method and I'm sitting with a middle aged looking demi-waved mullet. It's as well I managed to marry my husband on the 29th of February this year otherwise he'd be miles away by now! I'm now kind of thinking that I should just go with it while we're still mostly locked down and nobody will see me. To know where to go to get decent advice on managing curly hair would be invaluable. You'd never know that I was a hairdresser in a past life. by SquintyBubbles (Sun 5th Jul 2020 4:23am)
  • I was really surprised it worked for me because I have been keeping my hair straight forever, I'm 49. I always thought that my hair was wavy at best but looking at pictures through the curly hair sub I thought I'd give it a go and my hair is giving me lovely curls. I just have to figure out what to do with them, and how to get them to last to the next day. by SquintyBubbles (Sun 5th Jul 2020 1:11pm)
  • Urban Funk on Duke Street is absolutely excellent. by SquintyBubbles (Thu 16th Jul 2020 11:18am)
  • Thanks for the update, must let my son know. I used to be a hairdresser back in another life. He usually only trusts me to cut his hair but will go to Funk if I can't do it for him. He doesn't use them very frequently but did know that the girl he'd preferred to go to had moved on. I'll give him the new name. :) by SquintyBubbles (Thu 16th Jul 2020 11:36am)
  • That reads like a very damning report. I'm interested to read any responses from others who work in the building and those who have stayed there also. I have no personal experience of it at all. by SquintyBubbles (Tue 11th Aug 2020 2:09am)
  • I suppose it could always be marketed as a "location" to those filming future movies. It is leaving me with dreadful Trainspotting vibes. Unfortunately I'm in the market for a two bedroom anything at the moment, slim pickings. by SquintyBubbles (Thu 26th Aug 2021 5:08pm)
  • We signed for a new flat yesterday and our new housing officer was absolutely loaded with it. I felt really bad that she had to be out of her bed meeting us for a few signatures. She was miserable but a total trooper. by SquintyBubbles (Sat 23rd Oct 2021 11:16am)
  • I agree with the vit-d and lamp ideas for sure but seriously, autumn is my most favourite season of all. The light during the day is gorgeous, the colour of the leaves on the trees changing, the crisp feel of the cold air when you're out walking. Then the contrast of the warm cosy cafés, bars, restaurants etc. Glasgow is the best city and I say that as a Northern Irish born and bred 50 something who's lived in Belfast, Dublin and Glasgow. Glasgow wins hands down for the welcome, the culture and access to beautiful scenery and sure you're only a stone's throw from a flight to Belfast so you can visit the Motherland while you're here too. Please don't set yourself up to have a dull time here by overthinking this. Accept the welcome that people will offer you and get involved with whatever is going on around you. You won't notice the darkness. It's just there to help Glasgow's lights shine a bit brighter. by SquintyBubbles (Mon 9th May 2022 1:55am)