@mamamia-user-482898552 there are plenty of things I pay tax for and don’t use, that is always going to be the case.  I think helping parents stay at home financially with their children, if they want to, is a good thing

Yep, the third felt like a bonus just like dessert.

I haven’t seen the latest season yet but I think it’s a good thing he is making his son his first priority, nobody is forcing Carrie to stay.  

Agree, respect is a key ingredient in a happy partnership.  Respect for the role each person plays, regardless of what the role is.  I’ve been the stay home parent for 20 years in my relationship with my husband living and working away for long periods of time.  Neither role would work without the other.

As someone who has an auto immune condition which is very hard to diagnose and then once it is, finding the best way to deal with it, my experience is that I don’t expect a GP or specialist to be able to fix it but you do expect to be listened to and taken seriously.  I understand that every person with the same condition experiences it differently so there is no silver bullet but empathy and understanding goes a long way.  

@laura__palmer I guess that’s the thing, nobody knows for sure what happened except the 3 people there.  In any case it’s not a good look, particularly for someone in her position. 

You also don’t get to destroy property and act abusively without thinking there may be consequences.  Maybe they did fear for their safety but their judgement was impaired by their level of intoxication.  If they had just been respectful in the first place none of it would have escalated.

@draculasgirlfriend Or he locked the car door so they couldn’t run away before paying for the damage they did.  Didn’t he drive them to the police station, hardly a joy ride.  

It’s the kind of movie you would expect from a Happy Madison production starring

@taintedblackcat just being realistic.  Alternative means are well and good but a reality tv show where ratings are the aim is not a likely place to find love just public humiliation.

@taintedblackcat a reality tv show is not the place to find one.

“You’re Cordially Invited” was disappointing.  I shouldn’t have been surprised as I don’t think Will Ferrell is funny.  Stopped paying attention a quarter of the way through.

 I saw resilience, empathy and strength in both the women’s and men’s final.  In fact the outward show of empathy from Sinner to Zverev during the presentation was something I haven’t seen on this level before.  Messy pasts are not confined to male tennis players and alleged bad behaviour is only that until it has been proven.  

You didn’t neglect the dog or mistreat it.  You fed, exercised and interacted with it which is way more than many dogs get.  Dogs are like people, you are not going to have the same feelings or relationship with every dog, they are individual.  It may be that the dog isn’t particularly fond of people or has some behavioural issues or it may just be the time of life you are in.  When my children were young the dog we had at that time was fed and walked and treated well but now my kids have grown up and I have more time our current dog is treated like a queen.  What matters is the dog was looked after and felt safe.  Can we save the anger for people who leave dogs in hot cars or outside rain hail or shine with no exercise or socialising.

@mamamia-user-739637812 funny after my own wedding my new husband and I stopped for a pizza.  Think we were so busy chatting to guests we didn’t eat much of the food we had at the wedding.  25 years later that pizza was one of the more memorable things about the night.  Each to their own.

Sure “Our LIttle Secret” filled in some time on a boring Friday night but it wasn’t good.  Apart from the predictable plot it felt forced from beginning to end.  

Reading the heading of the article I assumed it was going to be a negative comment but was pleasantly surprised when it wasn’t.  Great reminder, particularly this time of year when patience and kindness seem to be more sparse than usual.  

@laura__palmer lets agree to disagree

@laura__palmer because the majority of times in the same situation that information would  be relevant to the patient, it wasn’t on this occasion but people would complain if the information wasn’t provided.   The doctor isn’t to know unless she is told and while it could have been delivered better I also think people need to be mindful of the other persons perspective, empathy and understanding goes both ways.   In a perfect world patient and doctor know each other well but in reality it’s often a case of getting in to see the first doctor available and just getting what you need.  There are good and not so good doctors just like there are in any profession.  The experience sounded unpleasant but one which would be annoying at best.  

@laura__palmer yes I understand it may be hard to speak up but I don’t think if you remain quiet you should then complain about it.  You have a choice.