I completely disagree with this statement. What if shifting close to your family involved actually SHIFTING INTO YOUR in laws house? having almost daily contact with relatives who are drug dealers? leaving behind your own children? shifting countries? plus many other significant issues. These are all factors that would affect my marriage in a move to be closer to my very aged in laws. These things would have a huge impact on my marriage. I guess according to you I have a big problem.

probably. Especially if I was going to be there several hours later. My Ds18 three weeks ago flew to South Africa by himself. he had to change plains in Dubai. He then had to make his own way to a backpackers and wait for 24 hours for his friend's flight. He made it.

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:grouphug: :grouphug: It is tough. My DH would like to shift to the other side of the world temporarily. When one parent dies, he wants to be the one who looks after the other one. Both his parents are in their early 90's. He has 3 siblings that live there I reckon they can do the caring. If I was to temporarily shift over there I would have to leave my children behind (at least the older ones), I do not wish to do that.

I am pretty sure that Peela's children are in uni now.

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I voted NO. I sort of understand this choice. DH would love to temporarily shift to Canada to be closer to his family (aged parents). This would not work at all for our family. not at all. I hate some of his family. Some of my in-laws have made lifestyle choices that I consider unhealthy in the extreme, and I feel would potentially put my children's lives in jeopardy .

other~what can I say, I love voting on polls I don't think either option exists in Australia. and certainly my interned speed wouldn't handle it anyway.

there have been many studies about what happens to teens around this time (ages12 onwards) basically all the synapses break and get rewired. It takes time, and their brain is sort of scrambled for a few years as they rebuild their brain.The key is to have only one instruction at a time. I cannot remember the article I read about it, I think it was called inside a teen brain or something like that.

Possibly connected to the great pointer she is using.

Other. It is not that I don't allow it, I just don't buy it. So their intake is extremely limited.

I wish I had your problem :crying: :crying: :crying: Mine came home for almost 2 weeks then went backpacking around South Africa. I would really really love to hear that he is OK. He will come home a few days before he goes back to Uni. as the uni is over 400km away I will be lucky if I see him for 5 days before next Christmas break (which is the summer break here).

There is still heaps of gold out there! This was on the news today http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/latest/a/-/article/15857951/huge-gold-nugget-found-in-ballarat/

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I have pm'd you

I am now so clucky

shoes with Velcro are very much around here. Even sandals have Velcro instead of buckles.

that would be so exciting

other. I put things in the dishwasher straight away. Not all the children do the same :glare: :glare: :glare: . which means that if I am not in the kitchen, the sink could be piled high as Mount Everest and be that way for a few hours. We run our dishwasher at night when the electricity is cheaper.

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I remember the thrill when I first got my a laundry :laugh: . Before that I had a washing machine on the outside veranda, and I had to carry the buckets of hot water from in the house.we had a really really small house and the washing machine could not fit. My DH made a sleep out separate from the house, the front half of it is the laundry, the back half is the spare bedroom ( actually ds18's room but he is away most of the year at uni). Enjoy! :hurray:

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