u/Gretal122

As the title says

Just wonderong if you might be able to suggest something please.

Thank you in advance

Obviously I know they wear designer gowns etc which are probably made especially for them , but do they actually go shopping for clothes ( or even food items or whatever occasionally ?)

Do the public ever see them in ' everyday' situations like this ? ( apart from public appearances I mean )

Just curious ?

I dont live in England

So , Im talking ten years ago .

I had taken a month or so off( ny husband waa having major heart surgery ( stressful time for him of course, and worrying for both of us).

Anyway , the first shift I had after going back was in the chaotic time when the whole store was being rearranged ( registers being moved to the centre, departments were in completely different places etc)

I was based in the fitting room, and even the phone system had changed , ( cant remember exactly, but different to what it had been wuth incoming calls etc )as well as the new earphone thing to communicate with other staff.( do they still have that, I hated it ) ?

I had to ask other staff where things were if a customer asked me ( because as I said, everyrhing was in rhe process of being moved)

It waa just so stressful that so many changes were happening.

To top it off, as if to 'test me' the department manager came to me and asked where the hangers were ?

I was a bit confused and thought she meant tbe box of hangers in the cupboard thing ( in the ftting room ), but no , she was ' testing' to see if I knew wherw they would be in the rearranged store ( I would have known in the past, but because I'd only been there an hour or so, I didnt know

I just left afrer the shift and never went back,

I went home and cried because I felt so awful, because I was so stressed out.

I know it sounds silly, but I had ( have) anxiety and it was just all too much..

We were out most of the day yesterday, came home around 6pm , had a light dinner( had been to a Grandchild's party in the afternoon , with snacks etc so wasnt very hungry )

Usually I'd be tired, went to bed around 10 pm.and its now 3.30 am , and I just cant sleep !

Ive taken the usual magnesium supplement which sometimes helps, but nope.

I'm in my 60'ss

So over it..

Ugh

I realise it was ' first in , first served', but thought it was strange that the display stand and everythng was gone at my local Woolworths today , and the staff member didnt know if points can still be redeemed?

Are there any staff members here who might know please ?

I only have 34 points, so might not have been able to get anything anyway ?

I did get the small frypan a month or ago.( which was 50 points)

I was just curious.

Thank you in advance

Lol, loved Dame Edna :)

So as it says, Ive babysat our Grandchildren over the years ( usually no problem(, but lately if my Granddaughter asks if my husband and I could watch him,, I try to make an excuse, because he just screams and cries the whole time she' s gone.

I try to comfort him, he just cries abd cries and its so stressful.

The minute she comes back, he stops of course.

I just wonder if Im being weird for not wanting to watch him( until he at least grows out if this stage anyway )

Its not a ' regular thing' , just occasionally..

I've had depression on and off most of my life. , I used to take antidepressants, but stopped about 6 months ago.

Im ashamed to admit I drink wine in the evening to ' shut off my brain ' and know its not a good idea, but I guess it's just become a habit.

I hate myself for being like this.

Does anyone else relate to this.?

I used to reply,if someone said ' Hi ' or something but then got wary when someone would try to ask about other things?

Now I just don't reply ,

What do you do regarding ' messages?

Looking back, I know my moods / depression really bad at the time ( I actually took a few pills one night because I was so depressed, and my husband called an ambulance and I was taken to hospital .

I guess I didn't want to die, but waa overwhelmed with family issues and just wanted a break.

I guess my question is , do you think HRT helped with moods etc, ?

Also my sex drive was never high, ( I was taking anti depressants) but wonder if HRT would have helped with everything.

As I said, the doctor never suggested it, and after reading posts here, I actually went to a doctor a few months ago and asked if HRT would help me now( I have trouble sleeping, no libido , not that I ever had a high sex drive anyway, but just feel ' blah'.

Anyway the Dr said, it's not really a good idea to start taking it now, but maybe if I had started back then ,I wouldn't feel so ' blah now"?

I remember a time her son rang me after he had spoken to her about something, and asked me if I could see if I thought something was wrong ( as in he thought she was speaking a bit strangely too )

I couldn't really tell, because she sounded the same as always to me?

We are in our mid 60's and can usually understand most people if they are speaking to me.( but do have trouble if there's background noise,or they are walking away from me ,like my husband does sometimes and expects I'll hear him while doing that.

Im sure she thinks Im ' deafer' than what I actually am.

Its so uncomfortable trying to have a conversation..

Was I wrong for feeling like that?

I remember one morning, we were still in bed( around 8 am ), and next thing my MIL and FIL and husband's Aunt and Uncle were at the door to visit.

So had to scramble out of bed. Offer them breakfast etc etc.

It used to annoy me so much , I mean, leave us alone on a holiday?

I never used to say anything of course.

What would you have thought ?

So we are in our mid 60s, and as I said, he goes out singing ( sometimes every weekend), and I just dont feel like going out to sit at a venue for 3 to 4 hours , trying to be social, but not really wanting to be there.

He doesn't mind , just says to do whatever I might feel like( I do go occasionally )

Anyway this weekend, he's taken a booking , where he will have to drive almost 2 hours away(usually if he goes to this place, we stay overnight and drive back the next day, ,but this time, he has another last minute booking the morning after, so has to drive home around 11pm after the show..

I just got annoyed amd asked him why he has to book so many things in one weekend, because I REALLY dont want to go to this night time thing and sit there till 11 pm, but feel bad that he'd be driving so late( and will be tired)

He just says he' ll be fine if I don't go, but AMI for not wanting to go..

I'm a mum to two adult daughters and Grandmother to our Grandchildren.

One of my daughters is going to be entertaining ( with my husband)at an outdoor park sort of venue that's having a Mothers day picnic day , so I should probably go, but my other daughter is having a rough time and I don't think will want to go ( she doesn't have to of course), I just feel I ' should go '( but am just not really feeling like doing anything to be honest

I have struggled with depression most of my life ad usually ' push myself 'to go to things when Im.'supposed to ' ( if that makes sense?)

I just wondered what others mums are doing tomorrow.?

Anyway, Happy Mothers Day