u/altgirl996

I got prescription glasses last year in February. My eyesight has got worse since then, I can't read writing on the tv even with my glasses on, I have to squint and it's blurry. So at the moment I can barely see. I know with Universal Credit eye tests are usually free every 2 years unless the prescription changes by a certain amount. How much does my prescription need to change to be eligible for a reduced cost on glasses? I have astigmatism so I already need to pay extra to get the anti-glare coating which isn't covered by Universal Credit so if I can get glasses cheaper it would be a massive help. I do get LCWRA and PIP if that's relevant

Really need advice here. My daughter is 9. I am already in the process of making a court application to family court. My ex has been an alcoholic for at least 15 years, I've told him he needs to get sober. My daughter told me she doesn't feel safe with him when he drinks. I have her on life360 and today it notified me she was at the pub. I walked there to get her and she was playing in the car park while her dad was drinking and had his back to her, and his car was there. I asked my daughter if she wanted to come with me and she said yes. He said no and tried saying he'd drop her off later but I said she is definitely not getting in his car if he's had a drink. When I was with him his driving was erratic and I know his drinking has got worse since then. I know the police need to catch him in the act but I really don't want my daughter getting in the car with him. I don't want to stop her seeing her dad, I just want to make sure he's sober if he has her.

Is there anything I can do now or do I have to wait for the courts to decide?

Wales

Hi my daughter is 9 and I split up with her dad 6 years ago. We were engaged so when she born she had her dad's surname. I tried to change it when we split up but he refused and that was in 2020 during Covid so we couldn't go through the courts then. My daughter has used a doubled barrelled name with her dad's surname and my surname as her "known as" name for years. Recently she asked me if I'd changed it properly and I asked her if she was sure and she said yes. She helped me fill out the deed poll application and has been practicing her new signature. I am expecting some push back from her dad but his sister-in-law has told me he doesn't want to go to court either. I have already asked two people that know me and her dad if they'd be happy to witness our deed poll signatures. What would be the best way to approach this with dad? I can arrange a meeting in my partner's place of work after closing time, this is in a pub less than a mile away from his address. I am struggling to communicate with him, he regularly ignores my text messages for weeks at a time. I want to respect my daughter's wishes as she is the one wanting to change her surname.

I've been with my partner for two years, not married yet although we are engaged. I have a daughter (9) from a previous relationship and he has a daughter (11) and a son (7). We introduced our children a few months ago and at that point we told them they had new friends to play with. Last week they asked if they were siblings and we said yes, when we get married they will be stepsiblings and they got excited, they have a lovely relationship with each other. They've started calling each other brother and sisters now which we love because they've done that themselves. I've always said that I am fine with whatever they want to call me, my daughter calls me mum but I'm not going to make my step children call me mum unless they want to because they have a mum that loves them and I won't take that from them. I'm fine if they want to call me by my first name and my partner is the same, he gets called dad by his kids and by his name by my daughter. It is starting to get confusing talking to the kids because we don't want to say daddy and mummy, we say daddy and (my name) or mummy and (his name) depending on who we're talking to and do sometimes slip up although we do try to correct it. My stepson has called me mummy once by accident and my daughter has called my partner dad twice. I was wondering what other people do, do you let your stepchildren call you what they want or do you tell them to call you something?