I have 4 nieces and they are all the same. They seem to want everything just perfect. perfect house, perfect kids, perfect holidays, perfect cars and perfect jobs. Nothing less will do.
My friend told me her daughter was getting married and she gave them a massive deposit on their first house. She said they were struggling to furnish it so I gave them quite a lot of kitchen equipment and offered them (free) all our recently removed worktops which were in immaculate condition and in a plain neutral colour. The daughter came and had a look and then I heard no more. When I saw her Mum she said she really wanted marble effect worktops!!
When we started out I took literally anything people offered me.
Iād say, have what you want as youāre a long time dead!
I see no point in stashing too much money away as we never know if the next day will be our last.
Susie, Let them make the most of their good times. After all, all that will go out the window when they are paying out money for the new baby and all it needs until it leaves home.
Ooh, l just thought of all that sick on the lovely suite and carpet!! Or on the shoulders of their designer clothes!
I remember mum (or was it gran, canāt remember, no I think it was mum), had a green mangle. Nothing like that one Danny though.
Iāve never forgotten how the white cotton sheets came out stiff and thin as a board after it had been through those rollers.
For 8 years I used an old washing machine with a wringer on the top ( high tech ā¦ . It was electric ). The machine cost me second hand Ā£5 but the heater was broken . I used to boil pans and fill it .Iād wash the whites first but as I pulled them out they came out tangled together be cause the flipping machine washed only clockwise . Eventually as the water cooled Iād wash the colours. The wringer was a God send it squashed the nappies towels etc flat , then Iād rinse them in the sink and wring again .
When I got my first real washing machine it was an automatic , I sat in front of it for a whole hour watching it washing rinsing and spinning . By this time Iād been married 10 years