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Jun 2021
6:28pm, 5 Jun 2021
51,973 posts
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Lip Gloss
It’s a shame and sad to see but you wish they would go to sleep for one last time. Big hugs Dio
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Jun 2021
6:28pm, 5 Jun 2021
9,481 posts
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leaguefreak
Her
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Jun 2021
6:28pm, 5 Jun 2021
11,949 posts
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Mandymoo
Hugs Dio, that must be very hard to watch
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Jun 2021
6:57pm, 5 Jun 2021
7,704 posts
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TeeBee
You'll never regret being with her during this time Dio.
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Jun 2021
7:02pm, 5 Jun 2021
19,926 posts
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Bazoaxe
My grandparents had a ceilidh for their 60th anniversary and my uncle arranged a telegram from the queen.
Although my grandfather was blind he managed away with no trouble to 95 and I think my granny got to 87 and again needed no help. That’s the way it should be in old age.
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Jun 2021
8:34pm, 5 Jun 2021
49,603 posts
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McGoohan
Well, we're back from the 60th anniversary shindig.
It was rather hard work. I spent a lot of time trying to keep FiL entertained or distracted. We had our lunch and then went for a short drive to do a walk alongside a local lake. They were both incredibly doddery. We had to cut the walk short. Having not seen them for a while, they have both declined quite a bit.
Back at the house for tea and cake - Liebling had made a sponge cake for all nine of us. Did everyone want a piece? Yes, everyone does. Great. To me fell the duty of cutting the cake. I cut it into nine pieces, pretty bloody expertly I don't mind saying. And then Liebling's mum had a ... well, sort of a temper tantrum. I wasn't sure why she was so upset at first but she was angry because there wouldn't be a piece left over. Apparently this was so FiL could have another piece later. Of course she waited until the cake was cut before saying this and then said, 'well, I won't have any then' in the manner of a stroppy eight-year-old.
'I don't eat cake anyway,' she added, 'or sugar' which almost provoked guffaws. They've got two more sponge cakes from Sainsbury's in the fridge and she'd just necked a giant portion of trifle and had seconds of that.
FiL looked very tired at the end - I don't think he can handle so many people, i.e. seven guests: the four offspring and three spouses. Very glad none of the grandchildren went.
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Jun 2021
8:36pm, 5 Jun 2021
6,681 posts
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Dooogs
Well done for getting through it, McG - my cortisol levels are rising just reading about the cake-cutting tantrum.
More hugs, Dio - and what TeeBee said.
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Jun 2021
8:38pm, 5 Jun 2021
51,982 posts
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Lip Gloss
Especially as there are two others in the fridge
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Jun 2021
8:43pm, 5 Jun 2021
49,605 posts
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McGoohan
They also have 80 choc ices in the freezer in the garage.
That's right, 80.
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Jun 2021
9:20pm, 5 Jun 2021
47,533 posts
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LindsD
My bp is also rising
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