The Girl

I am a single parent to a 10 year old boy.

I work full time and he sees his dad every other weekend.

I had my son when I was young, none of my friends have kids, or the more distant friends have babies.

Although I have good friends and family I feel very alone, find it hard to have the motivation to think of things for me and my son to do when I am off work and constantly worry that he is not socialising with children of his ages. Feel stuck and wanted some advice on how to get out of this. I don't know any of the mums at the school as I work and no one I know has children of the same age....

Last Christmas my mum knitted the characters for a nativity scene and I would love to make a stable for her this year to complete the scene. Any ideas/links etc?

Hi, as a team building exercise we are organising a scavenger hunt.

I would like some inspiration for items and things the teams have to do whilst on this hunt, and where possible they need to be able to blag/convince people to do things.

Any ideas?

What can they ask me to do/be like when I am not working. i.e. representing their brand? I work for a company that services clubs, concert venues etc and they have asked us to represent the brand when we are on nights out (not work related)

I never thought I had PMT but more recently I have noticed how depressed I am feeling and emotional.

I started thinking that I was becoming seriously depressed and then realised that I only felt bad for 1.5 - 1 weeks prior to my period starting and then I felt much better.

I would really like to try a herbal remedy rather than going to the doctor - can anyone suggest anything good.

Please note - I am not allergic to anything but I am trying for a baby with my husband so don't want to take anything that might affect this.

Thanks

My family have decided to have a 'home made christmas' so all of our presents need to be home made...apart from the obvious, i.e. Jam, biscuits etc, has anyone got any really original ideas? It can be anything, as long as I have made it! Thanks

My ex husband left me and my son 5 years ago, since then we have decided to move back to where my family are for a better support network which is 160 miles away from where my husband lives. He is now trying to cut the costs of my maintenance (nothing formally agreed with this) as he has to travel. I have now decided that I think we need to make things official so if we were to take it to court would I have to meet him half way with regards to travel or would he need to pick his son up??

I really like the people and am only leaving due to relocation.

I was going to take in a couple of bottles of fizz but do you think I should taken anything else in on my last day?

i know that there is restrictions on when you can get married in the Uk. We are going to get married in a registary office and want to know what the latest 'appointment' you can have is?

live in kent and need a new hobby, love cooking but dont really get to interact with people so need something that introduces me to new people

I am aprrox 8/9 weeks pregnant - had an early scan due to bleeding a week ago but was told that everything was ok and they found a heartbeat. However, my symptoms have stopped over the last couple of days - someone told me that if i took a pregnancy test it would tell me if I still was prgnant or if the baby had died - but i thought that your HGC (?) levels would still be high enough either way?

I have worked in catering previously, have a great passion for food, baking and drink.

I keep talking about it and now I have decided to take the plunge and actually do it - I want to open my own cafe/coffee shop.

Can anyone give me any pointers on how to start - what qualifications do I need, how do I find a venue, how do I do forecasts etc etc,

thanks!

My sister is getting married next year and I am bridesmaid. She is having a kitsch/vintage theme to the wedding and I would like to do something like this for her hen night.

It will be in Manchester and cannot be tacky or run of the mill, has anyone got any ideas?

I moved to Maidstone about 6 years ago to live with my then boyfriend - made friends with lots of his friends but since we split up they have all dissapeared!

I have a son and a new partner but I am finding it hard to make new friends. It was easy when I was younger but now seems harder!! Does anyone have any ideas on what i can do?

I am trying so hard to diet but crisps keep calling me and i give in every time. What can i do? There is no such thing as Crisp Addicts Anonymous

I have got my son a Wii for his birthday can you recommend any games that would be good for him.

Over that last week i have been suffering with diarrhea, nausea and extreme tiredness. I do suffer with IBS but i know what my 'trigger foods' are and dont eat them - also have had quite a good week so not stress related! Any ideas?

My family from up north are coming down this weekend and I would love to take them to Whitstable for fish and chips on the beach - where is the best place to get take away fish and chips from?

Thanks

When I get an email with a website link on it how do I get my computer to open the link in mozilla firefox rather than in IE?

things like honesty, etc?