My thoughts are with you Liv, keep fighting, enjoy living. My own stats aren't great, not dissimilar to yours and that's with a treatable yet aggressive breast cancer. Mammogram showed there was nothing - what they took out was 8.5cm. Dense Breasts - something I am actively lobbying for awareness about as you are about OC.

What an a-hole. I mean, no gifts....yet buys them for his family and not you. That's like a type of psychological abuse. Look what it's done to your own self esteem. And then you're trying to be understanding etc. Your language of love may be gift giving. In a true partnership we seek to give love to the other in the way they welcome it most. It's sadistic that he buys them for his family. F$ck him, he's not showing he's worthy of you loving him. You are worthy of receiving gifts from someone who truly does loves you, and doesn't impose unilateral rules onto you.

Funnily enough, I think everyone looks well in the IG video, except him. He looks pale, like he has makeup on, and that he's had work. Any of those things are his prerogative, it's just not an inspirational picture of health for me.

Agree. I like both Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie. I don't like how Angelina is consistently villainised and Brad is seen as the golden boy whose made some mistakes and come good. 

Preface, I've had some lovely dates and met some lovely men. Of course the terrible ones are what we remember. There was one man who takes the cake.

I've enjoyed JLo's music and movies over the years. I didn't pay much attention to the criticism of her. I bought into the love story of her and Ben, and am saddened to think it may be coming to an end. 

I hope he has his R Kelly/Harvey Weinstein day of reckoning. His word for 2024 is Love....ha! 

@mh78 I googled - there's pics, they're side by side. 

I 100% agree that the word choice and tone of the correspondence is wrong. Suggesting modesty, better learning environment etc is both a passive aggressive approach to their real issue that it may be a distraction. Agree that is not acceptable AND

Hmmm, I'm not sure about the position on this. It's wonderful for someone to have your back. Kate may well be taking the fall for the Comms' team error as has also been suggested. However if she did do it, as a strong, independent woman, I think it is enough that she's owned up to it, and clearly moved on as per the wording in her statement. She can stand up for herself and doesn't always need a man to provide, what, further gravitas? I think she's got enough, herself. 

You really don't need them to understand or be OK with it. Your approach is kind and respectful. You don't need to open it up that they affirm your choice or confirm you're a nice person. Keep it about you and what you're feeling - in the clear, kind tone you have take. 

Not doubting your issues you've listed. What I do not understand is why you choose to continue to live there? Yes, you can maintain you're not going to be driven out, you'll stand your ground etc - and that becomes about expecting them to change. They have clearly and consistently demonstrated they will not change, so what benefit is it to you to stay? Feeling you are in the right (and you may well be) surely is not enough of a benefit to live with this? Expecting them to change, is futile.  And we all know the definition of madness phrase - keeping on doing the same thing (standing up to them) and expecting different results....imagine the freedom if you moved to a new neighbourhood!?

😂🤣 where to start with this.....I am sorry to read he feels uncomfortable. I didn't know we were responsible for his emotional wellbeing, and had to change to accommodate his personal desires. 

Wow! Just wow. The most beautiful man or woman becomes very ugly when we discover their inner workings are the opposite of beautiful. Also, when we love someone truly and deeply, which I would imagine you would your children, they do become genuinely beautiful to you. We see such beauty in their features. There are also so many expressions of physical beauty, because it really is in the eyes of the beholder.

What these children, now women have been through is horrendous. They have been abused on all adult fronts: mother, father and then this vile, sick, entitled teacher. With their community also letting them down.

Not that I want my eyes to ever see this - why doesn't Kanye declare 2024 is the year of baring his body the way Bianca is? A Mankini would be a comparative start! 🙄

2004 North & South as John Thornton - he was tremendous, smouldering. The train station scene in the finale was epic!

There are always two sides, and sometimes those two sides will see the other as the protagonist, so it comes down to the individuals doing what is right for them. I have consulted a clinical psychologist about my adult niece. Who according to the psychologist demonstrates narcissistic behaviours.

But she cannot and will not let go. And nor will he. 

I loved this whole series. In the second half, it was really lovely to get a glimpse of the closeness of Margaret and the Queen. Even knowing it was a fictional dramatisation, I still found it moving. As I did the ending. I think it was a fabulous 'last hurrah' and look forward to if/when they decide to pick it up again and cover other pivotal times in their lives.