I'll race you for the Mother of the Year award! 
I finally succumbed buying the ipad2 in 2011. I'd really feel so bad that i get irritated when my kids want to "see" it. When the ipad3 came out, the ipad2 became discounted so we bought one for the kids. Of course they inherited my old one and i got the new one.  Then they would fight over it for their "turn"  I used my credit card rewards points to buy the ipad3 at half price a year later. Got a32 Gb this time for myself, and again the "newer" used one got passed on to my daughter, the oldest one going to my son. My husband eventually gave in, used his rewards points to buy an ipad mini at half price as well. So we don't fight anymore.  I still feel guilty feeling resentment when my kids wanted to use it.  But no way in hell will i let anyone else touch mine. Many people have all sorts of tablets now so no one bothers me anymore, specially at work, to "borrow" it. They know better than to ask me to see "my precious" (insert Gollum voice here).

My Nexus isn't nearly as pricey as an ipad, but I still don't let anyone else touch it, I get antsy if DH even picks it up. He thinks it means I'm hiding stuff, but I'm really not, he's aware of all (ok most) of the stuff I read!

Shoved WAYYYYYY in the couch! I swear I looked there! [emoji12] [emoji13] [emoji14]

So glad that you found it hun. 
Sounds like me last week trying to find my glasses they were in the freezer, even though I already looked in there. 

O.K., I'm done. It is a good story. Well written and she handled the heavy topic very well. But...I don't know how to say it....I'm not satisfied. There are so much open questions and I'd really love to learn more. So I'm a little bit undecided if I should rec it. She wrapped it up quite nicely, but there's so much more potential.
 But it's definitive not a long fic. I started on Sunday and finished today. So, Demaris, I'm sure you'll read it in a few hours.  Not too much time wasted if you really wouldn't like it. If you read it, please let me know what you think!

I'll race you for the Mother of the Year award! 
I finally succumbed buying the ipad2 in 2011. I'd really feel so bad that i get irritated when my kids want to "see" it. When the ipad3 came out, the ipad2 became discounted so we bought one for the kids. Of course they inherited my old one and i got the new one.  Then they would fight over it for their "turn"  I used my credit card rewards points to buy the ipad3 at half price a year later. Got a32 Gb this time for myself, and again the "newer" used one got passed on to my daughter, the oldest one going to my son. My husband eventually gave in, used his rewards points to buy an ipad mini at half price as well. So we don't fight anymore.  I still feel guilty feeling resentment when my kids wanted to use it.  But no way in hell will i let anyone else touch mine. Many people have all sorts of tablets now so no one bothers me anymore, specially at work, to "borrow" it. They know better than to ask me to see "my precious" (insert Gollum voice here).

Not started it yet. I just can't get it up for Twifics anymore....I don't know why.

Oh! Loopy, have you bought your sandbags etc? There's a hell of a storm on its way to the UK according to all the Met office. Batten down your hatches, I'd hate for you to be flooded out having just got back in your house...

Fingers crossed we won't have another repeat of earlier this year. I'd rather have Christmas everyday than that and I really can't stand Christmas it does my head in. 

Lol, exactly hun. 
I was shopping the other day and this woman told me no to be so miserable when I said to my daughter "Shoot Me now and put me out of my misery" when the music was changed to the usual Christmas 
I not so politely told her to piss off and if she wanted to be around happy chirpy people that like Christmas she should go to the North Pole (maybe with a few extra added words), what can I say apart from December is not a month that I'm too polite or cheery. 

Think that's probably wise hun that you didn't actually say that to him as you don't want him calling a time out on d*ck time. 

The hubby thinks I should be locked up (but that's nothing new really) for not liking Christmas, just the thought that I've gotta go round to his parents at some point in the day and all of his brothers, partners and kids will also be there is enough to make me break out in hives. I love them all dearly but everyone just seems extra hyper and all I wanna do is sit in a dark room reading something extra dark and agnsty. 

Lol, I feel honoured hun as I can think of plenty of peeps to be separated at birth from like the twins from The Shining for starters.   

I must confess how hot Gerard Butler is in those Hugo Boss commercials. I love a good looking man with a sexy accent in a tailored suit.