My brother still lives in the same village as my parents but I'm an hour away. I feel shit that I don't live close but I offer moral support to all of them in a daily FaceTime call. They all vent to me about the other two being annoying.

Agreed. It works well in a shakshuka instead of scrambled egg.

Your dad sounds a lot like mine, and he was one of the many reasons my now husband and I eloped too. I just didn't want to put him in that position.

Love it!

I don't know why they keep remaking P&P because they'll never top the Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth one.

Be proud of yourself too. You're a good dad 👍

You have my sympathy. My childhood was full of other kids thinking they were so hilarious by rhyming my name with a range of pasta products. I rolled my eyes so often that it's a wonder I didn't get them stuck.

Apologies for presuming! It pleases me that you've taken to life in the East with such aplomb. Much like my West Country boy!

Good to see you back! I'm alright :-) Just enjoyed JL Carr's A Month In The Country, set up in your home county!

Thanks for sharing that article. So many important points there.

I feel they've learnt nothing from history (YouTube dislikes) and have doomed themselves to repeat it. Humans can't be trusted to use these things wisely! (I saw Roland Joffé's 1986 film The Mission last night and am feeling particularly disillusioned with our species right now.)