General Chat

in the 7yrs that ive been a member of genes,ive met some lovely people.
some have been helpful,some very funny,a few have upset me forwhatever reason,and most have been all great.
but i dont really know the people im talking to ,please give a brief history of you life,job,hobby,family.(if this offends you please dont post)thisis just for my benefit,its nive toknow the person your talking to.
I will start.
my name is sue.im 47yrs old and wasborn in liverpool but moved to angelsey age 10.
ive been married tothe same man since the age of 16, andwe have 4 children, and 2 grandchildren.alex age 2(fromour 23yr old son) and mia age 1(from our21yr old daughter)
i work asa paediatric palliative care nurse for the local trust full time.
my hobbies are reading,gardening,familyhistory,history,cooking(when i get the time)my family,grandchildren.and drinking large quantitys of wine.x please excuse the txt,my laptop keyboard is really playing up(i can spell honest).xx

My name is Bridget. I have been on here for quite a number of years and found a lot of "Cyber Friends" they are friends I have never met but who hsve been wonderful pen pals.

I am 65, married twice, once for 24 years and now for 18 years. Four children from marriage number one and two stepsons from marriage number 2.
Two grandchildren a boy and a girl and four grandchildren from stepsons.

We all live in different places starting in numerical number:

Child one lives in Barcelona
Child two lives in East Anglia
Child number 3A lives in Winchester
Child number 3B lives in Wales
Stepson number one lives in Amsterdam
Stepson number two lives in London

We live in Spain.

I retired from work in early February this year not long before my 65 th birthday. Many people helped me through quite a traumatic time and have remained good Cyber Friends.
I trained as a Nurse at the London Hospital in east London and remained in nursing for most of my life. I also trained as a midwife but did not really enjoy it and almost by accident went into elderly Nursing Care. I specialised in various types of Dementia for both the older people snd young people,
I stopped that part of my career when we moved to Spain?

Having been married twice I feel lucky to have been married for 24 years the first time and still quite friendly when we meet at weddings etc and this time for 18 years.

My husband was in the Civil Service but had to take early retirement afte two heart attacks, and a sudden death experience.
Husband number one worked in the City of London.

I never put the real names of my family on here as I feel it to be unwise.

My main hobby is family research, but I also enjoy cooking, hence Bridgets Culinary Delights thread, I enjoy writing and can be nosy therefore " Why did you or your family leave..." is another thread of mine and Bridgets Daily Diary. It would be great if you now posted something on these threads

Bye bye

Bridget.

:-)

Hello Sue.

I'm Sue too :-) I live in Australia although I was born in England. My parents emigrated when I was 3. I've made lots of wonderful friends on this site and it has been my pleasure to meet some of them - some only recently.

Obviously I love family history, scrapbooking, photography and reading. I have 3 adult children, 4 grandchildren and have been married for 38 years.

I do a lot of volunteer work at my local hospital working with cancer patients - this keeps me very busy but I enjoy it.

Sue

how very interesting bridget,
its nice toknow some of the background of the people you are talking to(or maybe im just nosey?,its makes the conversation easier,,
i have noticed that a lot of peeps have viewed this thread but not posted,maybe ive crossed the line a bit?x :-D :-D :-D

Hi, my name is Sylvia, I was born in Lancashire but have lived here in Yorkshire for 27 years.
I am 57 years old and have been married for 31 years.
We have 4 grown up children and 4 grandchildren, with 1 on the way at the end of January next year.
I gave up work 4 years ago due to ill health, but doing ok .
I look after our grandchildren to allow their parents to go to work which keeps me on my toes lol.
Sylvia. x

hi sue,
thankyou for your post,ive spoken toyou on several threads and weve posted on each others threads,its nice to know you better,well done on the 38yrs of married life,you remember my thread on grandchildren?my granddaughter mia recently?youposted and now i know that you have four grandchildren,so you have so much more experiance of those beautiful little people who we love so much,so next time i will take your advice when i have a problem with little people.x thankyou for your comments.xx :-D

sylvia,
my hubby also took early retirement almost 10yrs agodue to very ill health(he was 38 at the time)we now have two grandchildren age 2yrs and 1r and hubby looks after them four days a wk so that their parents can work,he loves doing it(he was a very hands on dad even though he worked a 50hrs wk)the babys give him a new lease of life and its great to see,they love each other.everyone is happy.x

SueMaid
Have you looked at my hread about moving from the Uk to live abroad? If not would you please be kind enough to add some comments as to why your parents left the UK, etc.
Army son, who is son number 3B is in the Army and his wife are expecting their first child in February...I am very excited...

Bridget :-)

HI My name is Sandra but i am known as Sandy i am 54 years old. I was born in Berkshire but i moved to West Yorkshire 25 years ago. I have been married to Dave for 27 years and we have 3 children and 2 grandsons. I gave up work because of ill health but i am a lot better now
My daughter is no longer with her OH so i look after my 2 grandsons part time. Best wishes Sandy :-)

hi all
my name is lorraine born in nottingham now live in lincolnshire [nr skegness]
married twice 2 children from 1st marriage daughter and son
2 children from 2nd marriage 2 daughters
i am 47 years young with a 5 year old daughter
childrens ages are 24 22 16 and 5
my husband andy races pigeons [anyone else]
people are so helpful on here thank you very much

lorraine :-D

I'm Sharron.58.Fat old biddy with grey lesbian haircut and glasses.

Live in village near Chichester where I was born as were five or six generations before me.We only came from Pompey before that. Don't think we have any traveler in us!

My mother was narcissistic.I am not married but have been with my bloke for exactly three and a half in April. Years? No, broken mirrors!

I am supposed to be carer for my 91 year old dad who had a stroke five years ago but should really be done under the Trades Description Act because I have made him get on and do it all in his wheelchair. Now he goes out foraging with his mate and lands me with a lot of cooking and preserving.

First did my tree thirty odd years ago and went on to other things.Doing a bit of mediaeval stuff at the moment.

I am Val from Exeter I was born in Glasgow my husband is scottish also but his dad came from Liverpool
I have 1 daughter and 3 sons my eldest son gets married 24th of Sept and he made me a gran on the 17th June with a son called Stephen James

Hi i am Hazel born in Islington, London.living in Uxbridge now.,single now

I have 3 children boy 35,2 girls 34 and 30, 3 grand children 11,5 and 2. soon to be 2 more as son and his girlfriend are due twin girls in the next 4 weeks.

Been intrested doing family tree for 25yrs,been doing it for 16yrs as gave up work due to illness.

Hello Sue

I am ....well my age changes daily, I have 3 children the eldest is married, no grandchildren, I live in Cheshire , I work very hard and love my OH very much, I love history and have been doing my tree for about 7 years and had my biggest break through this year and I have a cat. :-D

I'm Cheryl, 43 opps 44 yrs old, been married to Steve for 22 yrs in Nov, we have 4 sons Ash 21 , M 19 , L18, and N 11, we live in North Essex , i enjoy family history and card making, needle work and reading.
Have never met any of my cyber friends from GR yet but Bridget and i WILL meet when she visits uk next, we have so many things in common it's scary!!

Right here goes.....lol

l'm Jude, and l'm 63 this yr (gawd am l really...lol).
Been married to Vic for 40 yrs and we have 2 smashing great children... 36yrs and 34yrs.
Son and wife are expecting their 2nd child next Feb.

l started family tree on here 2002, did it for a couple or so yrs and planning on returning to it asap:)

l was born in Sussex.

Gave up work 2004 - 2005 due to ill health.

We live in South Wales now and love it here.

Have met loads of GR folk and we're meeting a couple tomorrow for the 2nd time. We live very near to Jean (Monmouth) and visit them as often as we can....lovely people:)

We have a dog called Madoc,(originally Mad Dog) who's too clever for his own good, gorgeous dog:)

l love crafts and craft books, reading but very slow, animals and my family:)

jude x

PS...l would love another cat (we used to have 3) but Vic not keen:((
:-P
PPS...edited some information

Hi Sue, I am Ann, 71 years old, married for 51 years, 2 children 5 Grandchildren, retired civil servant (MOD). Husband ex RN (Left in 1968 then worked for Rank Xerox)

Been a member of Genes for 7/8 years, met a lot of lovely people and also made a lot of cyber friends.

Hobbies, card making, scrapbooking, reading, F History, penfriends, photography, writing in no particular order.

What very interesting people you all are ,and thank you for posting on this thread,its toknow something about the people you are talking to on a regular basis.ive never met any of you but feel like ive known some people forever.
thank you toany oneofyou thatshelped me recently,andi hope wecan all remain cyber friends for yrs to come.x

Here goes, my name is Linda ( I hate it) so everyone but my mum calls me lynn I'm 61 I was born in cornwall but moved to Hayes Middx when I was ten, I now live in Northamptonshire. I've been married twice I've got three daughters by my first husband S is 41 C is 40 and A is 34 in Nov and I have nine grandchildren. I was married to my first husband for 13 years but it did not work out. Met my second Husband was with him for ten years but only married for two when he died 15 years ago. My mum lives in Uxbridge now so I am down there every two weeks.


I have been doing my tree since 2007 have hit a brick wall at mo but love it when I get the time.
:-) :-) :-)

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