I'd suggest sending off a few job applications just in case.
If they keep the probation's end-period in place, you may be able to hold off the preparation for the interviews until after that. Once you pass the probation, you can still get fired, but then, they'd have to jump through loads of hoops to do so, and even then, they'd have to give you notice-payment if they do.

On having read what you've said about your parents before, your dad does indeed lack logic. What would your mum be like to live with?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 7 May 2009, 20:13, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

If I could live with just mum, perhaps not as bad.
Sadly my parents are still together - somehow - and I'm dreading my dad finding out what's happened because he'll crow over it for weeks since he didn't want us to live together at all.

The fact is we're the best of friends, and while we both know living together won't be forever, we get on well enough that it's nice to have one another around.
( Maladicta, Fri 8 May 2009, 0:08, Reply)

Parents who think they have any say over how their adult offspring live
boil my piss big time.

You've split up with someone you live with - big fucking deal. It's not like you were married, so it's less stressful in that sense. They should be happy that you're dealing with it in what seems to be a mature and adult way. Not crow about it like fucking children in a school yard.

Good luck with the job thing, though. But if it works out, you need to tell your parents about your relationship status, and if they have a go, point out the above to them.

Not to be disrespectful, but your dad sounds like a petty minded bully if he hasn't spoken to you since last year becasue you didn't want to move back in with them. Fuck's sake. If I'd still been living at home beyond the age of 20 my Mum would have gone spare and 'encouraged' me to move out.

I'm not having a go at you here, you understand - more the probable attitude of your folks (dad especially).
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 8 May 2009, 13:42, Reply)

You're not being even slightly disrespectful;
I think my dad is a petty-minded bully who hides behind his outdated morals (living in sin? FFS dad, it's 2009, not 1809), so you're not telling me anything I don't know :) Many people have said they're impressed we can still live in the same flat and I'm really impressed with the way things are working out. And if I tell them and dad has a shitfit, I will use my epic customer service skills to tell him if he has a rant I'm hanging up till he calms down ;)

Ironically, the other person who had their probation extended and I had a meeting today and agreed what we're going to say we've done to fix the problem, so I feel slightly better knowing she's as worried as I am... thank you for your straight talk :)
( Maladicta, Fri 8 May 2009, 19:29, Reply)