Dealing with the fallout from my mother-in-law's attempted suicide yesterday
and being back in work after a week off.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 9 May 2023, 8:41, archived)

Christ sounds bloody grim!

(President of the lighthouse Organised the Trumpton riots, Tue 9 May 2023, 8:48, archived)

Her brother finally succumbed to cancer a couple of weeks ago, he'd had months of suffering and the facial tumour was particularly unpleasant
she's looking after her own mother who has dementia and mobility issues and she chucked her boyfriend out over the weekend because of his alcoholism.

My partner went out for a couple of weeks not long ago but can't go back any time soon. Brazil isn't easy to get to.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 9 May 2023, 8:58, archived)

Hope it gets sorted

(President of the lighthouse Organised the Trumpton riots, Tue 9 May 2023, 9:32, archived)

On the fun side of things
I think someone's trying to bribe me to get a student into our university.

Fat fucking chance. They all go through UCAS so even if I was so inclined it's impossible.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 9 May 2023, 9:51, archived)

What's the mental health care like over there?
Sounds like she needs counselling
( Smash Monkey 2 Anyone know a good therapist in South Africa?, Tue 9 May 2023, 9:43, archived)

We've tried, but she's adamant she won't accept it
there is a public health system but not sure what you can do when someone is adamant they don't want to engage. It's also nigh on impossible to know what's going on when when everything you know is via whasapp from a third party.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 9 May 2023, 9:49, archived)

Fuck m8, this is awful

( Turtle Power & Knuckles, Tue 9 May 2023, 10:28, archived)

b3ta, you mean

(Smegg Wallace The O.G. Q.R., Tue 9 May 2023, 10:47, archived)

Yeah
it's all been going on for some time and it's only when I write it down I realise how fucking shit it is. I guess it's like so many unbearable situations - small problems grow and multiply until they're just too much.
( garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Tue 9 May 2023, 10:57, archived)

Oh fucking hell. Mrs. Tea and I have plenty of worry and stress from her mother, but nothing as grim as that.
My sympathies, for what they're worth.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 9 May 2023, 11:24, archived)

Genuinely sorry for your trouble garold

( mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 9 May 2023, 11:40, archived)

christ that all sounds dreadful, so sorry man

( Queef Smegwin U r a 🔔🔚, Tue 9 May 2023, 12:05, archived)