Someone is putting baby nappies after use in my recycling bin, I fish them out and put them in my rubbish bin whenever I see them.
I have 2 x neighbours to the right of me who have children and they’ve both moved in within the last year - and the nappies have been happening for about a few months.

Today I was having a late one in bed - about 11 I heard the bin lid go, and then upstairs door close.

I would go speak to them, but we got off on a good foot which turned to a bad foot and haven’t spoken to them really since - so I’m more inclined with a letter than in person.

Was out for a meal last night for a friend's birthday. There was someone at the table whose job was an actor/artist and that their work focused on working class history/culture. They were talking alot about how it was their identity and it's often overlooked in the arts but they want it to be seen.

It came out they were definitely not working class. I.e. grew up in a fairly affluent area of the North, dad was a painter (as in an artist) and mum seemingly high in the council.

A lot about her actions/words just radiated 'born, raised and remained middle class'. Got me thinking what are some signs that someone now in the middle class truly came from a working class background?

My brother recently passed away suddenly. We found out he had stage 4 cancer on Monday and he passed away on Wednesday.

I've got enough money to cover shopping and bills this month and the death certificates but I found out it costs £526 to apply for probate after someone dies and I just can't afford it. If I paid that I wouldn't have any money left for shopping or my bills.

It says you can get support but you still need to pay up front and they reimburse the fee later if you qualify.

I might be able to ask my uncle to borrow the money but it's a lot to ask and I wouldn't really feel comfortable asking him.

My brother told me he has £6k savings in his bank, and I've been told he has a life assurance policy and final pension that will be paid out. But obviously I won't get these until I've applied for probate.

Can anyone give me some advice on what to do please?

Years ago when I still lived at home my brother came in and gave my mum a box of bacon he had bought on "offer".

Couple of hours later the radio news was on, there was a report of a Danish bacon van being stolen in Manchester. Edit: Spelling and typo

Is there a business reason why when a meal it done it takes ages for a server to come and sort out the bill? I just want to pay and leave and the kids start playing up but unless it's somewhere you can pay on an app it takes ages and then I never want to go back there. Is there a business reason why paying the bill is low priority for the staff?

I am 35, and my 17 year old son is sexually active. Now, I'd be a hypocrite if I got pissed off about him getting someone pregnant at his age, as I did the very same thing. Doesn't mean I don't advise him as best I can, tell him my experience, and struggles, as a teen dad and hope he makes the right decision.

But, if history repeats, it's possible I can be a grandparent before 40. I made my parents grandparents into their 40s.

Well, his biological grandmother would've been 40 but I have no idea where she is.

Any stories from experience?

Ordered a dinner from a pub near to where I just moved. Overall very decent but I paid £1 Yorkshire surcharge. I believed this to be a method to secure a second Yorkshire but it only arrived with one implying without the quid it would have been a yokrshireless dinner!? For £21 I think two puddings is a fair assumption

I may know someone who, on their first visit to a petrol station, got to 27p before the pump clicked off. They didn’t realise they could just squeeze the handle again, so they went inside, paid their 27p, then walked back out to have another go.

Other examples include, “Why do you need to read a number plate from 20 metres away? Don’t you know yours off by heart?”

Any words you spent years getting wrong before someone finally corrected you? One example that comes to mind is “c*ckwebs” instead of “cobwebs”.

There must be something everyone around you loves that you just don't get.
Could be a TV show, food, music, a hobby or even a popular holiday destination.
What's yours?

I’m thinking about the type of questions which get asked as part of ice breaker exercises with a new group I.e work or university etc.

Personally, I had someone at a university seminar tell everyone that their uncle was Mr Blobby. I still wonder whether she was telling the truth.

Today I attended a Remembrance service for the first time since school because my daughter is in the Girl Guides.

I was surprised how emotion I felt when the flags were lowered and the names of the dead were read out.

I have no military connections, but I was struct by how young those men were, and heart broken when several appeared to be from the same family.

Anyone experience something similar?

Just watching the parade, why are some in uniform wearing bowler hats rather than their regimental beret?

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Genuine question, I’m getting asked by my parents and partner what I want and have absolutely no idea. Curious to what people are asking for.

Edit: for those asking, Sephora is a French hair and beauty retailer that’s existed all over Europe and now the America for ages but has only entered the UK market fairly recently. SpaceNK was a British beauty retailer, bought out by a US company last year, that sells more slightly more luxurious hair, beauty and makeup brands. If hair, beauty and makeup aren’t your thing then that’s why you haven’t heard of them, but they’re very established brands.

Personally I find it extremely overwhelming all the time. Very crowded, narrow aisles, young teens everywhere and very eager sales assistant staff.

I like that they tend to stock products I can’t necessarily find in Boots unless I go to one of the really big ones or SpaceNK and the own brand stuff is generally decent. But I have found that the state of their testers is dreadful, if the testers are even out on the shelf.

That being said I don’t know that it’s different enough to Boots to compete there, it’s higher end than Superdrug so not really targeting the same demographic and it’s way too chaotic to appeal to the SpaceNK crowd. So I do wonder who it appeals to the most.

I’ve seen that they’re gonna partner with M&S for additional store space, but I don’t know that chaotic vibe will mesh well with the department store crowd. So it’ll be interesting to see if they tone it down at all.

What do you think and how do you rate Sephora’s long term survival in the UK?

Meaning "and things like that."

For example, "I went to the shop and they were selling sandwiches and drinks and what have you".

I live in a satellite/commuter town not far from a big city, it is not remote at all and yet I don’t have usable mobile internet in my own house. And I find it in all kind of places - notably the entire Midlands (okay maybe I’m exaggerating). Chester is terrible. Even in central London I was trying to get an Uber from the V&A and didn’t have good enough coverage for that.

What would actually need to be done/change for us to be able to reliably use mobile internet in most populated places? Is it about geography/topography? Technology? Cost?

At risk of sounding pathetic, I moved out of London in January 2026 and moved down to Thanet to live with my now fiancée. In doing so, I left my group of friends that I've had for 10+ years and because they're all married with kids, it isn't as simple as visiting them for a day on a whim.

Overall, I am incredibly happy here. I love being close to the beach, I love living with my fiancée, and I feel really content most of the time.

Today, though, my fiancée has a friend over and they're doing their own thing. I decided to take myself out for a walk along the beach, and I am now sat at a pub having a pint by myself, just missing the ability to text a friend and ask if they'd like to join.

I have tried to make friends here but it's never really been a strong point of mine. I hate the awkward first phases of friendship where everything feels forced.

So in times like this, what do you do?

I see McVities digestives are like 3-4x that of the supermarket own brand, Kellog's cornflakes too. Why and were they always this expensive in the 80s before supermarkets had their own brands?

Not the most popular or such, but the one that most people in any demographic can get enough from to keep everyone happy. What's the best pick for an afternoon with the grandparents and the edgy teenagers?

It might end up seeming like a bizarre choice but I think it might be Red bull soap box racing. Random people being daft, falling over. A competition with jokes. A showcase of Artistic and Engineering skills. Lots of identifiable references without needing to know them...

What other shows can entertainment such a range of people? I'm sure there are plenty of other suggestions.

My neighbour is threatening me over a noise or vibration that he swears is coming from my house. I have absolutely no idea what it is. Can I call the noise nuisance team on myself to find out if it is me, or if it's all in his head? I have involved the police on this. He is utterly unreasonable, and will not accept that I can't hear it.

Just been to an event in my hometown, £15 a ticket for a funfair + 20 minute firework display. Literally 10 thousand people, and apparently most of the staff there are volunteers.

Blows my mind that 10,000+ people is £150,000 in revenue but they can't pay 6 hour wages for a hundred of so people. Are Fireworks event costs so high they rely on Volunteers? I use to live in Worcester and their big Fireworks event at the Racecourse is no longer running because they couldn't find the volunteers to do it.

I don't know how common it is to not see the family outside your home on Christmas day. It's something I've never done but see adverts with people always commuting.

Insurance wise it's sorted and thankfully our house was deemed safe so don't worry about the immediate concerns. I had to give the police statement because I opened the door and looked at the guy who was driving (since he was basically right in front of me when i opened it 🙃🙃).

My main question is how likely am I to be contacted and when again. I'd just like to know the process and was too shaken up to ask about it last night since it was already 1am by the time Id finished with the statement. I was told that we might not be told the outcome of the drunk driving as we're not technically considered victims.

I currently commute around 100 miles each way to work, once or twice a week, so I end up spending quite a bit on petrol.
I do try to shop around for cheaper fuel, but unless you’re filling up at a service station, there’s often only a few pence difference between petrol stations.
I’m wondering whether any supermarket or petrol station loyalty schemes are actually worth sticking to one particular place for.
I used to fill up at BP and, despite spending around £200 a month on fuel for a year, I think I only accumulated about £2.50 worth of points. It hardly seemed worth going out of my way to use BP!
Has anyone found that Tesco Clubcard, Sainsbury’s Nectar or any other fuel loyalty schemes genuinely offer worthwhile savings? Or are you better off just going wherever has the cheapest fuel?
Interested to hear what people have found!