PS Thankyou. I keep my travel costs to the minimum by booking my train tickets abut 8 weeks in advance and I do tell DD that's when I'm back but she often forgets. Paper calendars are not used any more, dates are noted on their smartphones! It becomes quite irritating because then I find she may have double booked with her inlaws to come up from Wales (who i do get on with, fortunately)and there are lots of them so it's all a bit overwhelming and there isn't room for me to stay if they are there!
FB is how my eldest DD communicates more than any other way and I do have to say in its favour that being so far away from friends and family most of them use it too, (the others I stay in contact with via email) so we keep in very good contact and are able to post up to date news and pics (of DGS for instance) I do recommend it as it prevents a lot of loneliness too.
DD does use FB for support with DGS obv and I belong to an FB group for support for straight spouses whose husbands/wives are gay, which has been, and still is, a life-saver at times, much as Gransnet can be, too for other issues.
Thankfully DGS is already on the mend from latest bout of illness this week and DD has gone to Birmingham for a work conference today leaving him with his Dad. So, of course, I wasn't really needed after all this time!
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