dulwichmum

Sorry Mr Administrator. I shall behave myself better in future.:-$ DM

Wow, you must be really excited now. Bumbalina said you were going together to pick up the dress before the weekend - you haven't had a sneaky look dear Mr Huguenot have you? You know it is not good luck. What is your suit like? Who made it? What colour and style? James had a black single breasted three button suit with baby blue lining - it was really cool. He looked so handsome. I think I shall take out my wedding album. It was the most perfect day. DM

Dear Ratty, That was me in the yellow Punto, you should be more careful how you drive your bus. That is a very narrow road. You have done about ?40 damage to my wing mirror!

Mr Mikewbate darling, Ethinolic = drunk! DM

Summons au pair to bring foot spa and aromatherapy oil. Draws Japanese screen around self. Prepares for wonderful indulgent afternoon...

The kids have gone to a friends house with their daddy, and I think I will spend the afternoon cleaning out my make-up bag. Why don't you boys do the same? It can be rather satisfying, rediscovering a lip gloss you haven't used for a while! The au pair is engrossed in the Jeremy Kyle show. She is horrified and traumatised by it and observed, "British people love sex and have many babies with many boyfriends" - I said "only on TV sweetie, this is Dulwich".

Come back Bellenden Belle. This whole thing has been quite painful to watch.

Dear Bob, Assam? Milk and sugar with that? Garibaldi anyone? DM

Look, we are all friends here, and this is getting rather heated. Why don't we all go to Green and Blue and have a drink?

That is a bit of a shame, I always think that pub looks like a great potential Sunday lunch on the way home from Sydenham Wells Park. I hope everyone on the forum with little children has discovered how wonderful the water park is up there. The children just love it - even on a wet day they bring their wellies and umbrella's. We always need to bring a change of clothes.

Sweet Bellenden Belle, Thank you so much for being so kind. Obviously every girl loves a compliment, but perhaps the volume of postings I put on the forum can be used as an indication of my lack of a social life? I think everyone who is reading (I don't think lurking sounds very kind myself) should take courage and post, everyone is wellcome, everybody is entitled to an opinion. We are a very friendly lot on here, always ready for a debate or a chat. Your opinion is probably more welcome than mine - empty vessels and all that? I think that the forum is a wonderful resource for Dulwich and all of South East London actually. It gives a fabulous sense of community. Please do not be put off posting on here, I will look out for your comments in future. I am not trying to be hard on you Bob, I just think that we all need to be measured in our response to what people say on the net. In many ways this is a great way to communicate, but there is nothing to assist with our interpretation of the written word here on the internet. There is no tone of voice to assist with interpretation, no non-verbal communication etc. Sometimes people are very brave with their comments when they think their words cannot be traced back to them. I have had a terrible time being bullied on my blog,and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. If we read something we don't like, sometimes it is best to just move on and read something else, perhaps come back and reply to it later if feelings continue to be strong? Taking a swipe at someone and leaving them to read what we have said can be incredibly destructive. DM

Dear Bellenden Belle, Poor you. I think Bob has been terribly harsh on you. When you are out having a meal - it is not necessarily going to enrich the experience - raising an issue of this sort with the owners of a restaurant. God only knows what delights they could organise for your pudding in the kitchen when you have said your piece. Bob, - Ms Bellenden Belle put her name to what she had to say, every bit as much as you put your name to what you had to say. Do you own Green and Blue or something? To my mind an anonymous complaint is just that - signed "anonymous." BB is probably someone who has been following the forum for a while and hasn't had reason to post much. Her opinion is as valid as the opinion of those who post here all the time. I am really sorry if Green and Blue have been having a hard time on the forum, I am sure it is a super shop/restaurant, but I personally am fascinated to hear about how indiscreet they have been with regard to their sales tactics. I love to be a fly on the wall... I really don't get out much, can you tell? Green and Blue are just lucky they were not so indiscreet with a journalist sitting at the next table! Keep posting Bellenden Belle, all contributions are welcome. I didn't think you were offensive at all. DM XXX

Dear Mockney, Please give us a review of The Clock House. DM

I love Sopers and Ayres the bakers. Evelina Road and Nunhead Lane are rather narrow though, and can be terribly congested - I don't think that the bus drivers' cavalier attitude to clipping the mirrors of parked cars helps. The houses around Ivydale Road look terrific when refurbed and there are some really lovely families and arty types around there. Yvonica Rowe is a GP off Nunhead Lane, and has a terrific reputation as well as being highly unusual in that she is a homeopath and GP - highly popular for this. It can feel quite scarey around there in pockets - Consort Road is not a place to be at night, and the area has its fair share of social problems and deprivation. On balance it has a not dissimilar feel to Lordship Lane about twenty years ago - although with substantially more traffic.

Dear Mogs and Ant, I am here too. Just the three of us then? DM

Thanks for that. DM

This is dreadful news. I used that picture frame place in Camberwell once because I was living in Camberwell Grove, and I ran back to The Arterie. They are terrific, always superb finish and eager to please. DM

Draws heavy velvet curtains, pulls bell to summon butler to start roaring fire. Puts on cashmere cardigan - wonders where summer has gone...

Pours vodka into tall glass (from hip flask taken from enormous handbag). Fills glass to top with ice cubes. Pours orange aid in to top. Sighs, kicks off shoes... Thinks to self "thank God it's Friday".

In the name of God! All this deception and spin! You sound like the labour party! I think Mr Cameron looks rather attractive on his bicycle actually... Has anyone ever seen him cycle anywhere without an entourage of press and just purely for the hell of it??? No, I didn't think so. And yes the Lib Dems are lead by a Minger and before that by a red haired ethinolic man - MIKEWBATE! Mmm. OK it is a vote for The Monster Raving Looney Party again then? DM

Darling Shambles, Oh how I look forward to those teenage years! Argos and Index will surely present their challenges, but remain a delightful pair... Grrrr Do you drink as much as I do per chance? DM

I saw one of the filthy undressed beasts on top of Cornwall House yesterday at Waterloo! Anthony Gormley should be ashamed of himself. I would like a couple of dozen of his figures obviously - for dispaly in the "grounds" of my West Dulwich home, but perhaps they could wear roomy boxer shorts of trousers?

I just love this idea. It would be so cool!

Ah, how cute, a bush baby. What a lovely name for an animal. Do they make them up into coats at all?

Why doesn't anyone call their child Anne or Mary anymore? They are unusual and cannot be made fun of. I worked with an enormous rugger bugger type man once, whose wife looked like his identical twin, they both dragged their knuckles on the floor when the walked. They had a daughter a few years ago and they called her 'Fleur' - a lovely fragile, pretty, feminine name. They really should have called her Marigold or something like that. Something sturdy and attractive - a name that suited the child. I myself have called my real daughter Index, because it is like India - but just a bit different. I have called my son Argos because it is the greek word for handsome stranger - the name of my sons father. DM