[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah I think that's the thing with that generation or many people of it because they weren't so independent..but for him this last year has at least meant he could cook for himself so that's a little less to worry about..does he have any other family living closer or a good friend support group..?..

Yeah, my daughters dad lives over here but his sister and her partner and two kids live near him in England, she's very close to her dad so I'm sure she'll look after him

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, my daughters dad lives over here but his sister and her partner and two kids live near him in England, she's very close to her dad so I'm sure she'll look after him

..yeah, that's not too bad and lots of daughters are close to their dads so I'm sure she'll make sure he's ok..(as he can be..)..there are so many things that will remind him and so many emotions for him to go through for a long time yet...maybe it would help your daughter to think of things/make a list of things she could ask him if he knows what/how to do and go through it with him..not that other people won't but it might help her to do that and feel as though she's not so helpless to his sadness...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah, that's not too bad and lots of daughters are close to their dads so I'm sure she'll make sure he's ok..(as he can be..)..there are so many things that will remind him and so many emotions for him to go through for a long time yet...maybe it would help your daughter to think of things/make a list of things she could ask him if he knows what/how to do and go through it with him..not that other people won't but it might help her to do that and feel as though she's not so helpless to his sadness...

Yeah, I will say that to her, she's very close to her grandad as well. She's his first grandchild and probably the only one of them who's old enough to really understand and feel it. I think she'll feel better when she's over there or atleast feel like she's in the right place anyway

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, I will say that to her, she's very close to her grandad as well. She's his first grandchild and probably the only one of them who's old enough to really understand and feel it. I think she'll feel better when she's over there or atleast feel like she's in the right place anyway

..yeah, she'll be feeling helpless as well and it'll be hard for her to see his grief, which will only add to her own but that's why I think if you feel as though you're contributing in a practical way it does help and help you to focus more..there will be so many things she can offer advise on/ask him about if she feels able to do so herself, but that will probably just happen or not happen on instinct when she sees him and how he's dealing with it....

[Smithy]

Souli roots just tweeted me

[Niamh.]

no idea who souli roots is

[Smithy]

the woman who looked and sounded like a 30 year old rihanna from X Factor, who did recession song

[Glenn.]

Omg

She was robbed in my opinion

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

the woman who looked and sounded like a 30 year old rihanna from X Factor, who did recession song

Not really been following X-Factor

[King Gizzard]

Is she related to Levi

[King Gizzard]

I usually start watching at judges houses, but I don't think I can be ****ed this year

I didn't watch the Little Mix series either but watched last years

It's just so contrived and beyond parody of itself now

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Glenn

Omg

She was robbed in my opinion

I heard she'd made the live shows, but maybe that's not true

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Not really been following X-Factor

You're missing out

Youtube video

You're missing out sister niamh!

[Smithy]

[Smithy]

she must have missed my second tweet

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

she must have missed my second tweet

[King Gizzard]

she was actually searching her name and you didn't @ her...oh

[Smithy]

I wanted lily allen to tweet me :'(

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I usually start watching at judges houses, but I don't think I can be ****ed this year

I didn't watch the Little Mix series either but watched last years

It's just so contrived and beyond parody of itself now

I was getting more and more pissed off with the same old s**t they pulled every year and the annoying judges etc etc but the final straw was this Irish girl Melanie, she got as far as judges houses a couple of years ago but she was never picked for the live shows right? And that was fine, I didn't think she was anything special but the following day i was driving to work and I turn on the radio and her mother is being interviewed and her mother said that when she had her first audition she sang a song and all the judges gave her a standing ovation as did the crowd, it was so good, then they asked her to sing a second song which was ok but not nearly as good, turns out the one they showed on TV was her second song. So I come into work and google the first song on the off chance someone had recorded it and someone from the audience that day had done. It was outstanding, and I was thinking wow talk about the producers making me think exactly what they want me to, that she was only mediocre when in reality they hid how great she was. So I stopped watching.

Then I tune in for the first time last week since then and who is on the screen? only Melanie being put through to judges houses again f/

[King Gizzard]

for the last few seasons it's just been so that I actually have things to talk about with people instead of actually wanting to watch it

[King Gizzard]

This household is SCD mad as well so we normally have that on if they clash then I just put my headphones in and watch stuff on the laptop and then wait for Susanna Reid's performance so that I can touch myself inappropriately

[Niamh.]

I only really like The Voice out of them talent competitions

[King Gizzard]

i watched that once and wanted to kill myself its so bad

[Niamh.]

I don't care if everyone hates it, I love it

[Smithy]

you're old thats why

[Drew.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I was getting more and more pissed off with the same old s**t they pulled every year and the annoying judges etc etc but the final straw was this Irish girl Melanie, she got as far as judges houses a couple of years ago but she was never picked for the live shows right? And that was fine, I didn't think she was anything special but the following day i was driving to work and I turn on the radio and her mother is being interviewed and her mother said that when she had her first audition she sang a song and all the judges gave her a standing ovation as did the crowd, it was so good, then they asked her to sing a second song which was ok but not nearly as good, turns out the one they showed on TV was her second song. So I come into work and google the first song on the off chance someone had recorded it and someone from the audience that day had done. It was outstanding, and I was thinking wow talk about the producers making me think exactly what they want me to, that she was only mediocre when in reality they hid how great she was. So I stopped watching.

Then I tune in for the first time last week since then and who is on the screen? only Melanie being put through to judges houses again f/

Louis is doing his best to get her as far as possible because hes aware of some of her personal problems.. it all feels a bit of a fix and not 100% based on her talent, would be interesting to see if she would have made it this far had there actually been more talent this year