There's a solicitor who seems very keen to take my case, but I'm a bit put off by £145 per hour plus VAT. He's been asking me to double-check the £80+ being quoted by my preferred firm, seems to think they have conflated the initial consultation fee with the more normal one. He may have a point, I'll get back and double check. I wish they all had a written tariff, but I suppose it depends on the work you present them with. What's galling is the £60+ that my x2b has secured, though this guy says that is "legal aid rate" - I just thought legal aid was a loan, not a reduced rate as well. I

 Isn't it nice when you get a break from the divorce/eviction/x2b hanging round you slog. Not much any professionals can do on a bank holiday so I made a point of going out to our mutual friends who made me feel very welcome and put up with my wingeing and confusion while we sat in the garden. It's good not to feel isolated and to see people's reactions when you put your side of the story.

 Later I had a good and humourous chat with three other members online; we got so carried away the system crashed! Thanks, guys, you know who you are.

 Absolutely nothing has been resolved, but I just feel

Friday was the calm before the storm, played tennis had a fencing lesson, laughed loads.

I have been waiting all week for him to ‘make up his mind’, he talks about everything else, dog walking, scarecrows, sat navs – etc. etc.

So Saturday comes and he says ‘don’t be jealous, but I am running with Pat, see you later’.  Jealous I think, JEALOUS!!!!!!  Its more like anger and frustration I am feeling!  My hand shake and I feel sick and I have been expecting this, so why I feel like this I don’t know.

Comes back around 4 hours later and carries on as normal, I seriously worry about his