Nice kitty. *hack* *wheeze* *splutter*

[reddragdiva]

I am hideously allergic to marnameow's beautiful cats. I had an asthma attack bad enough to go to A&E in search of Ventolin. (In civilised countries, you can buy Ventolin over the counter. In the UK, Ventolin is apparently a terrorist weapon, and attempting to buy it without a prescription will give you an authentic British Jobsworth Experience, particularly when you're actually in the process of turning a fetching shade of blue in front of them.) ladylilith has made me promise to give up smoking. So if I'm out and bum a cig off you, remember that it's a furtive one.

HEY greap! I'LL QUIT IF YOU DO!

Life with ladylilith is surprisingly wonderful. We're currently working out how to convince the Home Office to let her stay in the country. This will require interesting levels of commitment.

Update: My first journal entry to get enough comments to go into indexed view. Gosh!

Comments

[greap.livejournal.com]

Im quitting during my christmas holiday :-)

> This will require interesting levels of commitment.

Im sure i can guess what levels but wont it be worth it?

[androktone.livejournal.com]

hmm :)
JAmes is allergic to my cats. We have had to turn two rooms its Cat Free Zones otherwise he sniffles (cute, then annoying, then worrying as he goes blueish). We haven't found a good solution for this other than shaving the cats.

[nisaba.livejournal.com]

We haven't found a good solution for this other than shaving the cats.

Cats don't like that, trust me.

And a hungry, stubble-covered cat rubbing your ankles obsessively until you pay them attention is not good for the life of your socks. Or your skin.

[reddragdiva]

James can always try subsisting on an alternating diet of Sudafed by day and antihistamines by night.

Curious thing: clove cigarettes clog my vocal chords, but leave my lungs wide open.

[reddragdiva]

Possibly, possibly. Both been there, done that. But hmm.

Shades of blue

[misshavisham.livejournal.com]

Mr H. is highly allergic to cats and dogs, so at my place he usually pops a Zyrtec. Not sure if they're prescription or not, but they seem to do the trick. He's also quite a bad asthmatic.

And on the subject of quitting smoking, Good Luck with it. I'm trying again after New Years Eve. This is it. No furtive ones for me even.

Pleased to hear everything is going so well with yourself and the lovely lady Lilith : )

[androktone.livejournal.com]

ooh, more members for divorcee_goths?? :p

[androktone.livejournal.com]

mip! that sounds scarily like the Voice of Experience...

[androktone.livejournal.com]

i used to get terrible bronchial-type problems that would put me out of commission for *weeks* every winter - until i started smoking. NOw i'm fine. Go figure..

[redcountess]

Luckily my cat Coco (who I would bring here if I settled, as Australia is part of the P.E.T.S scheme), as well as being a short hair is quite good about being bathed, although still requires rubber gloves and a locked room ;-)

[naughtypixie.livejournal.com]

Bleargh. Trying to deal with the home office (and various international equivilents) is so tedious. We opted for the wedding route to allow juliann to stay in the country (though admittedly we were sort of planning that way anyway.

Personally I believe there should be a "global nomad" passport these days, for those who don't feel the need to settle down in just one country for all eternity, or for those who haven't really decided. I'll have a chat with the UN and see what they think... oh wait a minute, bush says they're irrelavent nowdays so it must be true.

[redcountess]

Well in both cases it was a long time ago, but as they say, once bitten, twice shy!

[redcountess]

"surprisingly wonderful"? Gosh! *blush*

[reddragdiva]

Please tell me such a group exists.

We found ourselves in the a.c.g divorcees list at a Melbourne picnic a few years ago :-) And by crikey there's a lot ...

[androktone.livejournal.com]

i joined the yahoogroups gothicparents which looked like the same thing :)

[reddragdiva]

Hey, everyone: ladylilith HAS REALLY GOOD TITS. Thank you.

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

I am trying desperately to convince my asthma that's it's not allergic to cats - we've just got our two cats, Pilgrim and Joy and they are adorable, but my chest is starting to tighten up when I cuddle them... that would be *so* devestating. I used to have a persian when I was younger though, and that caused me no trouble...

:(

Re:

[redcountess]

bah! You were bottle fed, weren't you? :-P

[reddragdiva]

Damn! How could you tell?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Believe me, there's a lot more of us divorced who aren't parents!

[inulro.livejournal.com]

My other half has asthma and allergies, but we don't let that stop us. Every time we get a new pet his asthma gets worse for a couple of weeks but then it settles down once his body gets used to the new levels of allergens in the house. Hope that's what's happening with you!

[inulro.livejournal.com]

If you're going the wedding route, it's important to note that it's waaay easier from the immigration point of view if you get married outside the UK.

The Home Office still have the idea that if you get married here, it's obviously a scam to keep some illegal in the country, but if you get married abroad it's valid. I was told this by the staff at the British High Commission in Toronto! My total time dealing with the High Commission after the wedding to get the residence permit was 1/2 an hour, most of that involving the clerk photocopying my paperwork.

[naughtypixie.livejournal.com]

Ahh yes. I should have pointed that out (thanks). Ours in US took about 1 hour. To get married in the UK means she would have to leave for up to 6 months while paperwork gets in a mess, she'd have to re-enter on a fiance visa then not be able to work while everything was processed.

Ideal option is to go for a holiday to Amsterdam (or somewhere nearby, weddings in italy are cool too) taking every bit of paperwork known to man, organize and have the wedding on holiday after consulting the british consulate in whatever country, then come back with her on your visa. Easy as pie... ish... :)

[reddragdiva]

That's actually not possible with my visa (Right Of Abode) - they can't keep me out of Britain, but spouses are explicitly not covered by it.

Will it help if you get yourself a British passport?

[inulro.livejournal.com]

Which is apparently the Mother of All Bureaucratic Nightmares in itself, but...