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My mum has been having the most strangest dreams recently and they all seem to end with me getting into trouble. Her dreams are not to ignore, she feel as a mother she knows straightaway when something bad was going to happen.......a mothers instinct as she calls it and these recent dreams are no exception.

A few nights ago she dreamt that she was going to Bangladesh and I had secretly followed behind her to surprise her on the plane. She remembers I had a distinct red suitcase and I was hurriedly driving to the airport but my car somehow shot off the road and I ended up in a big accident. But not wanting to be late, I end up leaving the car, a helicopter comes to my rescue and airlifts me to the airport.......I know it sounds like she's been watching one too many action films, but she feels that someone is trying to put the spanners into work and throw me off my plans.........not that I have any at the moment, but she definitely reckons something is going to go down.

In the weekend she had another dream. This time I was in Bangladesh and I was crossing a bridge over a huge river. Somehow I end up slipping off the bridge and clinging onto the end of the bridge with my hands and screaming for help. Mum is watching me from far but can't do anything to help. The ex-husband is standing on the bridge, but he won't help me, my mum screams at him to do something, and then he reaches out and pulls out only two of his fingers for me to grab.....she can't remember what happened after that, but kept on telling me to drive safely everywhere and be careful when I'm out and about.

Mum feels very strongly about her dreams. She normally gives money to charity and the local mosque every month, but after a bad dream she always sends my brother with a £10 note to put in the charity box inside the mosque! This will be followed by prayers where she makes extra special prayers for all her children and then blows on our heads to keep any harm away!

I know that's just mums for you, but its really got me worried. On top of that, the ex husband's uncle's father-in-law who happens to be good friends with my dad told us that he ex has had loads of tabeezes sent over from Bangladesh. For those of you who don't know what one is, tabeezes are suppose to be charms and amulets. Many people that Ii know wear one for good luck - and in a country like Bangladesh many people rely on them for everything. If they have a headache, if they are seriously ill, for a good crop or even a good marriage proposal, they all end up going to some mullah and getting some kind of charm to help them along the way. They can also used for doing bad things as well for example I know this couple who have been married for a number of years. they seem happy but every time the husband goes back to Kashmir he comes back a different person and is very offish with his wife. Apparently his mum has put a tabeez around his wrist so that he will break up with his wife whom she doesn't like!

Going back to the ex-husband's uncle's father-in-law, well he told us that an envelope full of them arrived and he reckons the ex wants to use them to harm me in some way. Now everybody is panicking. I have to ring my mum first thing in the morning just to let her know I am alive and kicking and she's told my housemate to look after me!

I've tried laughing this whole tabeez business off but some of my friends have told me to take it seriously, but what harm can he possibly do? Maybe I should ring immigration and let them know this marriage is over! Hmmmmmm i just have to wait and see what happens next!