Mothers

[Thomzo]

I keep praying (as a good atheist) that this is not how it has to be - we won't become like them will we? (have we got an I'm desperate smilie?)

Well I won't no kids.

Zoe

[Susie]

Well I won't no kids.

Me neither but I think it still happens. My mother has a particular way of saying 'yes yes yes' vaguely when you are telling her something and she isn't listening to you, it drives me absolutely mad, now I find myself doing it. It's a slippery slope. Self awareness and eternal vigilance!

And my partner's mother once called me 'a trollop with no breeding' over lunch (lunch ended quite quickly after that )

[Green Aura]

'a trollop with no breeding'

Excellent - you must be so proud

(Who'd want "breeding" when it seems to me it generally means "in-breeding" )

And Zoe - aunts and next door neighbours can be just as bad - you haven't escaped yet!

[Susie]

Excellent - you must be so proud

I was quite