My trip, well, I would get the old camper van out, drive over the border to Switzerland, then to Germany, then back through Spain, hop on a flight to Malta, back to Italy, to see my sista S and Ven, where we will see the sun go down with our dresses on and talk about SND, then I will travel to Macedonia, to Belgium before returning to Austria..
This is one of those moments where I have had to call parents in and say with a shake of my head, 'we have done all we can for your child, and I am afraid this is not the right school for him'
No, the bad boys have to sit in my office. Girls are good, even in detention, boys are bad, they put gum under the table and take the girl's homework books.
Beautiful Ginger, wow, Croatia. I want to go there, as you know it is the Captain's homeland and it looks beautiful,should be easy for me to get to as it borders Austria.
How lovely about your daughter and her wellies... What a lovely warm thought with flowers on...
And what a beautiful thing to have a ring made by the man one loves, wow, amazing...
Which was my point, T. We cannot control what people say, living or dead. Second highlighted comment, no they cannot, but they do, as the nurse at your hospital did. I don't think it is meant in a bad way, I think it is a kneejerk reaction from people, like when a person here asks for prayers for a person I have never met, people respond in that thread, because they feel they should, but are they really praying each night for a person they have never met? Do I feel sad and feel I should say something? No, unless it is a person I am close to. I know this not the point of your question and I am off the central reservation here, but the comments that people come out with sometimes make me cringe. I buried my best friend yesterday, and one of the reasons, I never posted about in here, was because of the all the sympathy flooding in, people are well meaning, because it is a knee jerk reaction to sadness and death.
I'll try to do a serious answer here, after Mike's response.
It's a bit tough this one, for me.
Because the words 'social circle' I want to barf at.
I won't though, because I can see it is a serious question.
In our house we have a long running joke about me being a golfer and he being a footballer.
He doesn't play golf and my attitude to football is give them all a ball each and stop them squabbling over one.
He sells stuff, is a technical engineer, I am a teacher.
I file my nails, he clips his. He keeps his tomatoes in the fridge, I take them all out when I get there. I iron tea towels and his t-shirts, and bed linen, he piles them all on the sofa and falls asleep on them and thinks they are pressed.
Be he a construction worker, me a toilet cleaner, him the CEO of ICI, me a lowly minion, whatever...
When I wake up next to him, before either of us go off to our respective social circles, I'm always going to go home to him.
Humour aside Ginger, I know this and I think you know this.
I am actually thrilled to bits, he is a super young man and adores her. Four years older than her, which sort of seems alot at that age, but I can see what this young man is about. Steady as a train and I completely trust him to take care of my precious one...
How are you feeling about your new daughter in law?
Yes, I am about to be one. I like the lad, nice he is. I know they sleep together, they do here, try keeping a 23 year old out of her room it was not going to work.
I knew he wanted to marry her, he told me last year, when she sleepily walked onto my balcony and snuggled up on his lap and he brushed her hair, while she snored curled up like only my child can, he pointed to her and mouthed to me, he was going to marry her. I took it lightly, (thinking, I wonder if he has said this to her father)
Now, I have a vicar chasing me, to go to the bans, dates to be set, a venue to be decided on, a damn bloody wedding where I am to be taken the piss out of by yes, my son in law to be...
So, in keeping with tradition, he has to buy me a present and I want a new cat.
And he has to be nice to me, very nice. Yes? As her boyfriend, I could say things to him, now I am to step over that threshold to MIL. Does this mean I have to have a Woman's Own haircut and wear elasticated waist skirts?
The whole thing is giving me the heebie jeebies...
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Has to be done, tips on being a Mother in Law..
Sommer will be the trendiest MIL around...His mother is very attractive, I need to do some work, not to let the shabby side down.