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  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    ZTD wrote: »
    Well no, you're not doing it for entertainment, but for necessity.



    And there speaks the North-South divide...



    I'm lucky in that both my parents are normal and well-adjusted. Well plus or minus:- consider who they have as a son...



    :grouphug:

    Bad mothers are a real trial. Elantan sorted hers out in a *very* sorted out way, recently...

    I know about El's mother good for her. I did do something similar a few years back. I allowed her back into my life,because of a few things really, one of which was that the kids missed her and do think a lot of her. I am not one to influence them as i always believed we make our own minds up and they benefit from it as she has been there for them. So i have to step back from that, and just concentrate on my relationship with her. They are grown up now, so if i fall out i will do so on my own terms and yes, it will have an effect, but not one that they should feel a conflict about.
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Lula-Hula wrote: »
    I'll vouch for Z - always was a glutton for punishment :D

    Bob - no patio here but am a whizz with a spade - chin up chicken & try not to waste energy on negative peeps. I've recently put some of my rellies on a quarterly rather than monthly visiting plan - much better ;)

    I am thinking half yearly:D I can cope with that..:rotfl:
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    I am thinking half yearly:D I can cope with that..:rotfl:

    That's pretty much what I'm on with my dad.

    B
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  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    Bob Sometimes people evoke a really strong reaction in us. Sometimes they don't even have to do anything. I can't join the batty mothers group but I do have a father who can create an argument in an empty room!my mother has a habit of recreating the past with rosy colours and a completely different version of events. Amazing really when i consider the implications of what happened at the time. Oh and i got the- 'Isnt that right' confirmation required off her, in front of her new fella-wouldn't want anything to taint that relationship..:mad:
    Butti wrote: »
    Is Z good at laying patio's then or something else? :D

    B
    He often paves the way for innuendo's i am sure Z would be able to enlighten you if he is practical in other ways:whistle::whistle::think::rotfl::rotfl:
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    Is Z good at laying patio's then or something else? :D

    Not very good with carpets, other than that, not too bad.
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    I am thinking half yearly:D I can cope with that..:rotfl:

    You can see if she's still going, when you're testing your smoke alarms to see if they're still going...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
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  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Bobster do you have a good day planned for tomorrow?
    Aiming for a minimal spend 2022
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    Ellidee wrote: »
    Hugs Bob I know exactly what you mean -can I join the Poisonous Mother group too please ? :(

    Of all the peeps i know on here, you definitely don't deserve a poisonous mother. :oxx
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Not very good with carpets, other than that, not too bad.



    You can see if she's still going, when you're testing your smoke alarms to see if they're still going...

    Sometimes i find you scary but this was so funny. Gosh ever thought of a career in comedy. Mark Thomas?
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    my mother has a habit of recreating the past with rosy colours and a completely different version of events. Amazing really when i consider the implications of what happened at the time. Oh and i got the- 'Isnt that right' confirmation required off her, in front of her new fella-wouldn't want anything to taint that relationship..:mad:

    Just ask if a closed leading question needs any reply. It usually doesn't.
    boredofbeingathome wrote: »
    He often paves the way for innuendo's i am sure Z would be able to enlighten you if he is practical in other ways:whistle::whistle::think::rotfl::rotfl:

    I am good with my hands, at times.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • boredofbeingathome
    boredofbeingathome Posts: 15,657 Forumite
    ZTD wrote: »
    Not very good with carpets, other than that, not too bad.

    There you go Butti, he is quite practical.:D

    ZTD wrote: »
    You can see if she's still going, when you're testing your smoke alarms to see if they're still going...
    :rotfl::rotfl: Funnily enough when i visited on Sunday they did go off- her cooking was a tad smokey :cool: She can still scuttle.:rotfl:
    Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
    Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:
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