| lesley153
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It's OK, the bite marks in my tongue *will* heal.
The family who were offered a house to themselves were off before you could say ... well, anything, really, but they popped back for the last of their things, and the Daddy observed that I "couldn't wait" to move out of the computer room and into the room they'd freed. (Yes? your point is?) He also seemed to be challenging SIL and me to say how glad we were to see the back of him. (Keep asking, and we will!)
Thanks, J - it's good to be back.
Only one episode made deeper teeth marks in my tongue. Going out now - will add it later. |
Reply #2581. Apr 29 11, 11:09 AM
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Professer 
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Lesley i have utter contempt for them, they should treat you and their elders with respect, not try and make out your in the wrong, is true what they say you can chooes your friends but not your family.
Reply #2582. Apr 29 11, 12:30 PM
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| lesley153
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Gary, the woman who told my niece that she looked like a holocaust survivor, then told me not to be so ridiculous, is my elder and not related and she's a pain too. (My niece later thanked me for speaking up for her.) I think that hapless useless parents are more likely to take refuge in hostility if they think their parenting skills are being scrutinised and found wanting: and that it explains the episode that gave me the biggest teeth marks in my tongue. Here goes.
Two of the nieces came to visit, complete with husbands and children. Each couple has two children of less than school age, and a six-month-old. I was chatting to one of the husbands, when I looked down between our armchairs and noticed their six-month-old boy with something in his mouth. The “something” was the end of a lead, the other end being plugged in and switched on. I lunged for the wall, pulled the plug out and turned off the wall switch.
The other husband told me that I had broken holy day rules by touching something electrical, but he’s an idiot who thinks that winding people up is clever, and usually manages to get up my nose. I responded appropriately (and politely). I said you can break almost any rule if it’s to save a life, and even used the Hebrew words for the rule, which seemed to surprise the patronising young people present, who obviously didn’t expect me to know about the rule, let alone the words for it. Someone said it wasn’t his child so he didn’t care, and the baby’s father said it was his, he did care, and he thanked me. Happy ending and thought no more of it.
Later, Jonathan identified it as a laptop charger, and said it operates at 19 volts, which would give a nasty shock to an adult who touched it with dry hands. The best a baby sucking it could hope for was a burnt tongue, but it would be much more likely to end up dead. I told my bro and my SIL separately. They can have the pleasure of telling the baby’s parents.
Later still, the same baby was spotted crawling towards the back door, which was open. All the doors and windows were open because of the heat. His mother, another one who’s annoyed me every time I’ve seen her for as many years as I can remember, went to close the door to keep him in, but the open door was a welcome source of ventilation, so I said “Why not just bring him in?” And she answered: “Aunty Lesley, it’s obviously been a long time since you brought a child up.” I am delighted to report that Jonathan heard her say it, and was angry: and that her mother said it was nasty. Me? I said nothing. If I had responded to her, there might have been bloodshed. Maybe next time.
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Reply #2583. Apr 29 11, 4:50 PM
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satguru
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My god, I wish you had a secret camera for the week, you could have auctioned that lot for millions! And just shows fiction is always based on truth and half as interesting.
Reply #2584. Apr 29 11, 5:56 PM
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| lesley153
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I couldn't make this stuff up, or these characters, if you paid me.
As a schoolgirl she told me that she considered it her duty to correct her schoolmates when their behaviour was inappropriate, and that they were always grateful for her advice.
She also told me that anger is never justified. Fast forward to her as a parent; remember: and gloat. |
Reply #2585. Apr 29 11, 6:08 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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Geeze, what a group! Why exactly were you guys there? Will you do it again? That poor little tyke! He'll be lucky to achieve adulthood...:)
Reply #2586. Apr 29 11, 6:45 PM
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channe
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Auntie Lesley could have responded "At least I did bring my child up, rather than let him do it himself as you seem to be doing".
Reply #2587. Apr 29 11, 7:07 PM
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| lesley153
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Some of them were lovely, and there were even a couple I'd invite to my next dinner party.
We're there to see family, really. I grew up with loads of aunts and uncles and cousins and all that sort of thing, but Jonathan didn't, and this is how he gets the Family Experience.
My bro came to see me in hospital last July (the drive took him about two hours each way) but he came by himself and I haven't seen any of the others for two years.
My oldest niece was the family information centre in July. She was in constant contact with Jonathan, and was relaying information to the rest of the family - her mother and siblings - by text. My bro didn't get any of this information, because he hasn't got a mobile, it didn't occur to his wife to pass any of it on, and everyone else assumed that anything you tell mother is automatically conveyed to father, especially when he's the patient's brother. It just gets better and better, really, doesn't it?
I reckon the tyke will be lucky to have a birthday! |
Reply #2588. Apr 29 11, 7:13 PM
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| lesley153
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| Channe, I wish I'd thought of that - it was a lot nicer than what I was thinking. |
Reply #2589. Apr 29 11, 7:14 PM
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Jazmee27
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That made me laugh hysterically!
Some people just don't deserve kids (even if the poor thing makes it to the first birthday, or adulthood, it'll be scarred for life :()
Reply #2590. Apr 29 11, 8:34 PM
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Professer
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I think you did Marvellous Lesley me i would have let rip and vented my spleen, I had a good situation at the supermarket last week when a young girl was chatting to me when ever i passed her so i responded in a friendly nature, on leaving the store i hapopend to walk past the mums car as she was loading it and the youngster ran up to me, and i said you must not run away from mum as not all people are nice and kind , so go back to mum. She did and the mum said thank you for that i keep telling her that, i said as much as i adore talking to kids more so then adults i feel they should not run up to people they have spoke to as we are not all decent like me, the mum again said thank you and i said to young girl remember always stay with mummy. Girl said she would.
Reply #2591. Apr 30 11, 2:21 AM
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| lesley153
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Thanks, Gary. I realise now that I may have saved a baby's life by unplugging it, and three adult lives by controlling myself.
The only thing you can do with the wind-up moron is ignore him, but I thought with hindsight what I might have said to the other two. To the know-all visitor, "Thank you so much for your concern and wisdom. We will definitely try your suggestions out." She'd know we were lying to humour her, but there's not much she could have done about it.
And, to the know-all non-dinosaur mother, "At least mine is still alive." Unkind.
The nicest thing about doing the right thing with children is getting appreciation from the parents. The child's mother could just as easily have screamed at you to get away from the child, and screamed "What have I told you about Stranger Danger?" at the child. What a joy to meet a woman with a human attitude. |
Reply #2592. Apr 30 11, 9:18 AM
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Professer
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yes Lesley thats the woprse scenario that could have occured how ever for some reasons known by a higher authority kids take to me for some reason, i am apprehensive hence the saty with your mum not all people are nice routine.
Reply #2593. Apr 30 11, 12:33 PM
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Jazmee27
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I know a few mothers (and at least one father) who would have screamed had their children gone up to a stranger (not to mention running into the street, or walking home alone, or... you get the picture)
As I said before, some people just shouldn't have kids
Reply #2594. Apr 30 11, 8:45 PM
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MarchHare007
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I think some people just should have never Been Kids....:$
Nice you're home safely Lesley and that you were well entertained during your visit. :)
Fortunately for the small children involved, despite their parents worst efforts, they will survive and thrive and then repay their (lack of interest) by becoming teenagers! *evil grin*
Good for Jonathon to have family times, bumpy or not.
My children are a little short on older rellies these days and it is a pity.
How well behaved you were! I'm not any more. My rope's run out and I refuse to hang onto the knot. I'm more inclined to use it on someone.....
Reply #2595. Apr 30 11, 10:38 PM
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| lesley153
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Where did "stranger danger" come from anyway? All it does is rhyme. The figures show that strangers are a small minority of abusers, but we mustn't let facts get in the way of a snappy tabloid slogan, must we? Or be surprised that we have produced a generation that doesn't know how to appraise and talk to people.
When these children become horrible teenagers, their parents will look down on them and condemn them for being ignorant, ungrateful, and generally evil children. It will not occur to them that they are reaping the rewards of their own uselessness: and they will kill anyone who says they are. Still, with luck, their teens will give them a thoroughly rotten time, and that'll be good enough for me.
Unfortunately, they will probably go on to have children of their own to ignore. The grandparents will look down on the resulting fiasco, and shake their heads sadly. "We gave our children such a good upbringing - how come they're so crap with their own children?"
Thank you. I think being well-behaved is overrated but find it difficult to tell people what I think of them. It's worse when you're a guest and want to tell your hosts' friends or, even worse, their annoying children, what you think of them.
Still, the super-annoying niece has sent my blood pressure through the roof so many times, it's sometimes been a miracle that I've driven home without wrapping the car round a lamppost. Her favourite time is just as we're preparing to leave. It's just her. All the others are OK. Very odd. I'm going to have to take a very long rope next year. |
Reply #2596. May 01 11, 7:48 PM
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| lesley153
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I'm calm now, really I am. Some nice stuff before I go to bed.
Two things haven't worked on my car for ages and ages, and Jonathan fixed both of them. The wiper didn't work on intermittent - new fuse and it's perfect. He fitted a new blade too. The other thing was the indicator going off automatically when you've turned. I've had to do it manually for about eight years. A couple of little cogs had parted company. He re-meshed them and now it turns itself off.
I got a phone call from a friend who had been invited out by a friend I don't know, with her daughter. The daughter couldn't come: would I like to go? Which is how I ended up seeing a concert by an Abba tribute group. Great fun, and amazing how many of their songs you recognise without realising.
Afterwards, we went to the other woman's house for a cup of tea and a natter. We covered everything from education to international politics to the royal wedding. She said that she'd seen Princess Diana's dress on display at Althorp and it was absolutely beautiful. (I always thought it looked like a giant meringue. Perhaps it needed to be ironed and hung up, not worn, to look its best.) Someone she knows has met Princess Anne and says she's not photogenic but she has flawless skin and she's absolutely beautiful too.
Makes a change from doing last week's laundry and catching up with Coronation Street.
Early night because I've got a routine appointment with Haematology in ten hours. Fun never ends, really. Night all. |
Reply #2597. May 02 11, 7:22 PM
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| veronikkamarrz
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I love Abba, so a good tribute would be great fun!
Good luck with your blood work! :)
Jonathan is a Mr. Fix-it, huh? Thank goodness. Why would you let these things just 'not work?' The shut-off for the blinker MUST work, otherwise...I look like an idiot!
Please ask the kid to row-over, and fix my wiper blades...I think they need new rubber...;)
Reply #2598. May 02 11, 11:15 PM
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Professer
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Good luck with bloods Lesley, if you liked the abba tribute group, get Jonathan to treat you to Mamma mia next time you go to London is a great show filled with Abba songs and you will come out feeling top of the world.
Reply #2599. May 03 11, 1:01 AM
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flopsymopsy
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I've met Princess Anne (oh please don't tell the Llamas I'm name-dropping, they'll just sigh and say "what, again?"), and that woman is right - in real life she is very good-looking.
However, my time with her was curtailed by the Lord Lieutenant who was supposed to walk round a looping path while she went along the direct one - naturally, he chose an entirely different route so I had to chase along behind him trying to catch his eye/arm/coat-tails and set him back on course to meet up with her again. Which was no easy task as he was very tall and had long legs, and I am not and don't. So my memory of the occasion is mostly of nervous scurrying - by the time we caught up with the main royal party, it was time for her to get in the car, lol.
Reply #2600. May 03 11, 5:00 AM
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