Mixed feelings....

[zazen999]

Whenever I see my Mother in Law I am reminded of a line from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream.

'Look how slow this old moon wanes! She lingers my desires, Like a stepdame or a dowager LONG WITHERING OUT A JOUNG MAN'S REVENUE.

She truly is the most offencive old hag you could hope to meet. She thinks of no one but herself. Last year the boy that delivers the papers in the morning was knocked down and seriously injured. When she was told, her only reply was 'Well I hope they find a replacement for tomorrow'

That just sums her up.

Blimey, that's well harsh.

[moggssue]

Tammy - this is YOUR child's birthday and they grow up VERY fast - you make sure you enjoy it together no matter what anyone else says or thinks.

Neither of my parents are around any more, but they were both very laid back people who didnt care how I lived (in a housework sense) so long as I had a smile on my face and was healthy. I realise now how very lucky I was to have had such people for parents.

My MIL cleans and tidies like her life depends on it, and does the same when she visits us. She never says anything, I think she's given up on the pair of us!! It makes her happy to be like that and I see nothing wrong in that - she doesnt impose it on me in any other way than rolling up her sleeves, her choice!

You just live your own life in your own way and always have a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and let people come to visit you for yourself and no other reason. You are an individual, a special person, never forget that.