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... why is it that no matter how old we are, and how old and frail our parents are; they still manage to make us feel like a 5 year old?

 

My mother does this - 'have I got a clean handkerchief?' Well.... yes... I am 45 years old, I have aclean hanky, and have a child of my own.. Yes, I am also wearing clean knickers! :roll:

 

Anyone else get this, or is it just Italian mothers?

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Ditto - treasure the memories, although I used to get embarrassed about the fact that my dad referred to me as 'Baby' when I was in my 40s!

 

My eldest sister is coming for the weekend. I love her dearly, but she cannot forget that she is my Big Sister (she's twelve years older than me) and every other sentence will start with the words "If I were you, I would ..." and then the rest of the sentence is usually something faintly critical about what I eat, how I cook, or last time she visited, the size of my bin-liners! :roll:

 

She even had the nerve to tell me I spent too much time on the computer. I don't know what she meant by that! :oops::lol:

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Actually, I think that's got a lot to do with wanting to feel useful. One of the hardest things as people get older is feeling that they haven't anything to contribute any more. My mum was always delighted to be asked to make a cake, or knit something - she said she felt she was just turning into a vegetable otherwise!

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I get accused by my children of not letting them grow up. i say to them that children should be children for as long as possible - i then get "but mum I'm 21" :oops:

 

they asked me last christmas to please not buy them Blue Peter annuals anymore as it was embarrassing to open in front of girlfriends - maybe they are growing up I'll tell them they are to treasure me :lol:

 

when one of my sons found out i go on forums i got a lecture from him about the dangers of meeting people off the internet :shock:

 

I wish my mum lived closer she is in kent :(

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Believe me, all parents are the same. I'm not even going to tell my dad I've bought a roomba - the scorn and unsurpportiveness will be just too much to bear :roll: The fact that it will save me some time (I also do his cleaning and cooking for him) won't even register with him, he'll want to know exactly how much it cost and how I can possibly justify spending it (I'm an accountant)! :roll:

 

At least when my mam was here, she used to be able to talk him round most things!

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I am a poor little orphan. :(

 

Aw, poor you. Sorry to hear that.

 

I may as well be, my parents cleared off to live in India and I've no idea where they are or how to get in touch with them. At least it's easier to explain to the kids why they never visit now they live on a different continent - it's nicer than the truth which is they're just not interested in being grandparents.

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I am a poor little orphan. :(

 

Aw, poor you. Sorry to hear that.

 

I may as well be, my parents cleared off to live in India and I've no idea where they are or how to get in touch with them. At least it's easier to explain to the kids why they never visit now they live on a different continent - it's nicer than the truth which is they're just not interested in being grandparents.

 

Oh dear Jules....that is sad. They are missing out on so much. Hippies?

 

At my age it is not unusual to be a poor little orphan. :)

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I'm an 'orphan' too :( . I was very close to my dad and long for him to be here every day - to share in my delight at Emma passing her driving test, to hear the 'grown-up' little things that Anna says, and to 'share' the challenges my beautiful Eilidh brings. He adored my girls, and drove me mad with his 'dithering', but I loved him and miss him loads :cry: .

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I am a poor little orphan. :(

 

Aw, poor you. Sorry to hear that.

 

I may as well be, my parents cleared off to live in India and I've no idea where they are or how to get in touch with them. At least it's easier to explain to the kids why they never visit now they live on a different continent - it's nicer than the truth which is they're just not interested in being grandparents.

 

Oh Eglutine, thats sad, my mom only lives about 20 miles away & I haven't seen or heard from her in over a year, my dad on the otherhand lives nearer & is on the phone every week, he is more like a mother hen,

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I'm a semi-orphan - lost my mum four years ago, and not been close to my dad since I moved to live with her when I was a teenager. My mum was very much young-at-heart and more like a big sister in many ways, so she rarely fussed over me - we were far more likely to sit up late into the night drinking wine and nattering :)

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