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poliphiloThey came round yesterday. They do. Every thursday afternoon. It's a fixture. This past year I've been trying to be nice to them, really I have.
My father-in-law is an OK bloke. He's not well but he's good humoured about it- and a whole lot less racist than he used to be. In fact, hardly racist at all.
But my mother-in-law....
They were talking yesterday about how long a pair of family friends had been married and Ailz said, "Well they were married a year or two before I was- and if I'd stayed with Terence we'd have been married 30 years."
And my mother in law said, "Why ever did you leave him?"
She said this in our house.
In my house.
(She has a tenderness for Terence. Terence had a tenderness for her. They're still in touch. My mother in law could always control Terence. She likes controlling people. )
I wasn't there when she said it. Pity really. I'd have enjoyed showing her the door.
My father-in-law is an OK bloke. He's not well but he's good humoured about it- and a whole lot less racist than he used to be. In fact, hardly racist at all.
But my mother-in-law....
They were talking yesterday about how long a pair of family friends had been married and Ailz said, "Well they were married a year or two before I was- and if I'd stayed with Terence we'd have been married 30 years."
And my mother in law said, "Why ever did you leave him?"
She said this in our house.
In my house.
(She has a tenderness for Terence. Terence had a tenderness for her. They're still in touch. My mother in law could always control Terence. She likes controlling people. )
I wasn't there when she said it. Pity really. I'd have enjoyed showing her the door.
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Date: 2007-10-26 07:51 pm (UTC)I used to be very clumsy and awkward, which was at least in part because she always told me I was. Since I met Poliphilo I'm a different person, much more confident. She's always told me that I'm the lowest of the low.
Just before we married she asked my Poliphilo was marrying me - her words were 'he's such a nice person, he could marry anyone, so why is he marrying you?' It took me a long time to get over that. Terrance's relationship that I set up for him when I left has fallen apart and he needs help, Mother wants to help him - and finds it odd that I don't or wish to talk about him. I don't wish him any harm but...
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Date: 2007-10-26 07:52 pm (UTC)