tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post8587051394674015766..comments2023-08-07T08:26:38.304+01:00Comments on She's like the wind: Family WeddingShe's like the windhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-76726305671978074902008-04-14T10:46:00.000+01:002008-04-14T10:46:00.000+01:00where have you gone SLTW? How was the wedding??where have you gone SLTW? How was the wedding??Elsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-52029234753024293512008-04-04T14:04:00.000+01:002008-04-04T14:04:00.000+01:00Hi mid-lifer nice to see you. Why do people prete...Hi mid-lifer nice to see you. Why do people pretend, it's ridiculous. I am looking forward to it, now it's here. I'll tell you all about it when I get back.xxShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-29752148549964762882008-04-03T09:16:00.000+01:002008-04-03T09:16:00.000+01:00I usually love a good shindig, but the tensions at...I usually love a good shindig, but the tensions at family do's can be awful. My husband's family are barely talking to eachother which I feel is a result, but then they insist on pretending for celebrations and then we all have to go along and be stiff, smiling through gritted teeth.<BR/><BR/>As for my family, I get uppity because everyone is always so intersted in my sister because she works in films and I get totally ignored as frumpy mumsy member of the family (and I can never find anything cheap but nice to wear!).<BR/><BR/>Great postMid-liferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259190343085788311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-57424252868869074972008-03-27T09:38:00.000+00:002008-03-27T09:38:00.000+00:00Hi Crystal - you certainly are the lucky one. I a...Hi Crystal - you certainly are the lucky one. I am now starting to look forward to the wedding and plan to have a great time. xShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-60001559198214240392008-03-27T09:36:00.000+00:002008-03-27T09:36:00.000+00:00Hi MOB - you obviously needed that and I am here t...Hi MOB - you obviously needed that and I am here to listen to your rants, no need to apologise, twice! She quite clearly riles you and you are quite right not to put up with it. What gets me is our (everybody does it) inability to say what we think in case we offend somebody when they are completely rude and obnoxious to us. I made a decision recently to be more outspoken and say what I think. Hope you got it all of your chest, it'll do you good. lots of love xxShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-1225869378408713922008-03-26T16:57:00.000+00:002008-03-26T16:57:00.000+00:00I sympathise with you, but just ignore the Tits an...I sympathise with you, but just ignore the Tits and enjoy yourselves.<BR/><BR/>I have a brother-in-law who I never see and his wife is a complete cow but apart from them I don't have any other in laws. I guess I'm the lucky one!<BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-16103060318696023352008-03-25T17:54:00.001+00:002008-03-25T17:54:00.001+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-13300652638412602362008-03-25T17:54:00.000+00:002008-03-25T17:54:00.000+00:00oops windy - that is the longest comment I have ev...oops windy - that is the longest comment I have ever left - apologies about the rant and the typo's! Just needed to let off steam I guess - the woman never lets go and I could scream.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-54197708073326459502008-03-25T17:50:00.000+00:002008-03-25T17:50:00.000+00:00In laws are a pain in the arse. I had a grat set ...In laws are a pain in the arse. I had a grat set though in my last relationship. My husbands mother is one of the most unpleasant people that I know. Spiteful and bitter and always has a dig at everyone in the family before she would ever say anything nice. She insists that she is coming to live with us - I have finally just let loose with my comments and have told her that hell will freeze over before she comes to live here. I only married my husband when I was 47 and if I had known she was targeting me as a full time carer I would have run a mile. Even my SIL wont take her in as she is such a pill of a woman. When she got married for a second time my husband, his sister and their families weren't even invited to the wedding! Now that she is on her own after her husband died 10 years ago she is trying to play the beningn matriac who is the head of the family and she expects everyone to run around after her and dear God the idea of such a miserable bully sitting in my home day in and day out is a nightmare to me and my husband. He can't stand her but I make him go and see her because I don't want im to regret not doing so when she shuffles of her mortal coil. It's not like she is living in penuary -she has a private appartment in a gated and purpose built pensioners willage with an onsite warden to see to their immediate needs should she have a problem. I go out of my way not to see her. I am much too long in the tooth to let someone of her dispositon bully me ad I am certainly very quick to put her straight when she gets out of line. It took me abot six years of saying nothing for me to finally tell her like it is and to ell her that I didn't get a degree, have an international career and a great life to suddenly scrap all of that just so I could become a downtrodden, bullied and browbeaten carer to someone who neither deserves such attention nor warrans such care from me who is virtually a stranger! The flippin cheek of her still astounds me, She was still at it on Eagster Monday. There would be a six foot mound in the field behind my house within two days of her coming here!menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-55667641802417579882008-03-23T19:12:00.000+00:002008-03-23T19:12:00.000+00:00Sparx, nice to see you, you're right I can never r...Sparx, nice to see you, you're right I can never remember what anyone was wearing, I am now past the stage of caring!<BR/><BR/>Frog - sounds like a nice MIL you've got. I am now very calm but i always watch my back, you never know!She's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-64922826656211545142008-03-22T07:56:00.000+00:002008-03-22T07:56:00.000+00:00For goodness sake woman, calm down.WHew!Rise above...For goodness sake woman, calm down.<BR/>WHew!<BR/>Rise above it and look fabulous and happy. That's the way to go. I used to get into the very same sort of place as you've described so well. My problem inlaws are all fine and dandy now, but I watch my back, just in case.<BR/>(I did feel the need to be violent towards one for some time.)<BR/>When I was thirty, I had a large party and wore a short skirt, I looked really good in it, thankfully I have slim legs. My MIL took one look at me and said, very loudly, if I'd known you were going to wear such an unsuitable skirt I'd have lent you my long black one"Frog in the Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990222544828204911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-19819669692557769542008-03-21T17:07:00.000+00:002008-03-21T17:07:00.000+00:00Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is ver...Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is very interesting, congratulations :-). I will add in my blogroll =). If possible gives a last there on my blog, it is about the <A HREF="http://servidor-brasil.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Servidor</A>, I hope you enjoy. The address is http://servidor-brasil.blogspot.com. A hug.<A HREF="2142527864" REL="nofollow"></A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-21707081229315911242008-03-20T21:57:00.000+00:002008-03-20T21:57:00.000+00:00You're so good - I have a revolving wardrobe for a...You're so good - I have a revolving wardrobe for all functions except weddings and just change the accessories. Nobody really notices anything anywa, they're all too busy worrying about their own outfits. I mean, can you remember what everyone else wore? Give yourself a break hon!Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-9310953075595676672008-03-20T19:49:00.000+00:002008-03-20T19:49:00.000+00:00Hi MMOF, well done 10 years, surely a medal, I wil...Hi MMOF, well done 10 years, surely a medal, I will be 12 years married this May, we should all get medals for getting married in the first place! xShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-76117310003023479082008-03-20T17:09:00.000+00:002008-03-20T17:09:00.000+00:00And I am living walking proof that marriages don't...And I am living walking proof that marriages don't last!!! Well I've managed 10 years with this one, do I get a long service medal???Manic Mother Of Fivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181042998628457061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-76981498862015369922008-03-20T13:06:00.000+00:002008-03-20T13:06:00.000+00:00MMOF - I've been straightening my hair for years, ...MMOF - I've been straightening my hair for years, the last thing I need is curls, well at least until after the wedding. You're mother-in-law tried to throw you down the stairs, is she mad? Quite probably, I assume. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for reminding me I am the sane, normal one. x<BR/><BR/>MaggieMay - you made me laugh out loud with 'the marriages don't last anyway' never a truer word was said, how funny. xShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-9613794344942008352008-03-20T10:11:00.000+00:002008-03-20T10:11:00.000+00:00Oh dear.... you can choose your friends but not yo...Oh dear.... you can choose your friends but not your family! I think we all have some one who we might gladly murder!<BR/>I am a great believer in buying a couple of plain items, trousers or a dress or skirt that can be made to look different with bright scarves or jackets & can be re hashed quite easily.<BR/>it is all getting ridiculous & often the marriages don't last anyway. I know that's terribly negative but much money is wasted.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-80826202665169699782008-03-20T10:03:00.000+00:002008-03-20T10:03:00.000+00:00Don't get me started on the delights of in-laws. ...Don't get me started on the delights of in-laws. I could tell you tales that would make your hair curl, including the current mother in law trying to throw me down some stairs!<BR/><BR/>Chin up Windy, remember you're the sane, normal one in this lot!<BR/><BR/>MMoFManic Mother Of Fivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181042998628457061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-46957706467826313612008-03-18T22:10:00.000+00:002008-03-18T22:10:00.000+00:00Expatmum - if I had the time or the inclination or...Expatmum - if I had the time or the inclination or I could even sew I might consider it. My whole life is exhausting and yet I don't even seem to do much. xShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839709777555132615.post-39710006171781560052008-03-18T19:32:00.000+00:002008-03-18T19:32:00.000+00:00I think you should get yourself a sewing machine!!...I think you should get yourself a sewing machine!! You can do wonders with some brightly coloured material these days. I must go and lie down now - it's exhausting reading about this upcoming wedding!Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.com