My parents divorced when I was 4 and after that I lived with my Mum.
I am originally from the SW of England, but went to Uni in Glasgow and I have been living up here win Scotland with my wife and 3 young children for the last 10 years.
Last week we drove down to see my Mum and and my sister and, to be honest, I wish I hadn't. They now both live in the "country" and we are now "townies", oh dear!
Given the distance between us and the fact my Mum has not seen her 3 grandchildren very much then you would have thought that she would have been pleased to see them. However, when we were down there her attention was mainly focussed on my sister's 13 year old dog "oh, he's a wonderful boy...have you ever met a dog with such a good temperament?" and her new(ish) 4 month old kitten.
My Dad is coming up next weekend. My youngest is 2 years and 7 months old and he has never actually met her before. He lives down in Portsmouth which is a long way away from the central belt of Scotland.
I go through various stages of thinking about what has happened and it confuses me.
Obviously, my relationship with my parents ain't that great. My wife has a fab relationship with hers. How about you?
Why do people speak like that ? .....there's no need for it.
