'The Mothers'

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 8:06 pm

Someone recently asked me who 'The Mothers' were and I think I'm getting too senile to remember exactly. CT, Rizz, Pam - can you remind me?

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:12 pm

Frank Zappa's group..........????????

Rizzo · Post by **Rizzo** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:46 pm

it was certainly the four of us, plus possibly KarenH? I've gone back to late 2005 in posting history and can't find a definitive thread where we created ourselves (so to speak) but I seem to recall it began with some of the teenagers on here complaining about their respective mothers and some of us defending mother-like behaviour!

I'm still a Mother and a Moderator though :oD

simon redshaw · Post by **simon redshaw** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:10 pm

I was sort of right!! ;o) ;o)

I was thinking this was some sort of "cult"!! Well you're more of a group really or club!! ;o)

Couldn't complain about my mother!!

Jess · Post by **Jess** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:18 am

simon redshaw wrote:I was sort of right!! ;o) ;o)

I was thinking this was some sort of "cult"!! Well you're more of a group really or club!! ;o)

Couldn't complain about my mother!!

Simon, that cannot be true, everyone has somthing to complain about with their mother, it's a fact of life

cornish tigress · Post by **cornish tigress** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:59 pm

I seem to recall we were wanting a group where we could bang on old curmudgeonly-like about everything, our very own grumpy old women group and hold "Mother's" meetings where we grow old disgracefully and generally embarrass the youngsters. It has been my goal in life for some years now.

I think we're doing quite well ?

It's not a cult it's a collective - am reading "Join me" at the mo, anyone else read it. V. funny.

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:19 pm

That's what I thought.

I've taken to randomly shouting at people that get on my nerves - cyclists on pavements, people who smoke on the bus, people who play their music on speakerphone, that sort of thing - and embarrassing my daughter.

Mission accomplished. She's going to hate coming to Twickenham with me!

Rizzo · Post by **Rizzo** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:37 pm

DCat - mothers are MEANT to embarrass their daughters! And it's good to release your stresses by yelling at passing cyclists, bus passengers and so on. I frequently sing along loudly to music on the radio or CD player in the car, and my kidlet gets quite twitchy when I argue with the radio presenters too....

simon redshaw · Post by **simon redshaw** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:09 pm

Aren't they meant to embarass their sons too!! ;o) ;o)

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:19 am

Absolutely! it's just that now he lives away from home for 35 weeks of the year, it's not so easy!

Sherpa2 · Post by **Sherpa2** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:54 pm

That's the beauty of the electronic age - you can still embarrass them were ever they are.

Gate · Post by **Gate** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:03 pm

Blimey. Is there really a virtual equivalent of stopping your son in front of his friends, pulling out a hanky and wetting it with spit and wiping his face with it?

DCat · Post by **DCat** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:19 pm

God, I remember my grandmother doing that with me! And right in the middle of the local department store as well!

Sherpa2 · Post by **Sherpa2** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:27 pm

Gate wrote:Blimey. Is there really a virtual equivalent of stopping your son in front of his friends, pulling out a hanky and wetting it with spit and wiping his face with it?

Yep, you just send the video to all his friends cell phones - works a treat and so, so easy!!