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gardener:
Thanks for the welcome... Sorry CG, your tomato plant story! the ramble thread is such a huge animal it's hard to recall who said some things. It moves so fast that it's a blur.. Yes I think I'm not the only one who has looked, take a look at just how many views it's had.
I was 19 when I married, 20 when I had my eldest. She had her first child at 20. My mother was an only child and she died about 9 years ago. My father is still alive, he was the middle one of three.
Having said that my mum wasn't pushy, I did recently find out that she saw off my first ever boyfriend behind my back, a nice well-behaved lad with a decent middle class background,(who I thought she'd have liked) by telling him she didn't approve of the situation. I never knew why we didn't go out again. He told me recently about this incident and it made me sit back in shock..... Had to think about that one. I think she was trying to protect me from life in general.
Still learning to think it through.

Portia:
Ack, I said I was gone and well....! Hey, good point, I'm going to monitor views now on that thread...and scare myself. :D

Wow, that's quite a discovery about your boyfriend. I can see he must have been well-behaved to have taken your mother's warning at face value and 1) honoured her wishes 2) not told you. Did he tell you exactly what she said to him? Did she think you were too young or something? This seems so significant. How did/do you feel, beyond shocked?

Well I am off now, see you later....P

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