Some MothersYesterday I met up with a good friend of mine for lunch. Also at lunch was my friend's sister and their mother.
Both my friend and her sister have recently got engaged, so the majority of the conversation was about weddings. None of this interested me, as my friend well knows, so she did try and steer the conversation away LOL (bless her).
But her mother! Oh man. What a fucking nightmare!
They were already at a table when I got to the cafe, and as I walked over the mother gave me a thorough once over, looking me up and down in a not very subtle way at all and looking at me like I was loopy for wearing a dress over jeans LOL. I felt like saying "honey, I'm not the one that's fashion impaired! You're wearing Jean Jones!".
As we were chatting, the coversation moved to relationships and weddings, the mother looked pointedly at me and said, "well I think there's nothing more sad than a single woman in her 30s...they get fat and depressed and then they will never find a man if they're fat!"
What the hell?
"I couldn't bear it if my girls never got married or had children... it's just so selfish" (another pointed look at me).
She continuted to talk on and on about "selfish career women" and how she "can never understand why a woman wouldn't want to get married and have children". (again, another stare at me).
Are you fucking kidding me? I so desperately wanted to say something to her, but the look on my friend and her sister face was enough for me to bite my tongue. They were embarrassed as hell. And I didn't want to say something nasty to this woman, even though she so deserved a bitch slapping! Unreal.
On the way home, my friend was very apologetic about her mother. I said I didn't want to say something nasty, so I just shut up LOL.
I'm so glad that my mother is not a complete nutter! I've never heard her say anything so ridiculous to me. But I guess I've been saying I don't want to get married or have kids since I was about 11, so she's probably given up all hope LOL. At least my sister has popped out three kids, so at least she's got some grandkids.
Both my friend and her sister have recently got engaged, so the majority of the conversation was about weddings. None of this interested me, as my friend well knows, so she did try and steer the conversation away LOL (bless her).
But her mother! Oh man. What a fucking nightmare!
They were already at a table when I got to the cafe, and as I walked over the mother gave me a thorough once over, looking me up and down in a not very subtle way at all and looking at me like I was loopy for wearing a dress over jeans LOL. I felt like saying "honey, I'm not the one that's fashion impaired! You're wearing Jean Jones!".
As we were chatting, the coversation moved to relationships and weddings, the mother looked pointedly at me and said, "well I think there's nothing more sad than a single woman in her 30s...they get fat and depressed and then they will never find a man if they're fat!"
What the hell?
"I couldn't bear it if my girls never got married or had children... it's just so selfish" (another pointed look at me).
She continuted to talk on and on about "selfish career women" and how she "can never understand why a woman wouldn't want to get married and have children". (again, another stare at me).
Are you fucking kidding me? I so desperately wanted to say something to her, but the look on my friend and her sister face was enough for me to bite my tongue. They were embarrassed as hell. And I didn't want to say something nasty to this woman, even though she so deserved a bitch slapping! Unreal.
On the way home, my friend was very apologetic about her mother. I said I didn't want to say something nasty, so I just shut up LOL.
I'm so glad that my mother is not a complete nutter! I've never heard her say anything so ridiculous to me. But I guess I've been saying I don't want to get married or have kids since I was about 11, so she's probably given up all hope LOL. At least my sister has popped out three kids, so at least she's got some grandkids.
Tart at 1:53 PM |
Oh, and I can't stand it when women look you up and down in an obvious attempt to scrutinize you. Errr! So rude.