General Chat

On a lighter note, my big bruv is 'well up' in the bonsai pot making world :-D
He charges a fortune!

Yaaaawwwwnnnnnnn :-D

BUT - I do have one of his pots, and 2 very small oil type pots he made at school, one of which is signed :-D
'Inheritance' for my children :-D

Ann - glad you feel better :-D
I never really had in-laws. I met my ex because he came round, after his mother had died, to see his best mate - my sisters boyfriend (later husband). I met his father - a lovely man - who died before we got 'serious'.

But I did have his aunt, who, when our marriage broke up, was 'taken' by the woman of total selfishness, and believed her lies - soon to become ex's 'other' ex - but her lies about me stuck.
This woman bled money from our ex like nobody's business. Her greatest 'coup' was just before my daughter married.
Ex's aunt died just before Christmas. She (unlike me) didn't bother coming to the funeral, (much to the ex's relief) but was pleased to receive the Christmas present from the aunt....

My grandfather (mums dad) ever the eternal optimist (not) was the most wonderful giving and understanding man. He loved giving us hugs and telling us we were real smashers. He never said I love you but we knew what he meant. He was very good with woodwork and made us a dolls house, a fire engine and a ferris wheel amongst other things. He would do anything he could for his family. It took a while for my granddad to take to my father in his eyes a scotsman who wanted to take his only daughter north of the border but in the end he described my dad as an alright chap(high praise from granddad). He died in 2010 and we all miss him to this day. :-(

I feel so much better having said that :-D :-D :-D

my sister's alcoholic lying husband who always thought he was better than the rest of us, and she thought so too - sister is also an alcoholic and broke all ties with me eight and half years ago -much to my delight - and my son's delight too

my late mother in law - who wasn't late early enough as far as I was concerned - she hated me and I loathed her

my late father in law - also not late early enough for my liking - a brute of a man who ruled with an iron fist, was always right even when he was so very wrong - a bully who though he smoked Capstan Extra strong all his life lived into his mid nineties - it's so true that the good die young

My late Mother in Law. The loveliest kindest lady that I have ever had the pleasure and honour to have known. She took me on as a daughter as my so called mother never loved or had time for me. She never saw bad in anyone and believed that if you can't say something nice then don't say anything. God Bless you my love I still miss you so much <3

My mother-in-law, she & i have only one thing in common.... SHE HATES ME & I HATE HER. I'll say on more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRSYj3Rv75c

My mother's siblings (they'll be an aunt and an uncle) never forgave my mum for:
a) Marrying my dad and therefore
b) Going to different places
c) They also didn't like the fact that my brothers went to boarding school and I passed the 11+
After divorcing my dad, she married 'el fascisto' - even his family weren't to keen on him, but by marrying him, she:
d) Came into money when he sold his house and they moved to Portugal.

When mum died, we had absolutely no idea where her siblings, or any of their 10 children lived. I contacted one of her siblings the only way I could - through this site - only to be told the other sibling had died 2 years previously.

The last time we saw these siblings and their (by now adult) children (that'll be our cousins, who we didn't know) was at our gran's funeral, where my sister in law discovered she'd tutored one of our cousins through her nursing!!!

Fortunately, my siblings and I aren't like this at all. Despite not living near each other, our children, and our grandchildren regularly see their cousins, and second cousins
:-D

Sharron, so did I: my brother didn't.

Sibling rivalry? Mind you one of his sons recently qualified as a Doctor, but given the intelligence of his mother, who is Chinese, I'm not surprised :-)

Mind you, as we have long since discovered, intelligence does not mean practical ;-)

I passed the 11+ fifty years ago and I have a cousin who has still not forgiven me.

Scozz, we don't see the rellies often but I'm beginning to think 'Thank Goodness'

I have four nephews and one niece. Three are from his first marriage and two from his second.

The nephew I'm referring to is the eldest, and at nearly 50, I do mean the eldest. He was born in the UK and I remember his birth, and taking my mother (who couldn't drive) to see the family when they lived in Stockport and then Eccles, prior to them coming out to Australia.

I will be taking my camera to Perth, but will not be taking photos of any food.

We will be staying with the youngest nephew from my brother's first marriage who has a very down-to-earth wife and a fantastic young girl aged about 7. They stayed with us a few months ago and the entire family is great.

Strange how siblings can be so different :-S

Allan ~ when you go up to Perth, don't forget to take your camera.

:-D

Well, there's the prat of a nephew of mine. Always taking photos, together with his wife.

Selfies, food, you name it.

Plus daily photos of his young baby, although now that the baby is six months old, they have reverted to weekly photos, as was the case with their elder son.

I wouldn't mind but the photo's are all the same: the baby lying there, being fed, being introduced to the rabbit.

Last week there were even photo's of them shopping in a local deli!

I will be seeing then next week-end (10th January) when we go up to Perth for my brother's 70th.

I just hope that I can hold my tongue :-| :-| :-|

only one?

three........... angry, feral & disturbed.

:-|

our Uncle Benny was a legend
we all loved him so much
always kind and helpful to everybody
he was the dad I should of had
if I could of picked my own
even though we lost him in April

he will forever live in our hearts <3 <3

no problem the space is going no where :-D

Not tonight Josephine.

:-D

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