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Hypocrisy?
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Sharron | Report | 14 Aug 2016 21:15 |
Under duress, we had OH's mother round for tea a while ago. She asked for another plate and said she didn't want to waste them so she put her carrots and parsnip on it. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 14 Aug 2016 21:45 |
Ah, but money was a lot tighter in those day, at least for most of that generation. They'd grown up during rationing and had to eat what was available or starve. Now they’ve the confidence to throw off the shackles and are live disgracefully. :-D |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 14 Aug 2016 21:59 |
I had to eat everything that was on my plate - but rarely did. |
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Sharron | Report | 14 Aug 2016 22:02 |
They made our generation eat whatever they had cobbled up and cremated, under all sorts of threats, we bided our time and now we can see them for what they are. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 14 Aug 2016 22:10 |
One of ours refused to eat their crusts - they didn't want curly hair like their sibling :-D |
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Sharron | Report | 14 Aug 2016 22:17 |
Look, I was kind enough not to make them sit at the table until they had eaten all their nice dinner that people in some distant land the location of which I neither knew nor cared about were more than welcome to. I don't want to hear their side of it. |
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Island | Report | 14 Aug 2016 22:32 |
yeah, but these old bids aren't your children Sharron. It just doesn't and shouldn't work the other way round. |
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Sharron | Report | 14 Aug 2016 22:51 |
They should have thought of that at the time! |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 14 Aug 2016 23:23 |
Is it a desperate inbuilt hate of carrots - like my youngest, and anything to do with tomatoes, or not liking the way they're done? |
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Sharron | Report | 14 Aug 2016 23:28 |
No, it just that awkward old witch coming it. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 14 Aug 2016 23:31 |
:-D :-D :-D :-D |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 14 Aug 2016 23:37 |
So really, its not pay-back to all parents of that generation, just those that have 'wronged' you? |
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Sharron | Report | 14 Aug 2016 23:46 |
Awkward old witches together! |
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LadyScozz | Report | 15 Aug 2016 08:37 |
We (me and 4 brothers) had to eat everything on our plates, or we were given it at the next meal. |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 15 Aug 2016 09:44 |
I was an only child brought up during the war,and believe me ,had to eat whatever I was given.think that's why I loathe waste and when my grand,and great grandchildren won't eat their crusts,or leave good food on their plates does make you realise how they have things so much more relaxed today. |
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Sharron | Report | 15 Aug 2016 10:43 |
Oh yes, the second plate scenario. That was attention seeking because I know that woman eats like a hippopotamus and, indeed, did so the next night at his sister's house! |
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Dermot | Report | 15 Aug 2016 10:58 |
Avoid reckless irreverence towards our elders. |
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Island | Report | 15 Aug 2016 12:20 |
I think you need to get some positives going on in your life Sharron, you're coming across as an awkward old witch yourself. |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 15 Aug 2016 12:29 |
I was a very fussy eater in my extreme youth but nobody made a big fuss about it. If I didn't eat it, I went hungry! Luckily I liked most of Mum's home cooking. I am not fussy now, I draw the line at a few things, but will have a go at most. |
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Sharron | Report | 15 Aug 2016 14:58 |
Working on it Island, working on it. (Not the positives you understand.) |