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For once mother in law takes difficult child's side! Who knew this day would come?
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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 599749" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>For some reason (likely because I'm not in the mood to work, lol) I've been thinking about Mothers and mother in law's. My Mother was a lovely lady who spent her life striving for perfection. My Dad always knew that he could bring unexpected company at any time and Mom would be attractively dressed, appropriately coiffed and made up, the house would be "company ready" as much as any home with four children could be expected to be. She took great pride in the fact that we were all attractive well mannered kids and when we won awards etc. she was always more thrilled than we were. She was always aware of "what the neighbors would think" if any of us came in too late or were too loud or whatever.</p><p></p><p>We all loved our parents but did lovingly laugh amongst ourselves about "Mother's standards". Just reading your response I realized that we were her opportunity to recreate her childhood. She gave us the doting attention that she did not receive. Light bulb moment! How strange that the bulb lit after so many decades, lol. I think you're likely on point. In fact many of our CD family members are dedicated to the same concept. Interesting. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 599749, member: 35"] For some reason (likely because I'm not in the mood to work, lol) I've been thinking about Mothers and mother in law's. My Mother was a lovely lady who spent her life striving for perfection. My Dad always knew that he could bring unexpected company at any time and Mom would be attractively dressed, appropriately coiffed and made up, the house would be "company ready" as much as any home with four children could be expected to be. She took great pride in the fact that we were all attractive well mannered kids and when we won awards etc. she was always more thrilled than we were. She was always aware of "what the neighbors would think" if any of us came in too late or were too loud or whatever. We all loved our parents but did lovingly laugh amongst ourselves about "Mother's standards". Just reading your response I realized that we were her opportunity to recreate her childhood. She gave us the doting attention that she did not receive. Light bulb moment! How strange that the bulb lit after so many decades, lol. I think you're likely on point. In fact many of our CD family members are dedicated to the same concept. Interesting. DDD [/QUOTE]
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