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Well, it felt like a complete waste of money and effort, but at least Babycake got to spend some time with his Scottish family. I must be a bad person, because I'd really rather he wasn't related to them sometimes and other times I'm glad that he has these connections. Anyway, if I have to sit and listen to how brilliant my brother and sister in law are for all their qualifications and 'letters' one more time, I'll go insane. It just serves to underline how little Mr McMuffin's parents know, or care about us as actual people and that makes me feel quite sad. However, the deed is done and there are no expectations that we'll be returning any time soon, so at the least it's bought us a few years off for good behaviour.
As a point of interest, the Scottish are less friendly to Babycake that London commuters in the height of the rush hour. Sorry if that's unwelcome news, but that's just how it is. Poor Babycake tried and tried to make friends, but in Scotland got the briefest of smiles in return. In London, some kind man let him grab his collar, smear spit on it and still smiled at him. I just bet Babycake was wishing himself back in Portugal, I know I was.
mrs mcmuffin on 7 Nov 2006 @ 11:43 AM ✲ Permalink
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I reckon you should return at new year and go the whole Hog- Manay... snigger.
Posted by: Keith | 7 Nov 2006 15:04:59
Oh, that's going to happen!
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 7 Nov 2006 17:44:44
Next time try putting him in a Scotland rugby shirt and fake an accent. I think there may be some regional bias working against you.
I'm sorry that the Clan McMuffin don't seem to take any interest in you as individuals, but I think it's impossible to win with some people. My in-laws all go on about what wonderful parents we are until our parenting conflicts with what they want... then they remember that we are the boring, rigid, conservative ones who are too child-centered.
Cynical also, mustn't forget cynical.
Posted by: Colin | 7 Nov 2006 19:34:03
Yes, it might be the whole anti English thing, but would they really hold a nine month old baby responsible for his birth place? Probably!
Two other things: How can you be too child centred? and you were right about the baby carrier.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 10 Nov 2006 18:44:54
Re: being too child-centered... Don't know if you've ever heard of the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, but he defines selfishness as "being devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others." When our plans don't suit the in-laws, we are told that we are letting the children run our lives.
As for Scots, I've seen with my relations that there's very often a small chip on the shoulder about people who leave... anything they do that might be good can't really be acknowledged -- or at most, grudgingly -- if it happened elsewhere. Do the siblings McMuffin reside in Scotland? Or is it just good old-fashioned favoritism?
Posted by: Colin | 10 Nov 2006 21:50:25
Aha, so that's being too child centred. With us, it's more about disapproval of us parenting in a way that the disapprover didn't parent. There's as much disapproval around as there are parenting styles and that's a lot to cop.
Re McMuffin approval, I remember now Mr McMuffin Jnr saying that he goes through the same thing as we do and sismilarly his parents have no idea that he obtained his MA years ago. Seems they don't know much about him either. Once I get off my high horse it is all really quite sad.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 11 Nov 2006 08:30:22
