After the mother in law was in a flap after having a fall a few minutes before we arrived. Telling her she should be happy, since it was the fastest she'd moved in years , wasn't the most sensitive or sympathetic thing to say.
A few weeks back at my mother in laws 90th birthday party we were talking about my son having to have his dog put to sleep, she got quite upset, but then I told her ‘she’ was booked in for the following Tuesday, apparently it wasn’t the right thing to say!
I once asked my late Mother to not kiss our then young children as her moustache tickled them…. oh how we laughed! It was the same year that when perusing our wedding photo’s Mum said “who is that funny looking bloke at the back” to which “do you mean Uncle Sheila?” was the reply…. Aunty Sheila has been known as ‘Uncle Sheila’ ever since!
