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next time, i think you should sing along. have fun with it, act the parts,
opera always tells a story. it might change the music for you. that's what i did with it anyway, turned it into a daytime soap opera. otherwise i would have lost my mind.
posted by
fourcats
on May 16, 2006 at 5:27 PM
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I appreciate you saying so, Una.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 7:52 PM
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Most of us love our mother
at least half-heartedly.
I love my mother. I am happy you love yours too.
posted by
una01
on May 15, 2006 at 7:21 PM
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No, no one here sings out loud, fourcats ...
fortunately.
Since it was my mother's car, we ended up listening to opera (seriously). It was brutal.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 6:08 PM
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Aw, that's very sweet of you to say, Factor ...
And all gnome-related questions shall be answered shortly.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 6:06 PM
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so what music did you listen to? did you guys sing along?
posted by
fourcats
on May 15, 2006 at 5:34 PM
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Ah, your mom is lucky to have you as a daughter.
I am doomed to a lifetime of inadequacy due to my lack of interest in power tools.
Ah, they love me anyway. And how, might we ask, has the gnome managed to remain in the Russian chick's company?
posted by
FactorFiction
on May 15, 2006 at 4:58 PM
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Mademoiselle,
I can see her point. In fact, I think the whole powdered doughnut issue was needless stress, sort of like carrying some totally unneccessary piece of luggage, just to be able to worry about it.
It was a major point of irritation with my boyfriend that during all the driving that we did round and round in circles, we did not find the little store that sold us the stale powdered doughnuts in order to get his money back. He obsesses about those kinds of things.
posted by
Blanche.
on May 15, 2006 at 3:12 PM
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Consider it stricken from the record, Blanche,
Meanwhile, my mother would never in a million years allow us to bring powdered doughnuts into her car. In fact, I'm not sure she would even allow them in the
house.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 11:07 AM
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woops, there's a redundancy there, strike "of family"
posted by
Blanche.
on May 15, 2006 at 10:53 AM
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Road trips seem to the acid test of self-control, imho, Mademoiselle,
Even under the best of circumstances, being enclosed in a tiny, moving cage of steel, immersed in all the familiar amnion of family, is never easy. I think that the next time I go visit my mother, I will take the bus from the ferry terminal, even if takes twice as long, it's worth it. It'll save her gas, anyway.
Gideon had the nerve to get mad at me last week for dumping the powdered doughnuts (the stale powdered doughnuts), that he had bought into the console between the seats. I pointed out through gritted teeth, that he had put them there, and that I was searching for something he insisted that I find. It's a good thing it was a short trip.
posted by
Blanche.
on May 15, 2006 at 10:53 AM
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It's one of my many traits that makes me so endearing, TAPS.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 10:48 AM
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Actually with me, it's more like Siamese twins, Sassyass ...
Both are always present, it's just that the evil one has a lot more to say.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 10:46 AM
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You always do that to me. HAHAHA
posted by
TAPS.
on May 15, 2006 at 10:44 AM
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Thank you, TAPS ...
Though, does that mean you
hated all the others?
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 10:43 AM
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Good for you, you know
allowing your twin to come out and all. My evil twin rears her ugly head more then I'd like to admit.
posted by
Sherri_G
on May 15, 2006 at 10:31 AM
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Mademoiselle, I love your last paragraph.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 15, 2006 at 10:30 AM
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My mother asked me if I was feeling okay, Sassyass.
Although, she did say she was happy that I was finally willing to publicly share the other side of my personality.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 10:28 AM
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What a positively sweet thing to say about your mother
and the candlelight dinner sounded very nice.
posted by
Sherri_G
on May 15, 2006 at 10:19 AM
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So, SilverMoon, I guess what you're saying is ...
my mother and I are too close to ever become really close.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 9:35 AM
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Actually, there are plenty of them, A+B ...
However, on those days, I just artificially pump up the excitement level by using a lot of adjectives.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 9:33 AM
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Well, Mason, at least you know she still cares ...
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 9:28 AM
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In some ways, maybe, Jack ...
Meanwhile, my mother told me she's not even ready to start thinking of
herself as an adult yet.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 9:27 AM
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Mlle,
It didn't just take moving out of the house to develop a really close relationship with my mom, but getting married, having a kid. Oh, and I think having transatlantic borders has something to do with it, too... Nothing like living in a foreign country to foster a long-overdue close relationship with Mutti.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on May 15, 2006 at 2:58 AM
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Never a dull day in the life of mlle.
posted by
A-and-B
on May 15, 2006 at 2:24 AM
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..they never change...I'm 61.. and she still asks, "Did you eat enough?"
posted by
MasonGarrett
on May 15, 2006 at 1:59 AM
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Mademoiselle,
I can promise you that your mother will never think of you as an adult, no matter what happens or how old you get.
The only mother I have around now is a mother-in-law. We didn't get over there today because my brother-in-law's son was released from jail during the afternoon and he was back at ''grandma's house'' for dinner. Ms. Wife didn't want to be anywhere near him or the family because grandson got busted for being a public idiot and the whole family had her pissed off. I went to Home Depot parking lot again, and it was 103 degrees in the shade. It was so crowded you could hardly move and everyone was yelling and honking and trying to run over each other.
The cashier has a daughter whose birthday is the same day as mine. She was real nice. I should have wished her happy mother's day.
You're pretty lucky.
posted by
Jack_Flash
on May 15, 2006 at 1:40 AM
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Actually, I don't blame my mother for not viewing me as an adult ...
I guess the only way to change her perception, is to start acting like one.
And that ain't gonna happen.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 15, 2006 at 1:10 AM
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Hi M
Moms, you can't live with them, you can't live without them. My mom and I have a great relationship now that I'm out of the house. I think a lot of the problems stem from the fact that they never really view you as an adult.
posted by
fionajean
on May 15, 2006 at 1:05 AM
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Thank you so much, Justi!
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 14, 2006 at 10:18 PM
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The best compliment a mother can get...the if she were my sister
stuff... great post.
posted by
Justi
on May 14, 2006 at 10:15 PM
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Correct, Lilane ...
Although some places to spend it, are far more preferable than others.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 14, 2006 at 9:05 PM
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That's so true, Ben ...
In fact, there's an old Russian proverb along those lines.
Actually, I think there might be a proverb along those lines in every language.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 14, 2006 at 9:04 PM
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I suspect, Samhain,
that my mother will be calling me tomorrow to ask that very same question.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 14, 2006 at 9:01 PM
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mothers day
Just spending time together is what counts
posted by
Lanetay
on May 14, 2006 at 9:00 PM
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All tempers are soothed by good food. Lol.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on May 14, 2006 at 8:56 PM
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....very, very sweet! samhain_moon 
(p.s. who really wrote this?) 
posted by
syzygy
on May 14, 2006 at 8:54 PM
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