All true.
She's been dead 6 years now so there's not really any ill will between us any longer. Last argument I had with her was a little 1 sided. ;)

It has taught me to be honest with my daughter. I may not get everything right but I know she'll never resent me for being "pliant" with the truth.

EDIT: It should be said that I really, honestly think that the only reason she told me was because I was asking some questions about my dad and I was in the process of trying to hunt down some of his family.
Yes it did take her guts to tell me - I'd have been shitting myself after lying to my kid about something that big for 20 years. As it was she had good reason.

I ended up swigging her wine from the bottle (I'm not a big wine fan), told the 2 yuppies to "get off their fucking phones and shut up and eat" and threw enough money at the maitre d to cover the bill as I stormed out shouting about having to go and find somewhere to get very, very drunk.
All in all a good lunch!
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sat 2 Mar 2013, 20:28, 1 reply)

Must be a bit difficult to pick the exact moment to mention something like that. Obviously, you wouldn't want to do it when your offspring are small children, but it must get that little bit harder every passing year...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sat 2 Mar 2013, 23:15, closed)