I love my mum to bits.
She lives in a nursing home now as she has dementia but she's still the bestest mum in the world.
She taught me to read before I even went to school.
She used to be naughty in her own way sometimes and pinch plants from peoples gardens.
She even knicked things at jumble sales.
Love you mum.
(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 7:22, 14 replies)

this is sweet
i'm sorry your mum's ill :(
(Mortal Wombat - he's just an excitable boy, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 7:41, closed)

Thank you
Although her dementia will get worse, she is happy as she is and can be quite "normal" a lot of the time. Other times she is in a world of her own, but quite happy.
She is cared for extremely well by the nursing staff at the home and I get down to see her when I can. Luckily my sister lives 10 minutes from her and sees her all the time.
(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 8:50, closed)

Your mum is cool
But changing the subject slightly, apparently parents these days are told *not* to let their children learn to read/write before starting school. What the cunting fuck is that all about? Most 18-year olds these days can't even write properly after *finishing* school - if I ever have a son or daughter I'm giving them all the help I arsing well can...
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 8:55, closed)

^ This
I could read at the age of 18 months, thanks to my mum. Nobody tends to believe me when I tell them this, but I distinctly remember reading so far ahead of the rest of the class at primary school that the teacher just left me alone in the school library and told me to pick any book I wanted. I also ended up skipping a year as a probably-not-too-indirect result of this.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 10:11, closed)

Yeah
same here... thought it was just me!

bogeypie, sorry that your mum isn't well. She'll know you love her though.
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 11:16, closed)

Same here
Apparently I had a reading age of 14 when I started school - one of my earliest memories is of being upset when a teacher took away a book I was really enjoying because it was too grown-up for me. Bitch.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 11:41, closed)

Aye
Exactly this. Good fun too, there were a few good reads to be had. Same for creative writing too.
(friedel, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 22:56, closed)

Same for me
Reading through nursery and the trips to the p7 part of primary school to grab a book on the first year of joining.
I have never been as cool since :)
*dons spectacles and pulls up trousers to nipple height*
(Procrastinate now! It's not opposite day!, Sun 14 Feb 2010, 18:08, closed)

Absolute bollocks.
My Daughter is 3 and has been reading for a while, thankfully her nursery is very supportive and even let her read the story to the rest of the class. ( Smug smile alert )
(Obi wanker nobi Its not a bug, its an unexpected feature, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 11:51, closed)

reading
She used to read to me in the launderette.
Just the beano, dandy and topper.
But she always pointed at the words as she read them. Then one day they all clicked and I read the comic out loud to her.
She looked so happy. Then she wiped some dirt off my face with a hankie and magic spit.
(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Fri 12 Feb 2010, 13:52, closed)

Sweet
That's a proper mum. You are very lucky.
( Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 0:43, closed)

Thanks.

(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 19:19, closed)

Other than...
the unfortunate circumstances (for which you have my condolences) we seem to share a mother.
(friedel, Sat 13 Feb 2010, 22:57, closed)

Thanks
bet my mum nicked more stuff than yours.
sorry about the delay in replying but I reinstalled my system and its taken 17 attempts to remember my password.
(Captain Spacker I lick windows, Wed 17 Feb 2010, 7:08, closed)