Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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DivorcedMy parents got divorced when I was 14. Before that they argued all the time - at night - so you could hear all the ranting. It was terrible. I walked in on them one night and just asked them to stop, becuase I couldn't sleep. When I got into the bedroom to tell them said rant, the bedclothes were off the bed and Dad was going to sleep on the floor and Mum in the bed. She's always been a dramatist and this was the stage.
I read some of the transcsripts of the divorce papers which I can't reveal on here, just to say that I'm glad Dad left.
Funny really because they all get on now, even with their respective partners and 70th bithday parties.
It was Christmas one year when they all stayed in my house I couldn't handle them sleeping in adjacent rooms with said partners. Mum's partner is 46. Dad's is 50 something. I don't do Christmas any more. I really DONT.
Anyway if you listen to Lalo Schifrin like I am at the moment it's all a blur :-)
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Tiggy the diver, Mon 20 Aug 2007, 1:47,
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