Racism and general intolerance
parents are right funny. as the time they grew up was very much less tolerant than ours they don't quite fit anymore! Black/Indian/asian people - other than the ones they know and like - are alien to them. our town was very caucasian and the only indians ran our corner shop and our takeaways. That was indeed the breeding ground for this view being 100% true. They can't shake it. 50 years of it holding true is difficult to shift. My father in law is a barrister and has a thing about Nigerians. The only ones he meets are in court, thus his view of all his experience is that nigerians have a propensity to crime. I am sure if he wasn't near 65 y.o. and went there his view would be entirely different.
I wonder what we will take forward - that all chavs are not to be trusted, hoodie wearers are potential terrorists or that smokers are pure evil? We will get some for our latter years that is for sure. And we will be wrong too.

And gays. my mun thinks of gay men as being flouncy camp men in khaki safari suits and a neckerchief - much like the one they know near their shop and see most mornings as he waves. In my mums eyes, this is a gay man. The end. No other types of gay men exist. You couldn't be gay and wear regular clothes or be any less than a fabulously flaming queen. If i were to have been gay, she would have simply not beleived it as i don't meet this criteria.

They are pretty great parents overall - but there were some tough old times. looking back, no cash, rising debt etc.

The one thing i was told by my counsellor friend was that too many people go to counselling for problems with one parent and they find out that its the other one they have the real issues with. It normally costs thousands for private sessions by then.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Mon 20 Aug 2007, 11:09, Reply)