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Cartilage Head:
 I actually haven't lived with my mom in a couple of years, but I still stay in touch with her and visit her. I came from a pretty rough neighborhood and got beat up by a bunch of hooligans once on the playground. My mom got really scared and sent me to live with my Aunt and Uncle, and my life has been upside-down ever since.

 It is pretty cool though. My urban charms are a real culture shock to my classy relatives, especially C.

Jimmy the Squid:

--- Quote from: karl gambolputty... on 01 Apr 2008, 15:15 ---
--- Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 31 Mar 2008, 01:42 ---My mother is an immigrant from Sri Lanka. My grandfather (her father) owned a big tea plantation in Columbo


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Dang, we might be related! (All Sri Lankans are in some way related, especially closer to the upper end of the socio-economic spectrum).  Also, iirc there aren't any tea plantations in Colombo, they're really only in Kandy and Nuwara Eliya.  It's too hot to grow tea everywhere else.


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Shit you're right. I looked into it (asked an aunt of mine) and yeah, the plantation was in Kandy. My mum went to a boarding school in Columbo. I only barely listen to her anyway so this mistake is hardly surprising!

Thaes:
My mother, who´s 40 years old, is a relatively calm person, who hates it when someone criticizes someone else. She´s also emotionally very supportive, and is pretty much always ready to comfort any person from our family when they´re feeling blue. Oh, and when we were having coffee a while back, she told me in this most casual voice that I was a "midsummer accident"...

My father (who does not live in this town, unfortunately) is a bit more laid back than my mother. He has a great sense of humor and shares my taste for crappy horror movies. He´s also an excellent cook, just like my mother. Unfortunately for him, he will become unemployed this summer, as the company for which he works announced that they will be moving their production from the city my father lives in to another one.

Boro_Bandito:

--- Quote from: Blue Kitty on 01 Apr 2008, 15:38 ---Aunt Muriel Unlce Eustace and their dog.

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I see what you did there.

ThePQ4:
My Mom is one of those "cool" moms. She's always been extremely supportive of everything I've done and everything I have ever wanted accomplish. She's also extremely open to my interests, even if she doesn't openly agree with some of my own opinions. She works two jobs to support her family, and has always tried her hardest to give us what we (meaning my two sisters, brother, and I) what we want, as well as what we actually "need". My male friends, and her younger male-coworkers joke that she is hot. She's had several guys, closer to my age and my older sister's age, ask her out in the last couple of years. We tease her that she's a MILF, and she's easy going and knows EVERYONE. We can't go anywhere with her without running into someone she knows.

My Dad, on the other hand, is extremely selfish. He cares little for his children, although I will admit that around the time my Mom started divorce proceedings he did make a little more effort to get to know us. However, it was "too little, too late". He accuses my Mom of turning his kids against him when really he is the asshole who cheated on our Mom, does the absolute minimum to support his family, and will always take the easy way out of every situation.

My parents are kind of polar opposites who only got married (and remain married) for their kids (or at least that is my Mom's excuse). I have a feeling once we are all out of the house in a couple of years she'll reopen the divorce proceedings and finally leave him. Maybe then I'll get that step-brother I've always wanted. She's always said that if she did divorce my Dad that she wouldn't date or get married again, but I kind of doubt that. She's pretty self-sufficient but I think with encouragement, my sisters and I could talk her into a relationship.

In short: My Mom is awesome and my Dad sucks. How typical.

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