" But we took you to stately homes " would pos be a more suited thread normally , but that aside I am so upset after yet another disagreement with my mother .
Somehow managed to get onto the subject of that poor little boy washed up on the shoreline ( RIP) that many of us saw on social media .
In the conversation we had , I filled up , which I think is understandable given what's going on and said that we didn't appreciate what we have in the UK and I would give up what I have tomorrow if it saved another child from a similar tragedy .
Mother looked shocked and told me I should discuss that with my father .
I replied I did not need to discuss my feelings with anyone least of all my father.
She then went literally hysterical claiming that most refugees were 30 - 40 yr old men who were quite capable of working but refused too .
I said that in the third world there was no opportunity for work and the children were starving and we should maybe have less , so they would have an opportunity to live a better life .
Mothers response was that they could work but didn't try and the young men came into this country with bombs on their backs !!!
I said that we can't judge the majority by the minority's and fgs it has nothing to do with the children - they are vulnerable and can't stand up for themselves .
Mother was having none of it - said she had worked all her life and not to support immigrants .
I told her I admit to being extremely niave with the whole politics side but stood my ground that the children esp and immigrants need our help more than ever .
My god my biggest dilemma this week was which energy supplier to switch to , not which mouth to feed or which channel to cross holding my baby . That could be me and my own babies !
She told me I was being dramatic and to speak to my father ( he'd prob try and wash my mouth out with a bar of soap even tho I'm 45 ! ) and I asked her to leave .
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