Can I show off and be shameless here? I can't in real life

[proudmudda]

I have had a very tough time recently, dh has had a nervous breakdown, my dad who has always been abusive hit a new low and we're NC. My mum emigrated and it's just been so hard.
But ds got 11 level 9s and and A** in further maths yesterday and I am so so proud. He is severely dyspraxic and had oral dyspeptia which went undiagnosed until he was 4 which severely affected his speech. I was told he had SEN and he was put in a special group, I knew he was frustrated and moved his school then home schooled. He went to the local comp for secondary, it was on special
Measures, he was bullied but here we are.
I am so proud of my boy. I could burst.
As a working class northerner I will be ostracised for rl showing off, so can I be shameless here?
Sorry to anyone I annoy, I just need an outlet! Mn has helped me so much over the years with ds, dh and just life. Thank you all so much

Shout it from the rooftops OP . No time to read the whole thread now but all the best to him for his future. He’s going to make you even more proud in the future .

Oh op I don’t know if it’s my hormones or something but this thread has made me all weepy and I don’t even know you or your ds! But well done him, what an absolute credit he is. Wishing him every success for the future

Brought tears to my eyes, OP. What a lot you've both been through.

From one northerner to another, massive congratulations to your amazing son. All the best to him for his onwards journey!!

Huge congratulations to your DS. He must have worked so hard. Those new GCSEs are bloody difficult and the grade boundaries for 9s are so high. Well done!

Amazing! Well done to your DS and to you for being a wonderful mother! I'm sure your DS has great things ahead of him. Shout his achievement from the rooftops, who cares what everyone else thinks!

I'm doing a little celebratory dance in honour of your DS and your achievements. Yay for you both, you awesome creatures !

Absolutely well done to your son and give yourself a big pat on the back for being so supportive and ensuring he got all the help you could give him . I would go out and tell your friends how proud you are ..brilliant 🍾💐

Good for him and you both! Be proud.

These are fantastic results. I can’t think of good enough superlatives. Well done.

Fantastic.
Well done that lad! And his mum.

Oh this is so lovely! You should be hugely proud. My 8 year old has dyspraxia and ADHD and is finding school so tough right now so this gives me hope. Many congratulations to your DS.

Awww, OP, that couldn’t have been easy for either of you.
Huge congratulations, you both deserve it

If your DS had gone to the best public school in the land those would be amazing results. With the problems he's had - well I can't really come up with a good enough adjective. And your love for him and pride just shines through - it's wonderful! Have a fantastic weekend.

That's fantastic! Your DS is amazing and you should be so proud
Well done to you too, you've clearly done a wonderful job in raising him!

Congratulations!

And if he wants to do History I can understand him wanting to do it at Oxford just look at the library.

Do encourage him to apply to the UNIQ programme.

Had tears in my eyes reading this. Absolutely bloody brilliant! Well done to both of you!

You brag away! I know exactly how you feel. My son got a Doctorate last year at the age of 35 and I could not be prouder. He’s a grown man, but I feel just as proud as when he got his GCSEs and A levels.

I hope your son will go on to make you prouder still. My guess is he probably will!

What brilliant results. Many congratulations!

They’re fantastic grades on their own, but coupled with the personal challenges your son has to deal with AND the external ones such as the school environment being less than ideal, he’s done bloody brilliantly!

And you’re fab for being so proud of him. xxxx

Show off away, you shameless hussy, you
Congratulations to your wonderful son and to you for supporting him so well
(Another one who got something in their eye reading the OP.)

Boast away .. I too would be proud as punch, espeically after all he has been through .

Well done to OPs DS

Amazing, you need to tell everyone about his achievements, what a smart boy you have there!
Huge congratulations to you both!

That library is something special .
How lovely

Oi, stop with the Northers are such dicks comment. I'm a northerner and we are not. If you can't tell friends how well your son has done you need better friends.

My two have also come out with a clutch of A's, A, A*, 7, 8 and 9 (A levels, AS levels at 15 and GCSEs) and I'm very pleased for them.

Congratulations OP! Amazing. Staggering under the circumstances. Massive credit to you for holding it all together. I'm a northerner and if you were my friend I'd want to know and celebrate with you....