Had phone parent’s appointment with my child’s (third child, not pfb, eldest twenty,? so not a stranger to school parent’s evenings) reception teacher. She was very pleasant. But consistently called me “my lovely” throughout the appointment and twice said “yes exactly, bless you”.
I found this irritating and patronising. She is at least fifteen years younger than me but I would have found it irritating if she were twenty years older.
I’m being an irritable old cow aren’t I?