MN Little Italy 18

[DemonBradleySlaysPippi]

Where are you????

Rosa, so did the lesson go well? I agree with the teachers, I think they should earn millions!

Are you totally out of veggies? Not even onion?

Sage instead of rosemary? Frozen veg (e.g. peppers, courgette)?

Meatloaf? Polpette? A mixed meat pie (perhaps we are on the wrong side of the channel for that?)

Happy birthday, Gio!!!!!

I have no suggestions, I'm afraid, Rosa.

Qu.: Why am I wasting valuable time in the library on MN?

Answers on a postcard, please...

It was a dark day the day they made it easy to access the internet in the library...

Rosa, you can make dp's favourite meal, meat with more meat!

Slept for a couple of hours, aches and pain, then that pic of Accorsi made me lol, unbelievebale.

Penthe, off the computer, and back to work!

Promised I would play with ds, so off I go, though really I just want to go back to bed.

Bardem would make dead meat of Accorsi, of course.

Rosa, you are very brave!

Still laughing at Accorsi ! He should be proud of himself: the key to a woman's heart is to make her laugh, no?

Sorry Rosa tend to be out in the aft and no idea re meat. I have invited a friend over and 1. kitchen is a mess, whole house in fact, 2. have nothing and no time to cook.

I have been thinking about your dp's bereavement, it is amazing he could never cry, my dp would do the same though, all locked in. Did he have a good relationship with him? Is he closer to his mum because of it? I cried lots when my mum passed away, but becasue of a variety of reasons did not grieve properly, and it created problems a few years later. But some people can manage to get through life without talking about deep emotions, sometimes I think it is better for them, my dp could not cope with opening about painful things that happened to him. Not sure what to suggest.

Luckily there is that pic of Accorsi to bring some laughter.

Rosa, what did you do with the meat at the end?

Javier, I didn't know your mother has passed away, I'm really, really sorry to hear this, how awful.
I agree that there are people who can't cope with talking about their deepest emotions.

I need a rant about what happened this afternoon. Took the dc to swimming lessons, they are in the same class, with the same teacher who used to teach dd last yr. A very sweet guy, really a good teacher. The lady at the desk today told us that he wasn't there because he's changed job (yeah, in a week time?). We went upstairs and the children were very upset. The lady who cleans the changing rooms told me that he hadn't found a new job, but has been mandato via. Now the children are really sad and I've been feeling anguished thinking about this guy who's found himself without a job (as I tend to think that the owners are in the wrong, rather than the teacher, don't know why, but I really had him down as a very sweet, bravo maestro).

Off to look at Accorsi's pic to feel a bit better!

Happy birthday Gio!
Evening everyone else.
I am knackered. Tra l'altro I drove halfway here from Rome today then remembered I had forgotten my keys and had to turn around and go and fetch them.
Pippi IKWYM about your DH. When my FIL died DD was just 3 months old, I was so wrapped up in the new baby thing I still feel bad about how I handled it. We do talk about him though, esp to the kids.

Oh, do you think there was some sort of scandal with this swimming guy? (which I have no idea why in my mind looks like Accorsi).

Sputnick, I am going to attempt your aubergine dish tomorrow.

girls hello, sorry just catching up. MI, Gio, and Buch, thanks for understanding me- it helps to know it is not a totally insane feeling. and whoever said we let it out on them because they are the closest we've got is right.... not entirely fair.... my mum once told me that if i really really need to vent i shoudl go to her because my husband will get tired! (same mother who advised me to agree to the move because it's better your husband is indebted to you...).

gio tanti auguri!!!

pippi dh's dad died 8 years ago after a long illness and he still finds it unbearable to talk about him. it's very sad. it's as though there's a hole in his life. explains a lot actually (that and my screwed up MIL)

Let me kno how it goes. Don't forget the nice brown onions in the bottom.

Masseuse, wow, mothers eh ? Wow. Why most mothers seem so keen to hurt their dds? I know my mother loves me to bits, but some times she comes up with the most shocking things . I don't get offended anymore. But still get at her political comments.

Javier , no he doesn't look like accorsi. I'd be very shocked as the swimming guy seemed really a genuinely good man and my dc were very fond of him. I blame the owners, would be really shocked to be proved otherwise.

Javier, one for you i think primaries in hackney

Sputnik I think I'd need 10 yrs of psychotherapy before I could attempt to drive through rome

Wel I drove round th edge really. Yesterday though I drove right into the centre to go to the Coliseum, and parked We didn't go into anything in the end though as the queues were huge.

MM I can totally understand where you are coming from as I feel in a way I was forced into giving up my lovely house in a beautiful area to go and live in a pokey little flat. Not to mention taking on a huge mortgage we can barely afford, so there is no spare money for anything anymore. It has taken me a while to adjust and I was quite stressed and down about it for ages. It is getting better though.

Still laughing at Accorsi! A lot when thinking at picture too!
Especially after many glasses of wine with friend.

Thanks for all your support re grieving. Deep down I know it is due to him not wanting to open up. I know I have tried. Maybe half heartedly or timidly but have done. He does not talk about his dad with dds and finds it very hard when I do. He loved his dad. I am sure he cannot cope with the emotions and he is scared. He has got this screwed vison, from his dad, that a man should not show his emotion, which is quite crap as DH in real life wears all his feeling on his sleeve.

The general consensus though seems to keep talking about FIL and let him talk rather tha ask him outright, no? I feel guilt all ready because I know I will probably be in pieces.

JB i like your DP very much!
BTW I think minipippi was teething !

But what really pissed me off I suppose was, like you, never realy getting acknowledgement that it was a huge sacrifice for me.

In compensation though I can now drive alla Romana

FRanca why did they fire him?

BTW Gio thanks for your message this morning

finally managed to log in and catch up

happy birthday Gio! sorry you won't spend the day celebrating come si deve, but hopefully soon when DS is fine

been thinking about the being angry at DP/Hs thing... and feel a bit guilty now, the fact is I only have him, I mean fam & friends are in italy, I do have a BF in london, but we have different lifestyles (she's childless, has he boyfriend's middle class boden circle of friends - you remember the boden party, with scary mum arriving later and mum & daughter buying same clothes) and I don't see much of her.actually, it's so nice I've found LI, because you only can understwnd certain thhings, the dual-culture, isolation, etc.

pippi, I'd probably be like you, no idea of how to deal with it...

sorry, that's in reference to your DH loosing his dad