MN Little Italy 18

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Interesting article Anna, maybe we are seeing the beginning of the reaction here? Not holding my breath though.

Camo, go for the boots, very nice.

Read the article. Interesting - nothing new for us who, used to the british way of life, are each time shocked at what we see on tv when on holiday there.

HAve you read the comments to the article? They are truly shocking!! God I sometimes by the telegraph at the weekend for it's magazines but if those are its readers I surely never ever do it again ¬

Anna, thanks for the article. I did sign the petition. I go on manifestazioni when I can.
I think women's conditions are still rpetty bad in Italy. Look at the battle the government is doing agaisnt the Ru486. Look at the law on fertility treatment.
Look at the condition of woemn in areas where organized crime is very active.
There is a long way to go...

Camo, I love the colour of those boots, get them!

and at the comments there. It's worse than the daily mail!

Truly...

Camo yes I like the boots as well. Go get them.

The Daily Telegraph is a posh Daily Mail. Don't buy it!!!!!!!

Will read the article later, I am in a shallow mood.

I love it when dp is out or away. [happy]

And he love it when I am away. But when he goes away a lot, I resent it, all those bedtime stories, etc.

Oh see I do all that everyday anyway so nothing changes for me except I do not cook dinner, do not turn tv on unless I watch an 'arty-farty movie with subtitles' [sic] and read in bed with tv off. What's not to like !

Oh I know is a old stagnant conservative paper but bejeeesus those coments where worth the DM! Never again. (Am I allowed to borrow saturday Stella Magazine from MIL!)

Yes, you are allowed!

Dp went out the other night, and he expected me to still cook and leave dinner in the oven.

at those comments! I still can't believe someone would write "Women ARE sex objects - and most real women (as opposed to ugly, politicised feminists) are happy to be appreciated for their grace, charm and beauty"... speachless

no, I hate it when DP's away, both DCs play up and I'm in a constant state of paranoia... maybe if we actually used the alarm I'd feel different

Oh it is paradise here. Also for some strage reasons dd never play up and I never get annoyed with them. I am much more in control and all together when I know it is just the 3 of us.

Bigpippi and I will sleep in the same bed [cuddly emoticon].

yes, if DP's away the night, then ds comes and takes his place (and mine )

Yes, me too, I feel in control of hte kids when dp is away. Having said that if I am in one of my anxious moods, then yes, paranoid, weepy, etc. but these days that does not happen too often. Not nice.

After wasting all my free evening with you lovely girls I am off to read.
BTW JB I am still on The Diary which gives me serious nightmares. I dream of geting old and frail and of body deteriorating which I know it will happen but I don;t think I should necessarily worry now. So I do like it and want to finish it but I can read a little at a time. Also in one of those situation were reality mixes with fiction one of DD's school friend's mum told me, after reading that very same chapter, that she is a carer for the elderly - while she was talking about the job I could see her going into Maudie's & Co flats. I was in the book!!!

does the clock change tomorrow? prima o dopo?

un'ora indietro (can't believe I had to re-type that 3 times... better stick to english, I really find my italian so terrible sometimes, especially written!)

does it change tomorrow?

i love Maudie! but yes, it's hard, it's true that now I notice old ladies in the street, before that they were truly invisible. It is a book about all of us.

Off too ladies, will try to read, but this last week i just fall asleep very quickly. And moving very slowly with Guerra.

oh, no, dd's singing again!!

Yes it is about all of us and because I still feel that not everything is like it should be after childbirth I can imagine better the pain and hassle of old age. It's a great book. I did see old people before but I just thought they looked old, could never even remotely imagine how they felt.
See it is not good not to be close to your grandparents. It is a shame to learn these things from a book rather than from them, however sad that could be.

Indietro. Should I tell DH so that they do not miss high tide and get stuck ashore missing their chance to catch a great white shark for me to cook tomorrow?

Have you watched this the other day? shocking!

here

no, missed it, heard about it on the news

I can't send emails from my mail box today. What the hell!

I now find it very easy when dh is away. The more the children grow, the easier it is, ime.

But when we were in the Uk, the children were very small and dh went to conferences overseas for a week or more, my mum or mil or my aunt came to stay as I didn't have anyone there I could called to in an emergency. It was lovely. And they now complain (especially my aunt who was really fond of devon) that they can't come on holiday anymore... (and she is a bit guilt tripping me, as if we have left paradise...)

devon=barbados

I saw MM and Penthe on the Odone thread, she is not my cup of tea, but lots of food for thought. I find it so odd that some privileged woman from Kensington (or wherever she lives) can tell us What women want, surely different women want different things. Bah! I cannot bear that the tories will come into power....I am scared.

Hello! I always seem to miss lots of activity on this thread...

I hope it gets better with older kids when DH is away - my hubby is away on business two days a week (your neck of the woods Franca), and Madam is hard work when you are on your own. I have to say though that I do not mind the evenings on my own when DD is asleep - i get to watch silly girlie movies or Sex and the City repeats.

I have not read the Telegraph article as I do not want to ruin my Sunday morning , but will do later.

I really think I should look through the Boden catalogue - I never have as I do not buy from catalogues (I am proper Italian I am).