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Do you know that I was 3 months pregnant when the first thread started - DD was 2 yesterday

That must also mean that Poppy Grundy's 2nd birthday has passed by unremarked upon...

I meant to add, re Pip's reading, that she is a member of young farmers and one of the many skills taught is public speaking so I wasn't surprised at all by her reading at the funeral. I sort of thought that Granny Heather had chosen Pip to read because she was good at public speaking

That was an audition piece not good public speaking!!

One of the script writers was asked on Twitter last night about "why such a big deal for a minor character's death?" and their response was "it's Ruth's story" which I suppose is true. Tbh, she is annoying, but I don't think they're over-playing her grief manifesting itself as guilt. I reckon there's more of a marital crisis on the way as she can't forgive David for the aborted move.

So echoes of the aftermath of Nigel's fall then. Poor Dave can't catch a break when it comes to the deaths of his in-laws, can he? Watch out Jolene and Alistair!

Anyway, my plot prediction is that Jill will come over for Stir-Up Sunday and there will either be a massive reconciliation or an even bigger bust-up.

Thanks Lillian
I'll just stick to contributing when I have something useful to add that may still be never
Just listening to last night now while feeding DS

Honestly, I've been wrong on here more times than Jill has said "Hello, you two!" and nobody cares x

...Or if they do, they have been too polite to say :o

If they'd moved though she'd still be dead and they'd be stuck in the middle of nowhere.
If she could have a stroke sitting in a car seat happy and singing she could have a stroke sitting in a chair at the nursing home.
I don't understand why Ruth still thinks the move would have been a good thing and would have magically made Heatherpet immortal. Other characters should be pointing this out to her.

I am catching up after a while off - didn't someone (possibly Pip) say "Oh Granny Heather made such an impact on people. They only had to meet her once...." which does imply that the SWs know they are being entirely ridiculous over the amount of community angst that is being generated.

Re Phoebe and the non-university boyfriend, I've seen that happen quite a bit. Sometimes there are other interests in common. When I was at that age I remember being head over heels over someone who would have been lucky to get one A level. I frankly didn't care.

On the subject of catch up, can someone point me in the direction of the ep where the Grundys discuss the iniquity that is Rob?

Yeah toomuch, my boyfriend during my degree was a guy who had dropped out of an already shit uni and was now working in the pub. When he could be bothered. It was quite nice actually as he was the one person I knew wouldn't mind (in a nice way) if I failed all my exams.

Told you that Roy'd speak sense to Feebs One in the eye for "don't change" Alex.

I thought Pip did well with that poem which was written by someone who had died in WW2 btw.; it's necessary to enunciate carefully when you're giving a funeral reading, if you can get yourself together (I did it badly at MIL's funeral).

Does phoebe have any interests?

Too many times on ta I'm reminded that they are actors. Pips reading was one of those moments

Toomuchtea Here it is www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06fpc9f

Thank you Squeaver! puts off getting back to work again

And I would expect her to have dreams where Heather isn't really dead but abandoned somewhere.
Is that a general thing Mummytime ? Because I've been having those dreams and my dad died almost 40 years ago. Not too frequently fortunately, but quite upsetting when I do have them.

On another note, is it correct to call an adult whose parents have died an orphan? Because its really not the same thing as losing both parents in childhood.

mummy I agree with you about Heathers death being quite good (iykwim).
Ive never heard of the abandonment dreams before sounds distressing

for Annie

People I know who have lost a parent or both parents (including me) both have had those kind of dreams. It becomes a stress one, like resitting your exams (probably written in Swedish or something you can't understand).

I know you are not an Orphan really when you lose your last parent as an adult, but you can irrationally feel like you are; and anyway it is a life event, when you become the oldest generation in your family. I read a journalist's article on it once, and it does make sense and ties into to how I felt.

Agree re the orphan thing. We all lose both parents eventually unless we're unlucky and die first. I'd say outliving your parents is just normal.
In dreams about my mum she is just doing family things, no weird dreams. It does upset me that with time my main memories have become the ones where she was shouting at me for hours for having a messy bedroom or doing a loud monologue on the phone. She was a good mother in many ways and always there for me but I only have 1 good mother daughter memory. maybe that's just what happens when you're the eldest child and leave home at 18 and move away.

'she can't forgive David for the aborted move'...

What about he having to forgive her for the-admittedly ridiculous-affair with Sam the cowman?

I so wish she had run off with him...

I wrote a post last night about Whispery Ruth but the ipad ate it. I hate Whispery Ruth even more than I hate Merrily hideously forced Laughing Ruth. But I guess we won't be hearing that one for quite some time to come.

Am finding the continuity 'asides' a bit annoying now.

Oh, and I bloody loathe the vile snobbish Peggoi, just listening to the start of tonight's ep.

Private Clinic? I don't think do Helen. I clearly remember mummy getting you place in a NHS clinic.

Helen tends to push herself too hard.

Really?

What does she do? Sometimes puts her make up on before she takes Henry to school. Make two batches of cheese in the same month?

Who the hell is that woman? A midwife? Wasn't she totally odd with her comments?

Well that was heavy handed on the sw part

So the MW did ask. (They never asked me but I did sit staring at the posters in the toilets a lot)

BYOS, I thought the midwife was odd too.

And Peggy was vile with her comments on Roy, Phoebe and indeed her own grand daughter Kate. Reminded me all over again of how much I have disliked her over the years.