My mother is a very nice woman who would not say anything bad about a person no matter what.
She is also a long time member of several women’s church groups.
How she does both I don’t know.
Here is a list titled
“10 statements women can’t say, but at the wrong time of the month might think”.
I wonder if mother ever thought them.
1. That’s the fourth time she has used that excuse.
2. They are dying like flies around here. If I have to bring in another cake I think I will scream.
3. Don’t call me for anything. I’m too busy.
4. Get some of the younger ones to do it.
5. Let’s cater the darn thing instead.
6. It’s about time we started using paper plates.
7. I can’t work (given without an explanation).
8. I haven’t seen the pastor’s wife get her hands in a sink of water yet.
9. Nobody wants a big meal for a 3 o’clock funeral, that’s for sure. Sandwiches will just have to do.
10. Let’s keep it simple.
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January 28, 2008 at 5:12 am
BentonQuest
I have actually encountered #2 in the church setting. Sometimes it (unfortunately) just gets to be too much.
January 28, 2008 at 5:32 am
Lemuel
I think I’ve heard them all in a church kitchen, muttered under someone’s breath. I’m guessing that your mom thought some of them too at one time or another, but was brought up well enough to know that not everything our mind thinks should be spoken and not everything we think reflects who we truly are.
January 28, 2008 at 7:21 am
Lewis
My grandmother was the one who NEVER, and I mean never, said any bad thing about anyone. And my mother is running a very close second. I think I’ve got some work to do.
Urspo- alas, I am not taking after my mother either in this way.
January 28, 2008 at 8:35 am
Kalvin
This sounds incredibly late, but I suddenly was wondering if SPO has to do with SPOken. Probably not. Honestly, I’m still confused by ur-spo. My mother is pretty much the same way. But she seems to love being used. Oh wait, I’m late for my spanking party…
January 28, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Pink
Blasphemy and Blasphe-you, Blas phe everybody in the room!
This message brought to you today, courtesy of Eddie Izzard.
January 28, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Mark H
NO Question - - -These are comments from a church group…and it’s universal. But isn’t exactly HOW they say mean things? This passive/aggressive verbage NOW makes me laugh, but as a kid, I can still see it in the quilting group….one woman says one of those lines you have in your list, and then there’s quiet sort of hum…hummmyes, going on with heads wagging as they all continue to sew. “I knows what you mean, honey!” Thanks for making a big smile remember my long departed precious Mom.
January 28, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Maggie
That post was very insightful Spo. I know a few of the ladies that you write about. (The polite ones)
I often wondered if they have these thoughts too. But I actually believe they don’t. They are just sweet, kind ladies who like to help others. If they didn’t they wouldn’t be doing what they do.
PS The younger ones might think those thoughts though.
January 28, 2008 at 9:02 pm
rodger
If your mother hasn’t had any of these thoughts…she’s more saint than human. I’ve read about a few things Mother Teresa said at difficult times and they were far worse than these.
Maybe you should look into canonization for mama if she doesn’t fess up to a couple of these thoughts.
Getting my mother to admit any bad or wicked thoughts is fun to try; she denies and denies and looks vexed but won’t say ‘you are right, i wish the bastards harm’. hohoho
January 29, 2008 at 1:44 am
Maddog
I wish I had a mother who didn’t say mean things about other people. That’s almost all she does. I find myself not wanting to talk to her at times because she can be so mean. And she always frames it by saying, “I’m just telling it like it is.” Of course I take after her, so I guess I shouldn’t complain too much.