**** if I had waited for 40 years to get confident in a relationship I would have called it a day long ago.
Obviously in show buz and city slickers it’s different but in our provincial towns 40 years you would have been singled out as a scarlet woman living over the brush!!!! And as for being pregnant, it was to the church as quick as your feet would carry you. Getting married in a registry office was another no no as that signified that all was not “as it should be”.
A friend at school who I sort of lost close touch with when we started work was one of those girls who no one knew other than herself and boyfriend was expecting until her waters broke , as you can imagine that did not go down well.
Times have changed, some better some not so.
The 4pm gardening show yesterday. She really did look so much better than wearing trainers with a dress. Sorry not sure how to link to the video.
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The 4pm gardening show yesterday. She really did look so much better than wearing trainers with a dress. Sorry not sure how to link to the video.
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Today I stood in the Co-op queue, and behind me was a clearly unmarried mother in her early 20's, with the obligatory pony tail, leggings and a tight top. She had a toddler on his push bike, and a mixed race little girl in the pushchair (with the sun blazing in her eyes - but thats another matter), she was shouting at her 'mate' standing further up the queue so everyone got chapter and verse of the conversation that went something like this...........
"yeah, she's ok, you can see her skin's gettin' darker now (the baby). Hendrix (clearly the absent father) 'as her a cuppla days a week and Rachel is besotted wiv her, - yeah I've met 'er and she's really nice (Rachel is the new girlfriend of Hendrix). How's your Chanel ? (as in the fashion brand, and her mate's daughter). Mate replies " yeah, she's ok like, she's wiv her Dad this weekend "
On and on it went, and then we eventually all trooped into the Co-op, and 'unmarried mother' clearly couldn't give a stuff about social distancing, as she stood in the checkout really close to the lady in front. When I challenged on this, she said its not easy with a buggy. I gave up and went to another checkout.
This is Britain today.
It's as if there are parallel worlds coexisting... they don't understand each other at all.Today I stood in the Co-op queue, and behind me was a clearly unmarried mother in her early 20's, with the obligatory pony tail, leggings and a tight top. She had a toddler on his push bike, and a mixed race little girl in the pushchair (with the sun blazing in her eyes - but thats another matter), she was shouting at her 'mate' standing further up the queue so everyone got chapter and verse of the conversation that went something like this...........
"yeah, she's ok, you can see her skin's gettin' darker now (the baby). Hendrix (clearly the absent father) 'as her a cuppla days a week and Rachel is besotted wiv her, - yeah I've met 'er and she's really nice (Rachel is the new girlfriend of Hendrix). How's your Chanel ? (as in the fashion brand, and her mate's daughter). Mate replies " yeah, she's ok like, she's wiv her Dad this weekend "
On and on it went, and then we eventually all trooped into the Co-op, and 'unmarried mother' clearly couldn't give a stuff about social distancing, as she stood in the checkout really close to the lady in front. When I challenged on this, she said its not easy with a buggy. I gave up and went to another checkout.
This is Britain today.
Brissles, your above post is spot on about today's Britain.
I see it all around when in town shopping (remember those days)
They are as thick as it's possible to be......but they all know how to get pregnant.
The 'rules' don't apply to them of course
& Chanel.Hendrix!!!!!! Chavtastic!
Yep, being on the 'social' is second nature, and I cant see for the life of me why getting pregnant with an array of multi race men is preferable to taking birth control and having control of your life !
& Chanel.
When did the country lose its moral compass?Because if you have multiple kids your're sorted with housing and income!
Yep, being on the 'social' is second nature, and I cant see for the life of me why getting pregnant with an array of multi race men is preferable to taking birth control and having control of your life !
At least no one sees us looking a sight......Anne looks sooooo much better with her hair straight. Put those waves in her hair and it ages her at least 10 years IMO. Ali Keenan is looking very lovely tonight in a red dress. I'm looking hideous in my old PJ's and a monster dressing gown that adds 2 stone
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Yes, well we were actually brought up differently. I was a teenager in the mid-60's and it was an age where you stopped your boyfriend 'trying it on' because you knew the consequences if you went too far. The pill was in its infancy, condoms were referred to as rubber johnnies or french letters, and no-one wanted to get involved with THOSE ! My Mum always told me to "sit on it" and Dad told me to put a well placed knee in the groin if things got out of hand. More virgins than not walking up the aisles in those days. And if you were seen with a mixed race child, then you were a 'certain' type of woman - its only marginally better these days.
I suspect it was in the 80's when pregnancies without shame took off, and councils starting handing out flats like sweeties to unmarried mothers, while the rest of us had to wait years to get a place.