Vocal Voices

I had a text from Mrs Stalker this morning (my signal dips in and out and I've just had a few come through) asking if we want to go to their holiday cottage today so the kids can play!

Now I'm sure she's just being friendly but a) the kids are 11,12 and 14 and don't "play", b) we are at the coast - surely if the kids want to do anything they want to be at the beach. c) we wouldn't go to their normal house to visit so why we would spend precious time of our holiday doing it.

I have ignored it so far (she knows our signal is intermittent) but I will text later to suggest a meal out later in the week. Being pleasant, but distant!

debih wrote:asking if we want to go to their holiday cottage today so the kids can play!

roughly translates to: she's bored and wants company and too lazy to go out herself and do something

debih wrote:) I have ignored it so far (she knows our signal is intermittent) but I will text later to suggest a meal out later in the week. Being pleasant, but distant!

very wise move

What Ria said!

You know we had a funny meet up with a friend of John's in Cornwall a few years ago. He has family down towards Newquay so is there quite regularly, it's a good couple of hours drive away from Bude but when he was coming home once he drove all up that coast to meet us before driving back up to the Midlands. We met him in the town, bear in mind I'd stocked up on pizzas and snacky stuff in the cottage thinking he'd be coming back for a couple of hours, but it was just a matter of saying hello and then he was gone! He drove miles out of his way just for that

Yes another odd one Jo

Jolly handy about the signal Debih
Btw remember you didn't want to go to the pub they chose last year - had you best make it 'we're going to x for a meal, do you want to come?'

Wot Di said, you choose the pub then let them decide.

No signal is the best excuse ever I would keep it that way as well

Diflower wrote:Btw remember you didn't want to go to the pub they chose last year -

Di I am completely in awe of your memory, how on earth can you remember that

Say your battery is running down and you have forgotten your charger and you have had to walk at least a mile to get a signal.
Keep the message short and don't answer if she tries to phone back.
Have a good holiday.

I can use the signal excuse around here, it can be quite patchy at times

I am also in awe of Di's memory as I had forgotten that! Good thinking though.

I think she is bored and desperate for company. Her husband is lovely but big into his photography and dogs (they have two dogs with them). He will happily go off for the day with the dogs and his camera. Liz is very unfit and overweight (says unfit fat me) so that's a no no for her. He's also bought his bike this time so is likely to leave the dogs with her and go off cycling for the day.

I have no objection with Mick going off for the day (as long as he took the dog) as the girls and I just go to the beach. They surf and I read. But she has to "entertain" her boys - if they aren't doing something related to a computer they seem to be at a complete loss.

But Liz has two boys who, the only way I can describe them is "lolloping lumps who are real mummy's boys". Tom is in the same year as S and Adam is the year below L. When they tracked us down to the beach last year I was amazed to find that they (the lollops) had never been any deeper than their ankles in the sea before - EVER!!!!! They ended up hiring body boards and going out with my two but they kept coming back to mum every ten minutes or so for god knows what (I'm a cruel mum - mine know only to come disturb me if a) they are hungry b) they are thirsty or c) their sibling has drowned). They are very needy children and I, Mother Earth, don't "do" needy children. Liz did say that if S and L aren't at the beach the boys won't go in the sea at all! I don't have that problem - my two will go make friends with anyone - mainly to avoid having to keep each other occupied!

So I do understand that she wants company but I'm really not going to provide it for her on a daily basis.

I have weakened today and sent her a text telling her we are going to the donkey derby tonight.

It is hard as she really is a likeable woman - she's just too needy for me.