Boasting Rights

That's true, Calendargirl, but in part that's probably because there is guaranteed to be someone who will chime in with 'Oh, Bobby had to get reading books from three classes above, Milly got A*s in 75 GCSEs and Tim passed his test within seconds of leaving the centre'. People like that put others off mentioning anything other than high achievements, and it all self-perpetuates.

(I don't have grandchildren yet, so this is from observation, not experience.)

It depends how I'm feeling at the time fancythat. Sometimes I say we don't have any, because I suppose we don't really. Sometimes I say 'two but we're not allowed to see them' which tends to be a conversation stopper.

It isn't easy is it .

I think I could brag that my boy is likely to have the most abysmal exam results ever seen in my family.

MissAdventure

I think I could brag that my boy is likely to have the most abysmal exam results ever seen in my family.

Although some may believe so, academic achievements are not the only route to success.

That's what I tell myself, and he has just made a pretty good job of some diy projects for me.
Reorientated the freezer door, fixed a rail in my wardrobe, serviced emptied the vacuum, and fixed my vape.

👍
He'll be ok!!

Yes, I'm quite convinced he will be.
This time next year, he'll be a millionaire!!

👍

P.S He went to get a pizza out of the freezer tonight and the door fell off

Ah!
Needs some training then.

But not from the man who came to try to fix my freezer!

Would you really want him to be a millionnaire MissAdventure?
They are not usually very nice people.

Nah, as long as he's contented and settled, I'm not bothered.
If he can do some of my plumbing jobs, so much the better.

It's a terrible waste of his academic abilities, but he's his own man now, with his own views and choices.

Grammaretto

Would you really want him to be a millionnaire MissAdventure?
They are not usually very nice people.

How many millionaires do you know?

Calendargirl 🤣😂

Not personally but the ones I read about....

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

"A £million is nothing these days"

As someone said to me years ago!!

Well, I really don't think we need worry about grandson becoming an unpleasant millionaire.

He'll be an unpleasant tradesman instead, hopefully.

Im sure he'll be lovely, unlike my freezer man.

Your freezer man? Callistemon
Have I missed something?
The ice man cometh.

Maybe I'm superstitious but I daren't brag too much about my DC or DGC.
Pride comes before a fall and all that.

I want them to be happy, ofcourse, but I also want them to be resilient.

It's a long story Grammaretto, and a while ago 😁

Let's just say he wasn't very customer-friendly. All sorted now.

Pssssst!
She's writing that from inside the freezer.....