Andy Murray's tweet

At least one them has learned then

One of mine referred to my 'lousy cooking'. I made him eat his words - almost literally. His six-year-old son recently told me I was a 'wonderful cook'.

It would appear to be a favourite 'joke' with the children rosequartz - my son came here today and I'd left some books out to take to the charity shop. The book on the top is by Maureen Ash and entitled 'A Plague of Poison'. My son picked it up and said 'this your new cookery book mum'

holly my DC used to shout that most Sundays when I opened the oven door to check the roast potatoes and the (very sensitive) smoke alarm went off!

Judy may have quoted Andy as saying 'you'll be terrible', but we have no idea of the tone of voice or the facial expression with which he accompanied his remark. I get plenty of banter from my sons, some of it unrepeatable. But I know they'd do anything for me. And I can give as good as I get, but equally they know I would do (almost) anything for them. All this is a massive storm in a very small teacup.

Thank you Anniebach - I could fill a small notebook with all the ribbing I've taken off my son over the years (and my life would have been a poorer one without the smiles and laughs it all brought)

Yes Ana, quite a percentage! I'm not a particular fan of Andy Murray (or tennis in general) but sometimes I do feel for those who always seem to say the wrong thing at the wrong time to the wrong people

The programme hasn't even started and the media are jumping on him and his mother already.

I hope that stops - no-one in the competition should have their experience affected by manipulation of the public by media slant.

HollyDaze - so, only 55% of Scots then!

HollyDaze, I like that,

^My son's partner once said, "I did not know you could dance," to me.
My son said, "She can't!"^

I agree - it sounds more like the kind of mother/son banter that I'm used to. I had been grilling some bacon and the fat splashed onto the element and smoke poured out of the grill and set the smoke alarm off; my son, without missing a beat, shouted upstairs to everyone else 'dinner's ready' cheekly little so and so

Ana

From what I have read, he has annoyed the 'No' camp by stating that he would have voted 'yes'.

For all we know, he could well be pleased his mother is doing it but, quite rightly, from personal experience, is concerned how she will be treated by the media.

The programme hasn't even started and the media are jumping on him and his mother already.

He should be pleased his Mum is doing it. It will be excellent for her fitness. So long as she doesn't hurt herself.

Typical meedya stirring. Let's print what will inflame the public..

I don't know anything about the relationship between Andy Murray and his mother. And neither does the media.

I meant that my DD is always kind and lovely. This gets worse. Must preview my posts.

When I said some people I meant the spiteful twitterers, not any of us who are always kind and lovely.
And my DD who laughed when I said I was going to join a choir!

I was referring to the general abuse that Andy has received on the net, Merlotgran, not your family, as you say, I don't know them.

No-one knows what Andy's relationship is with his mother, either, so they should not assume that he is publicly getting at her and try to turn it into an international incident..

Just for the record, Elegran, seeing as you don't know my family, they are not resentful to one another and do not enjoy putting the boot in.

I'm allowed to have an opinion on Andy Murray's comments because he's more than happy to have his quotes put in the public domain.

Everything about this shouts storm in a teacup, but unfortunately some people love intensifying storms.

I retract my 'shame on him' comment (didn't read the article properly, yawn). Obviously a jokey comment between mum and son!

charleygirl Su is Sunetra Sarker, actress, lives in Bristol

On the contrary Elegran!

I thought, at first, that his remark to his mum ("you'll be terrible") was mean, but now I see it as something an adolescent boy might feel about his mother doing something like Strictly.

He just needs to grow up.

Families which get on together perfectly well and would not do anything to hurt one another can tease each other about things like this without it meaning that they are being nasty! Those who instantly assumed that Andy was being spiteful must have families who are resentful of one another and enjoy putting the boot in.

Facebook and Twitter, of course, are packed to the gunwales with people who love to give the worst possible slant on something and start up a hate campaign.

How can such a fun comment by a son to a mother and repeated by the mother be seen as 'getting his own back' I must have the two most spiteful daughters in the world thinking of their comments every year when I sing happy birthday to them , for me it's what goes on in families, teasing I think it's called

According to the DM article, she agreed with him, jane.

My son's partner once said, "I did not know you could dance," to me.
My son said, "She can't!"
Just the sort of thing a son would say to his mother. I hope the police prosecute those who wrote malicious tweets.

It doesn't sound like a joke, though jen.
It just sounds a bit spiteful. I would have been mortified if anyone, least of all my DS, had said that to me.
But of course we don't know what sort of things she has said to him in the past. Perhaps he was getting his own back for all the pressure she must have put on him in his younger days.

So should no other Scot who lives in England have been allowed to say what they thought about the referendum?
In that case a lot of people on this forum are in the wrong, too.

I also do not see why he shouldn't make jokes about his mother's dancing. He'll have seen it all his life. I know what my sons say about mine, and my singing!