Why oh why do they have to spoil things?

Sound reasonable *Annobel'. However, depending on your mindset you can dismiss 3, 4 or even half the world's population if they don't agree with you!

Quintet. I love living alone but I reckon I will have found the perfect compromise when I finally emigrate to NZ and live in a self-contained cottage in my daughter's garden. She says she will invite me in to the big house for meals and will do my laundry - now that is what I call a really good arrangement. In return, I will house/chickens/cats/dogs/pigs/grandchildren sit if they want to go away and keep the vegetables watered.

What a great arrangement Greatnan. You have your own space and privacy, yet you also have easy access to your loved ones just a few steps away.

Oh em, irritaiting and pointless, hehe we think alike, we truly are soul sisters.

Greatnan that is exactly what I am doing too. D2 and sil have an old miner's cottage on their 20 acres in the country and we are renovating it for me to live in. It's a five hour drive from my old home and D1 and her family so I will still get to see them often too. Living on my own again, will be bliss!!!!!

Carol, Annobel, em and I could play witches in the Snow White Pantomine.

Now I'm confused - I thought it was Cinderella. Or are we into fusion-panto?

I'm happy to be a witch - did offer to be the audience. One possible snag is that I might be elsewhere helping with newly discharged babies, but if I'm here I'll be in the thick of it.

Please add me to the list, I've tried, I've really tried to be part of a couple but it just isn't worth the effort!

Oh, the bliss of the double bed, the toilet seat always down, the tv remote always to hand, and no smart a**e remarks to listen to! Yes!!!

Welcome welcome nanachrissy! I wonder if we're becoming a bit over-enthusiastic about our cosy coven. There are no witches in Cinderella, ladies but we could hatch a plot. We'd take part in the panto as agreed but could hijack it (even just for a few minutes ). There now, we give our dissenters an opportunity to accuse us of a conspiracy! BUT I don't want to spoil the panto........oh no I don't!

Oh yes you do!
I might be a bit late, depending on when I can get a bus home from the station! Hijacking sounds like fun.

Come to think of it, we may be re-constituting the Pendle halloween coven...Biker, where is your flexible friend?

OOOPs we've done it again. We've gone off-topic just because we were enjoying a light-hearted chat. Any time now we'll be reprimanded and accused of being silly girlies.
Do we dare to go on in this vein or should we 'get a grip' and be serious? Should we assume that Sbagran (the OP) really doesn't mind that much? She seems a lovely gran and I don't think she'd rap our knuckles. Incidentally, I wholeheartedly agree with her that it's selfish to spoil the simple pleasures of others. Only spoilsports do that (and you know who you are!)

Well, we're not that far off topic, we were talking about living alone......"Why oh why do they have to spoil things?" doesn't have to be about tv programmes does it?

We can always transfer this discussion to the panto thread.

You're right of course. I think we changed tack when some of us said we enjoy the freedom of being single because we don't like being dictated to, even if the dictator thinks that he/she is acting in our best interests. Conversations evolve naturally, but I can't help feeling that we are about to be brought back on track by some self-appointed arbitrator who will decide what we ought to do/ think/ discuss. I think mature women are right to object to being patronised. We are perfectly able to decide what is and isn't relevant to our discussions.

em

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