tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post7980347613100594582..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Think GreenWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-45277259343261237432013-12-15T09:56:55.711+00:002013-12-15T09:56:55.711+00:00Our son and DiL should have had a new kitchen inst...Our son and DiL should have had a new kitchen installed this past week but although deposits were paid, design and units chosen, John Lewis at Milton Keynes didn't place the order with the manufacturer. Even once this had been realised and meaningful discussions had ensued it was DiL who had to remind them that the flooring department should know that installation would now be in February. <br /><br />Both had taken a week off work to be around for this and to celebrate son's birthday on Wednesday. I think much time was spent putting back essential kitchen equipment that had been moved too the dining room and working out plans for where DiL was going to bake cakes for her sister's wedding. <br /><br />There has been much discussion about what one calls an older boyfriend or girlfriend. we sometimes refer to daughter 's boyfriend as our son outlaw, but generally just use his name. Constant companion, mate, best friend, other half, spouse - nothing seems to sound right. Life is so complicated today, partner to me still implies a business context, even more so in John Lewis'. <br /><br />PixieMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14717092173188052675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-55156516328499835812013-12-15T06:21:23.769+00:002013-12-15T06:21:23.769+00:00During my interview with my current Israeli employ...During my interview with my current Israeli employer, I got several strange glances from my prospective boss when I mentioned my "partner". In retrospect (and it didn't register with me at the time), he obviously thought I was referring to a male partner, as otherwise I'd have said wife or girlfriend (I feel uncomfortable using the word 'girlfriend' for someone in their 40s). <br /><br />Several months after passing the interview, my boss said that at the time he thought; "Oh well, he's British. Strange people these British - but what he does in his private life is no concern of mine."Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.com