The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS May 7, 2022

Posted on May 7, 2022 by pensitivity101

Linda Hill is our host and this week’s SoCS is “a phrase you grew up with.”

Actually, I have a couple.
The most common was probably comparisons to my sister and ‘When J was your age……….’ . It was never meant as a put down, but sometimes I felt lacking. This was carried on to Grammar School and I was forever in her shadow, never an individual.

Then of course there was ‘We’ll see’.
That was a cop out for avoiding making promises that couldn’t be kept (a good thing actually to a child) or if something was unlikely to happen.

Still, I think I grew up OK. I was lucky to have two parents growing up who loved me, and Dad made sure we were both treated as individuals and encouraged in our interests.
School was another matter and I was never encouraged in anything I was either interested in or relatively good at, just demoralised and ridiculed for being inadequate at the things Sis was good at, like languages, needlework and sport.

The ‘We’ll see’ was something I lived by when I was bringing up a family as I was adamant about not making promises I might not be able to keep.

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I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too. On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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14 Responses to The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS May 7, 2022

  1. Sadje says:
    May 7, 2022 at 7:24 am

    Interesting phrases.

  2. willowdot21 says:
    May 7, 2022 at 7:24 am

    I am glad to say you are a great writer Di, in no one’s shadow! I always grew up with lots of ” we’ll see” have a great day.💜

  3. Lauren says:
    May 7, 2022 at 8:36 am

    We’ll see was often used in my house too.

  4. bikerchick57 says:
    May 7, 2022 at 12:49 pm

    I heard the “we’ll see’s” a few time as well, but I didn’t have a sister to compare to, only an older brother. I always wished mom was more of a cheerleader than she was, but like you, I knew both of my parents loved me.

  5. Wind Kisses says:
    May 7, 2022 at 3:00 pm

    I can relate. And I am guilty with the We’ll see.

  6. John Holton says:
    May 7, 2022 at 6:35 pm

    “We’ll see” usually meant “no” around our house…

  7. murisopsis says:
    May 8, 2022 at 4:48 am

    Ha! We’ll see was never a good answer. I’d have rather had a definite yes or no! The phrase I remember was in answer to the question of why I can’t do X, Y, or Z that everyone else was doing. It went like “Because you aren’t everybody. You are you and part of this family” the other phrase was “Because I said so”!

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