New Year new beginning…

Posted by dulwichmum on Tue 1 January 2008

My mother has been scolding me at length – lets just say that I have put on a few pounds over the last few months…

“Walk fast and far” is her mantra. She was an air hostess for Aer Lingus in the 1960′s and has kept her perfect figure to this day. According to my mother, there is never any good reason for her girls not to make the most of the gifts that God has bestowed upon us (in a tasteful way you understand…).

“You must lose weight,” she insists, “or that big Protestant of a husband you have married will be off with his secretary…”.

OHMYGOD!!!

My self esteem at an all time low.

“But mother,” I plead, “there are plenty of large confident, attractive (dare I say “sexy” in front of Brenda???) women out there.”

“Not in my family. They are just deluded fatty bums” she scolds. “Pull yourself together girl, you are starting to look like the Michelin man, it is the Atkins diet for you…”

You know it is all very well and good for Brenda – giving me a bottle of Jo Malone perfume for Christmas, when what I really needed was a tape worm (grrr).

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