I’m in competition with your mother

I’m in competition with your mother
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She takes you on holidays every year and buys things I can’t afford. All I can do is love you and babysit for you. I hope that’s enough and that it’s appreciated.

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I’m lucky to have you!

I’m lucky to have you!
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Whenever I stay at your house, you always have my room ready, my towels, everything. You do all the right things.

You know me well

You know me well
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I cherish the refrigerator magnet you gave me: “Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.”

You don’t have to call me Mum

You don’t have to call me Mum
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But it would be nice if you did.

I really want to make you happy

I really want to make you happy
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If you hate that green sweater I bought you, please, please tell me.

Thank you for making my child so happy

Thank you for making my child so happy
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If I haven’t told you that very much, it’s because I’m afraid you’ll think I’m sucking up.

I desperately want to ask you:

I desperately want to ask you:
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When are you going to have children?

I so wish I could talk to you about it

I so wish I could talk to you about it
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Sometimes I watch you making choices that I so fear will lead you to difficulty. But I bite my tongue.

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I’m aware that my time on this earth is growing shorter

I’m aware that my time on this earth is growing shorter
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I want to spend it positively. I don’t want to waste it by fighting.

Talk to me

Talk to me
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If you think I can’t give good advice because I don’t have the full picture, well… paint it for me.

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