Pay back time?

[Panache]

"Tolerance" is what is often preached but seldom practiced. You are tolerated (accepted, encouraged, supported) if, and only if, you conform to someone else's view of what is tolerable. See the definition of "liberal".

Freedomlover,

We have a lot of different people here on X Marks the Scot from all over the world and all walks of life. There is little reason to take a potshot at those that may not share your social or political views.

In fact we actually have rules about it.

Please keep that in mind in the future

Respectfully

Jamie

[thanmuwa]

After this weekend with my wife and her controlling mother, I have to ask, am I the only person in the world with a mother that encourages their child, that does not control their lives or attempt to, who feels best when she sees me expressing myself as an individual?

Nope you're not alone, both my wife and I have (or had in the case of my wife's mother) wonderfully supportive parents. They may have shook their heads to themselves and thought "What on earth are they doing now?" but they never said it out loud . My mum thinks kilts are just for Scottish people, but she would never dream of dictating to me about it and was in fact very complimentary about my kilt wedding outfit...

[Sir Robert]

Just because your mother screwed up your wedding don't screw up hers, that is childish (pun intended).

However do attend hers in your best tartan dress and hubby in a kilt. Hell spend more money on your dress than she does on her's that will chap her...

Do rent the reception hall in your name so she can not toss you out, do let her know this.