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[lolabobs]

I've got a sunburnt nose!

Not quite sure how, 'cos I thought I was sitting with my back to the sun, but glowing red it is nonetheless.

It's been a good day though - managed to get my printer sorted by downloading the software - I'll have to save up for a new laptop and hope nothing else goes wrong on mine in the meantime. I was pleased to work something out though.

And I spent the afternoon with my mate P, sitting in the sun, eating, laughing and chatting. Lovely.

And such a contrast to the event I went to last night - a cheese and wine birthday gathering - where P and I were excluded from the conversation for huge swathes of the evening. (Our sin? Being childless). Oh and the best bit? One of the guests getting a huff on and putting away the board game she'd brought round in a paddy because no one was listening to her read the rules. - The hostess' husband had just arrived home, so we were all greeting him etc and she was making him a cup of tea. It was quite embarassing really.

Plus I ate too much cheese!

But now I'm home, I'm relaxed and my nose is glowing.

Comments

[lydia-petze.livejournal.com]

Oh, the cardinal sin of childlessness. You will never join their circle!

But hey, you can go out and do things without needing a month's notice, so sucks to be them.

[lolabobs.livejournal.com]

It's not that I object to them mentioning their children, or even relating amusing tales or achievements - it's the droning, endless over talking. The refusal to believe that you might have something to contribute to the conversation - or that you might want to have a slightly different conversation.

It didn't help that one mother was issuing hectoring instructions on childrearing to the others in the room!