What’s the longest grudge you’ve ever held?
I have mentioned this before: the 20 cents it cost us to get into a museum of modern art, on our honeymoon in Cape Town, twenty-six years ago.
On that same honeymoon, I spent the happiest two Rand: we spotted some pretty side plates in an antique shop and it was the first time the Hub ever said, ‘My wife would like to look at those, please.’Â I blushed and simpered, and it still makes me smile.
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
I don’t believe in bearing grudges, except against inanimate objects, politicians and bankers! Do you still have the sideplates?
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Sadly, no. They got broken over the years. My precious last one was dropped by a niece. I don’t bear a grudge.
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The LONGEST grudge that I have ever held was 2.5 inches long, but it was feisty for such a little guy!
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I don’t know how to answer that!
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You’re a better person than I am, Tilly.
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I doubt it 🙂
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Love your happy honeymoon memory!
I tend to forgive and forget pretty easily . . . but I’m not sure I’ve ever fully forgiven my parents for putting my dog Muffin to sleep without giving me a chance to say good-bye.
Instead of telling me the truth, they lied and said the vet would be bringing him to our new house because he got car sick.
They thought we’d forget about Muffin in the excitement of moving and unpacking.
I didn’t.
It isn’t just that they killed my dog . . . it’s that they understood me so little.
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That’s really sad, and not the first time I’ve heard of that sort of thing. Parents mean well but often get it wrong.
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Tilly, you’ve been married 26 years? Congrats! I’ve been married for almost 31 years, but it seems like forever.
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Congrats to you, too 🙂
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You’re married 26 years? Us too (well, next week).
The honeymoon story is lovely.
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Congrats to you, too, too 🙂
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Grudges are a waste of time… But I believe in moving on and closing the door on a lousy experience and perpetrator (now I sound like a cop). LOL! 🙂
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Me too. I don’t even stay mad for more than thirty minutes, if that.
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