The other day my mother was talking to my sister about TV and children (or more precisely that her children watch too much TV. I really dislike having parents tell other parents how best to bring up children (which are not their own). Gets on my pip. REALLY gets on my sister’s pip even though you think she would be use to it by now. I was VERY surprised to hear my mum say:
“that is why I never let you children watch TV until you were 15 years old”
I was shocked. That is not the way I remember it. I k now I watched a lot of children’s TV! I remember it all. It started me really thing about it and eventually I had to talk to her about it. Turns out that she really only let me watch one hour of TV a night with the family deciding what we were going to watch (i.e. my dad). I just don’t remember it that way. I mean I just assume I watched a lot of TV like other kids! I never felt that I was different from other kids or felt left out or anything.
Turns out it was TV things like “Dr who” and “The Goodies”. Plus the news and any documentary going. I think this explains a lot about me (seriously. I am weird sometimes). Any children’s programming is from when I was about 15 and watching TV programs while getting myself ready for high school/college (we also use to make bowls of icing to eat ‘cause she wouldn’t let us have lollies.....but that is an entirely different story).
Seriously this has really upset me no end. The things you think about your own life turning out to be different than you remember and all. Turns out I know I got my first TV (just for myself) when I turned 21. I just never thought to buy myself one before that.
Do you know why my mother did it? She thought it would give my sister and I a good start in life. Now, I know I was a difficult child. I probably would have put myself in front of the TV (just to get a break from the relentless-ness that was me). I really don’t think I noticed not having TV as a child my mother thinks I watch too much TV now....but mothers, what do they know? If I didn’t watch so much TV now she thinks I might have finished my PhD ....damn.....don’t you hate it when your mother might be right?
The thing is that she use to go on and on about us ignoring her when we were reading. That we use to cost her a fortune in book money. Now I know she really didn’t mean it that way. She was really having a laugh at her own expense because she made us that way!
I really wonder what else I think (or think that I remember) about my life that are true/untrue or some where in between.
I really wish she had been into word games like my oldest friend Claire’s mum. And if you read this Claire I meant friend for the longest number or years rather than your old. Sorry about that wording there. I know that I could just delete it and not type this explanation but if you can’t call your oldest friend old who can you? *grin*
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