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Darling Batdog,


That is all I wanted to say really, it just makes me smile...darling Batdog!


I noticed the thread that Mr Mockney Piers started about it yesterday in the 'General issues/but no gossip' section. It really made me smile. I am glad to see that others are appreciating the merits of Dulwich, and noting the attributes and preferences of Dulwichmums and Dulwichdads. I think the wonderful thing about Dulwich is it's sense of community. I feel safe around here, it is a great place to be a child I think. The best nappy valley around. It is just so important that us pushy mums try to control our competitive selves, and let the little ones be children.


Yes there is good housing stock around here, but there are great parks too, and lots of other great stuff (watch this closely now - will the administrator tell me that I am to get out of the lounge???). I know everyone complains about the three wheeled prams and Bugaboo buggies, but the profusion of young families around here have given the place a soul. The shops and streets are busy during the day - everyone is not heading into town for work!


I know you like to see a young lady with a buggy, and are even partial to the odd pot of tea. I think we have added energy and vitality to the area. I hope you are not the only person on here (sans enfants) who does not hate parents and young children?

Yes Mr Batdog, I remember the 90's in the then desolate Lordship lane. I still have an image of you in my head - dancing in The Penthouse to a Primal Scream track, full of beer with my bra on your head - but hey, that is just my personal fantasy.

Dear Ms Polly Dorner and Mr Keef,


Thank you so much for your kind concern. I feel punch drunk and sad today too. I knew things were on their way down hill when I heard Freya shouting and screaming first thing in the morning, and then she danced past me wearing a 'number one mum' badge. That was before I even got my card! The children were fighting all day long, and then my darling husband handed over my gift with a grudging look.


That man gets to attend more corporate sporting do's than I have had hot dinners. I never go anywhere, and then my mother turns up and gives me a book with 365 prayers in it for mothers (all containing bible passages on how to be selfless - I am no good at selfless, selfish yes, selfless no). She told me that my road to contentment starts at the door of St Thomas Moore at Dulwich Plough...


Well, we were running out of cat litter - so the book came in handy.


Was everyone else surrounded by their adoring offspring and grateful loving partners? Or was it just my house that looked like the set from an episode of Trisha?

No offspring (yet), so went to mum's house and let her make me a nice roast (she loves it!) ;-)


Unfortunately, I only realised it was mothers day on Saturday, so had no time to do anything special for her. My sister had, of course, produced a lovely collection of plants that mum was very happy with, whilst I stood there feeling really guilty!

Dear dulwichmum,


Your comment about the book of 365 prayers reminds me of an early episode of Black Books where Bill Bailey accidentally swallows a little book of Calm and begain to exude calmness! Perhaps you might want to try swallowing the prayer book and see if you are overcome with acts of selflessness, that is if you want to of course? You would also now need to remove the kitty litter first!


Chartwell

Dear Chartwell,


My mother is a religous zealot the like of which could make Osama Bin Laden look like a flakey crack smoking pole dancer. If I was to spend any time digesting (in any manner) her little book, I am afraid I would end up quoting psalms like her. I am a dreadful daughter, and a huge disappointment to her as I married a protestant. 'It will end in tears' - she said to me in the porch of the church on my wedding day. Cheerful soul!

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