That'll be me ... out again...

I was talking to my Mum the other day when she asked whether I was going to let the kittens have babies and whilst there is no doubt they would be beautiful I told her no. I said that J (my roomie) probably would not let me give any away and so I would end up with the whole litter. Mum suddenly asked who J was so I explained, again, and that was more or less the end of our conversation.

A week or so later whilst talking to my sister I asked whether Mum had mentioned the conversation we had about the kittens and apparently she had. In fact she went further, she asked my sister whether J and I were a couple. Just like that. My sister said we weren't and that she thought J was either married or about to be married.

This weekend I visited Mum and can confess to feeling more than a little apprehensive, wondering whether she would actually say anything to me, it really could have gone either way. Anyway, she didn't and as my niece was there I didn’t say anything either.

Last night, I called Mum to let her know that I had managed to find something that she had been looking in the shops for and we chatted for a while.

Then out of nowhere I asked the question, why had she asked my sister whether J and I were a couple. She got angry, saying that my sister was just stirring things up, that she had no right to tell me and that she had only been joking and hadn't meant anything by it. Damn, I hadn’t intended to get my sister in trouble.

I let her rant for a while before telling her that J and I were not a couple and that she is, in fact, married, that it was her wedding I recently went to in Canada. She was still raging, that red headed temper hasn't faded much over the years that is for sure, so I told her that I wasn't offended by her comments and just because J wasn’t my girlfriend didn’t mean that anyone wouldn’t be.

Just like that, it was done, no turning back...

Mum's immediate reaction was unexpected, she talked about my cousin having a girlfriend who she likes talking too, and she told me it wasn't really anyone else's business. We talked a while longer though now I can’t really remember too much about the conversation but I was sure she couldn’t wait for me to get off the phone so she could talk about what I had told her.

I called my sister to apologise for dropping her in it; she laughed it off and said she would let me know what happened when she visited Mum today.

I am still waiting to hear ... and getting anxious all over again … seriously why won’t the phone just ring...