Became a Housemaid When I decided to remarry, it came as quite a shock to my son and daughter-in-law.
A Fortunate Mistake…
Growing Up in a Single-Parent Home Without My Father, Raised by Mum and Grandma
Feeling the Absence of a Dad Even in Nursery, Especially in Primary School, Jealous of Friends with Proud, Strong Fathers
Longing for Warmth When I Saw Dads Kiss Their Sons and Daughters While I Only Saw My Father’s Smile in a Photograph
Mum Told Me He Was an Explorer Living in the Far North, Sending Birthday Gifts but Never Visiting
In Year Three, I Overheard Mum Admitting There Was No Explorer Father, Only a Man Who Abandoned Us
I Decided I Didn’t Want Any More Holiday Presents Pretending to Be from My Father—Just My Favourite Bird’s Milk Cake
We Lived Honestly on Mum and Grandma’s Modest Salaries, So I Worked Loading Freight and, Later, Became Father Christmas for Extra Christmas Cash
As a Student, Father Christmas Jobs at Homes Led to Unexpected Encounters, Including One at Sadovaya Street, Flat 19
There a Little Boy Named Artyom—My Namesake—Showed Me a Home So Familiar, Decorated Not With a Tree but With My Own Photograph Beside His Mum Lena’s
Recalling My Summer Romance with Lena on a Student Build Site, Stunned to Discover She’d Raised Our Son in My Absence
The Door Opens—Lena Returns, Shocked to See Me Behind the Father Christmas Beard
Face to Face with Past Mistakes, Tears, Laughter, and Revelations
We Reunite as a Family Thanks to My Accidental Visit to the Wrong Address
A Joyful, Fatefully Happy Error—Now We’re Together: Mum, Son, and Father, With Grandma and Great-Grandma Celebrating Little Artyom Artyomovich! A FORTUNATE MISTAKE… I grew up in a single-parent householdwithout a father. My mother and grandmother
My brother refuses to put Mum in a care home, yet wont take her to live with him apparently, theres no room!
My Son Brought Home His New Girlfriend—She Seemed a Bit Suspicious
A few days ago, my son introduced his girlfriend to our family. She’s a little younger than me, maybe four or five years. My son has fallen in love with a woman my own age and wants to marry her. The next surprise: she has a young daughter.
I welcomed them warmly. The most important thing is that my son is happy, and that means I’m happy too, but I felt I had to speak to someone about it. As soon as they left, I called my best friend, who I fondly call my “calming medicine.” No matter what happens, she’s always there for me, offering wise advice that never fails. I told her the whole story and asked for her help in handling things the right way.
We talked for ages, and who knows how long it would have gone on if my son hadn’t come home just then. He wanted to talk. I was nervous, worried he’d reveal something even more shocking. “Mum, I want her and her daughter to move in with us,” he said.
I didn’t know how to react, but I agreed: let them move in. He was thrilled and went to tell them the news.
All I could think was: Does she really love my son, or is she only interested because we have a lovely big house in central London and come from a wealthy family?
With that thought, I drifted off to sleep. In my dream, my late husband told me, “It’s alright.” When I woke up, I understood: my son isn’t foolish. He knows what he’s doing, and even if he makes a mistake, he’ll fix it. Just a few days ago, my son brought his girlfriend home. She appeared a bit suspicious to me.
My mum gave me my grandmothers ring. It isn’t the sort of vintage piece you’d expect;
You two can live with uswhats the point in taking out a mortgage? Youll get our house anyway!
Splendid job! A husband with his current wife at night, but with his ex during the day. I am 38 years
Dad Is Better Max, we need to have a chat. Emily was fiddling nervously with the tablecloth, smoothing
Theyll Stay for a While Listen, love, I need to talk to you I braced myself for what was coming.
The truth that left everything hollow inside So, I was pegging out the washing in the back garden one
