A Sold Friend. Granddads Tale And he understood me! It was a thoroughly daft idea, really, and I grasped
After turning seventy, I found myself unwanted by anyoneeven my own son and daughter didnt bother to
Youre the eldest brother, so you must help your younger sister. You have two flats, so you should give
I Took a DNA Test and Instantly Regretted It
I Had to Marry My Girlfriend After Learning She Was Pregnant. After the Wedding, We Moved In with My Parents Because We Couldn’t Afford Our Own Place. Time Passed and I Became the Proud Dad of a Wonderful Little Boy. Soon, We Decided to Take Out a Mortgage and Start Our Own Home.
Some Time Later, My Wife Announced She Was Expecting Again—and That’s How Princess Anna Joined Our Family. The Kids Grew Up Fast. With Every Year, I Noticed More and More That They Didn’t Look Anything Like Me—or My Wife, for That Matter! Two Redheads Covered in Freckles—Where Did That Come From in Our Family?
Eventually, I Started Thinking About a Paternity Test. Maybe It Wasn’t a Wise Move, But I Needed to Know for Sure That I Was Raising My Own Children.
So, I Did It. I Had to Wait Two Weeks for Results. As Soon as the Lab Called, I Rushed Over—Thank God, I Really Was Their Dad. I Went Home and Stashed the Papers So My Wife Wouldn’t Find Them. But Why Didn’t I Just Throw Them Away? I Paid a Heavy Price for That Mistake!
A Few Days Later, My Wife Threw the Documents in My Face. She Made Such a Scene, the Whole House Seemed to Shake. I Get Why She Was Upset, but Things Could Have Been Resolved Calmly. She Never Forgave Me, and Now I’m Alone. It’s Been Five Years Since, and My Wife Still Won’t Let Me See the Kids.
So, It Turns Out That Simple Curiosity Ended Up Costing Me the Most Precious Thing I Had—My Family. I Just Hope That, One Day, My Wife Will Be Able to Forgive Me… I took a DNA test and came to regret it It feels like a lifetime ago, back when I was still just a young
The keys in the lock click so familiarly that Poppy doesnt even look up from her laptop. Its Tuesday
My frugal friends invited me to their birthday party. I came home hungry. I have some friends I affectionately
Sold a Friend. Grandfathers Tale He understood me! Looking back, it wasnt fun at allI soon realised what
Cross my word and my son will throw you out the door! I dont care whose flat this is! shouts the motherinlaw.
Don’t Leave, Mum: A Family Story
There’s an old saying: people aren’t like nuts—you can’t crack them right away.
But Tamara Watson was sure that was nonsense. She prided herself on reading people perfectly!
Her daughter, Millie, had married just a year ago.
Tamara had dreamed of her daughter finding the right man, starting a family, and welcoming grandchildren. She imagined herself as the proud matriarch of their sprawling, happy brood, just as she had always been.
Russell seemed clever and certainly wasn’t short of money—and he was obviously a bit smug about it. But the newlyweds insisted on living independently, as Russ had his own flat, and it seemed they didn’t need Tamara’s advice about anything!
She could see he was clearly a bad influence on Millie!
This arrangement didn’t fit with Tamara’s plans at all. Russell got right under her skin.
“Mum, you just don’t understand—Russell grew up in care. He’s worked for everything, he’s strong and kind,” Millie would protest.
But Tamara would just purse her lips and find new faults with Russell.
He was not at all the person he pretended to be in front of her daughter! And it was her motherly duty to open Millie’s eyes to this vacant man before it was too late!
No degree, difficult to talk to, uninterested in anything!
At weekends, he just slumped in front of the telly, claiming he needed to “rest!”
And her daughter wanted to spend her life with someone like that? No way! She was sure Millie would thank her in the end.
And what about the children, her future grandchildren—what kind of father would teach them anything worthwhile?!
All in all, Tamara was bitterly disappointed. Russell, sensing his mother-in-law’s mood, started avoiding the family.
They spoke less and less, and Tamara eventually refused to step foot in their flat.
Millie’s dad, ever the gentle soul, kept neutral, knowing what his wife could be like.
One night, Millie rang Tamara sounding frantic: “Mum, I didn’t tell you, but I’m away for work for two days. Russell caught a chill on site, came home early, and isn’t answering my calls.”
“Milly, why are you telling me this?” Tamara exploded. “You two are so independent now, don’t seem to care about us! If something’s wrong with me, nobody notices! And now you wake me up at night to say your husband’s ill? Are you alright in the head?”
“Mum, please…” Millie’s voice trembled with worry, “It just hurt that you think Russell’s no good, when he’s not like that at all. How could you think I’d marry someone bad? Don’t you trust me?”
Tamara was silent.
“Mum, please, you’ve got our spare key. Can you go and check on him? I’m really worried—something’s wrong with Russ. Please, Mum!”
“Alright, but only for you,” Tamara said, waking her husband.
When they arrived, no one answered the bell, so Tamara let herself in.
“It’s probably nothing—maybe he’s not home?” her husband suggested, but Tamara’s anxiety grew.
She entered the living room—and froze. Russell was sprawled on the sofa, burning with fever.
The paramedic who arrived nodded sympathetically: “Looks like your son’s got complications from a cold—kept working through it, I bet?”
“He works hard,” Tamara nodded.
“He’ll be okay. Keep an eye on him, ring if anything changes.”
Russell slept, and Tamara found herself sitting at his bedside all night—the son-in-law she’d resented for so long.
He looked younger, softer, asleep—a far cry from his usual self.
“Mum—don’t go, Mum,” Russell murmured in his sleep, gripping her hand.
Tamara was stunned. But she didn’t pull away.
She sat there beside him until dawn.
At sunrise, Millie rang again: “Mum, sorry to put you through this—I’ll be home soon, you don’t need to come around, I think it’ll all work out.”
“It will, darling, it already has,” Tamara said gently. “We’re here, and everything’s alright.”
*****
When Millie’s first child was born, Tamara was the first to offer her help.
Russell kissed her hand in gratitude: “See, Millie? You said your mum wouldn’t want to help us.”
Tamara, proudly cradling baby Timothy, paraded around the flat, whispering to the newborn:
“Little Tim, you’re a lucky lad! You’ve got the best mum, dad, and grandparents! What a life you’ll have!”
Perhaps the old saying is true: people aren’t like nuts—you can’t crack them straight away.
It’s only love that helps you truly understand each other. Folk wisdom says: You cant judge a book by its cover. But Margaret Smith always thought such sayings
I cant quite grasp why I became his wife. Its only been a short time since we got married. I truly believed
