About

Do you know where you fit in? I’m not so sure.

I’m older than all of my friends but younger than the other mums I associate with. I’m not a yummy mummy and although I love my children, I don’t want to discuss them all day long. I’m not a singleton with tales of dating or loneliness, nor am I part of an old married couple, having recently wed. I’m not daily overwhelmed with romance and love nor am I in a turbulent relationship, we rest somewhere in the head-above-water, mostly happy middle.

My humour is darker than that of my pals and as I haven’t yet developed the ability to self-edit, I often talk my way into trouble. I’ve just left full-time work after having a baby (fourth offspring) and I’m trying to start my own business. I’m luckily, the black sheep of my annoyingly demented family and have moved to a new area where the only people I have regularly contact with outside my household unit are the staff at the local co-op.

Feeling restricted on Facebook, my former colleagues and family who make the bulk of my friends list, disapproving of my status humour, I moved anonymously to Twitter but got sucked into the yummy-mummy crowd. Whilst I appreciate having experienced parents on tap to query, it quickly became apparent that I am not their breed of parent. I can’t blog about my organic vegetable patch or my daily commute to work leaving the babies with the au-pair. So I started again, totally being myself for once…

@Cuntychopalops