Wow, whisked along by this, Kate. Wonderful writing.
I was reminded of being at some mum meet-up many years ago, at someone’s house out in the sticks. An evening do, a treat, without our children or partners. I was feeling very on the edge of it, not sure whether I fitted in.
I left to walk back to my car, which was a few yards down the lane. Realised as I passed another stationary car that two of the other mums, who’d left a few minutes before me, were sitting there in the dark, kissing. I spent the rest of the evening trying to work out which ones they were. Realised none of us were as at ease that night as we were pretending to be.
It’s a funny place to be with this one thing you have in common but sometimes virtually nothing else. There’s obviously a bit of creative licence here but it’s the feeling of losing control and forgetting what matters and getting it all wrong and trying to keep up that I felt for years. Still not getting it right but more relaxing in myself about it all now x
Wow, whisked along by this, Kate. Wonderful writing.
I was reminded of being at some mum meet-up many years ago, at someone’s house out in the sticks. An evening do, a treat, without our children or partners. I was feeling very on the edge of it, not sure whether I fitted in.
I left to walk back to my car, which was a few yards down the lane. Realised as I passed another stationary car that two of the other mums, who’d left a few minutes before me, were sitting there in the dark, kissing. I spent the rest of the evening trying to work out which ones they were. Realised none of us were as at ease that night as we were pretending to be.
That’s quite unexpected!
It’s a funny place to be with this one thing you have in common but sometimes virtually nothing else. There’s obviously a bit of creative licence here but it’s the feeling of losing control and forgetting what matters and getting it all wrong and trying to keep up that I felt for years. Still not getting it right but more relaxing in myself about it all now x
This has certainly brought a smile to my face. Lovely piece.
Thank you for reading it!