re: #319 Anymouse

My wife complains that my handwriting is too neat and looks like it is from the 1890’s.

Other people around here just use “you write like a girl.” (Considering what “girls” accomplished this weekend in rallies around the world, I’ll take that as a compliment.)

I’ve always called my mother “Mother.” It never occurred to me to call her something else (such as “Uncle”).

Yeah I hear you. It’s just mother has never crossed my mind. Mom just seemed the right balance. Mother too formal, by her first name too informal, and mommy? I haven’t been 5 years old in a long time.