tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694489102230407970.post1314215791477252147..comments2023-05-03T08:54:35.415+01:00Comments on "Tomato, To-mah-to" - The Adventures of an American Girl in England: The Meaning of WifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694489102230407970.post-42914066630812461032009-07-04T01:14:53.547+01:002009-07-04T01:14:53.547+01:00I hope that you will start to define yourself in t...I hope that you will start to define yourself in the way others have defined you - by relationship! You are (to name only a few) a wife, mentor, friend, valued daughter and sister, sistah-from-anothuh-muthah, teacher, inspiration, woman of strength and fortitude, student of the universe, and God's beloved child. At the end of the day, it all boils down to who you have...not what you have accomplished. XOsarahbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15463983898272209650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694489102230407970.post-29966123240229884362009-06-30T02:37:52.545+01:002009-06-30T02:37:52.545+01:00I'm with Spike - just be yourself. There are n...I'm with Spike - just be yourself. There are no (good) manuals so if you're not being yourself it's a house of cards anyway. <br />The thing to remember about Nigella and India is that they were both born into families with gobs of money (well documented) and had that to fall back on - of course they could be the wives that they are.<br />One thing I would say is not to lose yourself. When and if you have children, while you are a wife and mother, it serves no one if you lose your own persona. There's a joke that when you are this wife and mother, no one uses your name - you're introduced as so and so's wife, or so and so's mother, which can be thrilling for about 5 seconds, then not so much.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694489102230407970.post-53422464678148679182009-06-19T15:39:56.063+01:002009-06-19T15:39:56.063+01:00Assuming she went to Oxbridge, Nigella Lawson only...Assuming she went to Oxbridge, Nigella Lawson only has a Bachelor's degree that is earned. Oxbridge graduates are given an MA a few years after graduating for no real reason, and certainly no further academic achievement. It's a common mistake to think that a person has a graduate degree when really they just have a silly Oxbridge tradition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694489102230407970.post-41469447190573118142009-06-19T14:36:11.329+01:002009-06-19T14:36:11.329+01:00It has been my experience of being a wife now for ...It has been my experience of being a wife now for 15 years officially, although I still count the 3 years prior as the only thing that changed was the addition of a new surname. Anywho...<br /><br />Wife... mother... we are making it up as we go along and we all pray that no one loses a limb or such as we get through each day. All those preconceived notions of what we are supposed to be fly out the window when faced with the realities of each day (dirty diapers, dirty socks, dirty dishes, a pattern here???.)<br /><br />I am a woman who loves and supports her family. I am a cook, driver, cheerleader, shopper, teacher, lover, enemy (teenager...ugh!), friend, banker, etc. Whatever the days calls for that is what I am. A chameleon, I suppose.<br /><br />But above all else, I am me. Someone who needs those exact same things I give to my family and I am blessed enough to have found someone who can be all of those things and more on any given day.<br /><br />Be blessed and don't sweat the small stuff!Spikenoreply@blogger.com