Mother lunch-date in Adventures in paradise

I caught the ferry to Bulimba today to meet up with my mum.
Silly me was under the impression my older brother lived in West End. Whoops! Bit off-course :)

Anyway, it was a 25 minute trip. I love catching the ferry and looking at all the beautiful riverside multilevel houses and penthouses. It blows my mind every time appreciating the architecture and engineering involved. Damn those rich people! :P
So obviously that means I didn’t win the $40Million jackpot last night haha.
Anyway, it was quite overcast but I sat in the bow of the boat because the stern was too crowded. I like to feel the breeze rather than sitting inside. However, the glare was still so strong that I had trouble keeping my eyes open. I don’t know if it was just because I may have sensitive eyes or if I hadn’t had enough sleep (I was sure I had) but man it was uncomfortable. I would’ve been blinded if the sun was out, it seems!

I arrived at the terminal and saw mum right away. She, however, didn’t recognise me!! LOL.
I literally had to wave in her face right in front of her.
She was surprised and I said, “Gee, it hasn’t been THAT long has it??”
She laughed and said she didn’t have her glasses on, and pointed to a guy wearing a blue shirt back near the boat, saying she thought that was me. “Mum, he looks nothing like me.”
Haha, great start.

We wandered up and down Oxford Street a few times. It’s changed a bit since I was last there. We settled on this small little cafe where I ordered a BLAT and mum just had a milkshake.

So we chatted. The usual banter about people and family and what’s been happening, as expected.
When mum said she was heading off (to meet up with me), dad apparently said, “I thought we were going to meet Matthew.”
Mum said right back, “No. Matthew has no interest in seeing you.”
And get this…
He appeared SHOCKED.

It’s almost like this guy isn’t a human. What did he expect?? Me to just sweep what he said under the carpet and pretend all was fine and dandy? He’s got another thing coming.
Mum informed me of a few other things I was unaware of.
Apparently my sister actually contacted Facebook in an attempt to have my father’s comment removed before I could see it.
I was quite touched by that!
Apparently they refused to.
I said to mum, “Well he can say what he likes now, as I won’t see it.”
I’ve completely blocked him from everything.

Mum tells me, “You can cut the tension in the air at home with a knife.”
She’s had enough. I told her I had also. I was no longer going to stand back and take his bullshit.
I said, “Fair enough, he doesn’t agree with it (same-sex marriage), he’s entitled to his opinion, as backward as I think it is… but to compare me to THAT??…(meaning “murderers” and “rapists”).
Mum agreed completely that it was uncalled for and that it’s like he doesn’t even see that what he says can be very hurtful.

So for him to be shocked that I had no interest in seeing him? Pal-eeze!
I hope it hurt his feelings within an inch of what he’s hurt mine.

In happier news I asked mum what she was doing for her birthday. She said there were no real plans.
I said, ” Well, I didn’t forget. I got you a little something,” and pulled out the little bag from my bag.
Mum told me I shouldn’t have, as we don’t really do presents, but I told her, “It’s also to show my appreciation. Don’t worry, it isn’t much.”
She unwrapped the tissue paper (even though it was only stuffed in the sides lol) and pulled it out.
She gasped, “Ohhh, it’s my favourite colour!”
That was a fluke.
She laughed because she’d only just sent my future sister-in-law a scarf in the mail because her birthday is a day after my mother’s.
I guess we do think alike :)

We finished up at the cafe and mum received a phone call from my brother. They had decided to catch a ferry now, rather than later!
Great, that meant there was a chance of running into my dad.
They were on their way down.

Luckily we were ahead of them and we chatted as I made my way back to the terminal. I found out a lot more goss from mum. My older brother’s girlfriend wants kids and my brother doesn’t (he already has 3 to his ex-wife) but his girlfriend is 37 so I was like, “Well I can’t blame her, her biological clock is ticking.” Mum agreed and said they are considering whether or not to stay together over this, and they’ve been dating for 5+ years!
My little brother’s fiance has told him she wants 3 kids also and my bro was like, “Umm, we may need to have a talk about that.” LOL. God, talk about Straight-people problems! I laughed and took the chance to say, “One good thing about me being gay I guess!”
I never would have said that to her a year ago haha.
I was thankful a ferry arrived. I told mum not to worry about my brother’s wedding, I’ll be civil there. I did add in, “Unless he (dad) tries something.” Lol.
I kissed mum goodbye and she thanked me again for the scarf. I made my trip back to the city, this time opting to sit inside and open the window, which was lovely. I was thankful I’d avoided my dad, for now.
I hope he can stew on that for a while.

Last updated April 16, 2015