Rina and myself have been friends from primary school - 45 years! My mom was a teacher at the same school, Riviera Primary - both of us were taught by a strict mom teacher who also banned us from her class and/or choir practice a few times for various reasons [giggling/talking/pitch up 2 min. late]!
From primary school we attended HF Verwoerd High and were known as the 'trouble makers' for 5 years! On hindsight I think we had too much new ideas and were very too forward with lots to say about various stuff. We called it originality. Teachers those days called it bad behaviour. Kids were expected to be seen and not heard.
We tend to disagree [loudly] if we don't feel a kid has been done an injustice and were very quick to point this out to the teachers. Nothing wrong with this... these days the schools would say we whave such initiative and eager to have us since we have a mind of our own and this means leadership!
Both our kids - 2 kids each - Angelo, Ivona/Rebert, Marnus] are such a blessing to people and knew discipline and love since birth and were also encouraged to give their opinion. Regarding rearing a child, we have a lot to learn from the US where the kids are encouraged to speak their mind and say if they differ and have new ideas to offer - the difference in school education and behaviour in the US vs SA is obvious on all the live competition TV shows. The US has such an easiness when addressing judges and thousands seated in the auditorium [well, most of them anyway].
Our kids in SA are still the 'jammer oom, jammer tannie' and 'skuus oom en tannie' - BUT their good behaviour is one of the reasons our children from SA were so welcome in the UK to do meagre jobs with long hours and without complaining - how the UK can even think of employing their own youngsters currently on government support for so many years is beyond me. I mean, will you go and work for a lousy few pounds a month but 'earn' more staying at home and cashing in on the government? This is the reason the UK stopped our kids from going their on working visas. All of a sudden they found the 'pap en slap' UK youngsters [most being moms and dads at age 16yrs...] are costing the government a fortune...
Anyway, Rudy and Romeo met when Rina and myself became their girlfriends and from there on it was like an elastic band that won't break and stretched all these years without a hicup! Rina and Romeo lives in the Cape now [Somerset West], but when we see one another [too little!] we catch up where we left off. Luckily for the internet. And, best of all, Romeo is also an electrical contractor - the men have a lot in common and can understand the other's business problems, stress and difficult clients! And Rina and me can 'amen and amen' on all the issues of working for your husband and being a part of the marital and business team. The pro's and cons!
Nevertheless: some of one's friends are 'thicker than blood' BUT with Rina and Romeo we family ties in the Lord Jesus, who gave His blood on the cross. And His blood is unbreakable, outrangking any family blood!
We love you lots and lots... like jellytots.
Brenda.
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