by Arianddu » Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:27 am
Michigan Girl wrote:Arianddu wrote:The moment I saw 'Welsh Authorities', I asked myself 'what odds Valleys chav?' Sure enough, Merthyr Tydfil single mum, 24 with 3 kids... why am I not suprised?
Not all young mother's are quite so stupid. When my mother was 24 she had
4 girls...oh yeah, good
Catholic Woman. She also became a college graduate in
the midst of all that. She
was married to our father, however....perhaps it was he
who stopped the insanity!!

Merthyr Tydfil is one of the old coal mining towns in the South Welsh Valleys - very economically depressed areas since the mines shut down, very working class, with the reputation of being populated by the kinds of people who have a baby so they can get council assisted housing and go on benefits. Not bagging on young parents, it's just she confirms to the worst kind of stereotype of Valleys chavs - what Americans would call trailer trash.
Why treat life as a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in an attractive & well-preserved body? Get there by skidding in sideways, a glass of wine in one hand, chocolate in the other, body totally worn out, screaming WOOHOO! What a ride!