"The old queen"....a term of endearment for a mother

[grahamg]

A friend of mine from my school days used to refer to his mother as "The old queen", (not sure whether this was in her presence or not?).

It was a term of endearment for his mother, (who happened to be my godmother), and Charlie was a great lad, the youngest of four children, and his father was a great mate of my fathers.

My godfather was a very amusing man, certainly not in any way "politically correct",(had the term been coined back then). He called his wife, "The housekeeper", but again a term of endearment.

There we go, terms of endearment, or what some family members call each other, either behind their backs or to their face! .
(its okay when they love one another isn't it. )

 

[Keesha]

If the shoe fits

 

[Wren]

My father, a born and bred cockney, used to call his mother ‘the Duchess’...

 

[Butterfly]

"The old queen" would have quite a different interpretation around here.

 

[Wren]

"The old queen" would have quite a different interpretation around here.

Especially if someone were referring to their father......

 

[moviequeen1]

For yrs ,my late parents gave my older sister a nickname'Queen' with affection because she has lived in England for over 30 yrs.She does have a bit of British accent.My brother&I continue to call her that

 

[gennie]

"The old queen" would have quite a different interpretation around here.

My thought too.

 

[grahamg]

The "old queen" in question was highly intellectual, and spoke five languages.

I witnessed her towards the end of her life watching "Mastermind", (do you have the show in question in the US, with the famous line, "I've started so I'll finish"?). She answered two thirds of the questions on a wide variety of questions, certainly the topical or general knowledge ones, whilst I used to be happy to know one answer.

She'd have laughed at the comments above I'd guess, as she was worldly wise. She had a very nice thing to say to my mother too, about her dullish godson. She told her that when a child isn't quite so quick mentally, "you need to look for their other human characteristics or talents", (such as how kind or lovable I was perhaps?)! .

 

[Aneeda72]

A friend of mine from my school days used to refer to his mother as "The old queen", (not sure whether this was in her presence or not?).

It was a term of endearment for his mother, (who happened to be my godmother), and Charlie was a great lad, the youngest of four children, and his father was a great mate of my fathers.

My godfather was a very amusing man, certainly not in any way "politically correct",(had the term been coined back then). He called his wife, "The housekeeper", but again a term of endearment.

There we go, terms of endearment, or what some family members call each other, either behind their backs or to their face! .
(its okay when they love one another isn't it. )

It may have been a term of endearment for him, but I wonder if his wife liked it. Don’t mean to rain on the endearment parade, but I have my doubts that she would. I think she probably had a term of endearment for him that she meant, but that was not so dear.

 

[grahamg]

It may have been a term of endearment for him, but I wonder if his wife liked it. Don’t mean to rain on the endearment parade, but I have my doubts that she would. I think she probably had a term of endearment for him that she meant, but that was not so dear.

Is it the son calling his much loved mother you're questioning?

He called her the old queen, not the husband, (my godfather,), who was equally extraordinary, and wouldn't ever let up calling his wife "the housekeeper", whether she liked it or not!

His love for his wife was shown most vividly when she had some kind of breakdown, but Pam was a complex and moody woman most men would have struggled to live with I believe. After he died my godmother told me the things they argued about all their lives didn't mean so much to her anymore, for example his being tight with money at times, but she no longer wished to spend as she once did.

She only lived a few months after he died, and needed care in a nursing home briefly. Her comments on the people she met in there were very dry, or insightful, as she didn't suffer fools gladly. She seemed to appreciate my visiting her, taking my daughter on one occasion, and she loved children I remember.

Sorry if you feel you wouldn't like the way she was treated by her son, or think she wouldn't have liked it, but she could look after herself you know! .

 

[Aneeda72]

Is it the son calling his much loved mother you're questioning?

He called her the old queen, not the husband, (my godfather,), who was equally extraordinary, and wouldn't ever let up calling his wife "the housekeeper", whether she liked it or not!

His love for his wife was shown most vividly when she had some kind of breakdown, but Pam was a complex and moody woman most men would have struggled to live with I believe. After he died my godmother told me the things they argued about all their lives didn't mean so much to her anymore, for example his being tight with money at times, but she no longer wished to spend as she once did.

She only lived a few months after he died, and needed care in a nursing home briefly. Her comments on the people she met in there were very dry, or insightful, as she didn't suffer fools gladly. She seemed to appreciate my visiting her, taking my daughter on one occasion, and she loved children I remember.

Sorry if you feel you wouldn't like the way she was treated by her son, or think she wouldn't have liked it, but she could look after herself you know! .

You have misunderstood, I did not know any of them so there is no like or dislike in the way you mean, nothing personal in my comment.

 

[grahamg]

You have misunderstood, I did not know any of them so there is no like or dislike in the way you mean, nothing personal in my comment.

Okay, no probs, I misunderstand quite a lot nowadays, but as I hope I indicated if my godmother was easily offended, she could not have lived with her hubby or the rest of her great family, and they were all very smart like their parents,, (the dad had to deliver one of the children when a snowstorm prevented them getting to a hospital in the 1950s).
I appreciated another excuse to write about this family in any event, and the "old queen"! .

 

[Aneeda72]

Okay, no probs, I misunderstand quite a lot nowadays, but as I hope I indicated if my godmother was easily offended, she could not have lived with her hubby or the rest of her great family, and they were all very smart like their parents,, (the dad had to de?over one of the children when a snowstorm prevented them getting to a hospital in the 1950s.
I appreciated another excuse to write about this family in any event, and the "old queen"! .

I am not easily offended. I think when people refer to me as less than stellar, that there is obviously something very wrong with them, something that prevents them from recognizing my obvious brilliance, beauty, and wisdom.

Although I have many senior moments, lots of confusion, memory issues, and lack an understanding of many modern tv shows and politics, I am still a beacon of sunshine in a rather drab world. Hmm, I seem to have spilled something on my shirt .