Here are my answers to this week’s Share your World from pensitivity101

When you were a child, did you have your friends round for tea even if it wasn’t your birthday? Were you invited to stay to tea at a friend’s house?

In South Africa school was over by 2:15 pm in the afternoon and if you didn’t have sport or some other extramural you went straight home. And yes our home was constantly full of our friends and ‘tea’ was not a formal meal. We would maybe make ourselves a sandwich or if Mom had baked we’d have a slice of cake. Today kids have play dates – we just played with whoever was available.

What was your first job in adult life?

I trained to be a primary school teacher for three years and then did a special diploma to assist children with speech and hearing difficulties. So for five years I went around to school taking groups of children with speech problems and corrected their lisps and stutters etc. After that, my teaching career included teaching at a school for the deaf (very briefly) having my own nursery school, and teaching every grade from 1 to 7. I also taught computer skills to adults when I was not classroom teaching. I have never had a job that did not involve teaching.

Do you enjoy shopping (food, clothes, gifts etc)

I am lucky enough to have a husband who will do the food shopping as long as I give him a list. However, I prefer to go with him when it’s more than a few items needed. Now that I’m retired shopping is not as much of a chore as it used to be as I am not fighting time.

I don’t like shopping for the sake of it but do enjoy looking around if I need something. Men and women have different shopping styles. Men know what they want go to the shop, get it, and leave. Women like to browse so it’s best not to take a man when you want to browse!

What was the best bargain you ever got?

We bought a Bosch gas stove/oven on a special for half price @ R6000 – brand new. The special was only available at our local store. We compared what it would have cost at another branch – R12000. We’ve had it for three years and it has been amazing.

Gratitude:
It costs nothing to smile and say thank you, yet to the recipient, it can mean the world.

I have found the above to be so true. Everybody likes to know they are appreciated and when you express this to them they will be forever willing to help you again in the future.