Sarah Standing

Standing Room | 14 March 2009

‘Mum, have you ever been cock-blocked?’ asked my 19-year-old daughter on a recent visit home from university.

issue 14 March 2009

‘Mum, have you ever been cock-blocked?’ asked my 19-year-old daughter on a recent visit home from university.

‘Mum, have you ever been cock-blocked?’ asked my 19-year-old daughter on a recent visit home from university. ‘Because it’s driving me crazy and I just don’t know how to deal with it. I thought you might have some good tips.’

I instinctively felt that this was probably one of those defining mother and daughter bonding moments that required a confident yes or no answer.

‘No, I haven’t,’ I replied. ‘Or if I have, I think I probably didn’t enjoy it that much and have forgotten all about it.’

Tilly was looking at me with a mixture of both envy and disbelief.

‘So you’re telling me that even before you met Dad, no one has ever tried to pull that move on you? Whoa Mama.

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