Yip a dang.
In my family I always wanted to go out on 'service' with my Presiding Overseer dad. First stop would be the petrol (gas) station, buy a Mars Bar then then drive around the territory making sure the faithful flock were fitfully filling in their futile time. All the while listening to Saturday morning Sports Talk. (BBC 5 Live)
Then visit an old inactive couple. Tea and cookies all round. Home in time to watch most of Super Friends that started at 11.00 am.
But if I was drawn to go out with my ultra-subservient mother, it was a hard slog. Only respite was when we went on her return visits that were thankfully spread across the territory, and just occasionally not at home.
Think the contrast is now significant - one seeking to be seen as an overseer while the other so diligent, so unnecessarily dutiful, yet still …. (my mum).
PS - Who I still love.