Yes , absolutely her favourite subjects are death , disaster , disease and her hard done by stories . It ' s like she collects doom stories and retells them over and over , if you let her . She also has an obsession with food . We both have wheat and dairy intolerance , but while I find simply asking for a gf menu quite adequate , my mum will make a big fuss , telling the waitress exactly what her symptoms are , and even bring gf gravy to give to the chief to make up for her , and little pots of dairy free spread . Going for a meal with my mum is toe curlingly embarrassing and not exactly relaxing ! Then she ' ll go home and stuff herself on bread , and say ' I know I shouldn ' t really '. Actually that ' s become a bit of a catch phrase with my kids ' ooh , I shouldn ' t really . ' 😉 Sometimes you can see the funny side !