I know people in London have the reputation for being aloof and unfriendly but, I have found, this does not apply to the East Enders (I mean the real ones - not the TV programme). I've spent a fair bit of time in London over the years, my husband worked there quite a lot and my son and his wife lived there for 4 years, and I always found people from the East End very friendly and easy to get along with.
Families. I was close to my parents, even though I never lived physically close to them, and I have remained close to my brothers despite them (and me) now being old codgers.
I can't imagine ever "falling out" with either of them and certainly not with my grown up children, all 3 of whom are as unlike in temperament as chalk, cheese and chips but get on well with each other as well as with me. I tell them and my grandchildren that I love them and we hug from time to time.
