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It has to be said that I come by my stubborn streak honestly, because I clearly get it from my mother. I get home tonight and pick the phone up to call her, only to discover there's a message on there from last Thursday: "I'm just calling because I've had a bit of an accident and I've been in hospital."

So, it seems that she's tripped in the street and broken her wrist, which had to be pinned back together. And yet she's much more interested in suggesting to me that I consider dropping the price of my house by £5,000 (since it's just not selling) and she'll make it up to me. And can I think about it and tell her what I think at the weekend, because my automatic "thanks, but no" apparently wasn't the answer she was looking for.

I thought we'd got past the "are you alright for money?" stage a while back, when I pointed out to her just how much I'm earning. But apparently not... Gah.