As a Brit I’d like to clarify that, while I do know exactly what you’re talking about, it’s a perversion restricted to upper class English people and none of the rest of us abide by it
If someone says “will you be mother?” while looking at you over a teapot, you’re in the room with someone whose father has enough money to buy yours & you should throw a scone in their face and run for the hills
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