cronewitch
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Post by cronewitch on Nov 5, 2012 2:52:38 GMT -5
I used to like kids and have friends with kids without even considering harming them. My ex and I wanted kids but didn't get any but would borrow kids sometimes for the weekend. We usually took one niece, nephew or friend's kid and had a great time with them. Our best friends had 2 boys and 2 girls and were poor like us. She and I would take the kids places when the men would carpool since we only had one car per family. I sewed dresses for her girls and often carried her son for her since he was in a wheel chair and heavy it gave her a break when we needed to cross gravel or something. Our husbands were best friend since before they were married, he dated her before her husband did so them having children had nothing to do with our friendship. Other friends had 5 kids and we would take two for a weekend sometimes to spoil them. I only offered to take my great nephew once, I am too old to deal with children. His mom offered to come too and his grandpa so when I took him to the zoo she dealt with car seats and things since I don't know how.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2012 6:28:36 GMT -5
All I know is that when I see a phone call from DD coming in, I groan on the inside. Same as when my mother called. It's never good news and its always drama. DF said the happiest he has ever seen me was when she was at OCS and couldn't call me. So even though I wanted a daughter very much, most of the time I wish I had stopped at one child. I'm hoping with age and maturity, she improves. But at almost 24, I'm not seeing it. Maybe the military will help. Gee, zib, that is kind of sad.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Nov 5, 2012 7:38:20 GMT -5
For sure. Every time I despair though, she gives me a glimmer of hope that inside, she is finally "getting it."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2012 11:40:34 GMT -5
I groan whenever I see a message from my mother. Of course she isn't speaking to me right now because I told her that her baby boy was a disgusting waste of human flesh and a leech onto society. Was it something I said?
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 5, 2012 11:44:28 GMT -5
That was in the top 3 best posts ever. Although, I can't think of the other two right now.
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Miss Tequila
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Post by Miss Tequila on Nov 5, 2012 14:57:50 GMT -5
We may have jumped down her throat a little, but aside from the presumption of my perversion, I doubt we would be friends. If all you think you are is a mom who home-schools 5 kids, then we probably don't have anything in common. If in addition to your children, you happen to like beer, wine, bourbon, sarcasm, running (slowly), knitting, trivia, baking, canning, reading, swimming (slowly), boating (seasonally), movies (sparingly), politics (progressively), health promotion, dogs, glitter (compulsively), college football, professional hockey, live music, anything with dance numbers and/or trying new things, we can hang out. I have an extra Groupon for the skeet shooting range. But if all you can talk about is your kids, shit... I'm out. I've got two kids of my own and if all someone wanted to talk about was kids, shit,...I'm out!
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