Alas, Trudy, we have not the same mother, as I did not have the Sunshine Family. I had home-made dolls....

Which, actually was a good thing, because I learned how to sew and cut my design teeth making outfits for the dolls.

Just talked to my little brother.

He's looking at buying a house.

Both of my brothers are going to own houses before me. Both of my brothers are going to be grownups before me.

I suck. I feel like a total failure. This is not a good day.

my little sister had the sunshime family. but there were barbies every wear. Barbies were fun to dress, but the sunshine family ment actually makeing clothes and furniture - so I think they were more fun.

vw- some people raise family, have jobs, find friends ,etc - and never own a house. sorry, haveing a house is not the only thing that defines a grown up.

Dealing with difficulties - part of what turns you into a grownup.

You've had your share.

Both of my brothers are going to own houses before me. Both of my brothers are going to be grownups before me.

I've never owned a house or condo. I make myself feel better by telling myself that home ownership is much less common in Europe, so having an apartment makes me all continental.

But (more) seriously - lots of people tell me I should buy a condo, but so far I haven't felt the need to. Even though all my siblings (two are younger than me) own houses with their wives or domestic partners.

Both of my younger siblings own homes, are married, have children and pets. While I just have a pet. It doesn't make them or me any better than the other, we've just had different life paths.

Would I like to own a home right now? Yes and no. I think it will eventually happen, but I'm not going to beat myself up for not meeting some external (mine or society's) timeline.

I'm a bohemian. My brother is a little old man who already scans his face for wrinkles. Right now, I wouldn't trade, but I can relate, Bug. Mos def. ETA: On a more shallow note, remind me to not skip trims...dude. Probably lost twenty pounds of hair. On the whole growing-it-out thing, still a not-so-much.

Ok. Got the sewing machine to kind of cooperate. The day is looking up. I might finish The World's Ugliest Quilt (TM) by Wednesday after all.

Both of my brothers are going to own houses before me. Both of my brothers are going to be grownups before me.

My 77 year old father-in-law and his 73 year old wife must still be children. My paternal grandfather was nearly 91 when he died. He never owned a house. My maternal grandmother owned houses at different times, but not consistently through adulthood, and not for the last years of her life.

Seriously, could either of your brothers handle all the grown up issues you've been dealing with in an extremely mature manner, for I don't know how many years? Seriously. Could they handle what you're doing AND buy houses?

yay Matt is at the oakland airport. that's almost home for those of you playing along