Child brides!
Loves on lisah. We met in college when we were both 24.
Gloomcookie, I feel sorry for people that are that miserable with their life choices.
I know, right??? I hope she never lets her kids hear her say that. How awful.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Glamcookie - Apr 01, 2008 7:54:46 am PDT #2664 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
sj - Apr 01, 2008 7:56:20 am PDT #2665 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
One of the women actually said, "If I had it to do all over again, I never would have had kids...or gotten married!"
How awful and terribly unprofessional to be saying in front of a patient.
vw, I forgot to say how super cute your nephew looks in those pictures and you look gorgeous.
DavidS - Apr 01, 2008 7:56:23 am PDT #2666 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm very happy that I had both my children. It's very stressful at times. (Very) And yet...there is this tremendous intimacy which you can only get to through parenting. The balance for me has been sort of like the worst moments in parenting are usually high levels of agita, but the best moments are the purest joy I've ever felt.
You get agita more than joy, but ultimately it's just agita which passes.
Aims - Apr 01, 2008 7:56:27 am PDT #2667 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I will second Joe's emotion that fighting Emeline into a pair of pants in the morning is washed away when she serenades us with "Part of Your World" on the way to daycare in the morning. I'm gonna try to video tape it tonight to post on YouTube cause it really is the sweetest thing. She has the crescendos and inflections DOWN.
SailAweigh - Apr 01, 2008 8:02:22 am PDT #2668 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
MM, my phone actually rang this morning! More than once! It was a wrong number.
Burrell - Apr 01, 2008 8:07:12 am PDT #2669 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I love my babies like crazy and love being a mom AND I think it's totally overwhelming much of the time.
hippocampus - Apr 01, 2008 8:11:16 am PDT #2670 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
^2
(just tireds right now)
Connie Neil - Apr 01, 2008 8:11:43 am PDT #2671 of 10001
brillig
I've had more than one woman tell me very quietly that she envies me my childfree life. Too many women around here bought into the "I'm 20 years old, I should be married and have at least one child here or on the way." It's horrifying to hear the smug "sympathy" for the "poor girl" who's actually graduating college without having found a man to marry her.
Glamcookie - Apr 01, 2008 8:14:45 am PDT #2672 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Yeah, I think I'm prepared as I can be without actually fully knowing what it's like to be a parent. One good thing about waiting so long to do this thing is that I feel more prepared than I ever have. Also I had a lot of adult, childfree years doing only stuff that I (and GF) want to do and we took full advantage of it. I wanna meet my kid!
beth b - Apr 01, 2008 8:16:31 am PDT #2673 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
the saddest part about having those kind of regrets is that you have no idea what else could have been. Worse is possible. and you are always in the mix - so your attitudes towards life are the big factor.