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@snowflake954
Yes, you are right. Easier said than done though. Which is why I'm in therapy lol. But we only just got to the point of talking about this stuff.
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I play the game,
I just don’t cheat.
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So I have an opportunity to move to the States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi or Tennessee) next year for work. The Wanderlust in me is saying "dooo itttt!" but I have reservations that I'd miss Australia. But it would only be for 2 years or so and would be a hell of an experience. Just something to mull over.13
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Why do I have to 'adult' today? Can I just sit back and watch everybody else have fun with that today?3
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amorfati601070 wrote: »So I have an opportunity to move to the States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi or Tennessee) next year for work. The Wanderlust in me is saying "dooo itttt!" but I have reservations that I'd miss Australia. But it would only be for 2 years or so and would be a hell of an experience. Just something to mull over.
Do it!!!!!!! 😃3 -
I'm so proud of my son. He just finished his 2nd year of university with A+ in all of his classes. I don't care if anyone says I'm bragging because I am! 😆 These last 2 years weren't easy for my kids and I and he still managed to get grades like this. If you're a parent you know there's no better feeling than seeing your child succeed. My heart is full ❤
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amorfati601070 wrote: »So I have an opportunity to move to the States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi or Tennessee) next year for work. The Wanderlust in me is saying "dooo itttt!" but I have reservations that I'd miss Australia. But it would only be for 2 years or so and would be a hell of an experience. Just something to mull over.
I live in MS. There's a lot of good food here and really friendly people. Also, you can charter trips to go watch dolphins, ride an air boat for a swamp tour (or kayak/canoe it) and there's loads of stuff to do in New Orleans (about two hours from where I live).
I know it might be scary, but as a person who travels the world due to someone else's job, do it. I haven't regretted it yet.3 -
Why does beef jerky gotta be so chewy? It's really hard on my jaw (I have a clicking jaw on one side). Good flavor, but the chewing.. yeesh.1
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An excerpt from my 21-year-old daughter's rambling reply after I genuinely probed why the values she was raised with aren't - shall we say - always very apparent:
"I'm so surprised you didn't end up cooler after leaving dad. No drinking? No drugs? But then you got the tattoo and we thought, 'Ok, this is it!' Then it wasn't. You didn't do the heels or 'red bottoms.' You just went straight to being normal. Wow. You really lived your life like an actual mother. So weird."
She was really only half joking 🤨 In unrelated news, she also goes back home from her extended Mother's Day visit this evening 😝6 -
An excerpt from my 21-year-old daughter's rambling reply after I genuinely probed why the values she was raised with aren't - shall we say - always very apparent:
"I'm so surprised you didn't end up cooler after leaving dad. No drinking? No drugs? But then you got the tattoo and we thought, 'Ok, this is it!' Then it wasn't. You didn't do the heels or 'red bottoms.' You just went straight to being normal. Wow. You really lived your life like an actual mother. So weird."
She was really only half joking 🤨 In unrelated news, she also goes back home from her extended Mother's Day visit this evening 😝
First off, wow you do not look like you have a a 21 yr old...and 2nd...I can relate, my 23 yr old says I sheltered them too much😬...I was not a helicopter mom...so ...what does that mean???? Its my job to protect.5 -
PlentyofProtein00 wrote: »First off, wow you do not look like you have a a 21 yr old...and 2nd...I can relate, my 23 yr old says I sheltered them too much😬...I was not a helicopter mom...so ...what does that mean???? Its my job to protect.
Nor do you look like someone with a 23-year-old! As to their reactions; we moms can't ever get it right. But we can be smug should the time come and they ever have their own kids 😂
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PlentyofProtein00 wrote: »First off, wow you do not look like you have a a 21 yr old...and 2nd...I can relate, my 23 yr old says I sheltered them too much😬...I was not a helicopter mom...so ...what does that mean???? Its my job to protect.
Nor do you look like someone with a 23-year-old! As to their reactions; we moms can't ever get it right. But we can be smug should the time come and they ever have their own kids 😂
This is exactly what you'll find. As an "older" mother(66) with 3 sons--28, 35, and 36, I heard all these comments on my way of raising them. It was a downer after trying to be the best mother you could. Now, sometimes, they're talking among themselves and judging people they know and say things like "What do you expect, they were raised with no discipline, etc...." I just about spit out my coffee after years of hearing about my "mistakes". My older son now has 2 little boys and the shoe is on the other foot, so to speak. So, as they grow and mature, and especially have their own, you'll be appreciated. Try not to let it bother you. This has been going on since the dawn of time.6 -
snowflake954 wrote: »PlentyofProtein00 wrote: »First off, wow you do not look like you have a a 21 yr old...and 2nd...I can relate, my 23 yr old says I sheltered them too much😬...I was not a helicopter mom...so ...what does that mean???? Its my job to protect.
Nor do you look like someone with a 23-year-old! As to their reactions; we moms can't ever get it right. But we can be smug should the time come and they ever have their own kids 😂
This is exactly what you'll find. As an "older" mother(66) with 3 sons--28, 35, and 36, I heard all these comments on my way of raising them. It was a downer after trying to be the best mother you could. Now, sometimes, they're talking among themselves and judging people they know and say things like "What do you expect, they were raised with no discipline, etc...." I just about spit out my coffee after years of hearing about my "mistakes". My older son now has 2 little boys and the shoe is on the other foot, so to speak. So, as they grow and mature, and especially have their own, you'll be appreciated. Try not to let it bother you. This has been going on since the dawn of time.
So true, especially about how much you'll be appreciated as they grow, mature and have their own. You and I are similar ages with closely aged children, I'm 67 with a ds who's turning 40, and 2 dds who are 30 and 28. Except my kids don't have any little ones in their foreseeable futures. Perhaps growing up in a family who ran an in-home child care forever, was a great birth control plan. Not that I'm happy about that but it isn't up to me.2 -
I rewatched a bunch of old movies last night until 3am and I had a dream that I was trying to weird science someone and Michael Keaton was my dad. When I opened my laptop this morning to do some homework I still felt like I was in my dream 😅4
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My old high school. I drive by every day now between some of my kids school drop off. It finally happened today.
From a few hours ago. Kinda sad to see.7 -
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Being empathetic can be f#@king exhausting sometimes8
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