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pipi_k

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12. My mom
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:46 PM
Jan 2013

doesn't really like kids much, either.

Oh, she's great with babies. But once they get older she does this disconnect thing.

I'm opposite. Not big into babies. Toddlers...trying to amuse them is frustrating, exhausting, boring, etc.

My grandkids are 11, 9, and 8 1/2. They started getting pretty cool once they each reached, oh, about 7 years old.

I don't get to see them as often as I would like...this past Christmas Eve (as usual) we went to my son's house where all three of the grandkids already were (son has two girls, daughter has one boy). It was SO neat to walk in the door, and there they are, lined up waiting to greet Poppa and Nanny.

I like to tell them they're the best grandchildren any Nanny ever had.




PS...when friends and others post photos of their little babies on Facebook, I'm like....meh.

If it's photos of their pets, that's when I take notice.

I feel guilty, but what can you do...

I was just watching Spaceballs this evening :) kentauros Jan 2013 #1
Seems to be a thing lately... Agschmid Jan 2013 #2
When will then be now? kentauros Jan 2013 #3
I think people pipi_k Jan 2013 #4
Thank you :) kentauros Jan 2013 #5
I have a dog PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #8
My mom pipi_k Jan 2013 #12
My biggest problem with children is the noise. kentauros Jan 2013 #13
A little story for you... pipi_k Jan 2013 #10
Seems to me it would be rather easy to confirm the existence of children. kentauros Jan 2013 #11
Yup, that seals the deal. Chan790 Jan 2013 #6
My dog? PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #7
Personally I am very glad that people who do not like children do not have children CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #9
Good point, actually... pipi_k Jan 2013 #14
My wife says I'm the biggest kid she has ever seen!!! benld74 Jan 2013 #15
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