But better than that by a mile is that this conversation implies that there is a giant world out there, a world that doesn?t go to The Piedmont Pool or to birthday parties at Kids In Motion gymnastics, a world that I so hope my girls become more and more mindful of.
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The man play date corrects two flaws in the current arrangement: men practice connecting through conversation, sparing themselves the 11th hour Build or Buy conundrum, and women actually get a proper weekend, sparing them that low level resentment that builds up over decades of?golf.?
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Even at t-ball, they notice that all the adults stop chatting with each other and tune back into the game when a kid hits a ball over the pitchers? head and they hear us chuckle when a kid makes the ball dribble off the tee by whacking the plastic stand like a frustrated log splitter.
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And those others, what they would give for morning sickness, back pain, stretch marks?In the same way, I make a mental note when rich people grouse about their gardener or their roof guy or their painters. But, as a healthy and wealthy woman, may I never stop hounding myself to be more grateful.
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A year ago, she took them over to Betty?s farm to see a baby foal who was born in the night, and this year, my girls have begun watching horse races on TV and making little bets with my mom (because you can never start gambling early enough).
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We came to agree that no parent owes her kid a trip to Disneyland, but you do get a lotta bang for that one since every one of us had a story about Space Mountain or Pirates of the Caribbean or that creepy Small World?ride.??What about a pet??
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In the maternity ward, the declarations about her having her mother?s eyes and her father?s long toes were a predictable and innocent part of the euphoria, even if they drew the conversation away from the eight-pound mystery before us.
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Later that night, I explained to my husband that I was deferring to friends on Measure E. But, hearing my thin logic out loud made me feel kinda sheepish about it, like I cheated on my homework. I don?t know when the consequences of these parenting decisions started to feel so dire.
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