verbalobe ([info]pilgrim_eye) wrote,
@ 2008-03-20 22:10:00
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Chatting...
...about love this evening, and the irrational love that one has towards one's offspring:

"You're thrilled when they're happy, you're terrified when they're hurt, and you're furious when they want you to be."

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[info]vavaverity
2008-03-21 04:15 am UTC (link)
Ha ha that is so true!

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My brother...
[info]meldeiry
2008-03-21 01:28 pm UTC (link)
...once commented in wonderment about his first daughter, when she was about 3:

"Wow, she has no idea how much we love her, and she won't until she grows up and has her own kids."

Being that I have no kids, I'm not even sure I know what he's talking about. :). I do remember hearing, I think it was on Law & Order:

"You're only as happy as your least happy child."

I imagine that's true, based on observing my own mom and my brother's current struggles with depression. I tried to spare them the ugly details of my 7 years on the couch...

And I see this kind of thing all the time with the high school kids I work with. The SAT is one of the most stressful things some kids go thru, and I connect with parents because I understand that and talk to them about how to help the kids get thru it successfully, and without going bald like me. Or you, John!

Mike

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[info]jigsawn
2008-03-22 02:30 am UTC (link)
"You're only as happy as your least happy child."

Sounds like an argument for not having too many kids. My mom has four. You can bet that any point in time at least one of them is dealing with some misery.

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[info]isabella_barb
2008-03-22 10:08 pm UTC (link)
one heck of a rollercoaster ride, isn't it?

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