Confessions of one sahm

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Confessions of one sahm
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Fri, 04-03-2009 - 1:58pm

I've been thinking about this *debate* lately, and I think that many of my

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:40pm
The event was at the British Embassy (which, btw, is always a pleasure to visit because it is one of the most beautiful houses in the city) and the new ambassador is a real classics geek of the old school. I will have to try the peccavi pun on him next time I see him.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:41pm

Right what? I am hoping my kids will be adventurous and want to explore the world around them and their environments, not the type who can't take a train ride into a neighboring city to spend the day without a more capable companion along because being in a strange place makes them nervous. Part of having that confidence and ability comes from knowing that one could handle and move past most everyday crises.

My older one is getting ready to get on a plane Saturday to fly to a city to which he's never been, where they speak a language he doesn't know, eating food he's never tried, to spend fourteen days playing basketball with teammates and a coach he's never met. He has absolutely no hesitation or fear about it. He is completely jazzed. That is the kind of things I hoped would happen when I taught him to cut his meat when he was six or seven.

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:42pm
If I had any idea what you were talking about, I'd be able to respond. But you don't have to use the word mortified to BE mortified.


Edited 7/2/2009 1:43 pm ET by bordwithyou
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:43pm
IME, kids like to be able to do for themselves. My kid would not have wanted to ask that kind of help at that age.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:50pm

I wanted to ask you about your "judging" comments. I am sure that you see me as judgmental because I have opinions about what I see around me. Perhaps I am.

But do you think that you are NOT judgmental? Do you think that making comments such as some behaviors you approve of must be a reflection of things learned at home, or religious faith are NOT judgmental? Do you think that saying something implying that those of us whose kids do chores must do nothing more than lie around reading magazines while the kids slave away is not judgmental?

Or do you think being judgmental somehow looks better on some people than on others?

I am genuinely curious.

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:51pm
Sounds like a lovely evening!
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:56pm
It really was. When we arrived, drinks were served indoors, then we moved to the garden, where the movie screen was set up. After we watched the movie, drinks and snacks were served on the terrace, which was lit by candles. The house is a neoclassical originally built for Venizelos (famous PM). It is large, obviously, but completely human in scale and with perfectly proportioned rooms. Oh, and they had just gotten back the famous portrait of Byron in "Albanian" dress and that was nice to see.
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:56pm

thank you for the edit because i didn't catch what that was supposed to mean either.


to identify with a feeling,the word must be used on some kind of regular basis.

 

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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:57pm
Don't you mean Algerian dress?
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Thu, 07-02-2009 - 1:58pm
It is possible to have the feeling without having a word for it. Even my dog appears to feel mortified when he bumps into a wall or does something silly like that.

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