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What kind of errands....
| Wed, 08-31-2005 - 1:41pm |
Do you run on a daily basis? Weekly basis? Monthly basis?
I've often heard people say that they need a lot of time during the week to run errands and that those errands would otherwise take up their evenings and weekends if they had to WOH ft. It made me curious because I just don't seem to have many errands to run at all. Are we just lazy :-)?


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I dont know, I have a hard time buying that. My dh is extremely competitive and tends to run with the front of the pack when it comes to athletics. Yet he is always perfectly willing to go for a run with dd (or me for that matter!), he ran several races pushing a jogging stroller when ds was a baby, and would hike with ds in the backpack or frontpack. He and I are both planning to participate in junior nordics with ds this year, and while its pretty much right at my level, LOL, its certainly *not* at dh's level, but he fully intends to ski with ds.
I think people use having kids as an easy excuse to not do things they used to do. I always swore I wouldnt do that-and so far I havent. I might make lifestyle adjustments for the good of my family, but I have never felt that my children hindered those choices
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Oh man, just wait. As they get older, those 1 hr a week sports commitments jump by leaps and bounds! Ds is easy right now, we can do swimming lessons once a week. Dd, on the other hand, has practice every day after school from 230-430 and in the month of September alone, has 3 tournaments that last almost all day and 9 games! I miss the days of 2 hrs a week of soccer when she was 6, thats for sure!
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
ITA; that's why I said "some" in my post. Even sex after kids usually takes an adjustment, as in "they might hear us, so we have to be quieter" or whatever. But changing your attitude doesn't work all the time, for every activity.
But the point I'm trying to make (rather unsuccessfully, I'll admit lol)is that having a sporty family seems to be exalted in this thread in a way that might slight those families who tend to focus on other things. My main evidence for this is a few different posts (which I've tried to highlight in posts to various posters over the past few days)that seem, IMO, to reflect the attitude that when it comes to kids' sports and other organized activities, it's "extra especially important" to make the kinds of adjustments you refer to. And I don't think that's really fair.
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