If you really knew me...

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If you really knew me...
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Tue, 12-05-2006 - 3:52pm

Did anyone catch Opera a few weeks ago where a high school's students and faculty met in the gym to get know each other?

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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 3:31pm

You know, I get all that crap too, Rose, and not because of my age, because most people guess that I'm in my 20's (good genes from my mom, LOL!), but because I have 4 kids, and twins. People are like: "Better you than me." They have even SAID that to me!! Now how rude is THAT?

Michael's comeback is: "Yeah, MUCH better us than you!" and gives them a look, which kind of drives the point home that THEY ARE NOT AS CAPABLE AS WE ARE!!

People always have to say something or think something about something. If it's not your age, then it's the number of kids you have, or the fact that you're raising twins and that's a handful. People used to ask me "Do you get any sleep?" And I'd be like: "No. I'm the only human being alive who can survive without sleep" LOL! Duhh. . . And when I was pregnant with the girls, I had 2 boys already, and people used to say: "Hoping for that girl?" Um, well, actually, we weren't trying for ANYTHING, but now that you mention it, I'm really hoping it's a healthy human baby, and not an alien, because I feel sick enough for it to be something from Outer Space, but thanks for your suggestion. Next time we'll put in the order for gender. I didn't see that page on the menu!

BTW, many more moms are having kids in their 40's nowadays. Eli won't be alone. My neighbor is pregnant and will be 41 by the time she has the baby, and she has a 2 year-old.

People love to think crap about everyone. It's because they have low self-esteem and it makes them feel superior for about 5 seconds of their sad little lives.

Sofia




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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 3:53pm

If you really knew me you'd know I only have a few close RL friends, none of which I'm close to now, really, because of moving and staying home for so long. You'd know that my husband is my best friend and our worlds revolve around each other and our kids. We don't double date, or go to dinner parties, or anything like that, and we really never have. Almost everything I tell you all here, no one else ever hears, because I really have no one else to tell.

Erin

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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 4:00pm
Erin, I'm so happy to see a post from you! I miss seeing you on the board all the time. That darn job of yours is screwing up my "Erin time" LOL!!!
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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 4:13pm

Lesley, you are one gorgeous babe in your new siggy!!

Sofia




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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 4:14pm
yes, and thank you! I had no idea Desiree was so skilled with photo editing and airbrushing lol!
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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 4:18pm
Yeah, right. You can't airbrush in perfection, Sweetie!!




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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 4:20pm
LOL Sofia!!! you're too kind.
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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 5:02pm

You are amazing woman to raise children with special needs. One of my closest friends has a dd with severe autism, I see what she goes through every day and wonder how she does it. I used to work with special needs kids in preschool, but at the end of the day they kids went home to their parents and I went home to my husband (before I had kids).


Since, I've been known to tell a person or two when they make me mad, feel free to tell me if I upset you. I can take it!




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Wed, 12-06-2006 - 8:09pm

If you really knew me you would know that I don't like conflict.

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Thu, 12-07-2006 - 1:37am

If you really knew me, you would know...that my mother's death has affected me more than I let on. That she was really the only woman friend I could call at 9 at night and crab about my husband, kids, etc...That now I don't know who, really, to turn to...That I still cry every single day...
You would know that I'm obsessed with losing my husband or one of the children. That I have lost so many many people that I'm hanging on to them with everything I've got.
You would know that I am terrified my husband will figure out that I'm not as pretty as he thought I was and find someone who can do this better and be thinner and prettier and make him happier.
You would know that I am so insecure about my appearance that I can't run to the store for milk w/o having all my makeup on.
You would know that I've been rejected so many times because I am a little different that I really don't even try anymore, so even fewer people deal with me...and its lonely...but I'm not like everyone else and can't ever seem to say the right things to fit in, so I quit trying a long time ago...and that that is why I love my husband with every fiber of my being...because although I know he doesn't get me sometimes, he still pretends that he does ;)

~Liz~

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