Ouch. That hurt

[MagsC]

LOL, I completely get it now, but its sure a slap at first!
I am 43 with 23,22,20,19 and a 16 year old.
On the plus side though, some people think I dont look old enough to have grown kids.

 

[the1much]

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and i thought i was the only 1 that had a mental hiatus,, my oldest is my son 21 , and youngest almost 4 ,, man i feel and smell old

 

[geoaware]

Hey, I remember back to a discussion we had in High School bout what the world would be like in the year 2000. I grew up in the era that if the world made it to 2000 it was a blessing! Cold War fever was hot...every time a plane flew over the class was nervous.

I work with people now (in fact I am married to a wonderful women as well) who were born after man walked on the moon!

 

[Zookeeper9000]

Oh I don't know about the getting old part. I have a 27 year old, a 24 year old, a 21 year old and my sone will be 17 in April. I found that the closer I get to them being all grown and gone the younger I feel.

Of course in reality they never leave home they come back when the growing gets tough and they need to save money LOL.

I was always told that you get them to 18 and graduated and the job is done. Well them people lied plan and simple.

The truth is that there is NO RETIREMENT in parenting. And the only benifit is the grandkids.

Don't get me wrong 90% of the time I loved parenting, the 10% I didn't had the name Rachel LOL. She was the hard one but hey she out grew it and is a great Mom.

But in no way could my love of parenting prepare me for how much I love Grandparenting. I know other grandparents will agree with me.

Edited to add I turned 45 last June.

 

[the1much]

after mine get 18 im gonna put them up for adoption !!

 

[Mahonri]

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and i thought i was the only 1 that had a mental hiatus,, my oldest is my son 21 , and youngest almost 4 ,, man i feel and smell old [URL]http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/xsmall2/231_handicapped_man_in_a_wheelchair.gif[/URL]

Oldest is almost 21 youngest is 5. Yeah, I'm old.... and I didn't get married until I was 29.

 

[BayCityBabe]

Like Miss Prissy, I am 42. I have teenagers. Some of the gals I went to highschool with have grandkids --- in school!

 

[the1much]

oppps,,, marriage??,, i think i forgot to do something

:|

 

[crazyhen]

geepers! you kids don't know old! Of course you can't be a sissy and get old either. I have a 40 year old son and one 37 and a daughter that is 34. I have 6 grandchildren.
When I get up each morning I think 'thank you good Lord I can get up. And from there the day begins . It is always new and always a good day. Like someone said on here. There are (no bad days just bad attitudes.) Really giving yourselves pep talks sometimes is what helps the most. I still walk by the mirror and say who is that old woman? That can't be me. I don't feel that old( although sometimes it"s hard to put one foot in front of the other, the truth be told). But somewhere along the way I found a joy in my life I did not have when rearing my children. I guess we were to busy to stop and enjoy it. Now the grandchildren are a true joy. We now know that one mistep doesn't always mean disaster. We'll work it out. ENJOY YOUR LIFE it won't last forever. Jean

 

[the1much]

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if i was that old,, i'd thank god every time i made it to the bathroom

jus playing