Inspired by being a thread highjacker- the OT thread!

[Sylvester McBean]

so are millions of other people every day.

 

[beckmrk04]

You are BRAVE!!! I am scared to even babysit my 4 and 5 year old nieces for a couple of hours, well scared isn't the word really... I just get kind of nervous.

I have them overnight or for the weekend a lot. However, I have never driven across the country with them, and then kept them for a whole week! So, we'll see! They are super-excited though, and they love staying with us. They aren't really the types to get homesick or miss mommy too much (long story), so things should be ok.

I always joke with DH that they are our practice kids- so we'll know what to do when we have our own!

 

[beckmrk04]

so are millions of other people every day.

Bet you'd feel different about it if it was your daughter.

 

[Stacerita]

so are millions of other people every day.

And thats why they post them.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

I have them overnight or for the weekend a lot. However, I have never driven across the country with them, and then kept them for a whole week! So, we'll see! They are super-excited though, and they love staying with us. They aren't really the types to get homesick or miss mommy too much (long story), so things should be ok.

I always joke with DH that they are our practice kids- so we'll know what to do when we have our own!

You're a good aunt. Will you be mine? I'll be REALLY good in the car, promise.

 

[ashjohnson80]

I have them overnight or for the weekend a lot. However, I have never driven across the country with them, and then kept them for a whole week! So, we'll see! They are super-excited though, and they love staying with us. They aren't really the types to get homesick or miss mommy too much (long story), so things should be ok.

I always joke with DH that they are our practice kids- so we'll know what to do when we have our own!

It's really good though! I hope you all have a great trip. I'll probably be in for a huge rude awakening when I have kids, if I have kids. My mom says it will be different when it's my own but they just have so much energy!

 

[MouseWorshipin]

Bet you'd feel different about it if it was your daughter.

Don't you know it.

 

[beckmrk04]

You're a good aunt. Will you be mine? I'll be REALLY good in the car, promise.

Aw, thanks!

You can come along! You just have to sit in the back of my NEON in between two carseats containing 2 little girls for oh, about 17 hours.

 

[Sylvester McBean]

Bet you'd feel different about it if it was your daughter.

absolutely. I don't search the web looking for pictures of girls making out to get my jollies. I can go to Shephard's on Clearwater beach and see it live. I've just noticed a huge spike in content of web sites of it. I don't own any GGW DVD's, it's just a trend I was commenting on.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

absolutely. I don't search the web looking for pictures of girls making out to get my jollies. I can go to Shephard's on Clearwater beach and see it live. I've just noticed a huge spike in content of web sites of it. I don't own any GGW DVD's, it's just a trend I was commenting on.

I was so impressed with your first two sentences, then I read the third.

But this is partial confirmation of my suspicion that it is mostly teenage boys watching those things.

 

[beckmrk04]

It's really good though! I hope you all have a great trip. I'll probably be in for a huge rude awakening when I have kids, if I have kids. My mom says it will be different when it's my own but they just have so much energy!

I used to not want kids- before I met Mark. Now we plan on trying when we get back from WDW!!

I have so much fun with my nieces- I have aquired a lot of patience in the past couple of years (living with Mark has taught me much).

 

[beckmrk04]

absolutely. I don't search the web looking for pictures of girls making out to get my jollies. I can go to Shephard's on Clearwater beach and see it live. I've just noticed a huge spike in content of web sites of it. I don't own any GGW DVD's, it's just a trend I was commenting on.

Ok. It your other posts made it sound a little different.

I just worry about why these girls feel compelled to do this?! What turns normally fairly sensible girls into complete idiots just to get male attention?

 

[Sylvester McBean]

I was so impressed with your first two sentences, then I read the third.

'I can' and 'I do' are totally different.

 

[ashjohnson80]

I used to not want kids- before I met Mark. Now we plan on trying when we get back from WDW!!

I have so much fun with my nieces- I have aquired a lot of patience in the past couple of years (living with Mark has taught me much).

The older I get the more scared I get. When I was younger I thought I would have had kids by the time I was the age that I am now. And when one of my 5 year old nieces was born I kept her from the time she was 2 months to 5 months because my SIL didn't want to put her in daycare, and I loved that.

 

[Sylvester McBean]

Ok. It your other posts made it sound a little different.

I just worry about why these girls feel compelled to do this?! What turns normally fairly sensible girls into complete idiots just to get male attention?

alcohol, cameras, and the cheering. if you watch any of the spring break footage on MTV, it's basically a censored version of GGW.

 

[beckmrk04]

The older I get the more scared I get. When I was younger I thought I would have had kids by the time I was the age that I am now. And when one of my 5 year old nieces was born I kept her from the time she was 2 months to 5 months because my SIL didn't want to put her in daycare, and I loved that.

How funny! I am the complete opposite!

I always thought I would be single and get married in my thirties and never have kids...

Now, I'll be 25 in a month, I've been married 1 1/2 years (we've been together since Nov. 2000, and lived together since May 2001), and we're going to start trying for our first at the endof May. Now I want 2 or 4 kids, Mark just wants 2. We'll see.

Funny how much plans change, huh?

 

[ashjohnson80]

How funny! I am the complete opposite!

I always thought I would be single and get married in my thirties and never have kids...

Now, I'll be 25 in a month, I've been married 1 1/2 years (we've been together since Nov. 2000, and lived together since May 2001), and we're going to start trying for our first at the endof May. Now I want 2 or 4 kids, Mark just wants 2. We'll see.

Funny how much plans change, huh?

It is funny! I thought we would start trying to have kids maybe a year or two after we got married, and now it's been almost 4 years and I'm still saying, No thanks, not right now.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

'I can' and 'I do' are totally different.

I'm sorry. My smilies have become a major pain in the buttinski, so I haven't been including them where I should.

I'm sure you would never do anything like that, and am teasing.

So, blah. (insert "blah" smilie here and happy smilie next to it.

Have to hit the hay!

Becky, this was great. Now Liz and others won't get mad at us tomorrow.

 

[beckmrk04]

alcohol, cameras, and the cheering. if you watch any of the spring break footage on MTV, it's basically a censored version of GGW.

That may be a reason, but it's no excuse. Maybe they want 15 minutes of fame, or feel that since men are ogling them they MUST be sexy- even though men will ogle virtually anything with XX chromosomes.

But, I guess my real question is: why this spring-break free-for-all mentality? I'm sure most of those people's parents would be appalled. And probably- deep down, they are ashamed too. I've been PLENTY drunk, and managed to keep my clothes on. And even if people cheered me on, I'd tell them where they could stick it. It's just degrading and humiliating.

Now, the GGW girls are at least getting PAID. That I can even understand. I just don't understand what the attraction in it is for the other girls.

 

[beckmrk04]

Becky, this was great. Now Liz and others won't get mad at us tomorrow.

Thanks! Good night!

I need to head for bed too- dh is home!! See you all tomorrow! More random topics to be discussed!