Pure Parents

Question:

- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > ;Na, you’re not alone.  I can count on one hand (even with fingers > ;missing) the number of times we’ve used a babysitter.  And those times > ;were for 30 minutes to an hour during the day when I had to do something > ;that I really couldn’t take the kids to.  We just don’t see the need. > ;Just about everything we do, we do as a family.  Although, sometimes, > ;one parent will do an activity with the kids leaving the other parents > ;behind to enjoy some peace and quiet. > Christene and I have talked about this (hiring a babysitter) lately, since Ben > was born. When we had only Caleb, we just never wanted to go out except as a > family. We still haven’t come to a conclusion on the concept yet, but both > acknowledge that we need some time to go out together, just the two of us. It’s > a hard area to deal with, that’s for sure… > Is mise le meas,

This is a hard one.  I don’t think I could ever hire a stranger to babysit my girls.  I just wouldn’t know them well enough.  We have two people in this city we trust: Grandma and Godmum and they both have very social lives so we don’t get to go out that much anyway.  Still, it means more when we do get to go. — Leonie Lawson Co-Creator of Maia Shea (19/11/96) and Casta Grace (9/8/98) dum vivimus, vivamus (while we live, let us live)

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;It’s just so wonderful to hear words like this from a man! Would you consider ;cloning yourself? I just asked my wife about cloning myself, and she said, "yeah, as soon as we can splice off the dumbass genes, we’ll do it". I think that’s a "yes" but I’m not sure… =) Is mise le meas, | Darryl L. Pierce Alt.Atheism Member #1142, Death ‘Piper of the BAAWA   | |  Visit me @ http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/1335/  | |        …ignorance and prejudice and fear go hand in hand…          | |   Unsolicited email to this address is acceptance of a $500 per day    | | storage expense to be paid within 30 days of the sending of the email. |

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;Na, you’re not alone.  I can count on one hand (even with fingers ;missing) the number of times we’ve used a babysitter.  And those times ;were for 30 minutes to an hour during the day when I had to do something ;that I really couldn’t take the kids to.  We just don’t see the need. ;Just about everything we do, we do as a family.  Although, sometimes, ;one parent will do an activity with the kids leaving the other parents ;behind to enjoy some peace and quiet.   Christene and I have talked about this (hiring a babysitter) lately, since Ben was born. When we had only Caleb, we just never wanted to go out except as a family. We still haven’t come to a conclusion on the concept yet, but both acknowledge that we need some time to go out together, just the two of us. It’s a hard area to deal with, that’s for sure… Is mise le meas, | Darryl L. Pierce Alt.Atheism Member #1142, Death ‘Piper of the BAAWA   | |  Visit me @ http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/1335/  | |        …ignorance and prejudice and fear go hand in hand…          | |   Unsolicited email to this address is acceptance of a $500 per day    | | storage expense to be paid within 30 days of the sending of the email. |

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That was pretty funny. Marie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >;It’s just so wonderful to hear words like this from a man! Would you consider >;cloning yourself? >I just asked my wife about cloning myself, and she said, "yeah, as soon as we >can splice off the dumbass genes, we’ll do it". I think that’s a "yes" but I’m >not sure… =) >Is mise le meas, >| Darryl L. Pierce Alt.Atheism Member #1142, Death ‘Piper of the BAAWA   | >|  Visit me @ http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/1335/  | >|        …ignorance and prejudice and fear go hand in hand…          | >|   Unsolicited email to this address is acceptance of a $500 per day    | >| storage expense to be paid within 30 days of the sending of the email. |

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;WOW after reading this thread, I wonder where you all are when I need you. Right here, boxes of tissues and sympathetic shoulders at the ready. ;Whenever I feel this way, everyone tells me "You need to let them grow up. I ;couldn’t stand it if I couldn’t get a break." Nice to know I’m not alone. I ;had stopped bothering explaining how I felt about leaving mine. Share with us, a st