Posted by Sigismund on September 16, 2007, at 17:29:41
In reply to So how do I get out of going to supper--HELP!, posted by muffled on September 16, 2007, at 16:19:58
>My kids hair is too long.
They too shy.
We never get thankyou notes written.
We don't keep in touch.
Our manners suck.
My children don't eat right.
These are not major crimes. All of these were true of my kids at one time or another.
Hair?......completely unimportant
shy?.......it's not a defect
thankyou notes....a little more important
manners.........what sort? Table manners? Unimportant, really. Are they kind and do they try to make others comfortable, or at least not make them uncomfortable? That's manners.
eat right?.......I know what you mean, and more than you might think.But you know what?
I think kids can bring themselves up pretty well, and that it takes quite a lot of work to f*ck them up.
(Sustained bad personal relations will do that.)
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