tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post2986092650507681212..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Another minefieldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14273135131844953792015-08-20T14:02:10.007-07:002015-08-20T14:02:10.007-07:00I am going to have to re-read this a few times.I am going to have to re-read this a few times.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-582221917173146562015-08-20T12:58:00.293-07:002015-08-20T12:58:00.293-07:00I had an interesting comment with a friend who sai...I had an interesting comment with a friend who said it felt weird to have a child who was 40. She's closer in age to me than I am to my friend, yet I think of her a child since i'm friends with her father.<br /><br />My former neighbours have two sons who are now in their 30s. When they were in their 20s, my massage therapist, also in his 20s, was friends with the elder son. I had no trouble accepting Tim as a young man because I met him as a young man. But former neighbours' boys were still boys in my mind. Tim quietly corrected me, "They're fellas now, Megan." He's right, of course.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62894893600751115172015-08-20T10:47:48.065-07:002015-08-20T10:47:48.065-07:00They certainly bucked me up when I was a feeling b...They certainly bucked me up when I was a feeling bit despondent, Weave.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-79494197727650793952015-08-20T10:46:36.119-07:002015-08-20T10:46:36.119-07:00It's hard to make them understand that tattoos...It's hard to make them understand that tattoos mean nothing to us, but will mean even less to them when they are our age.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-39663535591158764852015-08-20T10:45:08.619-07:002015-08-20T10:45:08.619-07:00I have never, ever, been in charge for longer than...I have never, ever, been in charge for longer than an hour or so.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-82843728017584065012015-08-20T07:28:38.563-07:002015-08-20T07:28:38.563-07:00Tom - Philip Larkin said it better than I can - bu...Tom - Philip Larkin said it better than I can - but we are all bad parents in one way or another, just as our parents were. It's human nature - we just do our best.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-74668363265259674262015-08-20T06:45:32.250-07:002015-08-20T06:45:32.250-07:00While under my roof, they will dress, behave and d...While under my roof, they will dress, behave and do whatever they could get away with when I didn't know. Out of three, two were homebodies and no trouble at all. My eldest, though now a hard working and good lady, caused much gnashing of teeth. All three have turned out well though I still don't approve of all the tattoos. They really are my life's work and mean everything to me.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44615339712803514312015-08-20T06:05:55.773-07:002015-08-20T06:05:55.773-07:00When my children teased about being "old"...When my children teased about being "old" at fifty, at sixty, I replied I was not old, I merely was no longer in charge. We really aren't at some point; we merely stand by, available to advice and, occasionally, money. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.com