Anybody know how many couches can fit in the lounge?Pelican Porch said:I wonder if we can get a group rate from the therapist?
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Anybody know how many couches can fit in the lounge?Pelican Porch said:I wonder if we can get a group rate from the therapist?
jdarg said:I feel very similar. I think my obssessiveness has evolved because we never had the opportunity (for several reasons) to travel without Will when he was little. So if we went out of town, he came with us. Kate is here now, and when we travel, we travel as a family. The 2 grandmothers could easily watch the kids at least for a weekend, but they both have "issues" that involve me either "paying" for it in advance or on the back end, and quite frankly, it is exhausting thinking about coordinating them. I have had some good college age girls recommended to me, and I may consider them as an option, although the first thing out of my mother's mouth will be "Are you and Bdarg on the same flight? Who is going to raise the kids if you both die?" And my own little neuroses will kick in and work their evil magic, and I will chicken out.:roll:
Which puts me back to where I started- afraid that if I'm not with them, I'm not in control.
Where is our resident SoWal therapist? Did all of our collective issues scare her off? Pea sounds like she could be good at this- maybe we should appoint her the new head shrink!
jdarg said:Me too! Then I realized I wasn't 100% sure. If Tatertot shows up on the beauty product thread, we will have it figured out.
gotothebeachmom said:This reminds me of a time when both I and the children were younger. GTTBD had finally put his foot down and decided we were going on a trip without the kids. He got his Mom and Dad to come and stay with them and off we went. The first couple of days were rough. As time went by I really relaxed and had a grand ol' time. When we arrived home, our then 4 year old son ran and threw himself into my arms. After many hugs and kisses he held my face in his hands and eyed me over and pronounced, "you know what Mommy? You look lots younger than before!"
We took a Mommy Daddy only vacation every year after that!
Oh, I LOVE that story! :clap_1:gotothebeachmom said:After many hugs and kisses he held my face in his hands and eyed me over and pronounced, "you know what Mommy? You look lots younger than before!"
We took a Mommy Daddy only vacation every year after that!
dbuck said:There are alot of people addicted to this board.![]()
OMG me too Johnrudy. My daughter is 12 and although I want her to go to a great college, I am already trying to think of the best that would be either closest to us or our place at the beach or the lake. Looks like we're in for some kinda rough years in regard to worrying about them.Johnrudy said:Ditto for me too. I'm already worrying about the profound sadness I will experience when our 15 y.o. leaves for college. I'm obsessing over that! I know this is cliche, but my son is also a good friend of mine.