tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post1233956558664745217..comments2024-02-12T04:47:06.603-05:00Comments on Plays With Needles: Boys...and GirlsSusan Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094024834053351944noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-47124647158517863682008-10-15T12:12:00.000-05:002008-10-15T12:12:00.000-05:00I learned you have to ask questions that need a sp...I learned you have to ask questions that need a specific answer, like, what was your music lesson today? But in general, I still get the monosyllable answers, and my boys are 20 and 23! It's so frustrating! But...when the older one talks to his girlfriend, he actually talks, and with energy and enthusiasm. So I think part of it that we are just the parents.a2susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915341461411686995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-6718973019369895972008-10-13T08:55:00.000-05:002008-10-13T08:55:00.000-05:00My experience with my Son, is that he listens to t...My experience with my Son, is that he listens to them too much. He had 2 serious girlfriends and countless 'girlfriends, so far in his life. He puts all of them on a pedestal as far as I can see.<BR/><BR/>His girlfriend at the moment, has him wrapped around her finger and if she clicks her finger, he comes running. Fortunately she is very nice young girl but I do miss his company.<BR/><BR/>I actually feel very sorry for any girlfriend Alan has because not only does she have to get on with me if she is to survive but she also has contend with 2 very possessive sisters who aren't shy about letting him know what they think of 'his girl'. It works the reverse way as well. I find that intriguing as being from a family of girls, we couldn't careless about each other boyfriends other than they had kept away from him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-50471771413393907362008-10-10T05:06:00.000-05:002008-10-10T05:06:00.000-05:00this post is so funny! oh i miss jack so much. we ...this post is so funny! oh i miss jack so much. we will have to hang a lot over winter break and i will torture him by asking him lots of questions. we don't have that many awkward silences except when he is mad at me because i am bad at driving in columbia.<BR/><BR/>i just put up some pictures from oktoberfest! this weekend we are going to the smurf exhibit at the comic strip museum and next weekend we are going to normandy! only two weeks until spain and greece...<BR/><BR/>miss you!carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13870407374988255306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-19325196342528182092008-10-09T23:07:00.000-05:002008-10-09T23:07:00.000-05:00How beautiful that you had this moment with Jack a...How beautiful that you had this moment with Jack and recorded it! Does he read your blog? Robin A.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700778413231259614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-3420312079840109332008-10-09T20:01:00.000-05:002008-10-09T20:01:00.000-05:00I just LOVE point 7 ("surreptiously test the weigh...I just LOVE point 7 ("surreptiously test the weight of the object....)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the insight in the "dangerous book". I've seen it and the girls' version on Amazon, and thought "why didn't they have them around when I was a kid/teenager"MeganHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842743721181682681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-85543056610395385042008-10-09T16:17:00.000-05:002008-10-09T16:17:00.000-05:00I enjoy these posts about Jack - it gives me some ...I enjoy these posts about Jack - it gives me some idea of what to look forward to (our boys are 9 and 7)Just the other day we mentioned that soon they will start to like girls and the youngest went yuck, but the oldest blushed and told us to shut up. hhmmmmm. i will have to get that book - love the advice about breaking wind - id pay for the book just for thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-73056555617930001572008-10-09T14:29:00.000-05:002008-10-09T14:29:00.000-05:00I have to laugh, just last night my mother said to...I have to laugh, just last night my mother said to me, "What would your son do if he didn't have you to talk to?" <BR/>So I get more than my share of info.Vicky aka Stichrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398784887410187456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-26693686194251626312008-10-09T13:30:00.000-05:002008-10-09T13:30:00.000-05:00So true, I remember the hours our girls spent on t...So true, I remember the hours our girls spent on the phone compared to the one-syllable ones our son had with his buddies.<BR/>Don't you wonder what the female equivalent of this book (and there is one)says about boys?Judy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05591607125583963544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-1873570090886196472008-10-09T11:34:00.000-05:002008-10-09T11:34:00.000-05:00Gosh I love your posts! My 13 year old grandson li...Gosh I love your posts!<BR/><BR/> My 13 year old grandson lived with us for about 6 years until he recently moved back to his mom's house. (Step father thats now gone problems). He and I are very close and your post is so true. I watched him close me off as he approached the teens. We talk quite a bit, really, but I always wonder what he's NOT telling me.Carol- Beads and Birdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062821517519300477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-83577017015880082022008-10-09T10:56:00.000-05:002008-10-09T10:56:00.000-05:00It's either not enough or too much information! B...It's either not enough or too much information! But yes, my best conversations with Max were in the car...<BR/>It is just poignant sharing your son's coming of age. What a fine man he will be one day!allie allerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158390991360498378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-43105578655886324432008-10-09T10:24:00.000-05:002008-10-09T10:24:00.000-05:00LOL! truer words were never spoken (or listened t...LOL! truer words were never spoken (or listened to) What a sense of humor that author has and I know it must have sunk into Jack's head somewhere!<BR/><BR/>It's so true about guys not talking to Mom. If I want to know anything I ask Laura. She'll talk for hours to one little grunt from Brent (until he gets wound up and then he can talk for hours about every little, tiny, teeny detail--yawn!)Debra Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959081275116311853noreply@blogger.com