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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:22 PM Original message |
Here's a quandry for you...... |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. whose life is it anyway? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yes, trhat's the easy answer |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. actually it is the HARD answer |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Ahhhh, they are your children. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. if by not living up to my expectations |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I don't doubt every parent wonders about the road not taken for their kids |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. (I'm heading to bed, so apologies for the brief reply) |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Daugter does what daughter wants |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. OMG you and I agree??? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Does this surprise you? |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I am suprised... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It's truely a quandry...... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Personally, I think your way is, hands down, the better way for her. |
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steely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I went to school 2 years after HS - I believe the break helped. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. It completely depends upon your daughter. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thanks for the thoughtful response Salin! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I have lived this for most of my adult life |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Of course, you are right - "it depends on the individual" |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Three options and variations |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. What does she WANT to do? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Did you know what you wanted to do at 17? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. No, not what she wants to do for the rest of her life... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Cool, Crispini! |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Not what she "wants" to do - but readiness for futher studies. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. My daughter is NHS. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. as an individual |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Salin....I'm 53...whatever I did in 70.....is moot....non-operative. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. yet your college experience |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. That's the quandry, Salin |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. neither your tug, nor conventionalism should drive the decisions |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Speaking as one of the lemming herders... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. My sample includes a number who never went on to college |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Here's an interesting situation. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. exactly the point that I am trying to make |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. I agree with you... |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Thanks for posting....my idea exactly. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Thank You! That's my feeling, exactly. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Jeebus, I wish I had a dad like you! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. My thinking exactly BigJawn....and I have 1 16 YO football player |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. LOL! Been there, got the scars and the T-shirt! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. LL....that's my definition of hell. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. An important side of it is what your daughter wants. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yeah, that';s the core problem. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. My sense per the argument with your wife |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Great insight Salin. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I hope you don't mind my devil's advocate role on this thread |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 11:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. I think that's a great middle ground...... |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 07:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. She is very lucky |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
40. This is a good quandry |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I have the classical Liberal Arts Degree |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. as you discount your degree |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:39 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Disount? Absolutely not. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Your primary question should be |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Great response Salin! Thanks! |
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benny05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. She may do what the SO says at first |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I suspect you are correct. |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've been in the textile/fashion industry |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Maine, my State, has always been on the cutting edge of outsourcing. |
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MadAsHellNewYorker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. I took a year off before school and got "real world" experience |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Thank you! |
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MadAsHellNewYorker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. hahaha, you're welcome |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. s a cosumer of mass amoAunts of enlightenment....... |
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MadAsHellNewYorker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. That sounds pretty freaking cool |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. What do I know? |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
64. Encourage her to go. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
65. I really love your SO, but I gotta go with you on this one |
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tim2204 (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
67. A question to you |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
68. I wish now... |
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