tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post3159886625413391371..comments2023-12-27T15:25:34.048+00:00Comments on Baby Baby: Oh Grow Up!sanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-49706821664806613442009-11-03T22:04:08.153+00:002009-11-03T22:04:08.153+00:00Geeky Mummy, I know exactly what you mean about wa...Geeky Mummy, I know exactly what you mean about wanting to be that child again, to have everything done for you. When my Mum comes to stay I get her to cook a roast dinner on a Sunday!sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-42354754468048263972009-11-02T04:01:17.551+00:002009-11-02T04:01:17.551+00:00Sorry about your dad. I still have both my parents...Sorry about your dad. I still have both my parents and am very grateful. I also wanted to be a vet, even applied to vet college, but didn't get enough A's at A level!<br />I guess I felt pretty grown up when I moved here to San Francisco, by myself, when I was 25. But still, now I'm still here, married with kids but far away from my family, I sometimes want my mum, want someone to take care of me, and realize I don't have that.geekymummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10529149669501249892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-51993003105249301162009-11-01T14:41:20.343+00:002009-11-01T14:41:20.343+00:00The Mad House, I'm sorry about your Dad. I thi...The Mad House, I'm sorry about your Dad. I think my loss is having a bigger effect on me now, three years on. Yes, it's a rubbish club. x<br /><br />Straw76berry, I'm sorry to hear about your Mum. Losing a parent is an enormous, life-changing event. It's good to be able to be grown up when it's required and young at heart too. x <br /><br />World of a Mummy, I'm relieved it's not just me that felt like that. I think having children turns you in to a grown up whether you like it or not! x<br /><br />Alybean, thank you x<br /><br />Lorraine, thanks. Are you going to the BMB meetup? It would be lovely to get together and be childish! x<br /><br />Rosie, thank you. Yes, there is a happy ending. I find the older I get the more comfortable I become with who I am. I don't know if that's growing up? x<br /><br />Gigi, no, I don't know the jingle! Sometimes my body feels old and tired, but in my mind I'm still young :-) x<br /><br />Kath, thank you. Andy and often say we wish we'd met ten years ago, but I'm not the person I was ten years ago. Life is random! xsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-42217116234578823702009-10-29T11:23:31.506+00:002009-10-29T11:23:31.506+00:00Love this post Sandy. Life doesn't always go a...Love this post Sandy. Life doesn't always go as planned, but it can take you to great places that you wouldn't have got to without the crappy bits!Kath@Parkloverhttp://parklover.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-43367975933109266312009-10-29T00:03:28.821+00:002009-10-29T00:03:28.821+00:00"I don't want to grow up, I wanna be a To..."I don't want to grow up, I wanna be a Toys R Us Kid...." I suppose you don't know that jingle... but we all feel that way. We never feel as old as we are. Which is good! Because you are "as only as old as you feel you are." Don't know who the quote is from (too lazy to look it up) BUT it's true!!Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-6005392912155803292009-10-28T22:28:51.838+00:002009-10-28T22:28:51.838+00:00I loved that post, Sandy and the fact that you kep...I loved that post, Sandy and the fact that you kept going even when life did not turn out as expected, as it never does! I'm relieved to hear you didn't feel you grew up until your were in your thirties. Sometimes I wonder when I will grow up and I'm 36. So pleased it all has a happy ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-84430339857519282952009-10-28T21:50:50.229+00:002009-10-28T21:50:50.229+00:00Sandy I really loved your post, very open and hone...Sandy I really loved your post, very open and honest and again it reminded me how alike I think we may be, cause it sounds a lot like me.<br /><br />And anyway being grown-up is over rated I want to be a kid, they have all the fun.xxLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458056492748230890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-5499436141365969252009-10-28T20:56:50.620+00:002009-10-28T20:56:50.620+00:00I'm getting through some tissues tonight.What ...I'm getting through some tissues tonight.What a lovely and moving post.Your dad should be proudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-57841949340214871162009-10-28T20:45:10.968+00:002009-10-28T20:45:10.968+00:00I loved that post. I felt the same 'playing at...I loved that post. I felt the same 'playing at house' when I was first married, I was only 23 and I had my own little house, a little garden, a husband, car and mortgage. I never really felt 'grown up' compared to the real adults like my Mum and Dad. <br /><br />Its only really since we moved to a bigger house and had kids that I felt that I was now sometimes a kind of adult. I totally sympathise with wanting to stop being the adult in the house sometimes as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-2291796397494522012009-10-28T19:24:00.507+00:002009-10-28T19:24:00.507+00:00I love your post so much because you sound sooo mu...I love your post so much because you sound sooo much like me. <br />All along I have been waiting to be a grown up and think now at 33 i probably am one...well I have 3 children am on my 3rd husband and have a mortgage to boot. But I'm not exactly sure when I crossed the line to adulthood,... either I did it at 26 when my mother died unexpectedly or more possibly I think I am straddling the line dipping a toe on either side when ever the fancy or need strikes me!! Here's to adulthood (said whilst blowing a big raspberry!!) xxxjust mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05209581945183737608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-79816353122935822932009-10-28T16:14:54.328+00:002009-10-28T16:14:54.328+00:00Love the post, how strange that we both put that w...Love the post, how strange that we both put that we grew up when our fathers died. It is like being part of a club that you dont want to be a member of.Jen Walshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374363403295342745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-76762087591867202422009-10-28T15:12:43.610+00:002009-10-28T15:12:43.610+00:00Surprised and Excited Mum, oh a proper tantrum, br...Surprised and Excited Mum, oh a proper tantrum, brilliant! I sometimes wail in frustration, but this frightens the little one.<br /><br />Chic Mama, Firstly...thank you. secondly, I know exactly what you mean. I hope that by fending for yourself now you realise that you have that strength within you. x<br /><br />Josie, thank you, that means a lot. I wrote the post last night but didn't publish it until this morning as I wasn't sure if I wanted to give away that much. When I read it back I realised I left out a whole lot more that I actually put in. I'll save that for another day! x<br /><br />Fraught Mummy, thank you. I could write about him all day. x<br /><br />Victoria, yes, age is a strange thing. I hope I'm always young at heart.<br /><br />Then There Were Three, thank you. I think I'm beginning to realise that you don't have to grow up. I feel more comfortable in my own skin as I get older and I'm happy with that. Yes, if you get a minute(!), you should definitely have a go at the writing workshop x<br /><br />Gaelikaa, I try to keep one step ahead of it!sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004801243819162845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-27822295957165897612009-10-28T13:04:40.758+00:002009-10-28T13:04:40.758+00:00It happens to us all sooner or later.It happens to us all sooner or later.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977676093756206414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-11433840022399899732009-10-28T12:48:49.426+00:002009-10-28T12:48:49.426+00:00And i think i must get involved in this writing wo...And i think i must get involved in this writing workshop ..... xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-86954551754355490892009-10-28T12:48:21.789+00:002009-10-28T12:48:21.789+00:00I love this post ... i wonder when i will grow up?...I love this post ... i wonder when i will grow up? xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-26375404199393004662009-10-28T10:55:36.763+00:002009-10-28T10:55:36.763+00:00I suspect that you never really feel grown up do y...I suspect that you never really feel grown up do you? As a child, I used to secretly giggle when an old lady I knew used to say she still felt like an 18 year old. Now I realise she was telling the truth.Victoriahttp://itsasmallworldafterallfamily.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-8845532862261986122009-10-28T10:25:08.167+00:002009-10-28T10:25:08.167+00:00I love this post, especially the part about your D...I love this post, especially the part about your Dad. xDorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-55772274067820070432009-10-28T10:16:30.738+00:002009-10-28T10:16:30.738+00:00Oh this is my most favourite post of yours I have ...Oh this is my most favourite post of yours I have ever read!<br /><br />I have so enjoyed getting to know you better through this - loads of stuff I didn't know!<br /><br />Love reading about people's journeys and stories - and yours is very special.<br /><br />xxxJosiehttp://sleepisfortheweak.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-59357591813387152522009-10-28T09:25:43.237+00:002009-10-28T09:25:43.237+00:00Firstly....I love this post.
Secondly....if you re...Firstly....I love this post.<br />Secondly....if you really want to know, although I've always felt 'too young' to deal with grown up things ( had son at 21) recently I had an epiphany and have come to recognise that having been with my husband since I was 17 I have NEVER had a chance to grow up. I've never had to fend for myself etc....in fact I was going to post about this one day, when I feel strong enough. I love that you have and continue to 'discover' surely that's what life is about. I don't think anyone will ever feel grown up enough to deal with our babies, whatever their age, being hurt in some way.Chic Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803588856685163353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629523777912990939.post-48199634355027489752009-10-28T09:18:20.885+00:002009-10-28T09:18:20.885+00:00Gosh you sound like me.
I have decided the best w...Gosh you sound like me.<br /><br />I have decided the best way to bring up kids is not to be grown up!<br /><br />I am lying on the floor having a tantrum as I type.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903753053467559624noreply@blogger.com