Comments on: Play Dating http://mothersofbrothers.com/play-dating/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geoffo http://mothersofbrothers.com/play-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2352 Geoffo Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:23:52 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=265#comment-2352 The girls and I give our blessing. And perhaps sometime we can arrange une Famille a Trois. (That's not weird, right?) Signed, The Other Family The girls and I give our blessing. And perhaps sometime we can arrange une Famille a Trois. (That’s not weird, right?)

Signed,

The Other Family

]]> By: Zip n Tizzy http://mothersofbrothers.com/play-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Zip n Tizzy Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:40:54 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=265#comment-2340 It's a rare gem to find those couples where everyone just gels. Even harder than Stephanie's concern, is when the couple ends up breaking up. Yikes. (That happened to us pre-kids... hasn't happened yet with the post kids crowd.) Just read your Babble article on sibling rivalry which was very well written. Our boys actually are best friends, but like you said, I think it's fairly unusual. They have very different, yet complimentary personalities, which keeps them from being so competitive. When I was pregnant, however, and we found out we were having a second boy and they'd be 21 months apart, everyone told me to watch out. In talking with parents of siblings and to people who grew up with sibs, it seems that the general experience is more like yours. Their kids appreciated the experience and each other once grown. I hold my breath that my boys will continue to be close. I'm afraid that their differences may some day draw them apart. It’s a rare gem to find those couples where everyone just gels. Even harder than Stephanie’s concern, is when the couple ends up breaking up. Yikes.

(That happened to us pre-kids… hasn’t happened yet with the post kids crowd.)

Just read your Babble article on sibling rivalry which was very well written. Our boys actually are best friends, but like you said, I think it’s fairly unusual. They have very different, yet complimentary personalities, which keeps them from being so competitive. When I was pregnant, however, and we found out we were having a second boy and they’d be 21 months apart, everyone told me to watch out. In talking with parents of siblings and to people who grew up with sibs, it seems that the general experience is more like yours. Their kids appreciated the experience and each other once grown.
I hold my breath that my boys will continue to be close. I’m afraid that their differences may some day draw them apart.

]]> By: admin http://mothersofbrothers.com/play-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2337 admin Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:13:29 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=265#comment-2337 Stephanie - In response to your question, this is one of my all time favorite articles - check it out: http://www.babble.com/bad-parent-i-love-you-hate-your-kid-humor-essay-parenting-guilt-playdates-madeline-holler/ Stephanie -

In response to your question, this is one of my all time favorite articles – check it out:

http://www.babble.com/bad-parent-i-love-you-hate-your-kid-humor-essay-parenting-guilt-playdates-madeline-holler/

]]> By: stephanie http://mothersofbrothers.com/play-dating/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 stephanie Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:48:15 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=265#comment-2330 Now I have a name for what we've been doing! But, you forgot one thing, what if you find out you like the parents but their kid who you initially thought was great, really isn't? Can you like the parents better than the kid?? Now I have a name for what we’ve been doing! But, you forgot one thing, what if you find out you like the parents but their kid who you initially thought was great, really isn’t? Can you like the parents better than the kid??

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