Comments on: Riding in Cars with Boys http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/ 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: East Coast Surfer http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 East Coast Surfer Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:19:34 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1506 Thank you for not adding to your list of travel issues your husband's need to pack his surfboard on the off chance that he'd actually go surfing in November! Thank you for not adding to your list of travel issues your husband’s need to pack his surfboard on the off chance that he’d actually go surfing in November!

]]> By: jennifer http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 jennifer Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:48:27 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1499 Tracie, groan....such a true-to-life memory for those of us with kids or those of us who ever WERE kids, riding with siblings in the back of a car. Stop looking out my side! It's funny only if you're not in the car when the fight is going on. Another favorite involves critiquing the loudness of breathing by others. Tracie, groan….such a true-to-life memory for those of us with kids or those of us who ever WERE kids, riding with siblings in the back of a car. Stop looking out my side! It’s funny only if you’re not in the car when the fight is going on. Another favorite involves critiquing the loudness of breathing by others.

]]> By: Tracie in Tallahassee http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 Tracie in Tallahassee Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:11:33 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1495 You don't know how refreshing it is to hear that brothers find just as many entertaining and creative ways to annoy each other on road trips as sisters do - and that moms all along the eastern coast (maybe nationwide) handle these altercations in as productive a fashion as I do, way down here in Florida. Not quite as refreshing to hear that standing on one's head actually does produce the desired effect, since my usual threat is to skip down the middle of the interstate if they would just stop arguing and bickering for one minute!! So far I have chosen not to resort to it. You've been wise to stick to standing on your head and/or bending over backwards. Just for the record - my favorite road trip bickering moment came many years ago as we were driving through the Badlands (should have been an omen) and the arguing got so bad that I drew an imaginary line down the center of the mini-van bucket seats with my hand and told each sister not to allow so much as a molecule of ANY body part to cross that line into the other's territory. Several minutes of blissful peace followed, only to to interrupted by a wail of "Mommy! Make her stop LOOKING out my side!!!!" Hope you have a peaceful trip home! You don’t know how refreshing it is to hear that brothers find just as many entertaining and creative ways to annoy each other on road trips as sisters do – and that moms all along the eastern coast (maybe nationwide) handle these altercations in as productive a fashion as I do, way down here in Florida. Not quite as refreshing to hear that standing on one’s head actually does produce the desired effect, since my usual threat is to skip down the middle of the interstate if they would just stop arguing and bickering for one minute!! So far I have chosen not to resort to it. You’ve been wise to stick to standing on your head and/or bending over backwards.

Just for the record – my favorite road trip bickering moment came many years ago as we were driving through the Badlands (should have been an omen) and the arguing got so bad that I drew an imaginary line down the center of the mini-van bucket seats with my hand and told each sister not to allow so much as a molecule of ANY body part to cross that line into the other’s territory. Several minutes of blissful peace followed, only to to interrupted by a wail of “Mommy! Make her stop LOOKING out my side!!!!”

Hope you have a peaceful trip home!

]]> By: Mealnie Oldeman http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 Mealnie Oldeman Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:34:47 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1492 Hope you make it through Connecticut unscathed. In my experience, the Merritt is ALWAYS a crap shoot. Good luck and thanks for the smiles. Hope you make it through Connecticut unscathed. In my experience, the Merritt is ALWAYS a crap shoot. Good luck and thanks for the smiles.

]]> By: caryn berman http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 caryn berman Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:14:13 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1491 Happy Thanksgiving. I always seem to have a smile on my face after reading your blog! Happy Thanksgiving. I always seem to have a smile on my face after reading your blog!

]]> By: Ilicia http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Ilicia Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:30:56 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1489 Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving! We stay on this side of the Mason Dixon line :) Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving! We stay on this side of the Mason Dixon line :)

]]> By: lisa http://mothersofbrothers.com/riding-in-cars-with-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 lisa Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:47:11 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=181#comment-1488 Happy Thanksgiving Em! Missed going with you to the Turkey Trot at the Adams Mark Hotel....Enjoy the weekend, and good luck on the ride home. Happy Thanksgiving Em! Missed going with you to the Turkey Trot at the Adams Mark Hotel….Enjoy the weekend, and good luck on the ride home.

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