This was a triumph
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The village
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 Grandparents are all different I suppose. Mine were very hands on. My mom had to move in with her parents with me and my brother (me 5 him 2.5) when my father left us. No questions asked. They took us whenever my mom wanted. I always wanted to go there. When we moved within walking distance I was constantly walking over there. Even walked to their house on Mondays after school in middle school, had dinner with them, and walked home right after. I didn't beg to sleep over friends houses, I begged to stay with them. All my happiest childhood memories involve them. They were never just grandparents, they were like a second set of parents. They helped raise us. If I had kids and they were still alive they'd be the same with their great-grandkids, too. And my mother definitely would have been the same kind of grandmother as her mother was. My MIL, probably would have been the opposite.
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[Greta Garbage ]
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The village
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you can still love your kid and need time to yourself, too. It's actually quite healthy to have alone/adult time here and there. Doesn't mean you're a bad parent or you don't love your kid.
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[Greta Garbage]
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The village
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I don't mean to intrude, but what were the circumstances that lead you to be so far away from your family if your husband travels for work anyway?
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[Chris]
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The village
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 Even when I was living close to grandparents they were never active in terms of giving us breaks or date nights. It is a different set of grandparents then we had. I vow to be like the grandparents of old
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[*Forever Changing* ]
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The village
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I can appreciate exactly how you feel. My problem, however, is that one set of grandparents lives 4400km away and the other set lives 1000km away. I have very few people where I currently live, and two of those people are moving this summer. And, my husband is away for another 5 and a half months. I know if we were closer to either set of grandparents, they would help out whenever they could. I don't regret my kid, but there are days lately that I just want 24-48 hours where I'm not responsible for anyone or anything.
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[Scruddle]
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Gym rat?
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Tree tops is in David on Griffin between Pine Island and Palm. The one on Marina Mile is Secret Woods, which is also a great one.
Anne Kolb, the one over by the beach, is also pretty cool because sometimes they get rabbit infestations, which is the best kind of problem to have hahah
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[Chris]
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Gym rat?
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We like the small parks in Sunrise around our house and Volunteer Park by Sawgrass Mills. We used to go to Markham Park but haven't done those big ones in a long while. Isn't Tree Tops on Marina Mile BLVD?
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[Greta Garbage]
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Gym rat?
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I basically live at Tree Tops Park. I don't even mind that it takes like 20-25 minutes to get there.
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[Chris]
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Gym rat?
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I miss 24 Hr Fitness and when the school board insurance covered it for that ONE freaking year. I lived on the treadmill and stationary bike and used the pool a lot. Now I rather just walk parks or malls than go to a gym.
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[Greta Garbage]
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Physical Affection
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That's definitely understandable, but I think this has more to do with a criticism on the overall perception surrounding romanticizing/sexualizing otherwise non-sexual affection. You and I live during a time where these types of gestures are seen that way, so it would naturally be uncomfortable to express that kind of affection with someone you're not romantically/sexually interested in (though I'm definitely a man-hugger with everyone who's comfortable with it).
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[Chris ]
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