Who's Changed Most/Least?
Carol and I had a chance to go to Houston this weekend, where we went to a small dinner party with several old friends, including Lark and Delene. It was really a great time. I got to thinking afterwards that if I could run into the Lark from last night and the Lark from high school in some kind of time warp, it would be pretty hard to tell them apart. I can't think of anyone else like this, except maybe Michele, although I've not seen a lot of you in some time. Of the folks you've seen lately, who do you think has changed the most and/or least?
posted by R @ 5:40 PM
4 Comments:
At 8:44 AM,
Unknown said…
I agree about Lark and Michele, and I think that I should recognize everyone that I have met recently. Well, everyone except myself, especially now that my habit is, every morning before shower, to trim the entire surface of my head, face, and neck with setting number seven on my beard trimmer.
At 6:37 PM,
jmeriwether said…
This is a really interesting topic. I feel like I haven’t seen anyone in ages, so it is hard to respond about others. What about me? In many ways I am the same. I have a hard time staying up late and I hate cigarette smoke. I’d much rather see a person and chat than stay stuck to a phone, and I still don’t wear makeup. In so many ways I am different. I think motherhood did it. Clare is very scheduled and deviation from Clare-centered routine makes me nervous. The idea of going to Southeast Asia and backpacking around with her with very little planned ahead seems ludicrous. I don’t like taking risks. I feel more judgmental and inflexible. It’s tiresome, really. Sometimes I feel like I’m tiresome. Patrick and I have about three weeks vacation to burn in June and we’re having a hard time getting excited about toting her around. There is plenty I’d like to do if I didn’t have her to deal with. So, have I really changed, or is it just my life that’s changed?
At 7:11 AM,
Unknown said…
There is no doubt that having kids radically changes one's outlook on things. In fact, having more kids changes one's outlook even more. :^)
My approach to vacation, for example, is completely different, now that I have six children, than it was when I had, say, only two. There is really no chance of our ever doing a Disney World trip, or even flying anywhere. Instead, about once a year (in the summer) we pack everyone up into our giant van and drive off to meet extended family at some rented cabin (in South Dakota, on the Gulf Coast, etc.) for a week or so.
Of course, well organizing and well executing such an endeavor would be much less likely if it were not for my wife. There really are differences between men and women, and the relative strengths tend, I suspect, to shine more clearly in the context of a larger family.
At 12:15 PM,
Michelle said…
I agree with Michele about the second child. It really balanced our chaos and mellowed us out. Our kids have traveled everywhere with us also, not quiet as exotic as yours Michele, but never the less they travel great.
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