tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534903.post5271139380798479175..comments2024-03-03T04:08:57.512-06:00Comments on Learning through Living: Fish out of waterStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652491287049439814noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534903.post-47852851686607663652008-05-28T10:16:00.000-05:002008-05-28T10:16:00.000-05:00I totally feel ya. I was just commenting elsewhere...I totally feel ya. <BR/>I was just commenting elsewhere on the whole souther culture thing - I think it was at that blog link I sent you - about the guy that came to meet us about taking Kendra out - he used ma'am and sir in all the right places and turned out to be a slime-ball. <BR/><BR/>Anyway - women are hard - and we are hard on each other. It is exhausting to be around certain people. It is very frustrating to have to be on your guard all the time. In the past I have accepted company that I did not prefer to being alone - and boy is that changing. <BR/><BR/>I don't mind people having different parenting styles - I don't like it - but try to model a different way with my own kids. But when adults and kids behave badly - pretending all along to be the ones who are doing the right thing - ick. <BR/><BR/>Kendra had a similar game situation recently with a guy that she had been interested in - he acted like a big baby in a game because the group was not abiding by some specific rule. Everybody was like, "It's a game - there is some idea that this is supposed to be FUN!" Geesh. <BR/><BR/>Let's just start a commune.justjulshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05285871308477136822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534903.post-78726134361990537642008-05-28T09:01:00.000-05:002008-05-28T09:01:00.000-05:00I totally feel you. I've run into this so much in...I totally feel you. I've run into this so much in the years that I have lived here in IN. It is so difficult to truly have friends. The thing is my kids have more friends than I've ever had. The kids who come over here come here because they love it. They are free here.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08312416207958944255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534903.post-56497743741285221802008-05-27T21:38:00.000-05:002008-05-27T21:38:00.000-05:00Can I just yell a big fat "DITTO" to your whole po...Can I just yell a big fat "DITTO" to your whole post.<BR/><BR/>Ya.<BR/><BR/>Must've been the weekend for it, eh?piscesgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279344142538980436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534903.post-6083774667083254932008-05-27T15:10:00.000-05:002008-05-27T15:10:00.000-05:00I can relate Stephanie, really to the whole thing....I can relate Stephanie, really to the whole thing. Quite a few aspects of the southern culture was a big reason we returned to Yuma. Although living here clearly has its things too, I felt very choked by the expectations to conform by others, especially with having grown up there. I know very well how to play the role but by no means does that mean I want to.Grace Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09431409783036896408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32534903.post-69066589474223114022008-05-27T13:55:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:55:00.000-05:00I agree with you on the women thing. I was always...I agree with you on the women thing. I was always more apt to be hanging with the guys than the girls. I did have my fair share of women friends (more so when I was younger than now) but I always was happier when hanging with the guys. Not as much BS and fake stuff going on. <BR/><BR/>Evne now, I tend to hang with my dh and his friends if we are at a gathering, rather than going to look for women to commune with. <BR/><BR/>I had a funny older brother, I wonder if that has anything to do with it? I always just thought the guys were funnier, more laid back and easier to get along with.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10494831650370783065noreply@blogger.com