Oh, the average age of the eldest child OF your mom's graduating class from college is the AGE of your baby brother! Now I get it. You said, "The average age of the eldest child in her graduating class from college is my baby brother. And he's the fifth!" I was like, how can you have an average age of the eldest child in a class, and how can an average age be a baby brother? Sorry, I was confused. Now I get it.
--- In [email protected], "Hannah Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, to clarify: > > My baby brother was born in 1982, which was the point at whic most of the > people who graduated from college with my parents had their first child. > > On 8/18/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm sorry, this isn't clear. The average age of the eldest child in > > > > her graduating class from college is your baby brother? What does > > that mean? What is an average age of an eldest child? In whose > > graduating class from college? > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Hannah Robinson" > > <hjrobinson@> wrote: > > > > > > Oh yeah, she loves reminding us of that part. The average age of > > the eldest > > > child in her graduating class from college is my baby brother. And > > he's the > > > fifth! > > > > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > yes this is always the case. 50's is pretty young for a > > grandmother-- > > > > these days people don't often have kids until 30 or later so if > > > > you're in your 50's your kids are often in their 20's. Many > > people I > > > > know in their 50's have kids just finishing college. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com> > > <weingartenchatters% > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "Hannah Robinson" > > > > <hjrobinson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Actually, to be fair to my mom, that line requires a smoother > > > > delivery than > > > > > can be expressed in e-mail. It's more of a, "Please don't make > > me a > > > > > grandmother" > > > > > > > > > > Of course, the irony being that she's now in her fifties and > > she's > > > > whining > > > > > because she has four grown kids and no grandchildren. Clearly > > > > revenge is a > > > > > dish best served really really late. > > > > > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Well maybe NO sex talk is better than that. My parents didn't > > > > tell > > > > > > me not to have sex, they didn't tell me to be careful, they > > didn't > > > > > > tell me not to get pregnant, they didn't tell me to tell them > > if I > > > > > > did, how to prevent it, NOTHING. It was as though the concept > > > > didn't > > > > > > exist. Made me wonder whether it in fact did for them, then I > > > > > > remembered that my brother and I somehow managed to make it > > on to > > > > the > > > > > > scene, so they must have been aware of the concept. > > > > > > > > > > > > So how DO you make certain? Give them a miserable childhood? > > Or > > > > > > will that make them more likely as they look for an escape > > from > > > > the > > > > > > misery? > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com> > > <weingartenchatters% > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > <weingartenchatters% > > > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > > > > > > > "Hannah Robinson" > > > > > > > > > > > > <hjrobinson@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I believe that sex-ed in my family can be summed up as such: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "If you ever get pregnant, I'll kill you. Then I'll raise > > the > > > > baby > > > > > > while > > > > > > > you go to college." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had a pretty miserable adolescence (early and somewhat > > extreme > > > > > > > development, parental divorce) at an all-girls school, and > > then > > > > > > proceeded to > > > > > > > go that bastion of Social Normativity, the University of > > > > Chicago, > > > > > > so I know > > > > > > > exactly how to make certain my kids will never have teenage > > sex. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/18/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > FWIW, my parents NEVER talked to me about sex. To this > > day. > > > > > > I'm 39. > > > > > > > > Therefore, I didn't talk to them about it either. There > > was no > > > > > > one I > > > > > > > > was interested in in high school, so it wasn't really an > > issue > > > > > > until > > > > > > > > college when I was no longer living in my parents' house, > > but > > > > > > still. > > > > > > > > I guess they figured we got whatever needed in sex ed > > class, > > > > the > > > > > > last > > > > > > > > of which I think was maybe 8th grade? Maybe if I did have > > a > > > > > > > > boyfriend it would have come up, but my brother had a > > > > girlfriend, > > > > > > I > > > > > > > > think, and I still don't think it came up, at least not > > in my > > > > > > > > presence and not that he told me about. I decided > > > > independently > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > I didn't want to do it just to say I had done it if I > > wasn't > > > > in a > > > > > > > > relationship, and I really didn't like my high school > > > > classmates > > > > > > > > much, so it wasn't an issue. Maybe my parents were more > > > > concerned > > > > > > > > with my lack of friends than the possibility of having > > too- > > > > close > > > > > > > > friends. Who knows? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In > > [email protected] <weingartenchatters%40yahoogroups.com> > > <weingartenchatters% > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > <weingartenchatters% > > > > 40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > > <weingartenchatters% > > > > > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Daria Akers" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <daria.akers@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think that a huge part of having a daughter who > > respects > > > > > > herself > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > doesn't sleep around is having a father who is in her > > life > > > > and > > > > > > > > loves her. My > > > > > > > > > father's love was not unconditional and when I couldn't > > get > > > > it I > > > > > > > > wanted that > > > > > > > > > love and acceptance from any guy. The one thing I had > > that > > > > they > > > > > > > > wanted was, > > > > > > > > > well, we all know right. In the big picture I got > > lucky... I > > > > > > didn't > > > > > > > > get HIV, > > > > > > > > > I didn't get pregnant, I didn't get hepititus or general > > > > > > herpies... > > > > > > > > I did > > > > > > > > > however get an STD and am HPV +. I have had cryosurgery > > to > > > > > > remove > > > > > > > > > precancerous cells from my cervix (Some places are not > > > > meant to > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > frozen!!) > > > > > > > > > all because of bad decisions as a teenager. So I will > > talk > > > > with > > > > > > my > > > > > > > > daughter > > > > > > > > > openly about this... I am NOT again premarital sex... I > > am > > > > > > against > > > > > > > > > unprotected sex. I'm also huge into getting yourself > > off but > > > > > > that's > > > > > > > > another > > > > > > > > > story. > > > > > > > > > Also my church has an amzing sex ed program that my > > daughter > > > > > > will > > > > > > > > go to... > > > > > > > > > http://www.uua.org/owl/ > > > > > > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > > > > > > Daria > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
