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Old 08-17-2014, 09:05 PM   #1
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Aden will be 18!

On Friday. 22nd of August. 2014! I can't believe my firstborn is now a grown man (in the eyes of the law anyway).

I think I'm supposed to feel old, and I suppose in a way I do, but I just can't help thinking that I'm not. I have to stay young for the babies I still have to bring up.

Anyway, we're taking him to the pub for dinner so he can buy his first beer over the bar. Yes, the legal age here is 18.

There may be photographs.
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Old 08-17-2014, 10:27 PM   #2
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You gave birth at 12.
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Old 08-18-2014, 12:18 AM   #3
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haha...no. I was 24 I think.
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Old 08-18-2014, 01:08 AM   #4
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Happy almost-birthday, Aden!
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Old 08-18-2014, 10:08 AM   #5
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Awwwww. 18 and the world at his feet
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Old 08-18-2014, 01:19 PM   #6
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haha...no. I was 24 I think.
Hmmm, I always thought you were much older than that
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Old 08-18-2014, 04:09 PM   #7
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...we're taking him to the pub for dinner so he can buy his first beer over the bar. Yes, the legal age here is 18.

There may be photographs.
Gotta have a pic of his first legal sip!

And we want to see it!

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Old 08-19-2014, 12:29 AM   #8
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Awwwww. 18 and the world at his feet
Yeah, sure. OK Aden, You're now officially a alcohol buying, voting, responsible adult.
Get your elbows off the table... is that a clean shirt... I hope you put on clean underwear... get a haircut... not in my house, you won't...
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Old 08-19-2014, 01:14 AM   #9
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haha...we've already had episodes of, "If you want to live here you'll live by my rules" type convos. Not in the screaming sense. Just in the sense that, now you're an adult, you're here by your choice not mine. Keep that in mind if you want to try being disrespectful. He has his moments, but mostly he's ok.
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Old 08-19-2014, 01:39 AM   #10
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Not in the screaming sense.
No screaming, in a lower than normal but steady voice, maybe through clenched teeth. Oh, and peering over the top of glasses, adds effect.
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Old 08-19-2014, 01:55 AM   #11
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haha...yeah ok. I will remember that.
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