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Old 12-18-2008, 04:04 PM   #1
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I used to find a whole lot of comfort in doing things a certain way. Then my children utterly broke me, and now I'm happy just to get things done at all.
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Old 12-18-2008, 04:44 PM   #2
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I used to find a whole lot of comfort in doing things a certain way.
Then my children utterly broke me, and now I'm happy just to get things done at all.
That sounds very familiar.
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Old 12-18-2008, 07:17 PM   #3
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I used to find a whole lot of comfort in doing things a certain way. Then my children utterly broke me...
The same thing happened to me, so now I spend my whole life teaching them 'the right way' to do things.
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Old 12-18-2008, 07:32 PM   #4
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I used to find a whole lot of comfort in doing things a certain way. Then my children utterly broke me, and now I'm happy just to get things done at all.
Welcome to parenthood.
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