I guess I have 4 children
By arkaf61
@arkaf61 (10881)
Canada
June 30, 2008 11:03pm CST
WHen I thought I had only 2 and that those two were already becoming adults. But I guess I was wrong.
OK so I have my mom here now and as much as I love having her here, it is strange to see her acting like a child sometimes, tattle telling on the kids , not eating except for her favorite foods etc.
But today I noticed I have another child: Hubby LOL
Do you remember when your kids were small and would come to you to ask questions or needing something every time you were on the phone? Well that's hubby! LOL
He might be busy doing something or on the computer or anything else, but as soon as I am on the phone he always has something to ask, or something to tell me, or something he needs my help with. It's funny but a bit irritating at times, specially when the phone call is important.
Is your hubby your other child as well? LOL
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@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
1 Jul 08
you described the way i felt when i shifted back with my parents. i suddenly find two children on hand and have no idea how to handle them. i don't have any children so it's a headache learning how to cope with them. they'd call me when i'm in the middle of a meeting just to ask why couldn't they switch on the tv! it's both hilarious and irritating. my dad also has this habit of talking to me even though he can see i am on the phone. lol :p
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
LOL that sounds so much like my in laws or hubby's aunt. Sometimes they even call us because they need us to change a light bulb!!! LOL
But hubby interrupting me whenever I am on the phone takes the prize, he just reminds me of when my kids were 2 or 3 years old heheheheh
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@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
1 Jul 08
lol that's really interesting. guess what i read in an email sometime back is true. it's actually a comic depicting a person's life. it start from lying down completely helpless, to crawling, to trying to walk. then the toddler progresses to a teenage to an adult. from there the adult becomes a middle aged person. and the reverse happens. from walking upright to walking bent, from trying to walk to crawling. the final diagram shows the person lying down completely helpless. that's really true of both behaviour and physical semblance! ;p
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@Fishmomma (11658)
• United States
2 Jul 08
My husband does bug me when I'm on the telephone. I think he waits for me to get on the phone just to annoy me. Yesterday was worse than usual, as he knew I was working, but needed to ask me about a light bulb. I'm not tall enough to change the light bulb and he wanted to know if he should change it. I couldn't believe that he asked that stupid question.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
2 Jul 08
LOL that's exactly what mine does. He comes up with the silliest things that he has to tell me exactly when I am on the phone. THings that are obvious, or just things that could wait until I"m done. I guess your husband and mine might be some long lost twins LOL
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sort of..but most likely im his baby all the time..my mom acts differently too...like she is a teen-ager and the like..well i guess its what we are to be when we reach that stage
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
LOL I like to be his baby too but not when one of us is on the phone hehehehe WEll specially me, because when he is on the phone I don't interrupt him unless it's something serious :)
MY mom is actually good with the telephone thing. If I"m on the phone she waits until I"m finished to say something.
On the other hand she has been doing some childish things too, but as you say it is to be expected, I think, after all she's 86.
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@Angelwhispers (8978)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Oh heck yes! 28 years married to the same man and he has never grown up when it concerns me. I think that is true of all men... I see it in my adult boys and with thier own wives.... your mom on the other hand is just elderly, and we do tend to fall back into childish ways when we grow older... heck we deserve it.
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@drannhh (15219)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Oh, is that funny! Mine HATES it when I'm on the phone, and really I hate phones myself so I'm really not on very much, but he used to get so mad. It is OK if I'm making HIS calls, which he absolutely refuses to do himself, but if I'm on my own call he can be a most annoying pest. Uh, maybe that is one of the reasons I do almost all of my socializing by text messaging or e-mail or IM.
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@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
1 Jul 08
LOL so it's not only mine hehehehe A pity that I can't text message from my land line :)
Mine does his own phone calls but he gets upset if I interrupt him - on the other hand it seems to be ok if he interrupts me LOL
The thing is, like you I'm not much of a phone person, so it is not often that I am on the phone for more than a minute or two. Still it's in that exact time that he needs all the attention hehehehehehe
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@lanyoublue2008 (882)
• China
1 Jul 08
Yes, he always disturb me so much ,however, I loved him so much !Sometimes, I feel ,he is so cute person!
@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
23 Jul 08
There are days when my hubby can be my other child, and those day he drives me nuts!!!
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@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
4 Aug 08
Oh man!! Yes. My MIL lived here for awhile and let me tell you, I felt like I had 5 kids. I HAD 3, two young teens and an infant but it was compounded by MIL who was acting like a teen with her attitude. She didn't seem to get that *I* was the lady of the house and it was MY house lol, and the younger people were MY kids, not hers. My husband got used to the fact that he no longer had to cook, clean, do laundry, or pay attention to whining kids. He didn't notice that it was because *I* was doing it all. He asked me once if maybe I should let his mom do that stuff - I said no. After a lot of trouble and battles, she eventually moved and it has never been better. The oldest kid moved out in June - she will be 19 in a week. I now only have 2 kids at home and since the one is 17, soon it will only one. 
!! Then hubby and I can be kids again - well, responsible kids!
!! Then hubby and I can be kids again - well, responsible kids!
