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Cis: When my son’s were in their teens, I put the curse on them. I told them
I wished for them to 
have 5 sons like themselves, so they would know
what it was like to raise them. And that I felt sorry for their pending
wives, but if they were crazy enough to marry you guys, oh, well … and
when I got to meet each of the pending wives, I told them the same
story with the ending of … no refunds. 14 years later, as my
husband was getting roasted at his 50th birthday, something was said
about getting the boys back, of which my daughter in law Kathy yelled
aback … NOPE, MOM SAID NO REFUNDS, SO WE ARE STUCK WITH THEM … everyone
laughed. I have the greatest daughter in laws, far better than my son’s deserve. More here.
Question: Do you have any kids that have the same annoying characteristics as you when you were younger?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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Liz on March 14 at 5:43 p.m.
OMG yes!!! Not sayin’ which one, though or what the characteristics are. ‘Tis humbling to be sure….
Stickman on March 14 at 6:16 p.m.
Though I never knew my father, I am just like him.