SO I am bored to tears, ask me anything

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Do you groom your pubic area?

[2boys2danes]

Do you think/expect your boys to come back home after college and live near you or with you?

[meggers5]

What do you think of me?















Kidding.
I know how much you love your boys, and how much you hate your mother in law. Do you think there are women out there good enough for your sons?

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I'm interested to know about your career. How long have you been solo? Were you at a firm before that, and was it small, large, etc? Do you focus on a particular practice area?

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What kind of law do you practice?

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May 31, 2013 21:48:04 GMT -5 @godawgs said:

I'm interested to know about your career. How long have you been solo? Were you at a firm before that, and was it small, large, etc? Do you focus on a particular practice area?

Jinx

[2boys2danes]

May 31, 2013 21:49:13 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 21:45:10 GMT -5 2boys2danes said:

Do you think/expect your boys to come back home after college and live near you or with you?

  No, I don't. They are not going to study anything that has any application where we live. 

What are they going to study??  We are hoping to retire/move when the boys go to college so I'm curious about if they will move where we are after college or what.......guess we'll see in 10 years !

[meggers5]

May 31, 2013 21:50:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 21:47:27 GMT -5 meggers5 said:

What do you think of me?















Kidding.
I know how much you love your boys, and how much you hate your mother in law. Do you think there are women out there good enough for your sons?

   I worry daily about you. lol JUST KIDDING. 

No, there's not a woman alive out there who is good enough for either of my kids. 

Will you be especially sure that you don't let them know that, since your MIL sucks so hard?

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If you were to stop being an attorney, what would you want to do? How often do you fantasize about this?

[margotmacomber]

What is your best advice to a new parent?  I love your parenting advice, although I'm three years in.

[daisycat]

What kind of construction law? Defect? Contract? Something else?

In your solo practice, how many hours do you average? Did you always want to go solo, or did it just happen?

[anlo]

I'm an insecure AW, so all I ever want to know in AMAs is if you know who I am. lol

What is your favorite movie?
Have you ever had sex in a public bathroom?
What's the craziest place you've ever had sex?
How on earth have you survived your MIL all these years, and can you write a self help book so I can learn from you?

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If one of your sons came out to you, how would you react?

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What is the protocol for thenotnand buzz scenario below?

Did I handle this correctly? The other morning when Rocco came out to the breakfast table he was all crestfallen about his breakfast and said to me, "this is not special" ( I have no idea what he was expecting for breakfast but evidently it was not scrambled eggs and sausage!). I got so pissed and I told him that he really hurt my feelings and that the only thing he should be telling me is, "thanks for breakfast, mommy. This looks delicious!" He was really sad about getting scolded which of course triggered the damn mom guilt blahblahblah. He will be 4 in a couple of months. Was I too harsh? I used my pretty stern mom voice for the scolding. Lol.

[daisycat]

May 31, 2013 22:01:34 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 21:57:44 GMT -5 daisycat said:

What kind of construction law? Defect? Contract? Something else?

In your solo practice, how many hours do you average? Did you always want to go solo, or did it just happen?

  I've done breach of contract; also defect in design/construction/contract management. I love it. 

I work about 30 hours a week when I'm not in trial mode, which is about half the time. I DID want to have my own practice, always, and kind of fell into a really nice situation with an older attorney who has shared clients, time, help, advice; it could not have been a better situation for me to learn how to do it. 

I actually do construction defect too - that's why I was curious. 

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I love you suesue. I know I shouldn't feel bad. He WILL be civilized!

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You love your sons so very much. It's so wonderful.

Can you think of anything they could do to disappoint you?

I am a constant disappointment to my parents, so it really fills me with joy when I hear so much praise and genuine admiration for your children from you.

This goes for other mothers on this board, too.  It is so amazing and fantastic to me.

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[ErinExpat]

Aw, Miso. Hugs.

Sue Sue, what's a meal that you cook really well, or a meal that is your go-to to serve to company?

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May 31, 2013 22:24:01 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 22:18:32 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

You love your sons so very much. It's so wonderful.

Can you think of anything they could do to disappoint you?

I am a constant disappointment to my parents, so it really fills me with joy when I hear so much praise and genuine admiration for your children from you and other mothers on this board.

   Thanks, miso. They really are fine kids. I grew up with not a lot of love or support, after my mom passed away, and I just thought when I had kids that I would be the place they could always call home. Always. And it's amazing how much courage that gives a kid when he's leaving; which they are, slowly and surely.  When they were little, I noticed that they'd play in the yard and wander away from me for a while, then come back and touch me; then wander farther and longer, and come back and touch base, then wander and wander, and touch base again. They do this the same way, except with experiences and life. One of these days, they'll touch base and not come back, not for real; just to visit. 
 
  Disappointed? Probably, there are some things. Drugs, cruelty, unkindness, stupidity. Crime. Those things are all possible, hopefully not likely. 

Man, fuck you.  You made me cry.  LOL.  (heart)

[pixelpassion]

What is your biggest pet peeve?

[pixelpassion]

May 31, 2013 22:53:42 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 22:43:57 GMT -5 pixelpassion said:

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Right this second? People who 're-nig' on their promise to come to a party they BADGERED me into having, the night before the fucking party. Like what JUST HAPPENED. 

Dh's cousin wanted to have a party on memorial day (but she wanted us to have it); we said well, we could not have one on Monday, but we WERE planning on doing something Saturday (tomorrow), because it's ds1's bday, so how about then? She's all OK, GREAT, she's going to bring X, Y and Z food. I said GREAT; MIL and FIL are bringing A, B and C. 

So about ten minutes ago, dh gets a text saying how sorry she is but they have to 're-nig' on their promise to come. 

So dh says WTF? and says fine, we'll cancel and reschedule for when you CAN come. (It was going to be her, her dh, MIL, and FIL). 

Ugh, that sucks!

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Renege.

[sugarbear]

What would you choose as your last meal?

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If you had to pick 2 women on HERE for your sons (assuming age and prior marital status were not issues) whom would you choose for each son, and why?

[sugarbear]

May 31, 2013 23:02:35 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 23:01:37 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

What would you choose as your last meal?

Steak. A really, really nice steak. and some good strawberries and cream. 

Have you ever mixed brown sugar and sour cream and put it over strawberries? My grandmother did this and it's my favorite non-chocolate dessert.

how did growing up without a mom affect your own parenting? I'm kind of struggling with this and thinking I need to seek some outside help.

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What advice do you have for us younger ones?

[latte]

How young were you when your mom passed away?

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Or would you stay where you are?

Would you rather host a party or be a guest?

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May 31, 2013 23:15:04 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

May 31, 2013 23:05:24 GMT -5 elle said:

If you had to pick 2 women on HERE for your sons (assuming age and prior marital status were not issues) whom would you choose for each son, and why?

  Not going there, lol They are very, very young. 

  I want them to find funny, cheerful, hardworking girls who don't put up with a lot of shit. 

Is there a particular type of girl that you don't want them to marry?

And your oldest could be in engaged in 3 years! Now don't shoot me. But it's possible for a respectable, mature person to do it.