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'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?
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?
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 !
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).