tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post1802355692065175026..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Why Mothers Embarrass Their SonsJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-34857358736617600812009-04-20T22:44:00.000-04:002009-04-20T22:44:00.000-04:00And their evil moments make their sweet ones even ...And their evil moments make their sweet ones even sweeter by contrast. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-5796109786190851792009-04-20T19:56:00.000-04:002009-04-20T19:56:00.000-04:00Teenagers are utterly at the mercy of their hormon...Teenagers are utterly at the mercy of their hormones. As obnoxious as they can be, they're also rather pathetic because they often seem to have no control over their own emotions and reactions. Maybe someday science will perfect a pill that will cure adolescence. Until then, the world is stuck with all these volatile young creatures.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65251689100467670112009-04-20T16:17:00.000-04:002009-04-20T16:17:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jess! I had a colleague who was afraid to...Thanks, Jess! I had a colleague who was afraid to look at his daughter because he said no matter what expression he had on his face it somehow seemed insulting, and she'd burst into tears.<br /><br />And in regard to Prom--I have a long involved story about mine that I won't tell here, but suffice it to say that my behavior would make your niece's look stoic, and at the end of my frenzy I got a Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-994469981343331562009-04-20T16:04:00.000-04:002009-04-20T16:04:00.000-04:00Oy, Julia, your life is a mirror of mine, both gro...Oy, Julia, your life is a mirror of mine, both growing up and now, raising my own children. This past weekend, I had my nieces over because my sister had a meeting she couldn't cancel. My oldest niece had prom night on Saturday, and while getting ready, she suddenly burst into tears. For no reason. It made me think of all the crazy, inexplicable things I did growing up, like telling my dad I Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-4936604947403238722009-04-20T15:39:00.000-04:002009-04-20T15:39:00.000-04:00Funny, Liz--I guess mothers and children both have...Funny, Liz--I guess mothers and children both have moments that are simply frozen in time for them. My mom always enjoyed my humorous moments, and likes to recount them still.<br /><br />At Easter I told her a story that made her laugh, and she wanted me to go across the street with her and tell it to her neighbor. I managed to wiggle out of that one. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-72156260047802075862009-04-20T14:46:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:46:00.000-04:00One of my sayings for many years (since my son's t...One of my sayings for many years (since my son's teens, in fact) has been, "You're never too old to embarrass your children." On the other hand, some mothers never get too old to remember--and recount in public--their children's embarrassing moments. I could have lived without the fifty-year-old anecdotes about my juvenile behavior.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-16504850959097283132009-04-20T07:23:00.000-04:002009-04-20T07:23:00.000-04:00No--but like all good mothers, she has provided li...No--but like all good mothers, she has provided little gifts of love for me throughout her life. She will probably be mortifed that I told that story. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-818607979324371512009-04-20T06:54:00.000-04:002009-04-20T06:54:00.000-04:00As I was reading I was hoping you would reveal tha...As I was reading I was hoping you would reveal that your mother had written something like "love" in the dust.Paul Lambhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com