i guess i am kind of braggy about my kids on this board. but not in public or to people i dont know well. I’m always afraid that they have problems with their own kids, or no kids, and somehow my saying something too good about my kids or my relationship with them will be painful for them to hear.
like if someone is having trouble with their teens, i dont want to be saying, damn, my teens love hanging out with me. we have a blast whatever we do. they think im hilarious and they have no behvioral or emotional problems. they seem fine to me! plus theyre justa pleasure to live tih and are doing great in school
doesnt that seem kind of off?
better to just tell a funny, nonconclusory illustrative story about our life together that doesnt necessarily make me look great but that demonstrates some connection in our relationship…
like, i went to pick up my kid from SDSU a week or so ago. I drove down there in silence to get him. When he got in the car, he was just talking nonstop about every little thing going on in his life, just so excited about every class and workshop and grade and all the funny people he’s meeting and the professors. So fun to sit there driving home in the dark and just listen to it all come out in a nonstop stream of energy from his youthful self…
