Posted by Katey on March 14, 2002, at 10:26:43
In reply to Re: warning....teenage whinings, posted by mair on March 13, 2002, at 14:48:08
> Katey
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> Is this one of those worthless long weekend breaks or is the weekend just the start of a week off? If the latter, are your parents wanting to drag you off for the whole time? How much of this conflict, if any, maybe stems from your parents' possible reluctance to send you off on your own to a college campus?
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> I don't think the not wanting to babysit part is selfishness on your part if that really is to be your role.
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> Mair
My spring break goes the whole week, and they only want to go for three days, but its an 8hr car trip up and back, which tends to drive me crazy. my role was defined as 'we need someone to chase Jack' (my nephew). a lot of my bitterness towards this aspect comes from the fact that i'm being drafted simply because i live here. i know that they would never ask my brother (who lives in des moines) to take off work and meet them up there to watch Jack. thats their main interest at this point. any reluctance beyond that stems from 'its not you that we dont trust, its just the rest of the world'. Mair, don't you ever get tired of listening to me whine? with teenagers of your own, i'm sure you must hear it constantly. I appreciate it though.Katey
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