is a childhood in a "chaotic acitive family " what we all aspire to?

[NorthernRockCod]

hast kidn of parahphrased from "brothers and sisters last week. a only child whose dad was married to another woman( Sally ann Field) and had 5 kdis( admittedly including calista flockahrt) in that family was ranitnng at her mum who was the blokes long term mistress, and said that she had denied her from a real family life of activity and bickering

had never htought htat to be desirable - just what happaned meslef....what do you think?

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god I hope so, my 3 are having the best childhood ever if so.

so the fgirl hwo said it was lef twiht the blonde droopy one off "thritysomethign" as a mum

Depends on the person I suppose. I don't like bickering - always thought bickering and arguing were overrated. Some people seem to love living life on an emotional rollercoster. No thanks.

blonde droppy one
OI PIGGY

dod oyu hear about ds3 getting lsot in town?

I saw your thread on Saturday. A friend of mine was in town and said that something was afoot - lots of police activity and stuff. I was able to tell her that a young child had gone missing but that all was well and that the child had been safely reunited with his parents. She keeps asking me how I knew the "inside story".

Whree is the account of your DS3 getting lost, Cod? i missed that...blimey.

ill find it
i am really upset abotu it now 3 days later nad i wasnt even there

t he thought of him walking along new canal...

It sounds horrible...but I can't find it as don't know what you were posting as on SAturday.

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I did aspire to providing a chaotic active family for my children, but rather failed to notice in advance how in such families the mother turns into a frazzled heap and while other "chaotic active" families have charmingly casual homes, ours is just one big pile of laundry.

ye si think the media image of a mum() rememeb that shirt open over t shirt look ) is different to the erality
i want a house where the paintwork ont he stiars is awlays hwite

I am thinking of repainting my hall and stairs a sludgy sort of colour

Oh good, yes. I do too. I also want us in a station wagon and me in checked shirt and sexy jeans looking sexy and flustered and all my children being grown-up and bringing home lovers for Thanksgiving and them bickering in a clever, fun way whilst playing charades with Alan Alder.

Can I have that?

oh no to ds3, I missed that.

There's such a fine line between the Sexy and Flustered look, and the Out of Control Screaming look, isn't there?

Yes, but if I'm in a station wagon I think I might be able to pull it off. I hope.

If you grow up in a really chaotic family, I think you spend your adulthood looking for peace and order. They can be very suffocating.

ditto 100x, ditto
only I will wear a 'sweater set' as I look shocking in check shirts

Borthers and sisters is such shite, non? And I say that as someone who watches it every week. All those endless phoney family dinners. And whingey women singers in background during significant moments.

Only good things are ROb Lowe (swoooon, I like him all grown up, never dug him as young man) and Sally Field's fab fab kitchen. I want a larder like that.

I would not want to grow up in family like that, everyone ringing each other up with their business, really claustrophic. No wonder Calista moved to LA.

rob lowe is uttlery divine dully
ye si ffwd throught he mums scenes
LOVE the army brother though altho i fear a girl from girls aloud has snaffled it

LOL at alan alder
god he is still sexy

here - is it hot in here?

i will wear golf wear

roi " rtesort casual" as they called it on dhs trip to bermuda - you mussed that gem 1o0times

Oh no, I caught the end of that trip didn't I? I missed the wardrobe bit, but I do remember being oddly fixated on the whiteness and eveness of your teeth.

Okay, sweater set, resort casual, and charming, stressed - yet oddly still enchanting - checked shirt in a station wagon.

Now what happens?

lol. I have never seen this programme. I might have to by the sounds of it.

lol @ fennel