Activities Question - Response to Sharon
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Well, Sharon, lots of people want to match up with Shawn. He is now in his
second long term relationship. He vowed from an early age that he didn't
want to get married or have kids. He wants to be the "fun" uncle. He told
me that he saw what it took to be a good parent, putting the kids first, and
he has too much of his own life that he wants to concentrate on. I'm not
sure he'll outgrow that thinking. His last girlfriend wanted marriage, and
kids, but ------
He has never responded to the girls that send their #'s to his table, throw
their numbers into his car during traffic slow-downs, the ones that try to
pick him up in the grocery store, or such!!! He is truly an attractive
person, but luckily not only on the outside.
Connie
second long term relationship. He vowed from an early age that he didn't
want to get married or have kids. He wants to be the "fun" uncle. He told
me that he saw what it took to be a good parent, putting the kids first, and
he has too much of his own life that he wants to concentrate on. I'm not
sure he'll outgrow that thinking. His last girlfriend wanted marriage, and
kids, but ------
He has never responded to the girls that send their #'s to his table, throw
their numbers into his car during traffic slow-downs, the ones that try to
pick him up in the grocery store, or such!!! He is truly an attractive
person, but luckily not only on the outside.
Connie
> >>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>> From: Sharon Rudd <bearspawprint@...>
>> Subject: Activities Question
>>
>> If I had a daughter I would want to arrange a match.
>>
>> Sharon of the Swamp
>> ....................................
>> --- conniecolten@... wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am new to this list, and wanted to add my 2 cents
>> > to this question. My
>> > son, Shawn (aged 27), who learned at home except for
>> > kindergarten and then
>> > college, is a performer. He was a skateboarder from
>> > ages 8-14. When an
>> > injury sidelined him he taught himself to juggle,
>> > and took that to a
>> > performing stage when he discovered gymnastics. He
>> > was way too old to be
>> > starting(about 19), but loved it, and is still
>> > teaching it as one of his
>> > part-time jobs while he is in school.
>> >
>> > That took him into diving (springboard, and tower),
>> > which he is doing at
>> > college in PA right now. He will go to Nationals
>> > soon, and we'll see how he
>> > does. In the meantime he has done a little
>> > stuntwork in TV stuff, and had a
>> > small part in an African movie, plus modeled. He
>> > went to jr. college here in
>> > CA, and now is majoring in acting while on the dive
>> > team in PA.
>> >
>> > He got to PA because he was in a dive show at 6
>> > Flags in Houston, and met a
>> > dive coach that knew a coach etc.
>> >
>> > Did he ever take classes? NO-- not until he was old
>> > enough to drive himself,
>> > and pay for them thro exchange work. Maybe I was a
>> > lazy mom or maybe they
>> > don't need to start "classes" but can work at
>> > learning at their own pace.
>> >
>> > For instance - he learned the juggling with books
>> > and video, and then
>> > regularly went to Balboa Park to join a group that
>> > did street performing to
>> > practice and learn with them.
>> >
>> > I think he retained his natural enthusiam by not
>> > "having" to do anything. He
>> > could make the choices by being older and being in
>> > control.
>> >
>> > Connie Colten
>> >
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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Well, Sharon, lots of people want to match up with Shawn. He is now in his
second long term relationship. He vowed from an early age that he didn't
want to get married or have kids. He wants to be the "fun" uncle. He told
me that he saw what it took to be a good parent, putting the kids first, and
he has too much of his own life that he wants to concentrate on. I'm not
sure he'll outgrow that thinking. His last girlfriend wanted marriage, and
kids, but ------
He has never responded to the girls that send their #'s to his table, throw
their numbers into his car during traffic slow-downs, the ones that try to
pick him up in the grocery store, or such!!! He is truly an attractive
person, but luckily not only on the outside.
Connie
)
second long term relationship. He vowed from an early age that he didn't
want to get married or have kids. He wants to be the "fun" uncle. He told
me that he saw what it took to be a good parent, putting the kids first, and
he has too much of his own life that he wants to concentrate on. I'm not
sure he'll outgrow that thinking. His last girlfriend wanted marriage, and
kids, but ------
He has never responded to the girls that send their #'s to his table, throw
their numbers into his car during traffic slow-downs, the ones that try to
pick him up in the grocery store, or such!!! He is truly an attractive
person, but luckily not only on the outside.
Connie
)
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> >>
>> From: Sharon Rudd <bearspawprint@...>
>> Subject: Activities Question
>>
>> If I had a daughter I would want to arrange a match.
>>
>> Sharon of the Swamp
>> ....................................
>> --- conniecolten@... wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I am new to this list, and wanted to add my 2 cents
>> > to this question. My
>> > son, Shawn (aged 27), who learned at home except for
>> > kindergarten and then
>> > college, is a performer. He was a skateboarder from
>> > ages 8-14. When an
>> > injury sidelined him he taught himself to juggle,
>> > and took that to a
>> > performing stage when he discovered gymnastics. He
>> > was way too old to be
>> > starting(about 19), but loved it, and is still
>> > teaching it as one of his
>> > part-time jobs while he is in school.
>> >
>> > That took him into diving (springboard, and tower),
>> > which he is doing at
>> > college in PA right now. He will go to Nationals
>> > soon, and we'll see how he
>> > does. In the meantime he has done a little
>> > stuntwork in TV stuff, and had a
>> > small part in an African movie, plus modeled. He
>> > went to jr. college here in
>> > CA, and now is majoring in acting while on the dive
>> > team in PA.
>> >
>> > He got to PA because he was in a dive show at 6
>> > Flags in Houston, and met a
>> > dive coach that knew a coach etc.
>> >
>> > Did he ever take classes? NO-- not until he was old
>> > enough to drive himself,
>> > and pay for them thro exchange work. Maybe I was a
>> > lazy mom or maybe they
>> > don't need to start "classes" but can work at
>> > learning at their own pace.
>> >
>> > For instance - he learned the juggling with books
>> > and video, and then
>> > regularly went to Balboa Park to join a group that
>> > did street performing to
>> > practice and learn with them.
>> >
>> > I think he retained his natural enthusiam by not
>> > "having" to do anything. He
>> > could make the choices by being older and being in
>> > control.
>> >
>> > Connie Colten
>> >
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Sharon Rudd
He is
relationships. No grandbabies yet, though. The older
two say they don't want be parents now, maybe ever.
Sigh. Roy, 8, talks about when he is going to be a
Daddy...hopefully :) that is down the road a bit. The
youngest older DS hasn't decided on anything for the
rest of his life yet (except music). Everything is too
interesting to eliminate choices.
Are there more females in the general population, just
now? My boys had, and still have, those same
experiences....with girls and women. The phone#, etc.
As do the sons of some of the other parents, here. Or
maybe it just a dearth of niceness in general?
Do teen girls and young women have similar
experiences? Just wondering.
Sharon of the Swamp
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> truly an attractiveI have 3 adult sons....who are all in stable
> person, but luckily not only on the outside.
> Connie
relationships. No grandbabies yet, though. The older
two say they don't want be parents now, maybe ever.
Sigh. Roy, 8, talks about when he is going to be a
Daddy...hopefully :) that is down the road a bit. The
youngest older DS hasn't decided on anything for the
rest of his life yet (except music). Everything is too
interesting to eliminate choices.
Are there more females in the general population, just
now? My boys had, and still have, those same
experiences....with girls and women. The phone#, etc.
As do the sons of some of the other parents, here. Or
maybe it just a dearth of niceness in general?
Do teen girls and young women have similar
experiences? Just wondering.
Sharon of the Swamp
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