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In a message dated 10/31/2003 1:08:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Someone without kids is going to withhold movies from a kid until said kid
can read all of Tolkien?! I've only known one human in person who could read
Tolkien before she could drive a car.

People fantasize the darndest child-rearing things!
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My best friend and I had babies almost simultaneously (her son is four days
younger than mine). When they were little...well under two... we all went out
to lunch at a nice-ish restaurant with a couple who were good friends of ours.
They had recently married and had no children. Except for us, the restuarant
was mostly empty.

The boys were basically fine, but little. They giggled and occasionally
yelped and did other baby stuff. Melissa said something about how she hoped they
weren't bothering our friends, and that's just how babies are. And Nancy smiled
and said something about how her kids wouldn't be. Pablo agreed.

We both found it so hilarious and naive that we weren't offended. We just all
thought, "Wait."

Let's just say that her children can be a bit...challenging.

Kathryn


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