Birthday day

[elisi]

So, today is Miss M's 18th birthday.

(Yes, I know.)

We've had a lovely day, she got a new phone (very shiny etc, she was very pleased), although her favourite presents were Satre's Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology and Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present.

Have I mentioned that she wants to study philosophy (preferably at Cambridge)?

Anyway, we went to York for the day and wandered about and had chip butties for lunch and mourned the fact that Christmas Angels is gone (it was the BEST SHOP).

But overall, very nice.

Went home, had some quick pizzas and then had the family descend (family includes a 3 year old, two 4 year olds and a 7 year old, so it was... lively). Had cake etc and are now relaxing.

I should probably do some sort of reflection, but - she's just a good girl. We're lucky. Or maybe being fairly relaxed and trusting that the kids are alright works out well when it comes to parenting. Couldn't be more proud, of course.

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Re: Thy humble phantom lurker

[(Anonymous)]

The girls are 18, 15 and 11. And the two older ones are definitely delightful & interesting & worth spending time with and talking to. We have very animated dinner table discussions about politics or philosophy or art or whatever happens to be interesting us at the time. (We are *such* bohemians in that sense.)
You sound like a very interesting family!

luckweaver is about your age, and I've known her for years. Don't sweat it. (Imagine how old *I* feel... /o\)
Oh, I didn’t mean to make *you* feel old! It’s just…I felt weirdly young. I mean, when you just type what you want to say and always only see a screen, you sometimes get this strange impression that *everyone* on the internet is the same age as you are!

Re: Thy humble phantom lurker

[elisi]

You sound like a very interesting family!
Oh we are! :)

I mean, when you just type what you want to say and always only see a screen, you sometimes get this strange impression that *everyone* on the internet is the same age as you are!
Yes, I think we all do that. But then we are, mostly, meeting because of shared interests, and thus age often matters little.