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Re: My Mom asked "What are you going to do with your life?"
« Reply #50 on: April 01, 2016, 03:51:07 PM »
Me, I'll likely be puttering around the veggie garden, going to the gym, going on bike rides, doing road trips, low-key stuff.

Sounds awesome. I won't be doing the road trips as I have kids at school but the rest of it I'm right there with you.

Thing is it's likely my mom will be living with us, so she'll be right there seeing all this. Yeah, she'll be in her late 80s, and I know she'll be feeling some gratitude about being able to live with family, but she's a critical, opinionated gal, and I can imagine what she'll think. I feel a little ashamed of my lack of ambition compared to her and dad.

This is a tough situation. If she complains tell her that she can go and live elsewhere.

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Re: My Mom asked "What are you going to do with your life?"
« Reply #51 on: April 02, 2016, 12:53:38 AM »
My mom said,

"Turning 80 didn't make me feel old, but having a son who's retired...THAT made me feel old."

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Re: My Mom asked "What are you going to do with your life?"
« Reply #52 on: April 06, 2016, 12:09:57 AM »
I already did all the stuff that was expected from me. Now it's time to explore the rest! *curtain*

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Re: My Mom asked "What are you going to do with your life?"
« Reply #53 on: April 06, 2016, 02:02:33 PM »
Did you start singing...

We're not gonna take it
No, we ain't gonna take it
We're not gonna take it anymore
We've got the right to choose and
There ain't no way we'll lose it
This is our life, this is our song
We'll fight the powers that be just
Don't pick our destiny 'cause
You don't know us, you don't belong...

Right band. Wrong song.

I wanna rock. ROCK!

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Re: My Mom asked "What are you going to do with your life?"
« Reply #54 on: April 08, 2016, 09:56:11 AM »
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Little do they know, I plan to have a ten year maternity leave at the very least ;)

Thats totally the easiest transition IMO. " Just taking time out to enjoy the baby, toddler preschooler etc…they grow up so fast." Seems to be widely accepted if you are a mum, a little harder to do if you are a dad, but stay at home dads are definitely  gaining acceptance.

When my daughter was a preschooler, my neighbor (who had two kids in high school at the time) said she thought the most important time to be home in the afternoon was when your kids were teenagers. So you can just keep that trend going!

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Re: My Mom asked "What are you going to do with your life?"
« Reply #55 on: April 11, 2016, 11:22:33 AM »
Love that line ;-)  The first time I felt old was when we hired someone with an advanced degree who was born the year I started University.  And I was just a young sprout myself at the time.

My mom said,

"Turning 80 didn't make me feel old, but having a son who's retired...THAT made me feel old."