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BlackberryAddict is offline BlackberryAddict Post #1  January 12,2009, 5:47pm
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There's been a lot of posts leaning toward "I had this planned for my life and instead..."


I always said, from the time I was 15yo, that I would have 6 children, 5yrs apart. And just always assumed I'd be married one time.
Needless to say, I don't have 6 children, and I've been married more than once.


I still hope to have more children, and if not will continue to work with children and possibly adopt since I've already been through all the 'paperwork/classes' stages. I don't know that I want to ever get married again though.


So what's your story?
 
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peg099 is offline peg099 Post #2  January 12,2009, 5:48pm
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What's up with using proper grammar in the title of ths post? Isn't that against internet etiquette?
 
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yeoww is offline yeoww Post #3  January 12,2009, 5:57pm
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6 children in 5 years?? That's quite a goal!


My story...all I can say is, who'd'athunk - that I'd be where I am today. I never intended to do anything my parents did...I was going to write the Great American Novel and live off the land with my long-haired boyfriend. Unfortunately my writing skills aren't exceptional, I like my creature comforts and I found out that I'm just not Mother Earth material :-) So here I am - divorced with two kids I had in my 40s, working in the finance/budget/accounting field. We never know where life will take us, it's true.
 
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BobinFla is offline BobinFla Post #4  January 12,2009, 6:31pm
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The only plans I make are ones that is subject to be changed. It has been for some time I have been able to make some plans because I have been divorced for over 23 years, but I will not make any drop dead plans on the way my life is going to be, I deal with each situation as it comes, I am not going to have any pre-conceived ideas so that I will be able to do the right thing. It would help us all, if we lived life as it came, do what is right, be where we can feel good about ourselves. Do we have to be in the rat race to only enjoy a part of life?
 
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I used to dance ballet, tap, and modern and I considered continuing this in school, but I decided pursue my other academic interests and simply dance for fun.


I don't have any regrets, but every once in a while, I do consider going for an MFA in Dance.


I also planned to live out of the country for a few years, but the US Dollar became a bit weaker and I decided to stay at home in the US. There is a chance I may do one or both of these things in the future.
 
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peg099 is offline peg099 Post #6  January 12,2009, 7:07pm
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When I was 22, my life plan was to do my Master's, get married at 25, get myPhD, have two kids, one when I was 29, the second when I was 31, and then to work part-time so I would still have time and energyto spend with my kids.


Well, I did get married at 25.... to the wrong guy. And then health problems intefered with the Master's and everything else.


Sigh.
 
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Never much of a person for a "plan". Just go where life takes ya. My life has been way to hectic for a "schedule". Just have fun, s c r e w all that other stuff.
 
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BlackberryAddict, wrote :

There's been a lot of posts leaning toward "I had this planned for my life and instead..."


I always said, from the time I was 15yo, that I would have 6 children, 5yrs apart. And just always assumed I'd be married one time.
Needless to say, I don't have 6 children, and I've been married more than once.


I still hope to have more children, and if not will continue to work with children and possibly adopt since I've already been through all the 'paperwork/classes' stages. I don't know that I want to ever get married again though.


So what's your story?
If you want to make God laugh . . . tell him your plans . . . and yeah, btw, proper English is frowned upon here.
 
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BlackberryAddict, wrote :

There's been a lot of posts leaning toward "I had this planned for my life and instead..."


I always said, from the time I was 15yo, that I would have 6 children, 5yrs apart. And just always assumed I'd be married one time.
Needless to say, I don't have 6 children, and I've been married more than once.


I still hope to have more children, and if not will continue to work with children and possibly adopt since I've already been through all the 'paperwork/classes' stages. I don't know that I want to ever get married again though.


So what's your story?
If you want to make God laugh . . . tell him your plans . . . and yeah, btw, proper English is frowned upon here.
 
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BlackberryAddict, wrote :

There's been a lot of posts leaning toward "I had this planned for my life and instead..."


I always said, from the time I was 15yo, that I would have 6 children, 5yrs apart. And just always assumed I'd be married one time.
Needless to say, I don't have 6 children, and I've been married more than once.


I still hope to have more children, and if not will continue to work with children and possibly adopt since I've already been through all the 'paperwork/classes' stages. I don't know that I want to ever get married again though.


So what's your story?
If you want to make God laugh . . . tell him your plans . . . and yeah, btw, proper English is frowned upon here.
 
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