Sunday, October 20, 2024

The Sunday Five: Parenthood


1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? 

2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? 

3: Do you have children? 

4: Do you enjoy having children around? 

5: How many siblings do you have? 

My answers: 

1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? 22 

2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? No, late in life my father said his greatest fear was that the kids would move back home after we left. 

3: Do you have children? No 

4: Do you enjoy having children around? If they are quiet, but I really don't understand them. 

5: How many siblings do you have? Three. 

Please share your answers in the comments. 

22 comments:

  1. 1. 16
    2. Kind of, well yes.
    3. No. It seems I am barren.
    4. I do, the livelier, the better.
    5. Snap. Three.

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  2. 1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? 18, to go to college.
    2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? I moved back in for a month when I was planning my movie to Miami and had rented out my house in Sacramento. It gave me time with my parents before moving 3000 miles away.
    3: Do you have children? If pets count, then yes, I have had dozens; if it's human babies, then No.
    4: Do you enjoy having children around? Generally the ones I'm related to.
    5: How many siblings do you have? I am the "Middle Neglected Child" though my sister passed away in 2015 so it's just my brother and me now.

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    1. If only the fur-babies were tax deductible.

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  3. 1. I was 18 when I left home.
    2. I moved back for a couple of months one summer four years later when I was unemployed while at university.
    3. I have no children.
    4. No, I don't really enjoy having young children around. Their energy exhausts me.
    5. I have two siblings, one older, one younger.

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  4. 1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? I was eighteen.
    2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? No I never lived there again.
    3: Do you have children? Yes two.
    4: Do you enjoy having children around? Yes I do. They are a delight.
    5: How many siblings do you have? One living, two dead. I was the third son.

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    1. Your grandkids are often the highlight of your weeks.

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  5. 1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? I think I was 24
    2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? yes, for 6 months between houses
    3: Do you have children? No
    4: Do you enjoy having children around? When I was younger, I did.
    5: How many siblings do you have? I had two

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    1. I moved in with my middle brother between houses one time.

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  6. At what age did you really leave your parents home? 22

    After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? Yes..currently, after 30 years

    Do you have children? LMAO!!!!!

    Do you enjoy having children around? Not really.

    How many siblings do you have? A half brother who lives in Gettysburg and half sister who lives in Alexandria.

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  7. 1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? 22
    2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? No
    3: Do you have children? Yes, 4.
    4: Do you enjoy having children around? Yes, most especially my little grandsons.
    5: How many siblings do you have? 4

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    1. Grandkids seem to always be a joy.

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  8. 1. 17.
    2. Only post surgery x 2. I could not live on my own after those. One lasted 3-4 weeks, the other two.
    3. None.
    4. Ehhhhh. There is a limit.
    5. 4. Possibly 5. I'm just leaving that there.

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    1. There could be an interesting story to the last question.

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  9. 1: At what age did you really leave your parent's home? Just shy of 18 year old.

    2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parent's home? Once, for 4 weeks. I had just moved back to the area and was jobless. It was awful.

    3: Do you have children? No...well, Harvey. And on bad days, Jeffrey.

    4: Do you enjoy having children around? No. I am not fond of children. (Sorry, Parents.) Although, if there was a zombie apocalypse, and I could outrun them all....

    5: How many siblings do you have? Four (three brothers, one sister), although it feels more like one these days.(Three are estranged.)

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    1. Zombies, sharks, bears, all times when it is best not to be the slowest

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  10. 1: At what age did you really leave your parents home? must been 18yo when I went to college.
    2: After you left home, did you ever move back into your parents home? at one point I did for a year or so attending medical school.

    3: Do you have children? no

    4: Do you enjoy having children around? no as I don't know what to do around them.

    5: How many siblings do you have? three brothers.

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    1. I have no idea what to do with children around.

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  11. 1. I left home at 19 to get married. Contrary to popular belief, I was not pregnant.
    2. Hell no!
    3. Two middle aged sons. Two granddaughters soon to be 20 and 18.
    4. Not really. I'm too introverted. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
    5. I'm the oldest of 6 girls. I have a half-brother younger than my sons. Oops.

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    1. My sisters second husband had a brother who was 50 years younger (daddy remarried in his 70s.)

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