Remember 13?
This past weekend Shane and I spent time with friends and family. It was really nice to see friends that we keep meaning to hang out with. Since we got married, it has gotten so that we end up spending a lot of time alone either holed up in the house or we'll go on adventures together. Occasionally we'll go visit my mom, my brother and his family. Okay, maybe we've had a few hang out sessions with friends, but not too often.
So anyway, we brought my teenage nephew, Jacob, to the getogether... He is actually 13, and just learning that he is not necessarily viewed as a kid. Several times at the bbq, he expressed that he felt embarrassed to be the only kid there. He said,we (the group) were old! Ha ha ha!!! Go figure! I don't feel old, and I don't think any of us do! We're just twice his age and maybe feel a little older than he is! Geez!
So, he was embarrassed that he was not as old as the people there... he felt a little (maybe a lot) out of place. He later reported that he had a lot of fun that day. So I wanna shout out a thanks to Shane, Emi, Jenn, Nat, Michelle, and everyone that took the time to kick it with Jacob. Especially, Jenn for clearly defining that he is not a "kid"... I am sure that helped to reassure him that he was "in" with the older crowd. :)
So anyway, we brought my teenage nephew, Jacob, to the getogether... He is actually 13, and just learning that he is not necessarily viewed as a kid. Several times at the bbq, he expressed that he felt embarrassed to be the only kid there. He said,we (the group) were old! Ha ha ha!!! Go figure! I don't feel old, and I don't think any of us do! We're just twice his age and maybe feel a little older than he is! Geez!
So, he was embarrassed that he was not as old as the people there... he felt a little (maybe a lot) out of place. He later reported that he had a lot of fun that day. So I wanna shout out a thanks to Shane, Emi, Jenn, Nat, Michelle, and everyone that took the time to kick it with Jacob. Especially, Jenn for clearly defining that he is not a "kid"... I am sure that helped to reassure him that he was "in" with the older crowd. :)
posted by kika at 4:06 PM
2 Comments:
You guys should make a record of the different kinds of activities that you take part in in the first year of being a married couple, in the second year of being a married couple, and so forth. It will be interesting to see the correlation between the frequency of the different types of activities and the number of years that you have been married.
John from Ann Arbor
For example, first year: went out to dinner about six times per month...
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