Seeking Companions for the Vigil

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1821

<p>LIMOMOF2: You’re so nice, I knew you would say that! </p>

<p>Well, now I know why I’m so much fatter! I wasn’t really that heavy ten years ago! A tough ten years.</p>

<p>But estrogen/fat etc. keeps me looking young – no wrinkles.</p>

<p>Not bragging (see above fat comment) but people’s mouths drop open when I tell them how old I am. Even students! Flabby arms, no wrinkles.</p>

<p>However, when I tell the kids (students) I went to Woodstock they do the math and believe me. </p>

<p>“Those were the days my friend we thought they’d never end.”</p>

<p>BTW: Was married to first H at 24, but never spent a night apart after we were 19. So I was a baby and an old mom!</p>

<p>I don’t know how I had two in diapers and nursing! at 38, plus teaching. I sure don’t feel like I have a lot of energy.</p>

<p>We seemed to have wandered off the subject of colleges. Maybe we should call our spot the day lounge.</p>

<p>Jude, any news?</p>

<p>wjb?</p>

<p>Hey guys! We’re still here for you.</p>

1822

<p>I mailed the check to Gettysburg yesterday, under protest.</p>

<p>OK, I didn’t really protest, I just worry that… well, I guess I just worry.</p>

1823

<p>For those of us who will resume the vigil for waitlist schools tomorrow we need the pleasant distractions of this thread…not to mention the cool drinks and tasty tidbits that fortify us!</p>

1824

<p>Yay (cough old) moms . (YAY all moms, anyway actually)
I was 38 and 40 and celebrated year 30 of marriage this year. Glad to hear about other grandma comments, I’ve had them since DD was 6months and so it continues now with her graduation (HS) this year.</p>

<p>I’d also brag about my hiking skills but am afraid of blowing my cover. Halfdome day trip on the calendar tho’. (but if knees give out I am stopping and reading a book).</p>

1825

<p>Can I join the old moms and waitlist group? My daughter was born the week after my 40th birthday. I’m tired of dying my hair, but I really didn’t want to be called her grandma. And, we’re also on a waitlist (but I don’t know why–at this point, it would be hard to change the path she’s on).</p>

1826

<p>jude: My S’s friend really likes Gettysburg and is having a wonderful time and working hard, too! She’s NOT a partier.</p>

<p>Old moms rock.</p>

<p>Young moms rock, too.</p>

1827

<p>Married for the first time at 36; had S when I was 36, too. (At that age, waiting to have kid didn’t seem like a great idea!) ExH and I had been together, mostly, for 10 years at that point.</p>

<p>Must have been something in the water back then, because FOUR of my friends were also pregnant right along with me. It was like having a baby-of-the-month club.</p>

1828

<p>And jude, congrats to you and yours on Gettysburg!! Yay!!!</p>

1829

<p>Welcome, Kathyc to the lounge and waitlist limbo! Warning: You may not want to leave, even after the waitlist drama …</p>

1830

<p>I’m loving this thread! I feel so young! I got married when I was 24, had my babies when I was 26, 28, and 29. So I’m not even 50 yet! </p>

<p>Mythmom, I know it will be fine. She’s a very capable, very mature young woman, and she put a lot of thought and research into her decision. </p>

<p>Like I said, I just worry. I’m sure if she’d picked College X or College Y, I’d be feeling the exact same way.</p>

1831

<p>I’ll start - drumroll … - 9 months!</p>

1832

<p>Darn thing posted twice. Oops. Sorry. I better get married again so I can post twice.</p>

1833

<p>:: gets the barkeep to mix Midori sours ::</p>

<p>Is it too early in the year for Midori sours?</p>

<p>:: does not mean the violinist, but the liqueur, just in case anyone was wondering ::</p>

<p>jude, first H, 10 years. Second H, long distance for three years.</p>

1834

<p>Jym and mythmom - I was very serious. You both looked great! </p>

<p>esobay and others - I have never been mistaken for my kids’ grandparents - but last month my husband’s crazy old uncle thought D was married to H and that I was his overbearing mother-in-law! I would have been really offended, except that D is only 15 and while she looks beautiful, she still looks like she’s 15, 16 tops! I was “overbearing” because D asked my opinion on some piece of jewelry and the uncle didn’t like that she felt like she needed to ask her mother’s opinion. </p>

<p>esobay and gladmom - I am very impressed by your hiking skills! My hiking consists of walking the streets of Manhattan…lol. Do I get credit for fighting the crowds?</p>

1835

<p>H1: After one week we started living together. Stayed together for 13 years.</p>

<p>Dated 22 guys between marriages. Asked each guy on second date if he were ready to have a baby. H said yes. Two months later, pregnant. We knew each other four months. Still together, 23 yrs. later.</p>

1836

<p>H and I were together for about 2 1/2 years when we got married - and we were 23 at the time. </p>

<p>owlice, I’ll try one of your Midori sours - they sound delicious! Thank you.</p>

1837

<p>mythmom - You are DEFINITELY my hero! In my old age, I can only dream of dating more than 3 guys, H included (somehow, I was always in long-term, serious relationships before H), let alone 22 (::wipes drool:: )! I’ll be married 22 years this year.</p>

1838

<p>Married first H at age 22 after dating 4 months (big mistake) (had no kids-best thing we never did). I dated current H for 11 months. I was 37, so we couldn’t wait too long! Had D at 39 and, as I said earlier, S at 42. </p>

<p>H and I carried the kids all over the Sierras in slings/backpacks. And then they walked all over the Sierras. Maybe that’s why I feel so old now.</p>

<p>mountains: Your H is definitely welcome on our trip. Will fill you in on details as we make them.</p>

1839

<p>gladmom - He’ll even cook the freeze dried food (ick).</p>

1840

<p>gladmom: That sounds like so much fun.</p>

<p>Ah mountains – not the half of it. There was all that time from 16 to 19 and Woodstock at 18.</p>

<p>Oops. Maybe this is starting to sound raunchy. It was the sixties.</p>