tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post9034167270718840618..comments2023-06-05T15:23:37.352+01:00Comments on Stay at home dad: Mere ComplexitiesStay at home dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-10923814429004953762007-07-10T14:16:00.000+01:002007-07-10T14:16:00.000+01:00I'd love to know what this was the answer to, Suki...I'd love to know what this was the answer to, Suki!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-45450588486880068392007-07-08T08:19:00.000+01:002007-07-08T08:19:00.000+01:00Thanks. :)I guess I've always known why people ten...Thanks. :)<BR/><BR/>I guess I've always known why people tend to address me by Mum's nickname... it's just a bit more touching than usual sometimes. This is one of those times.Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-63856045586650239252007-07-06T23:56:00.000+01:002007-07-06T23:56:00.000+01:00Thank you Anonymous.Thank you Anonymous.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-73713571698066392662007-07-06T15:23:00.000+01:002007-07-06T15:23:00.000+01:00beautifulbeautifulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-21908855676178611002007-07-06T11:34:00.000+01:002007-07-06T11:34:00.000+01:00Thank you so much Jan. And you're a professional!Thank you so much Jan. And you're a professional!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-29266832872016373332007-07-06T11:17:00.000+01:002007-07-06T11:17:00.000+01:00Yes! Hope you ARE working on your book.I look forw...Yes! <BR/>Hope you ARE working on your book.<BR/>I look forward to buying it if your writing here is anything to go by.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-21727050138222248172007-07-06T09:57:00.000+01:002007-07-06T09:57:00.000+01:00Yes, very true Lilly and thank you. Bit worried ab...Yes, very true Lilly and thank you. Bit worried about the construction equipment though! <BR/><BR/>I suppose you could say I am, but nothing is firm yet. With your and everyone's kind support though, I am hoping.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-89642842182042293912007-07-06T05:29:00.000+01:002007-07-06T05:29:00.000+01:00Awww, how wonderful. Not only do children take on...Awww, how wonderful. <BR/>Not only do children take on expresions and looks of those past, they also sometimes take on their favorite things in life. My youngest son (aged 3) was named after my father in law who died when i was just a few weeks pregnant. He loves everything that "Pops" did, including looking through classified ads for construction equipment! Life is but cycles of life through the generations.<BR/>Now - are you working on that book when you leave such a long time between posts?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-41077498785796285602007-07-05T11:46:00.000+01:002007-07-05T11:46:00.000+01:00Thank you Rilly. Yes, certainly. I wouldn't mind h...Thank you Rilly. Yes, certainly. I wouldn't mind her shoulders...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-64415256171323867722007-07-05T09:02:00.000+01:002007-07-05T09:02:00.000+01:00lovely stuff SAHD, but a girl can take looking lik...lovely stuff SAHD, but a girl can take looking like her father too far you know - look at Amelie Mauresmo...rilly superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448694078653341955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-43749270646130578912007-07-04T22:40:00.000+01:002007-07-04T22:40:00.000+01:00Hi Omega Mum and thanks. Yes, that would be a good...Hi Omega Mum and thanks. Yes, that would be a good system. Trouble is all these publishers seem to be busy publishing stuff...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-81220255119742832352007-07-04T22:23:00.000+01:002007-07-04T22:23:00.000+01:00SAHD: I came to the well of superlatives, but the ...SAHD: I came to the well of superlatives, but the others had drained it dry. Ditto, ditto, as the King of Siam didn't say....PS Wouldn't it be nice if, when sufficient comments mentioned publication, your blog was automatically whisked to the top of the a publisher's 'must read' pile?Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-47572674356555239232007-07-04T22:14:00.000+01:002007-07-04T22:14:00.000+01:00Thank you Dulwich Mum. The first and last time I w...Thank you Dulwich Mum. The first and last time I will be mentioned in the same line as Yeats! You are very kind.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-31335536495185195602007-07-04T22:12:00.000+01:002007-07-04T22:12:00.000+01:00TGW, you read very cleverly between the lines... y...TGW, you read very cleverly between the lines... yes I can see a bit of me, or at any rate the boy who was me.<BR/><BR/>I've given up on the feeds they're so slow...<BR/><BR/>Thanks CJ. It starts to fade from memory at the grandparent stage doesn't it, sadly...<BR/><BR/>Thank you Merry. Yes, all part of the eye-opener that is children.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-5278891832978606372007-07-04T21:42:00.000+01:002007-07-04T21:42:00.000+01:00I realise I am saying just the same as everyone el...I realise I am saying just the same as everyone else here, but that really is perfect, a beautiful post.<BR/><BR/>I love Yeats, particularly his love poetry. You are a poet.dulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-26680220655975399132007-07-04T20:09:00.000+01:002007-07-04T20:09:00.000+01:00This is the gift of love kids bring. I didn't make...This is the gift of love kids bring. I didn't make those connections until I had my kids either... You've put it very well.merry weatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15790847146645006254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-63446949007230212732007-07-04T19:04:00.000+01:002007-07-04T19:04:00.000+01:00I have to agree with all the above comments, a lov...I have to agree with all the above comments, a lovely touching post. Even though she is autistic and has many of her own traits, there is so much of me in my daughter, a little of her father (thank god!) and fortunately, an awful lot of my dad, her beloved grandad, who she sadly doesn't remember.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-48559303599402061142007-07-04T18:51:00.000+01:002007-07-04T18:51:00.000+01:00Glad that are moments you see yourself too!Very st...Glad that are moments you see yourself too!<BR/>Very struck by similarities in our fathers' attitudes to life. Which makes me sad.<BR/>But then happy that enthusiasm and encouragement are making it into the next generation via your daughter.<BR/><BR/>PS Are your feeds playing up? - I'm not getting any reminders at the moment. Very frustrating...The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-30832395034064428122007-07-04T17:35:00.000+01:002007-07-04T17:35:00.000+01:00So true and so right, all this.Patterns of family ...So true and so right, all this.<BR/>Patterns of family are amazing; they surprise, delight, make one remember...<BR/>I see both my sons in my elder son's son; I see my dad more and more in my brother...and yes, I've turned into my mother! <BR/>And I see my husband in my sons and our grandson... hear my husband's words, ideas through both of them..<BR/>It's wonderful, because to some extent we never lose our family members; ther's a very precious blueprint from one generation to the next.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-64829679780859750062007-07-04T16:51:00.000+01:002007-07-04T16:51:00.000+01:00Thank you Bel. You're right, it's in the mannerism...Thank you Bel. You're right, it's in the mannerisms not so much the look. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure it's a rhetorical question, but the answer is I didn't, as such.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-55215842482810199302007-07-04T16:30:00.000+01:002007-07-04T16:30:00.000+01:00Thank you Dee, very much. I have thought about it,...Thank you Dee, very much. I have thought about it, but my thoughts never seem to come to anything...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-6585008362936366212007-07-04T13:10:00.000+01:002007-07-04T13:10:00.000+01:00When I look at my son, I see his father. Other peo...When I look at my son, I see his father. Other people sometimes say they can't really see it, but it's not in the looks as much but in the small aspects of body language and mannerisms. You've captured the same things in your daughter so beautifully -- where did you learn to write like that?<BR/><BR/>BelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-48784675031768213092007-07-04T11:04:00.000+01:002007-07-04T11:04:00.000+01:00Agreeing with joyful girl here- have you thought a...Agreeing with joyful girl here- have you thought about writing a book ?<BR/>Not that we don't love your blog of course, quite the opposite. This entry is particularly beautiful! Thank, again.Danielehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17255763516507357558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-12414448727298816382007-07-04T10:54:00.000+01:002007-07-04T10:54:00.000+01:00Thanks Elsie. Not good - especially when changing ...Thanks Elsie. Not good - especially when changing a nappy...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-60276445432176532122007-07-04T10:45:00.000+01:002007-07-04T10:45:00.000+01:00Thanks Wakeup... With enough sleep and a full bell...Thanks Wakeup... With enough sleep and a full belly she certainly is!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.com