In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.
Delia Ephron
Source: Wikipedia
In your standardissue family of which few remain, but on which our expectations are still based there are parents and there are children. The way you know which are which, aside from certain size and age differences and despite any behavior similarities, is that the parents are the bossy ones.
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Your basic extended family today includes your ex-husband or -wife, your ex's new mate, your new mate, possibly your new mate's ex and any new mate that your new mate's ex has acquired.
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As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kids.
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[It] consists entirely of people who are not related by blood, many of whom can't stand each other.
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Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be-they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.
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With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the child's problems will never be important enough for a television movie.
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And a quick glance in the mirror turns out to be a mistake. Oh God, is that my face?
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Doyouwantogoona--Who is this? Oh, I have the wrong number.
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