tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post6914802283544516736..comments2023-05-24T09:41:52.181-04:00Comments on Running In the Yard Next Door: A Mystery - And Great JoyCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-26443679585411163112010-02-12T10:54:46.281-05:002010-02-12T10:54:46.281-05:00Ah, yes - the Greek thing. . .
But my birth-fathe...Ah, yes - the Greek thing. . .<br /><br />But my birth-father is Irish/Norwegian. . .<br /><br />;)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-85612928671670076342010-02-12T10:30:19.186-05:002010-02-12T10:30:19.186-05:00interesting question about the need for symmetry. ...interesting question about the need for symmetry. i dunno, the messy details could be part of the motivation. i've always half jokingly attributed it to my greek heritage since symmetry was one of their ideals of beauty and artistic merit.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-1020032546631843772010-02-10T08:42:34.458-05:002010-02-10T08:42:34.458-05:00Cocotte - Sorry to hear about your comment trouble...<b>Cocotte</b> - Sorry to hear about your comment troubles; I hope it's nothing <i>I'm</i> doing. . .<br /><br />That story <i>is</i> a bit brutal; four kids under a year; just, wow. Reminds me of friends of my sister's, who had three kids, and 'oh-what-the-heck', decided to have a fourth, and got triplets. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16389193386974951036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-16089421436546652332010-02-09T12:38:11.621-05:002010-02-09T12:38:11.621-05:00I came back to check on the comments and mine disa...I came back to check on the comments and mine disappeared - I've been having trouble with blogger commenting lately!<br /><br />I've also known a few who adopted because they couldn't have kids, then ended up getting pregnant later. Also knew one couple who did IVF, had triplets, then 9 months later, got one more the old fashioned way....that was a bit brutal.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577723506036164914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-84728380478500509612010-02-08T12:12:24.697-05:002010-02-08T12:12:24.697-05:00Sailor - I suppose it wouldn't be surprising i...<b>Sailor</b> - I suppose it wouldn't be surprising if stress relief had a positive contribution to reproductive success, would it?<br /><br /><b>Lime</b> - Your family was one of my 'off the top of my head' cases. . .<br /><br />;)<br /><br />So, maybe us adoptees just have a more-than-normal need for symmetry? Or maybe we just like things to be all neat and tidy, since the details of our own lives aren't?<br /><br />;)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-61143014510412201562010-02-06T21:52:30.040-05:002010-02-06T21:52:30.040-05:00i'm part of the phenomenon too. as you know, i...i'm part of the phenomenon too. as you know, i'm adopted, but my younger brother was born to my parents.<br /><br />oh and that weird need for symmetry, yeah..i always wanted two boys and two girls for the same reason, so everyone would have a brother and a sister.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-22417855011115021332010-02-06T12:28:15.095-05:002010-02-06T12:28:15.095-05:00It is a rather interesting phenomenon, but also ve...It is a rather interesting phenomenon, but also very true; my niece (Lynn's rather, but we dont usually qualify that way, we're just Uncle and Aunt on both sides, lol)<br /><br />Anyway, she was doing a lot of research when she had her own troubles getting pregnant, and mentioned that it is a real medically looked at 'thing'; I think you're right, it's stress and relief that opens the door.Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01439394316761968708noreply@blogger.com