Posted by finelinebob on May 9, 2004, at 20:55:19
In reply to Re: normal » finelinebob, posted by Dinah on May 9, 2004, at 20:28:58
I actually knew a woman who was both "normal" and interesting. Her parents met in college and married early. Both were teachers, the father eventually a principal. All three kids decide to go to Mom & Dad's alma matter. Mom & Dad decide to pick up roots and move 500 miles to be with their kids while they're in college ... the older two in grad school while the youngest was an undergrad. Even though none of the kids lived with the parents, they all still had dinner together every Sunday.
But my friend, the middle child, started getting neurotic about how everyone outside her family that she knew and respected was at least a little bit neurotic themselves, and some of the best of them were REALLY neurotic! She started thinking that maybe, if she started manufacturing problems for her family, THEY could be more interesting TOO! For instance, she'd have some disagreement with her father. He'd say, "Let's sit down and discuss this." She'd scream, "No! Why can't we ever fight about anything?!"
It really was pretty funny...someone in the Perfect Family wanting a little -- no, a lot less perfection. Hmm, I wonder what her colleagues in the School of Library Science would have said if they had found out.... ;^)
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