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"1. My father-in-law makes comments about sports in a brand new way. &amp;quot;Bet Rex would like that shuttle cock,&amp;quot; he chided at our last bbq. 2. I am far from a good housekeeper (though our bedroom has certainly had a make-over.) 3. When the priest at mass reminds us to &amp;quot;get on our knees&amp;quot; I consistently stifle giggles. 4. When Rex calls to tell me he&amp;#039;s coming home, I always flash forward to those words when the kids are asleep. (And half the time simply flash. Why not?!) 5. I occasionally get product samples with descriptions such as &amp;quot;fruity fantasy&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;better when wetter&amp;quot;, and my personal favorite, &amp;quot;stain free&amp;quot;. 6. Nothing gets a conversation started at a PTA meeting like the answer to this question, &amp;quot;What do you do for a living?&amp;quot; Me: &amp;quot;I write about my sex life.&amp;quot; 7. I can pretend to be Carrie from Sex in the City. Only I have less fashionable clothes. And crappy hair. And I have Mom boobs. And I never got to kiss Big. But.... I get something else big on a fairly regular basis, so I&amp;#039;m not complaining. Hooray for me! 8. My mother gets to remind me that I used to be so shy I wouldn&amp;#039;t take my first communion with the class. Now I go to class reunions as the &amp;quot;expert&amp;quot; on married romance. 9. My cousin gets to remind me that I didn&amp;#039;t have my first kiss until I was 18. (True.) But I get to remind her that I have kissed my husband more in the past two years than she&amp;#039;ll probably kiss her&amp;#039;s in a lifetime. (Also true.) 10. My personal favorite: My kids&amp;#039; 88 year old Great Grandma Stella sends me jokes like this one. &amp;quot;For his birthday, little Joseph asked for a 10-speed bicycle. His father said, &amp;quot;Son, we&amp;#039;d give you one, but the mortgage on this house is $280,000 and your mother just lost her job. There&amp;#039;s no way we can afford it.&amp;quot; The next day the father saw little Joseph heading out the front door with a suitcase So he asked, &amp;quot;Son, where are you going?&amp;quot; Little Joseph told him; &amp;quot;I was walking past your room last night and heard you telling mom you were pulling out. Then I heard her tell you to wait because she was coming too.. And I&amp;#039;ll be damned if I&amp;#039;m staying here by myself with a $280,000 mortgage and no bike!&amp;quot; PS: My sore throat is still raging on. Never did I ever experience anything this long and red! (&amp;quot;Long and red&amp;quot;... ha ha... see... I can&amp;#039;t help myself. Though really, that analogy was a bit of a stretch. Woops! &amp;quot;A stretch!&amp;quot; I did it again! Yeah, I&amp;#039;m lame and juvenile. I get it.) * Image from BombayHarbor.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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