Re: Happy birthday, Sn!pe!

[Sn!pe]

Merlyne <kami...@aol.com> wrote:

> I hope this message finds Mrs S. and yourself well.
> Have an awesome day!
>
> M.

Awww... Thank you Merlyne!
It's lovely to see you, I hope you're well too. ≈:o)

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[Sn!pe]

Merlyne <kami...@aol.com> wrote:

> snip...@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote in news:1qchi7z.ajoe2a1folvkdN%snipeco.2
> @gmail.com:

>
> > Merlyne <kami...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I hope this message finds Mrs S. and yourself well.
> >> Have an awesome day!
> >>
> >> M.
> >
> > Awww... Thank you Merlyne!

> > It's lovely to see you, I hope you're well too. â≈√:o)
> >
>
> Did you do anything fun for your birthday?
> Or Father's day?
>
> Next year they'll be on the same day :)

Ooh, I've just stumbled over this, I don't know how
I managed to miss it before; apologies, Merlyne.

My birthday was lovely, thanks; my two boys came to visit,
the younger one with his good lady in tow. He's become
a father in the last couple of years so of course he brought
my little grandson with him. He's such a cute little lad, a
real delight to be with.

It's nice to have a grandchild near at hand - my two teenage
granddaughters live in Australia so I'm lucky if I get to see
them face to face once a year. As it happens, they're back
in dear old Blighty next week, so we'll get together then.

[Sn!pe]

Merlyne <kami...@aol.com> wrote:

> >
> > My birthday was lovely, thanks; my two boys came to visit,
> > the younger one with his good lady in tow. He's become
> > a father in the last couple of years so of course he brought
> > my little grandson with him. He's such a cute little lad, a
> > real delight to be with.
>

> I agree. Grandchildren are awesome. And you get to spend the day with
> them, load the up with sugar and send them home.

> >
> > It's nice to have a grandchild near at hand - my two teenage
> > granddaughters live in Australia so I'm lucky if I get to see
> > them face to face once a year. As it happens, they're back
> > in dear old Blighty next week, so we'll get together then.
> >
>

> That's nice!
> Australia is so far away!
>

I'm a bit glum at the moment. A couple of weeks ago my youngest told me
that they were expecting a second baby. It would have been absolutely
lovely but I've just heard that they lost the baby at 12 weeks. It's a
very big disappointment, obviously.

I know that this is really not uncommon; apparently 1 in 4 pregnancies
end in spontaneous abortion. In fact it happened to the first Mrs Sn!pe
and me before our eldest was born but it's still a blow for all that.

Ho-hum, life goes on, I'm sure they'll try again. Mrs S number 1 and
I went on to have 4 kids in the end.

[Sn!pe]

Merlyne <kami...@aol.com> wrote:

> > I'm a bit glum at the moment. A couple of weeks ago my youngest told
> > me that they were expecting a second baby. It would have been
> > absolutely lovely but I've just heard that they lost the baby at 12
> > weeks. It's a very big disappointment, obviously.
> >
> > I know that this is really not uncommon; apparently 1 in 4
> > pregnancies end in spontaneous abortion. In fact it happened to the
> > first Mrs Sn!pe and me before our eldest was born but it's still a
> > blow for all that.
> >
> > Ho-hum, life goes on, I'm sure they'll try again. Mrs S number 1 and
> > I went on to have 4 kids in the end.
> >
>

> That's too bad :(
> Most people I know wait until after the 12 week mark to annouce for that
> reason.
>
> How old is your youngest?
>

Not so young anymore, he's 36; I'm not sure how old his lady is.
In my book that's rather old to be having children but that seems
to be the modern way of going about things. They had trouble
conceiving their first but a couple of rounds of IVF got them there
in the end. The one just lost was unplanned so that at least proves
that they can conceive naturally. If another comes it will be a big
bonus, but que sera, sera.

[Sn!pe]

Merlyne <kami...@aol.com> wrote:

[...]

> >> How old is your youngest?
> >>
> >
> > Not so young anymore, he's 36; I'm not sure how old his lady is.
> > In my book that's rather old to be having children but that seems
> > to be the modern way of going about things. They had trouble
> > conceiving their first but a couple of rounds of IVF got them there
> > in the end. The one just lost was unplanned so that at least proves
> > that they can conceive naturally. If another comes it will be a big
> > bonus, but que sera, sera.
> >
>

> Ah. He's my son's age.
> I know people that had their first in their 40's. Then you can never
> retire since you have kids in college when you are retirement age.
> 36 isn't that old IMO.
>

Indeed, not nowadays, but in 1966, 36 was ~ancient.~ But even
in these fine latter times, I'm still the same 16 y.o. in my head.