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Rachel Parker's avatar

Love this! Does anyone not feel this way ice skating? It’s just the perfect event for the phenomenon of parenting dreams not matching reality ◡̈

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Lol parenting dreams not matching reality. Yes.

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Emma Dorge's avatar

Parenting is often just me regretting the last thing I did or said.

👏👏👏

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

literally every day.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Evoked every last molecule of memory I have skating with the kids. Harrowing, funny, and making me miss those chaos filled hours. And this just sums up parenting so succinctly and accurately. "Parenting is often just me regretting the last thing I did or said."

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Rick, that was the "God, I hate myself" moment right there lol. It used to be the moment that I'd think, I'm not telling anyone about this, and now it's the moment that makes the whole piece.

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Bradley Krzysztow's avatar

Good job not crashing and burning!

This reminds me of one of my favorite parenting memories. I took my son roller skating when he was about five years old. He had to pee. Standing at the urinal, trying to keep myself balanced and upright, while also doing the same for him, was almost impossible. Yet, somehow we did it 😂😂

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Hahaha. "Yet somehow we did it," resonates so much.

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