tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post804813362121944057..comments2023-10-19T10:09:16.584-05:00Comments on do they read obituaries in hell?: perspective from a procadiz12http://www.blogger.com/profile/03739358553844884552noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-72022981966012274322009-11-07T14:23:07.581-06:002009-11-07T14:23:07.581-06:00The children will come out looking tanned, not too...The children will come out looking tanned, not too white, not very brown. <br /><br />Everybody will KNOW you're the mother. And everywhere you go people are going to ooh and ahh about how exotic and beautiful the children are.<br /><br />I know this from growing up in the Caribbean with so many mixed friends, and having cousins who've married all shades of pale.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-55367692145111357552009-11-07T09:11:59.515-06:002009-11-07T09:11:59.515-06:00Your children are going to be beautiful! I can'...Your children are going to be beautiful! I can't wait to meet them. Do you have potential names picked out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-45536090944037184172009-11-06T21:59:42.378-06:002009-11-06T21:59:42.378-06:00i only know "ayah" from the book The Sec...i only know "ayah" from the book The Secret Garden, in which the children of British people occupying India were taken care of by native women and referred to them as such. but i'd have no choice to lay the smack down anyway if someone thought i was the ayah in the Malay sense, too.<br /><br />i love that tradition, madelyn, and of course i know that middle-name slot is already spoken for.<br /><br />Noelle: Can you imagine how rough it must have been for hippies Elise and Steven to have given birth to Alex P. Keaton?<br /><br />I'll be happy if they are 50% brown (but i'm not holding my breath). And about that t.p. thing, you better get to training them from day one.cadiz12https://www.blogger.com/profile/03739358553844884552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-66537732928560216452009-11-06T13:39:44.075-06:002009-11-06T13:39:44.075-06:00I'm reasonably confident that our children wil...I'm reasonably confident that our children will know how to flush the toilet. But what I'm even more confident of is that they will also know how to replace the roll of toilet paper when it runs out. Because if they don't, their father will go F$%&ing insane.<br /><br />I'll do my best not to make the children too pale.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02421754239978764299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-315320066053806842009-11-06T10:02:53.934-06:002009-11-06T10:02:53.934-06:00I already have so many fears about how my theoreti...I already have so many fears about how my theoretical kids. What if they turn out to be Republicans? That alone might keep me on the pill.Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567505547323976582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-59128242390438857912009-11-06T00:31:34.525-06:002009-11-06T00:31:34.525-06:00Okay, but if you have a boy you know what his midd...Okay, but if you have a boy you know what his middle name has to be right?Madelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734479778597449132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10935953.post-64757507366322314322009-11-06T00:07:36.099-06:002009-11-06T00:07:36.099-06:00Ayah means dad in Malay! Hey-o! What does it mean ...Ayah means dad in Malay! Hey-o! What does it mean in...I was about to say Indian, but that's not right is it? School me please.Syarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409040704494537406noreply@blogger.com