Quote
Womble:

I guess this is always the way it will be. I don't think I'd change it either. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Growing up was painful and fun at the same time!


Well put. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

"Painful and fun" just about nails it, and maybe throw in "embarassing" too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />
I can still remember some of the worst moments from 40 years ago with absoute clarity (just don't ask me to remember what happened an hour ago...) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> ..

I argued a great deal with my Mother as a teenager, but as I got older (exactly as in that great Mark Twain quote) I eventually began to see it from her side too. I realised that one of the main reasons we fought was that we were so alike - same faults! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> We got on well in later years - although the 12,000 mile distance between us may have helped. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />

And as you and Ubereil suggest, things have changed a little - I have developed a few new unique faults of my own.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />