[Gemme]

Originally Posted by puregrrl

I am not as sweet and innocent as people think.

I curse a lot when I am mad. I don't get mad a lot.


I played viola in middle school and high school. First chair all the way through. Was accepted by two music schools for undergrad. Decided I wasn't as passionate about it as it would take to major in it.

I chew a lot of gum when I work. Orbit White Bubblemint. Nothing else. I had to chew Big Red the other day and I almost died. Really, I did.

I love kids but have never wanted to have any, even when I was wee. When I played house or Barbies I was never a mom. My childhood was less than stellar and didn't have a good role-model, so it scares me to death. Despite being told different by children of exs, I don't believe I am good parent material.

I believe you and I may have been separated at birth.

Secretly naughty and slightly evil with a cover of innocence, spice and everything nice, check.

Cursing is a second language, check. I do tend to get angry a lot though, but it's Italian anger, so that makes it okay, right?

Obviously, YOU got the musical talent in the family. I am a musical spectator. One of the best, too!

Need gum, check. Different kinds to alleviate my natural easy to bore self, though.

Difficult childhood minus the TV after school special and Lifetime movie, check.

I also have the fear of not being a good role model as well as passing some nasty genetic material down the line. Unless something of the dark and horrible variety occurs, a baby will not set up house in my body.

I do, however, believe that you are made of the good parenting material. You bring it to work with you. Now, I honestly believe that if you were a parent and you continued the work you are doing now, that you would find yourself spiritually and emotionally depleted. So, it's good to do one or the other, imo. This way, you touch more lives and create a larger happy ripple.