Hi Xavier - trying out a new name for you. It will so crack me up if we try out all these boy names and you shock us all by being a girl. :)
Tonight was SO funny. I bet you were just rumbling inside of me with all the laughing I did. I laughed so hard my tummy muscles were asking "What the heck?" Your dad and I were talking about the 3 areas where we think we will disagree on parenting. He was being so silly and making me laugh. But, I realized that we need a therapy fund rather than a college fund because, between the two of us, you are hosed. haha. Your dad is so convinced that the discipline poll is not accurate - 9 people think I will be the funsucker and 3 think your dad will. He thinks if people knew my true thoughts, I would lose ground. haha. This is a post you can read when you are out of the house and see how we compared raising you and how we thought we would. I won't let you read it earlier than that because then you will take advantage of my liberal nature. haha.
So, the 3 areas we disagree on:
1) Money - I have a feeling I will be all stingy and your dad will be slipping you cash out of his wallet when I turn around. He says that he will tell you to get a job.
2) Alcohol - I think I will be more liberal with this than your dad. It isn't that I want you to be a lush at 16 but I just think it is inevitable that you will drink at some point before you are 21. The thing that concerns me most (unless it becomes a regular habit) would be if you were driving. I was trying to explain to your dad that if you take the allure out of it, the appeal is lessened. I was allowed to drink as long as I didn't drive and I can't say I drank too much in high school. There was just no fun in it when it wasn't taboo :)
3) Sex - I think I will be more liberal in this topic too. Ummm...your dad is planning on telling you fake reasons why you shouldn't have sex. I am more along the lines that you are going to hit a certain age and are going to do it so we have to teach you how to be responsible. Your dad says you can't have sex until you can get a job to buy the condoms. haha. We do agree on the fact that we are not your baby's mommy and daddy. If you are stupid enough to get someone pregnant, don't expect a lot of sympathy from us. :)
3.5) I think we might disagree a tad on the topic of drugs too. I probably wouldn't kill you if I learned you smoked pot once. Your dad is a different story. He would flip out. Anything other than that and we would both flip out and kill you.
We pretty much have the same philosophies on everything else so don't be thinking about trying to manipulate us. :)
