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How many of you older folks have much younger kids? I'm 57 and have 3 kids; a 19 year old son who doesn't give a shit (or so he pretends), he's just as awnry as I was at his age. May have something to do with the fact that his mom died six years ago. Then I have two daughters to my ex-wife; 16 and 11. Both are great kids; smart, athletic, well-behaved and true blessings. Beside that the 16 year old is sneaky, emotional and manipulative (like her Mom) but she's also boy-crazy, so I don't take it personally. The youngest is 11 and there are 46 years between us, but we are like 2 peas in a pod. Her face is like mine, body the girl edition and temperament? What a blessing. We spent 5 hours last night reading old books together. No TV, music or anything. She annoys me because she tells stories that last forever but never gets to the point (just like me) snark! So funny, and what a blessing. We practice math problems, fly drones, shoot bow n arrow and tell stories; an old soul. I'm her best coach in swimming too. Yesterday she broke her best 50 backstroke time by 1:20 seconds, and her best 50 butterfly time by 2:98 seconds, amazing this late in the season. She's now in the top 15 in both for the (very competitive) league. What a blessing, especially at my age. Yeah, it's good to know I did something right, but do I just feel this way because I'm so close to 60? Btw, she never asks me to buy her anything even though I offer all the time, but instead she is very subtle. I had her in horse-back riding the past 3 years and bought her riding pants 6 weeks ago, but evidently got her English riding pants. She prefers to ride Western, which requires a different type of riding pants called jodpers. Last night she had my phone. Today I opened my internet to her favorite riding store to a pair of Jodpers on sale for only $17. Wow, very subtle and unassuming. What a cutie (even though she never mentioned a word about them)? She's a Scorpio, whatever that means. Should I take the hint and order? Any of you have similar connections with your kids? Thanks for listening to this old fool!