Is it wrong to be jealous of my own child?

pswlrw · Post by **pswlrw** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:45 am

So my darling daughter is right now enjoying a week on St. Thomas with a friend's family. They spent yesterday on St. John (went to Woody's, the Beach Bar and Aqua Bistro) and will return again for a day or two later in the week. Does it make me a bad mother that I am jealous of that little b*itch ... I mean my sweet child?

waterguy · Post by **waterguy** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:55 am

No the ungrateful little thing rubbing it in like that should be flogged.

Post by **Anthony** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:33 pm

I am jealous of my kids all the time. I never even was on a plane until I was 21 - they have been all over the Caribbean, Europe, the East Coast, etc.

samoka · Post by **samoka** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:41 pm

It's okay to be a little jealous - but the payback next year when you leave her behind.....

pswlrw · Post by **pswlrw** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:53 pm

Samoka - to make it worse, I am bringing her back to St. John in 8 weeks!! But she will pay. We have decided to make her our serving wench for that trip.

Xislandgirl · Post by **Xislandgirl** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:00 pm

pswlrw wrote:Samoka - to make it worse, I am bringing her back to St. John in 8 weeks!! But she will pay. We have decided to make her our serving wench for that trip.

Can we share her? I will need a serving wench!

pswlrw · Post by **pswlrw** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:14 pm

X - Absolutely! She is bringing the friend that she is on-island with now, so we'll have 2!! Plus I think you are staying pretty close to us, right? (We will be at Vistaero). Can't wait to have a drink with you.

flip-flop · Post by **flip-flop** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:38 pm

My husband says we are ruining our daughter for all future suitors. We think that is a good thing!

She had been to more places by age 5 than he and I combined by age 25!

samoka · Post by **samoka** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 2:47 pm

It's a delicate balance - you don't want to spoil them too much but you will be depending on them in your old age to be nice to you - my daughters are all grown now and they make the best slaves - of course daddy is their first concern - something about a girl and her daddy - samoka

Xislandgirl · Post by **Xislandgirl** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:00 pm

pswlrw wrote:X - Absolutely! She is bringing the friend that she is on-island with now, so we'll have 2!! Plus I think you are staying pretty close to us, right? (We will be at Vistaero). Can't wait to have a drink with you.

We are at STJ Passion, just above the entrance to the Fish Bay Road, so not far at all, I think

jimg20 · Post by **jimg20** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:36 pm

"What's good of having dwarfs if you can't make them work!?" Norman Thayer, On Golden Pond

JIM

NoWorriesMom · Post by **NoWorriesMom** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:48 pm

Hi to Paula! Funny funny question! If you're wrong then my friend is wrong too. Just went for a walk with her and she was talking about her two kids being invited to Hawaii for a week and she is wicked jealous!

waterguy · Post by **waterguy** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:11 pm

Can you adopt me

Joshie · Post by **Joshie** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:28 pm

loria · Post by **loria** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:29 pm

i feel your pain....not that my daughter is on STT, but she is going to Hilton Head with a friend in April (when i wnated to go back to STJ, but cannot) and
last weekend she flew BUSINESS class to LA--she is 12. give me a break. she will not be able to fly steerage without complaint again

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