- Straight and gay
- Male and female
- Married, single and divorced
- Parents -- ages range from 1-22 (I think...), 3 daughters, 5 sons including one transgender f- to m... and another with special needs.
- Ph.D, MA, BAs, AAs, and degrees from the school of hard knocks
- More than one has been to jail.
- Some hardly travel, others have travelled a lot
- Some have cheated on their spouses
- Some have been cheated on
- At least one has been the "other" person...
- At least one has been a stripper, more than one likes strippers...
- two are former students, one of whom has cried in my office
- One I've been friends with since 5th grade, another I knew in 5th grade
- About half have been in the pool this year, and the rest should get their butts in the pool.
- More than one has had a substance abuse problem
- I've travelled with three of them, but I would travel with any of them
- I've worked with four of them
- Four knew me before I met hubby.
- Four knew -- or knew of old boyfriend -- and all told me he wasn't right for me.
- I tried to teach one of them to drive, and another to debate... the debate went better than the driving.
- At least two are mildly bi-polar.
- Three have diagnosed learning disabilities.
- One refuses to join facebook -- all the others are facebook friends too --- some more active than others.
- Four have seen me bald, one is bald.
- Age range -- early 30s to late 40s.
- Professions range from professor, to accountant to debt collector and music teacher
Really -- among my peeps -- I can't think of anything life could throw at me that we couldn't figure out... it's a good feeling.
2 comments:
That must be a good feeling!
I've realized over the last few years that I don't really have peeps, which worries me considerably. At some point, my world will undoubtedly fall apart, and what will I do without peeps to pick me up and help me make it through? Troubling.
I love how you have your back covered by such a diverse crowd! That is awesome.
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