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Smart Dad. It'll sure save him a lot of money.
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Ahhhh.... Modern life is so hands off, isn't it?
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7/22/2017 10:35 am |
At the rate things are going these days, couples won't ever have to see each other in person anymore. Get married online, go on a free virtual honeymoon, then when they want a baby he can send her a sample by FedEx.
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I laughed..... but then thought about the possibilities..... kind of scary, huh? Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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With so many young people travelling extensively.......Falling in love with exotic people in far away places has become quite common.....Many of my friends bear the pain of being separated from their children and grandchildren because of this phenomena......I have a close friend who has a son in Britain and a daughter in Australia, both with families and careers........others with children in Europe, New Zealand, South America, Hawaii, Japan.....they see them rarely, trying to keep up with grandkids on Skype is heart-breaking. My Son-in-law's parents live in Hawaii and when the grandkids were little they tried Skyping often, but keeping the attention of a young child that has never met you doesn't work.....The child soon loses interest and toddles away. .......The separation of families is changing society. I notice that this generation of parents are finding their extended family relationships in their communities instead of blood relatives. "Adulting" is a word they use often to describe the roles of their friends in their families........They share children in a way I have only seen before in extended families.......It's a wonderful phenomena.......
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This is hilarious MySeek  ...thank you for posting it. But it did give me pause for thought. It seems technology is taking over most of human life, I can't decide whether that's a good thing or not. On the one hand, it certainly makes life a lot less complicated...but on the other hand millions of jobs are being lost worldwide because machines do them more efficiently. I think a day is coming, maybe a long time in the future, when all "work" will be mechanised. I can't help but wonder what is going to happen to the human race then? Will we become a race of pleasure seekers? How would that work if we can't earn a living? The world is certainly changing...I am glad that I probably won't be around when it comes to that!!!
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Funny.. ., thanks for the smile, but sad.  That's the way young people is going. Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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It is wonderful that we have the chances to travel more often and longer distances than our parents could. But when having a partnership thousands of miles away from home and family, it needs a lot of understanding and effort to not become estranged. I have not seen my family for almost 3 years and it was especially hard to deal with by my daughter. Skype cannot replace physical presence, how to give comfort when tears are running? Its not a win win situation for all parties. Also exotic countries and people, at some point, turn into daily ordinary life.... I'm an immigrant and know about family separation....It is not a new phenomena.......I think of all the refugees who may never see loved ones again. My family left Norway when it was still in recovery from 5 years of occupation......most people were suffering from some degree of PTSD after the traumas of war. There was no internet then and even phoning was prohibitive. A couple of years ago I was asked to translate some inherited family letters written in Norwegian. They were from a beloved uncle who was left alone to run an extended family farm.......He was very articulate at describing his life and that of others in his area. The isolation was staggering........He didn't even know if his letters got through, as all mail to North America was sent on whatever ship was available and some of them had been torpedoed.......They didn't even know if their loved ones were dead or alive. Even with all the accompanying disadvantages of the internet, it does keep people in touch a lot better than in the past.
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