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Steph C

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Steph C said:
My Grandparents don't facebook.. They are super old. My Mom got an ipad mini for Xmas from all of us and it took her a while to warm up to it, but now she uses it all the time (to email, creep on my Dad's facebook ::) and also to surf kittens and crafts) It took a while to get her hooked on it.
But then you will get the call.. come fix my ipad.. The google is broken ::)
 

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Steph C said:
My Grandparents don't facebook.. They are super old. My Mom got an ipad mini for Xmas from all of us and it took her a while to warm up to it, but now she uses it all the time (to email, creep on my Dad's facebook ::) and also to surf kittens and crafts) It took a while to get her hooked on it.
grandfather 1902-1956 grandfather 1895-1963 granmother 1897-1977 grandmother 1902-1986
 

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Tagum-N.B. said:
mine dont neither but i dont even think computers were invented when they were alive
My grandparents learned how to use the computer when I started my travel blog. It was like their daily news update. It was actually an amazing way to get to know them better, when I came home they would have all kinds of questions about specifics ;D They've since died or forgotten how to use a computer. My Grandpa was a writer and he said to me at the end that he was really proud of my travel writing.. I wasn't going for a compliment, but it was kind of cool to hear that from him :)
 

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Tagum-N.B. said:
grandfather 1902-1956 grandfather 1895-1963 granmother 1897-1977 grandmother 1902-1986
DAD??? :eek:
 

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Tagum-N.B. said:
grandfather 1902-1956 grandfather 1895-1963 granmother 1897-1977 grandmother 1902-1986
the women outlast the men
 

Tagum-N.B.

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Tagum-N.B. said:
the women outlast the men
if i live the avg of my grandfathers i just spent almost20% of my married life to my wife in CIC
 

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Steph C said:
But then you will get the call.. come fix my ipad.. The google is broken ::)

I just got a call that the email was broken...
 

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Tagum-N.B. said:
if i live the avg of my grandfathers i just spent almost20% of my married life to my wife in CIC
who can do the math and figure out my age :D :D the prize is you get to send a FREE email to manila, i didnt say you would get an answer
 

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Steph C

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Tagum-N.B. said:
who can do the math and figure out my age :D :D the prize is you get to send a FREE email to manila, i didnt say you would get an answer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCss0kZXeyE
 

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Steph C said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCss0kZXeyE
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX THATS THIER AVG AGE WHEN THEY DIED
 

Steph C

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Tagum-N.B. said:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX THATS THIER AVG AGE WHEN THEY DIED
55?
 

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Steph C said:
Well guys, I was planning to get my whole family together and announce the happy news that he has his visa.. when he got the visa. But he said something vague about leaving the Philippines on Facebook and all of a sudden everybody is asking me what's going on. It was a bit of a spoiler.. but I was super disappointed by everyone's reactions - My Mom just commented "oh, so soon?" and immediately changed the topic.. My Dad has hearing loss and attention deficit so I'm not sure if he got the story or not. Grandparents are still trying to hook me up with available nerds as though I'm still single.. My brother's reaction was "oh, huh, that's been a while" and his wife was pretty incredulous that CIC accepted us as a couple and commented "but doesn't he have kids or something?"

I really want him to feel welcomed and it's super depressing that people can't accept us as a couple as much as they would accept other people. So this is kind of anti-climactic. :'( Hope it all can change when he gets here.
My wife told her parents about the PPR and how the visa will probably be there in June. They actually had the nerve to ask her to stay a few more months for her birthday (last birthday), her niece's birthday (last birthday) etc. Of course they tend to get her to pay for these events (she's rich cause of me you know). Everything since we submitted the app has been done large because it is a "last". "Last" thing I want is another round. :mad:

She just told them she has been waiting over 3 years for this and she is looking forward to all the "firsts". Her first birthday with me, our first anniversary together, my first birthday with her, etc. :D
 

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any ways i think my app is in real trouble i can see a DM or interview real soon, so sad i really love her
 

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