Thing Two and I had our book group tonight. It was very good, and kind of bad all at once. We read a book that was new to everyone, and it was fun. The kids had varying opinions of it (Thing Two was one of the few who liked it), and really engaged in a rather prolonged conversation as to their opinions, and thoughts prompted by the story. It was fun. The bad came when the kids went off to play after, and one of the 5 girls got her feelings hurt. All of us moms felt really bad, b/c we weren't really sure what happened (the kids were downstairs), and we didn't have time to figure it out before the offended party left. It turns out there was a skirmish b/t 2 siblings (offspring of the hostess) and the sad girl got caught in the middle. Oh, the trials and tribulations.

It is at OUR house next month. I feel slightly self-conscious in this situation - the other 4 homes we rotate through are owned homes, and are big homes, with more than one level and plenty of places for the kids to run around. We live in a tiny apartment. I will make it work, but I will feel a little -- I don't know. In some ways I feel like we don't measure up, and in other ways I feel like - hey - not everybody is a home owner, not everybody is in the same life station, and it's probably good for kids to see that, and - who cares? One of the things I like about our community is that there is a mix in the socio-economic situation. Not all areas of our town have that, but ours does. There are some $1,000,000+ homes, and there are some public assistance housing - we're somewhere in the middle. But the kids all play together, and all go to each other's homes, and it's common knowledge that some people live in an apartment, some people live in a house. It just so happens that this book group is far and away (other than us) a "house" group. Not little junky houses, either.

posted by Zuska @ 10:26 PM

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