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[quote=Anonymous]OP again. Personality wise, he is a lot like the PP who said her dad liked to watch TV in quiet (and ended upw tih headphones, great idea).  He adores the kids but also really relishes his quiet adult time.  He is a major reader and spends a lot of time napping and/or reading in his room, and he also surfs the internet and has a blog he likes to update.  He is very, very active in political causes so he would spend a lot of time (whether here or there) protesting or meeting with groups to discuss various issues. He has lots of conference calls and meetings at night. He's actually already attended some meetings in our town and networked a bit with some like-minded folks around me, so he has a head start on joining some new groups and making new friends.   He goes to bed early (which would help us with our privacy) and gets up early.  He likes to help out, loves to go to the grocery store, and he likes to read books to the kids or show them funny videos on YouTube.

That being said, he is getting older and slowing down a good deal.  He does have the tendency to lose patience with the kids at the end of a long day...he can get irritated by the general lack of listening or basic insanity which starts to come out at the end of the day.

He did all the cooking and shopping and cleaning and driving for he and my mom, and I think he would like some of that pressure taken off of him - he doesn't expect to be cared for, but I think he'd like to stop having to worry about thinking up creative dinners for one every single night. That gets old.   [/quote]

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