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Friday, August 21, 2009

Friday Five: Rules

After a family vacation with our four children and three additional "partners," I am more aware of rules, spoken and unvoiced. Expectations are not always clearly expressed, but are still expected. . . . unbeknown to all unless one is not fulfilled! So how about writing about rules in your families and workplaces? Choose one or more for each category, especially if one seems odd or funny to you now.

1. Formal rules in family of origin

2. Unwritten and unspoken rules in family of origin

3. Formal rules in current family or workplace

4. Unwritten rules in current family or workplace

5. When was a time that you became aware of different rules in different places/families than your own?

Whenever I bring out the Friday Five, I do not seem to give you the proper link info about putting your blog site on the comments, and so I ask you to go here to see how it is done!

And I'm trying again, by copying Sally's words from the above Friday Five:

As always, let us know in comments if you play. Post a direct link to your blog entry in your comment using the following formulation in the comment box: what you want the link to say goes here For a complete how-to,
click here.
Posted by Jan at 12:45 AM

18 comments:

  1. JanAugust 21, 2009 at 2:05 AM

    Since I cannot go to sleep tonight, all this Friday Five stuff is going up very early. Here are some of my family rules. These are from an insomniac's perspective.

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  2. Processing CounselorAugust 21, 2009 at 6:06 AM

    I played by the rules here.

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  3. altar egoAugust 21, 2009 at 7:12 AM

    This was a challenge! I made an effort to remember the rules over here

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  4. angelaAugust 21, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    Maybe I'll never get the linking quite right--probably b/c I never have been very good at determining rules. Family stories, got those!

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  5. mibi52/ The Rev. Dr. Mary Brennan ThorpeAugust 21, 2009 at 8:40 AM

    I've got the Irish-American rules here

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  6. JenniferAugust 21, 2009 at 9:33 AM

    I playedhere!

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  7. imngraceAugust 21, 2009 at 10:25 AM

    Grace, sit up straight...Oh, sorry. I played here

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  8. TerriAugust 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    I played can of worms....reader beware. :-)

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  9. Hot Cup LutheranAugust 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    whew! i think i'm worn out after all that thinking... where's the coffee pot?

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  10. RuthAugust 21, 2009 at 11:44 AM

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  11. RuthAugust 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM

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  12. RuthAugust 21, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    third try! (I was forgetting the http)

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  13. LoriAugust 21, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    Still blogless, here's the biggies from my childhood and current for my boy:

    From my mom:
    "Chairs are for people, NOT for things!"
    "If you can't keep your room clean, keep the door shut"
    "You have to try TWO bites of it."

    Mine for my son:
    "Sit square in your chair!"
    "Have a care and be aware"
    "No veggies, no fruit......then no dessert."

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  14. Cindy LaJoyAugust 21, 2009 at 1:58 PM

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  15. Cindy LaJoyAugust 21, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Our rules are here .

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  16. Elaine (aka...Purple) August 21, 2009 at 2:41 PM

    Catching up after being gone 10 days...but I played by the rules here.

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  17. P.S.August 21, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    I played at my place here

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  18. AnonymousAugust 21, 2009 at 8:34 PM

    I wrote about the rules in my world here.

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