Comments on: Childhood Clues to My Adult Personality

By: kenju

kenju — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:24:17 +0000

I like the living room, even with the plastic-wrapped couch! My husband’s aunt and uncle had white couches with plastic covers - and they lived in Queens, too….LOL

By: justrun

justrun — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:27:02 +0000

Wow, that couch is sweet! The entire living room really.

By: mr_g

mr_g — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:53:18 +0000

Absolutely love the couch!!

And I didn’t have a lot of friends as a small child. Sometimes the plunger and the garden hose were the only ones who would play with me! (That’s not unusual, is it?)

By: barbetti

barbetti — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:51:56 +0000

God, I love the look on your face in that third photo. The hand placement just adds to the effect.

And that couch is bangin’.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:42:58 +0000

Damn, you chose these images very wisely, they are SUCH a window into who are today. I agree with V-Grrrl, therapy is working! (Either that or it will drive you insane as you being to really understand what makes you tick.)

Wow, that couch looks fantastic today, and to think of how much I made fun of my parents for covering everything in plastic!

By: Non-Highlighted Heather

Non-Highlighted Heather — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:28:42 +0000

It’s a pretty cool room, I have to agree. But the tags on the pillows need to be ripped off.

Hi, Neil.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:15:49 +0000

I loved this comedy sketch, Neil, and thank you for making me smile today.

I’m fairly certain Chagall’s woman is French, though. She lacks the hips to be Russian.

By: anymommy

anymommy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:14:18 +0000

I adore childhood photos. These are priceless. Is that an award on the right hand wall in the last picture? If so, I love your parents. My Dad thinks these types of wooden plaque awards are the highest form of art. I received one once when I left a job and when he saw it in the trash he wanted to take it home and hang it. Weird. Also a Manhattan raised Jew. Hmmmmm.

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:46:59 +0000

my next door neighbors had plastic on the “fancy” sofas in the living room, but no plastic on the “regular” sofas in the tv room. the plastic ones were crap to sit on in the summer.

By: kanani

kanani — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:32:53 +0000

Come to think of it… we did have plastic over a sofa. When I was about five, I remember my aunts getting excited because my mother had some kind of new ‘textured’ plastic. I remember that it left a pattern embedded on my legs.

We didn’t have plastic runners on the floor, but we did use MELMAC plates that my Mom bought in a set from the Centro-Mart.

All this is in such sharp contrast with how we live today. I think I’ll drag out the crock pot later.