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Old June 27th 04, 01:30 PM
Chris
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Was intrigued by someone's suggestion that personalities are
influenced by relationships in newborn (and, perhaps, even in utero)
litters. Offers _some explanation of odd differences.
My Mac was such a 'discrete' sleeper, preferring to jump up to say
'good morning' and 'good night' only. He would consent to sleep
alongside so long as you didn't crowd him.
My New Year's flu has returned in force. Woke several times during
the night, convinced I was dying, sweating and suffocating. It was
Gala, draped across in positions contrived to save those dying from
hypothermia. Changed beds. Woke, convinced I was dying ...... And so
it went.

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Old June 27th 04, 07:55 PM
Susan Fraser
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personalities are
influenced by relationships in newborn (and, perhaps, even in utero)
litters. Offers _some explanation of odd differences.


In utero, hormones: a female embryo developing between two males in a uterus
horn will be larger and perhaps more assertive.

And in bird dogs, there is a notion that the mom should be exposed to birds
during some critical period of embryo development so that the pups absorb the
surge of hormones and they are born more birdy.

As to sleeping, Steve and I were commenting on differences just this morning. I
am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is SheBop. She and I lounge around in the
bed, wallow and cuddle and hit the snoozealarm a dozen times, and must have
coffee to even contemplate opening our eyes. (Well, I do; SheBop just makes
sure I drink it by attempting to slurp if I leave it unguarded and go back to
sleep.)

Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake and are out the door before I can say 'boo'
(or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up and get the &*^# out!') After a while, they
tip toe back in, deposit the coffee and are gone again.

If they really want to get our goat, they come back in with GrisGris the
tasmanian devil, *always* ready to spin and bounce and create a holy ruckus, no
matter what time of day or night it might be. (Catching her asleep is like
trying to catch the refrigerator light going out.)

But ironically, SheBop (like Justice used to be) does not like to sleep on the
bed unless she has a whole side to herself. If my foot so much as touches her,
she's gone.

Shammie on the other paw, is relentless. I wake up in the fetal position with
Shammie curled up where my feet should be; I tell her to get down; she does;
and then I swear she waits to hear even breathing and jumps right back up,
curls up again and goes to sleep. Repeat every hour or so all night long.

And so
it went.


Yup.


Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
BeBop a Lu SheBop SH, Shamma Lamma Ding Dong MH,
Semper Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, and Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinch...densinthenews/
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Old June 27th 04, 07:55 PM
Susan Fraser
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personalities are
influenced by relationships in newborn (and, perhaps, even in utero)
litters. Offers _some explanation of odd differences.


In utero, hormones: a female embryo developing between two males in a uterus
horn will be larger and perhaps more assertive.

And in bird dogs, there is a notion that the mom should be exposed to birds
during some critical period of embryo development so that the pups absorb the
surge of hormones and they are born more birdy.

As to sleeping, Steve and I were commenting on differences just this morning. I
am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is SheBop. She and I lounge around in the
bed, wallow and cuddle and hit the snoozealarm a dozen times, and must have
coffee to even contemplate opening our eyes. (Well, I do; SheBop just makes
sure I drink it by attempting to slurp if I leave it unguarded and go back to
sleep.)

Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake and are out the door before I can say 'boo'
(or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up and get the &*^# out!') After a while, they
tip toe back in, deposit the coffee and are gone again.

If they really want to get our goat, they come back in with GrisGris the
tasmanian devil, *always* ready to spin and bounce and create a holy ruckus, no
matter what time of day or night it might be. (Catching her asleep is like
trying to catch the refrigerator light going out.)

But ironically, SheBop (like Justice used to be) does not like to sleep on the
bed unless she has a whole side to herself. If my foot so much as touches her,
she's gone.

Shammie on the other paw, is relentless. I wake up in the fetal position with
Shammie curled up where my feet should be; I tell her to get down; she does;
and then I swear she waits to hear even breathing and jumps right back up,
curls up again and goes to sleep. Repeat every hour or so all night long.

And so
it went.


Yup.


Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
BeBop a Lu SheBop SH, Shamma Lamma Ding Dong MH,
Semper Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, and Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinch...densinthenews/
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Old June 27th 04, 07:55 PM
Susan Fraser
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personalities are
influenced by relationships in newborn (and, perhaps, even in utero)
litters. Offers _some explanation of odd differences.


In utero, hormones: a female embryo developing between two males in a uterus
horn will be larger and perhaps more assertive.

And in bird dogs, there is a notion that the mom should be exposed to birds
during some critical period of embryo development so that the pups absorb the
surge of hormones and they are born more birdy.

As to sleeping, Steve and I were commenting on differences just this morning. I
am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is SheBop. She and I lounge around in the
bed, wallow and cuddle and hit the snoozealarm a dozen times, and must have
coffee to even contemplate opening our eyes. (Well, I do; SheBop just makes
sure I drink it by attempting to slurp if I leave it unguarded and go back to
sleep.)

Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake and are out the door before I can say 'boo'
(or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up and get the &*^# out!') After a while, they
tip toe back in, deposit the coffee and are gone again.

If they really want to get our goat, they come back in with GrisGris the
tasmanian devil, *always* ready to spin and bounce and create a holy ruckus, no
matter what time of day or night it might be. (Catching her asleep is like
trying to catch the refrigerator light going out.)

But ironically, SheBop (like Justice used to be) does not like to sleep on the
bed unless she has a whole side to herself. If my foot so much as touches her,
she's gone.

Shammie on the other paw, is relentless. I wake up in the fetal position with
Shammie curled up where my feet should be; I tell her to get down; she does;
and then I swear she waits to hear even breathing and jumps right back up,
curls up again and goes to sleep. Repeat every hour or so all night long.

And so
it went.


Yup.


Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
BeBop a Lu SheBop SH, Shamma Lamma Ding Dong MH,
Semper Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, and Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinch...densinthenews/
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Old June 27th 04, 08:34 PM
Chris
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The way people handle these differences:
I am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is
SheBop. .....
Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake
and are out the door before I can say
'boo' (or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up
and get the &*^# out!') After a while,
they tip toe back in, deposit the coffee
and are gone again.

is really interesting. Saw the Owl and Lark on a "Do Not Marry These
People" list. A merry couple I know are, perhaps, more extreme than you
and Steve. They credit it with keeping their relationship fresh because
they don't suffer too much 'togetherness'.
Are you and Steve merry?

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Old June 27th 04, 08:34 PM
Chris
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The way people handle these differences:
I am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is
SheBop. .....
Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake
and are out the door before I can say
'boo' (or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up
and get the &*^# out!') After a while,
they tip toe back in, deposit the coffee
and are gone again.

is really interesting. Saw the Owl and Lark on a "Do Not Marry These
People" list. A merry couple I know are, perhaps, more extreme than you
and Steve. They credit it with keeping their relationship fresh because
they don't suffer too much 'togetherness'.
Are you and Steve merry?

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Old June 27th 04, 08:34 PM
Chris
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The way people handle these differences:
I am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is
SheBop. .....
Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake
and are out the door before I can say
'boo' (or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up
and get the &*^# out!') After a while,
they tip toe back in, deposit the coffee
and are gone again.

is really interesting. Saw the Owl and Lark on a "Do Not Marry These
People" list. A merry couple I know are, perhaps, more extreme than you
and Steve. They credit it with keeping their relationship fresh because
they don't suffer too much 'togetherness'.
Are you and Steve merry?

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Old June 27th 04, 09:03 PM
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"Chris" wrote in message
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The way people handle these differences:
I am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is
SheBop. .....
Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake
and are out the door before I can say
'boo' (or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up
and get the &*^# out!') After a while,
they tip toe back in, deposit the coffee
and are gone again.

is really interesting.


Saw the Owl and Lark on a "Do Not Marry These
People" list. A merry couple I know are, perhaps, more extreme than you
and Steve. They credit it with keeping their relationship fresh because
they don't suffer too much 'togetherness'.
Are you and Steve merry?



Throwing my two cents in: my husband and I have been very happily married
for 11 1/2 years, and are expecting our first child in October. Saskia (the
Dane pup) and I go to bed at about 11 or 11:30 and get up at about 9 (the
cat starts bugging us at about 7, but has learned that extreme persistence
means she gets pushed off the bed, while quieter efforts get her ears rubbed
until I fall asleep again). I can function just fine getting up quite a bit
earlier, but am seriously trying to catch up on my sleep right now, what
with the baby coming and all. My husband goes to bed between 3:30 and 6 a.m.
and gets up between 12 and 2 in the afternoon, and does NOT function well
getting up early. We have a great marriage and DO have plenty of
togetherness, given that he works from home and I was already pregnant when
the citizenship papers went through and I was legally permitted to work
here, and so do not currently work.
--Katrina


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Old June 27th 04, 09:03 PM
White Monkey
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"Chris" wrote in message
...
The way people handle these differences:
I am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is
SheBop. .....
Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake
and are out the door before I can say
'boo' (or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up
and get the &*^# out!') After a while,
they tip toe back in, deposit the coffee
and are gone again.

is really interesting.


Saw the Owl and Lark on a "Do Not Marry These
People" list. A merry couple I know are, perhaps, more extreme than you
and Steve. They credit it with keeping their relationship fresh because
they don't suffer too much 'togetherness'.
Are you and Steve merry?



Throwing my two cents in: my husband and I have been very happily married
for 11 1/2 years, and are expecting our first child in October. Saskia (the
Dane pup) and I go to bed at about 11 or 11:30 and get up at about 9 (the
cat starts bugging us at about 7, but has learned that extreme persistence
means she gets pushed off the bed, while quieter efforts get her ears rubbed
until I fall asleep again). I can function just fine getting up quite a bit
earlier, but am seriously trying to catch up on my sleep right now, what
with the baby coming and all. My husband goes to bed between 3:30 and 6 a.m.
and gets up between 12 and 2 in the afternoon, and does NOT function well
getting up early. We have a great marriage and DO have plenty of
togetherness, given that he works from home and I was already pregnant when
the citizenship papers went through and I was legally permitted to work
here, and so do not currently work.
--Katrina


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Old June 27th 04, 09:03 PM
White Monkey
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"Chris" wrote in message
...
The way people handle these differences:
I am an owl, allergic to mornings. So is
SheBop. .....
Shammie and Steve pop up wide awake
and are out the door before I can say
'boo' (or more likely 'shut the %*$&* up
and get the &*^# out!') After a while,
they tip toe back in, deposit the coffee
and are gone again.

is really interesting.


Saw the Owl and Lark on a "Do Not Marry These
People" list. A merry couple I know are, perhaps, more extreme than you
and Steve. They credit it with keeping their relationship fresh because
they don't suffer too much 'togetherness'.
Are you and Steve merry?



Throwing my two cents in: my husband and I have been very happily married
for 11 1/2 years, and are expecting our first child in October. Saskia (the
Dane pup) and I go to bed at about 11 or 11:30 and get up at about 9 (the
cat starts bugging us at about 7, but has learned that extreme persistence
means she gets pushed off the bed, while quieter efforts get her ears rubbed
until I fall asleep again). I can function just fine getting up quite a bit
earlier, but am seriously trying to catch up on my sleep right now, what
with the baby coming and all. My husband goes to bed between 3:30 and 6 a.m.
and gets up between 12 and 2 in the afternoon, and does NOT function well
getting up early. We have a great marriage and DO have plenty of
togetherness, given that he works from home and I was already pregnant when
the citizenship papers went through and I was legally permitted to work
here, and so do not currently work.
--Katrina


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