rinkub

@rinkub (231)

India • Age 58

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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Insecurity

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 22 Jul 09

Hi. I'm back after quite a long time. It's good to be back. I wanted to ask all you mothers and child psychologists out there about something which is bothering me. I have only one child, a boy who is nine years. I feel he's...

child

fear

insecurity

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What do you do when you get complaints from your child's teachers?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 25 Jun 08

This has got me really worried. My son who's eight and a half, although very lively and extremely friendly and social was never the fighting sorts. He has lots of friends. Till class 2, his teachers gave remarks in his report card...

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2 people

Where to go during your next vacation?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 23 Jun 08

Ok now this one should have you guys dreaming. Where are you planning to spend your next holiday? And, with whom do you plan to go? I'll be visiting my husband in October. He's right now posted in a place called Assam which is...

holiday

india

national park

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What would you really like to do in life?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 21 Jun 08

For each one of us, there's something that we really want to do in life--call it a dream, a desire or a wish. For instance, I want to start an old-age home and an orphanage but have no funds. I want to travel around the world. I...

desire

dream

wish

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Relaxation

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 21 Jun 08

Hey friends, what's your idea of relaxing? I mean, suppose you are given this one day by an angel to just relax, what would be the things you'd do? Assume, that you have to do no work, or run chores or errands. It's your choice....

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Gregory Peck

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 19 Jun 08

Okay, I'll come straight to the point. Gregory Peck is my all-time favourite actor. There's no one quite like him, there never was, there never will be! Not only was he a fantastic actor, I don't think there's anyone as...

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1 person

adoption

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 9 Jun 08

I've always loved children and had hoped to have quite a few. I have a lovely eight-year-old boy. And now, my question. It took me a while to conceive him and he was delivered through a Ceasearean operation. The doctor then...

adoption

sibling

single child

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shopping

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 8 Jun 08

Is there anyone amongst you who hates shopping? I've yet to come across another woman who hates shopping. For me, shopping is a nightmare. Each time I have to go shopping I start getting the jitters. My friends and relatives...

shopping

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snacks

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 23 May 08

Well, there was....yes, there actually was a time when I used to love cooking. I kept trying out new recipes.But I must have overdone it and now the very thought of entering the kitchen gives me jitters. But what really gets me...

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How do you react when your boss shouts at you unfairly?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 18 Sep 07

Today was a lousy day for me. I work with a newspaper and we are forever rushing against deadlines. Sometimes I have to edit or rework on articles which are very badly written (and these reporters call themselves journalists!)...

boss

office

unfair

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How often can you let your child eat junk food?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 2 Sep 07

My eight-year-old son loves burgers, french fries, pizzas, etc and every now and then wants to eat at places like Mcdonald's etc. Its okay once in a while but I think its not at all good for health on a regular basis. Moreover,...

children

health

junk food

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2 people

Can office colleagues be friends?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 28 Aug 07

How many of you think office colleagues can become friends? When I first started work, I always maintained a distance with my colleagues but fortunately for me, they turned out to be so helpful and supportive that today some of...

colleagues

friends

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2 people

How often do you let the telephone disturb you?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 26 Aug 07

Another bane of my life. The phone is undoubtedly a lifeline but sometimes it proves to be so disturbing that I feel like snapping it off. My daily schedule's choc-a-bloc and inevitably whenever I sit down to do something...

phone calls

2 responses

How do you deal with unwanted guests?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 26 Aug 07

I have often faced this problem. Many a time, friends just decide to drop in unconcerned of our schedules. For instance, just this afternoon, this very close friend of ours decided to visit us with her 17-year-old son. My son's...

politeness

unwanted guests

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How many of you pray daily?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 22 Aug 07

How many of you offer prayers daily? Or do you pray only in your moments of crisis? Do you have any fixed time to pray? Do you believe in meditating? I offer prayers twice a day, every day, followed by meditation. My meditation...

meditation

prayer

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What do you prefer, tea or coffee?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 22 Aug 07

I personally prefer tea, especially in the morning. Lot of my friends prefer coffee. But tea is something that I've been used to always. Coffee doesn't refresh me as much as tea does. There are many ways that tea is made in India....

brew

coffee

tea

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How many of you have gone back to work full time after a long break?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 22 Aug 07

Well, I'm going back to work after a gap of two years and the job I took up two years back was after a gap of seven years. I took the break because I wanted to be with my son. The experience two years back was a rotten one and I...

break

gap

jobs

How many extra curricular activities should a child be involved in?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 21 Aug 07

I've been noticing that nowadays mothers are getting too ambitious for their kids. In my son's class(he's in class three), there are kids who go for 4-5 extra activities every day. They have been enrolled into all kinds of...

academics

children

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How good or bad is a creche for a child?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 18 Aug 07

I have a friend whose twin kids have grown up in a creche and when one day I accompanied her to the creche to pick up her kids, I found the kids in a pitiable state. The housekeeper gave a mouthful to the mother and told her that...

child

creche

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How responsible should the father be towards the child's daily studies?

rinkub @rinkub (231) • India 18 Aug 07

Is teaching the child daily only a mother's responsibility or should the dad pitch in too? I feel it is the responsibility of both parents though I find mothers doing it more often. When I was a student and needed to be taught, my...

child

parents

studies

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