Me to fight as well.At school，1 wasoftendescribedasaggressiveandabitofa“tomboy”.The boys laughed at mewhenever my mother dressed me inpretty dresses so I ended up wearingieans or shorts all the time.And I stillfeel uncomfortable in very ferrIinine andlady.1ike clothes.I always wanted a big family myself.SOI suppose I liked the bus）r atmosphere inmy parents’house.I feel lucky to have Helen.my husband Richard’s daughterfrom his first marriage.1iving with us.Female company is so special to me！Our own boys，Tom and Sam，are greatand when I see them together Imreminded of my own brothers.I still hope to have more children.I think I’velost most of my old aggression and am quite gentle and easy-going these days.I sometimesthinkImtoolenientwiththe children.I don’t like punishing them.We always have a house fuU of people.Imvery sociable andfeel strange if ever I’maloneinthehouse.Danny andIarevery similar in that way.He’s still single but shares a house with four other people.He comes over here often too.The children love him.He’s great funand reallyPatient-iustlikewhenlwaslittle.We all love his sense of humourthough occasionally 1 wish he would be more serious.He and I are still very close and I dont know what Id do without him！Daniel Waterson：f饧en Sara was born.my brothers and I all pretended we werent interested in her but she was such a wonderful addition to our familythat we all learned to love her.For me，it was great to have someone younger around because I hadnt liked being the youngest.、№all loved taking care of her so she waS never alone.She was really spoiled-bv mom and dad and alltheboys.Wegavehereverything she wanted and she screamed and cried when she didnt have everyones attention. She was a determined little girl and wanted to do everything for herself.Btit she was a real exhibitionist——always wanting to show us how well she could run，dance，jump and so on.Then she would get upset when we laughed at her.She had a great sense of humour though and is still very amusing.I always thought she was selfish when we were kids but when I see her now with her own family I realise shes become very considerate and generOUS，always doing things for other people.Im the selfish one！ Saras a great motherinmostways-butI sometimes feel she’s a bit too strict with the boys.Shes very relaxed and easy-going with Helen——-which seems a bit unfair.Saras always trying to persuade me to settle down and have a family，but I’m happyjust sharinghersatthemoment.I think Im good with children but 1 wouldnt make a very good husband——Im much too irresponsible and disorgamsed.I’m sociable most of the time and love having fun with friends，but there are occasions when Im quite anti-social and iust want to shut myself away in my room with a good book and no interruptions.Ive always had good friends but very few girlfriends.
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