Since I am new and don't really know any of you I thought I would do a poll so we can get to know each other.

NAME: Debbie
LOCATION: New Jersey
STATUS: Married
CHILDREN: 2 Sean 7 1/2, Ryan 1
SAHM/WOHM: Work full time-Real Estate Paralegal
AGE: 33
ETHNICITY: White

NAME: Jen
LOCATION: Detroit
STATUS: Engaged
CHILDREN: Isaac 10, Aaron 8, Elijaah 6, Naathaniel 3 and Laliyaah 2
SAHM/WOHM: Work part time as a cashier, trying to figure out what to persue in school so I can get my degree
AGE: 30
ETHNICITY: I am white

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~Jen





Co-Hostess of Interracial/Intercultural Families

NAME: Susan
LOCATION: Italy
STATUS: Engaged, waiting for my divorce to remarry
CHILDREN: Alex, 2
SAHM/WOHM: Work part time (30hr week) as a secretary in an architecture/civil engineering firm
AGE: 37
ETHNICITY: I am white
FAVORITE FOOD: Mexican and Chinese
FAVORITE COLOR: any and all shades of pink and purple
FAVORITE MOVIE: The Party, Forrest Gump, Bridget Jones' Diary (can you tell I like comedy?)
FAVORITE BOOK: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Bridget Jones' Diary (there's a little Bridget in all of us)
HOBBIES: reading, knitting, being a couch potato
FAULTS: procastination, hyper-sensibility
ATTRIBUTES: helpful to others, discretion (believe it or not)

Any other ideas?

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Susan

NAME: Renée
LOCATION: Canada (Hull, Québec)
STATUS: married... 6 years in July
CHILDREN: Mirlange... will turn 4 in April
SAHM/WOHM: Own a dry cleaner and work on call at the Casino (KENO)
AGE: 31
ETHNICITY: Caucasian
FAVORITE FOOD: My mom's LOL
FAVORITE COLOR: black (to wear)
FAVORITE MOVIE: ??? no favorites... I love comedies
FAVORITE BOOK: Right now reading 2 books... Pays Sans Chapeau (Dany Laferriere) and Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (Romeo Dallaire)
HOBBIES: shopping, reading, internet
FAULTS: procastination hands down LOL
ATTRIBUTES: generous, always (almost) smiling

ABOUT DH/SO: We met online in 1997, he's from West Virginia, he just turned 30

FAVORITE FOOD: Thai and of course good ol soul food
FAVORITE COLOR: Robins egg blue, pink, purple..I love orange, but can't wear it.
FAVORITE MOVIE:I love comedies and action flicks
FAVORITE BOOK: Hmmm...I have read a lot of good books, I can't pick just one, but The Prisoners Wife meant a lot to me.
HOBBIES: reading, music, exercise, writing letters (to Jay)
FAULTS: I get angry fast, and stay mad longer than I should.
ATTRIBUTES: funny, intelligent, kind

ABOUT DH/SO:Jay and I have been a couple for almost a year now. I have known him (and his family) for about ten years. He is currently incarcerated, wrongfully convicted and we are trying to get him out. He was sentenced to 50-100 years, he is INNOCENT!! We are getting married either way, out or in

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~Jen





Co-Hostess of Interracial/Intercultural Families

FAVORITE FOOD: Italian and Mexican
FAVORITE COLOR: Blue and for clothes black
FAVORITE MOVIE:I love comedies and Dramas
FAVORITE BOOK: Not sure. The last book I read was The Da Vinci Code it was good.
HOBBIES: reading, online, tv, spending time with my kids and dh
FAULTS: procastination
ATTRIBUTES: loyal, kind, giving

ABOUT DH/SO:We have been together since 1995, we met in a club he was a bouncer there. We were married in April 2001. Not really much else to tell.

NAME: Sarah
LOCATION: Long Beach, CA
STATUS: Single
CHILDREN: Soloman - 11, Karsen & Sinclair 2 1/2 year old twins!!!
SAHM/WOHM: Work FULLTIME - internal wholesaler
AGE: 33
ETHNICITY: White

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FAVORITE FOOD: PASTA & SUSHI
FAVORITE COLOR: RED
FAVORITE MOVIE: Dirty Dancing & Jerry McGuire
FAVORITE BOOK: A Prayer for Owen Meaning
HOBBIES: love to watch my oldest play sports, huge baseball fan...only 4 weeks until opening day
FAULTS: BIG MOUTH
ATTRIBUTES: Good listener, loyal, good since of humor

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