{"id":2702,"date":"2012-09-05T21:06:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T04:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2012-09-05T21:06:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T04:06:54","slug":"couple-scrambles-to-find-friends-with-kids-same-age-as-theirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2702","title":{"rendered":"Couple Scrambles to Find Friends with Kids Same Age as Theirs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Jamey and Emmalee Retzlaff used to be the fun couple on the block.  Without kids, they were invited over to other\u2019s homes where they would play with their kids and stay late drinking, as there was no urgency to return home.  They had the energy and sleep to go to barbeques at a moment\u2019s notice.  People knew they could count on the Retzlaffs for a good time.\nThat all changed two years ago when the Retzlaff\u2019s started having kids.  \u201cWe could tell people weren\u2019t super excited about inviting people over with a newborn,\u201d says Jamey.  \u201cThey had already gone through all the changes of a newborn, they didn\u2019t want to hear about our excitement in all the small changes.  Now we have a two year old and a newborn, who wants to hang out with that?\u201d\n<!--more-->\nNo one, unless you have a two year old and a newborn.  Families with older kids want to hang out with other families with kids the same age as theirs.  It keeps the kids occupied and allows time for the parents to drink and eat in peace.  Unfortunately for the Retzlaff\u2019s, they have spent most of their time with couples that have older children, and therefore, are not eligible to hang out with them anymore.\n\u201cWe have been trying to find friends with kids the same age as ours, but no one has time to do crap,\u201d says Jamey.  \u201cWe talk to everyone over at the park, ask how old their kids are, and are extremely friendly.  Unfortunately, it never goes passed that and we have yet to meet friends with kids the same age as ours.\u201d  The Retzlaff\u2019s realize that they simply may have to wait until the kids start school to find friends with kids the same age as theirs. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2702","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-38","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}