As expected, I wasn’t prepared, yesterday, for this:
I expect we seldom expect signs about preparing for the expected.
How would you prepare for the expected?
Prepare for the expected list in this daily blog.
- When my son’s father, Leon, and I decided to stay together in 1980, I never expected we would separate or divorce.
- I expected our son, Aaron, to grow up to be a fabulous young man.
- These days, I expect all three of us to get along well, even when we’re working on the expectedly difficult and complicated, like financial applications to college.
Prepare for expected photographs.
As expected, WordPress presented those photos unexpectedly.
Were you prepared for the expected in this post? I’m prepared for both expected and unexpected comments.
Prepare for the expected thanks to Aaron, Leon, Target, PetSmart, Harley the cat, and all others who helped me create this expected post. Prepare for the expected special thanks to you — of course! — no matter what you expected today.
So, the answer would be YES to #1, #2 and #3? (Would not have expected #2 to be anything by expected for your offspring.)
As expected, David, you leave an expectedly wonderful comment. Aaron’s father and I did separate in 2004 and we were divorced in 2007. Aaron, unexpectedly, always says that he likes being the child of divorced parents.
Great Expectations (I’m sure you would have expected that from somebody 🙂
I didn’t expect that, Derrick, but I did expect a great comment from you.
One of my favorite sayings is prepare for the unexpected. Sometimes it just makes life easier in the long run.:-)
My life is easier, in the short and long run, when you comment, Lisa.
Expect the unexpected and you’ll never be surprised, or maybe you’ll always be surprised! 🙂
Just as I expected, an unsurprisingly great comment from you, Miriam!
Why, thank you. I expected you would write a lovely response!
FAFSA forms to fill out? Expect discomfort, married or un.
My dad had an inlaid wooden sign someone gave him – “Expect a Miracle”. I wonder what happened to it. I didn’t expect to remember that this morning.
I always expect miraculously understanding comments from you, Ruth.
I am sure there are cases that we know what to expected and can prepare for. For certain, unexpected things can happen and it is best to prepare for that.
I would expect prepared wisdom from you and I got it!
Since whatever I expect never seems to happen I can never prepare for the expected and if I prepare for the unexpected it becomes expected. I also like to surprise people although it probably won’t surprise you that I thought of a song, and one I’m sure you know.
I expect but am never quite prepared for how wonderful your comments are, Chris.
Oh, the college process. FAFSA gave me a headache, twice. Expect just about anything, Ann. ☺
And that necklace you just acquired…fabulous ! ❤️
I’ve gotten several headaches, as expected. And I expected a fabulous comment from you, Van! <3
If you expect some bumps along the way they won’t be so difficult to take. My girlfriend could not get her ex to contribute to their daughter’s university costs. It came back to bite him in the end because his daughter didn’t invite him to her graduation. When he asked why she told him because he chose not to contribute to her education in any way.
My ex is being much more reasonable, as ex-pected. I expect helpful comments from you, Carol!
Prepare for the expected is a great way of putting it Ann! Inexperience, however, proved the old saying “prepare for the unexpected” to be also true, I think. The more inexperienced, the more unprepared one is, no matter how much preparation was done beforehand, and this is very ironic, because one may think one is getting really prepared for something. Ironic is also the way that only “experience” is the real help, because it implies that one has to “stumble” many times in order to finally “get” it. Prepare for the expected is a realistic way of putting it, its like a hunch based on experience. Either way, however, questions the whole concept of ‘preparation’.
As expected, Maria, this is a well-reasoned, multi-perspectived comment from you.
I like to call preparation ‘rehearsals’ for reality, but even then one has no control over the environment. The fact that we are human means that we fall into each other’s trap, for better or worst. This is where the ‘religious’ part comes in: “it wasn’t meant for you”, and all-too-famous: “it happened for a reason”. These are very questionable sayings to live by. The “it happened for a reason” means that a person has to forget about a dream because he/she failed once or twice. Then religion comes to justify it, “show me my destiny”. One can certainly believe that things do happen for a reason, because it’s Freud’s “rationalization” defense mechanism. For me, however, things happen because we make them happen, not God. So, although people can help each other and even be crucial in one’s destiny, one is really alone in this, I believe.
What I’m also getting at is the “know thyself”. It’s a lifetime journey, and for me it’s the real guidance I can count on.
I didn’t expect three serious comments from you today, Maria, but I’m so glad you prepared them!
I expected this to be a good post. Not disappointed. But–eat hay? every day? that was unexpected. What about Eat Peeps, Don’t be Cheep? Didja get that unexpected mis-spelling? Many people expect bad puns out of me, so that in a very general sense was also expected. Or as Johnny Lydon once sang, “This is what you want, this is what you get.” Actually, you can throw that quote into a comment about just about anything, and it unexpectedly means something, I expect. AK, you rock!
I get you, Jeff, and I hope that’s expected!
Very much so.
I prepare for the expected and hope for the unexpected. Does anyone actually eat Peeps, or are they like Candy Corn for Halloween, everyone expects them, but nobody eats them? I have always wondered that.
Prepare for the expected reply from me, SD: I’ve eaten Peeps, but I avoid Candy Corn because I expect not to like it.
I never expected to hear prepare for the expected, guess that was kind of unexpected Ann. LOL <3
Diana xo
I never know what to expect, Diana, but it’s always wonderful when you drop by, expected or not! <3 xxoo
Oft the (predictable) contrarian, Ann, I have chosen to invoke the words anticipate and anticipation, rather than use expect or expectation. I much prefer to be surprised and pleased when I anticipate. Expectation, for me, conjures a sense of pre-ordained or entitlement. Simply another perspective. 🙂
I expect and anticipate a different perspective from you, Eric, always.
With bated breath, I suspect. 🙂
Aaron has grown up into a wonderful young man whom I anticipate will exceed all your expectations. I hope that he finds a university that will nurture his imagination as well as his intellect, because he is gifted with an abundance of both.
I prepare and yet am unprepared for your expectedly lovely comments, Maureen.
Please excuse my typos. I grew up with phones that were attached to the walls. One did not type on them. Nor gaze at them too long
I neither expected typos nor did I notice any.
As prepared as some of us are for the expected, the expected can still come as a shock to us, well it can for me
I expect that’s true for everybody, Joanne.
I expected to see a cat in your photos!
I am so happy to see you, as expected!