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suburbs region mortgage surrounded by
Linda: You mean you grew up in this town?
Miller: Basically. Actually, I was brought up in the _____________, but I still consider this my hometown. And in all my years here, I've seen this town grow a lot.
Linda: I've heard that lots of people are moving to this ___________ nowadays.
Miller: They sure are! This town used to be ___________ fields and forests. Now it's all housing developments. Every year there's more and more construction on the outskirts of town. Housing prices are up, too. The ____________ on the house I own would be twice today what I paid originally.
months later. We had our first child, our son, in 1978 and second child, our daughter, was born in 1981. We have been together for over 20 years now. Our son still lives at home. Our daughter left home last year to go to college.
NOT A LOVE STORY
We first met in 1991 and we got married six months later. We had a son soon after. Things didn’t really work out between us and we separated in 1993. We finally got divorced in 1994. I got custody of our son. His father visits on weekends. I remarried last year and I’m very happy now with my second husband.
Single-parent family: A family where one parent brings up the child / children.
An only child: A child with no brothers or sisters.
RELATIONS
John and Elizabeth Wade are Bob’s grandparents.
Elizabeth Wade is Paul’s mother-in-law.
Jill is Paul’s sister-in-law.
Peter “Senior” is Bob’s uncle.
Pamela is Susan’s niece.
John Wade is Paul’s father-in-law.
Peter “Senior” is Paul’s brother-in-law.
Susan is Bob’s aunt.
Bob is Susan’s nephew.
Bob and Karen are cousins.
"MARRIED OR NOT MARRIED"
MR is for married and unmarried men.
MISS is for single women.
MRS is for married women.
MS is a term preferred by many women today. It can be used by married and unmarried women.
STEPFATHER - STEPMOTHER
The name for a parent of a second marriage.
The term "Partner" is common to refer to the person you live with.
