I went for the first time a few months ago. It was fun for me just walking around and checking out the casinos. We went to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay, watched the free show outside Treasure Island, watched the fountains at the Belagio. There are many, many shops all through the casinos. Are you staying on the Strip? My dh learned to keep his hands clenched as we walked because there are people who kept trying to shove call girl cards into his hand as we walked. They wear neon colored t-shirts but you can't really avoid them. They are everywhere. If your hand is open, they will slip a card in. (Um, he's walking with ME!?) I highly recommend Wolfgang Puck's in the MGM Grand. The food was fantastic and so was the service. Reasonably priced for an upscale restaurant--about $30 each.

Don't worry about it. Things get flagged all the time. It's a little annoying for the seller, but that's just Craigslist. :D

My girls don't always enjoy being dragged around to their older brother's baseball games, but we attend as a family so they go. They don't really get a choice. My oldest is 16 and he doesn't always want to go to the girls' swim meets, but, as a family, we do things together so we all go. If you typically do things as a family, then I don't see why church should be different. On the other hand, if your teen was highly resistant, I'm not sure. I guess it would depend on the family dynamic you already have in place.

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Very exciting!!! Congratulations!!

One of my classmates was married with a baby. He turned 18 sometime during his senior year and had gotten his girlfriend pregnant. They were married before the end of the school year. It was really weird to me!

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I think you are being unfair to those who think a spouse would change because of losing faith. No one, as far as I know, has said that the "deconverted" spouse would become a reprobate, just different. It is reasonable that the moral decisions based on matters of faith will change if that faith is no longer there. But even then, I don't know that most people are necessarily talking about a moral change taking place.

In the cases IRL that I've seen, there has been a major shift in the marriage. In each case, it was the dh who left the faith and there was a big change in personality and character. They became very hostile towards religion in general, particularly Christianity, and openly mocked faith. Maybe they were always jerks and it was just their true personalities showing. How to raise the kids also became a huge issue. I don't know what I'd do if my dh suddenly demanded that our kids stop attending church, stop reading Scripture, stop praying as has been the case with several acquaintances. I know this doesn't happen in every situation and I hope for the OP in the other thread that this isn't the case with her. After we had kids, my dh didn't attend church with us. He was always working or hunting. It was hard not to have him there with us. At least he shared the same faith and was supportive of it with the kids. Now that he attends regularly with us, I can see even more how great it is that we are united in that. In our house, faith filters through our discussions and the decisions we make. Faith is a very meaningful thing in our lives, not just what we do on Sundays. I can't imagine not sharing that same pov with my spouse. It would be very difficult. I'd feel like I couldn't share my deepest thoughts and feelings with my own spouse because he wouldn't understand at all.

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I wonder what good it does. I can't imagine studying that much. I'd think my brain would explode. :001_smile: I can't imagine what exactly they are doing for 15 hours a day. Are they memorizing encyclopedias? Reading something over and over doesn't necessarily mean deeper understanding. I think education is a life-long process. I never could have learned what I know now by 18 even if I did study 15 hours a day as a kid. I don't think education works that way.

Another vote for buying enough K-cups for their visit. When I was younger, I remember a couple of our frequent guests commenting about my mom always remembered what they drank and made sure she had some to offer them when they visited. For my uncle it was 7up. For others it was sweet tea or coffee (and she always remembered how they took it). It made them feel very special and welcomed in our home. We don't have guests over very often at all (to my dismay!) but when we do I always remember that about my mom and try to remember the little things our guests would appreciate.

Okay, this might be a really stupid question but I'm assuming the alphabet is the same through all the years? Should I start with an introduction of the alphabet first? Something like this: A Greek Alphabetarion then jump into Pharr's book? From what I could tell online, Pharr's book jumps right in without any explanation of the alphabet or how to pronounce anything. Or do the newer editions of the book have that in it?

This is interesting. I talked to ds some more. We are reading Fagles' Illiad right now and he enjoys it. He loves the idea of reading it in the original language. He "gets" poetry pretty well so maybe we'll start with Homeric Greek. I didn't realize this would be such a complicated decision! :001_smile: I appreciate the experienced wisdom of this board!

I just talked to ds about the different styles of Greek and he'd prefer to learn Homeric Greek. His question is that if he studies Homeric Greek, how easy would it be for him to understand Classical Greek? Or would it be easier to understand Homeric Greek if one learned Attic Greek? Or is it like thinking one could learn modern day English and then read Old English?

He's a rising sophomore. My plan had been to send him to a community college to get in several credits of a foreign language before graduating and now he throws me this curveball. Thanks for all the info!

I'm not really sure. He enjoys Vocabulary from Classical Roots and has always expressed an interest in Greek mythology so maybe he's thinking more of classical Greek.

Thank you. I hadn't really thought about there being a difference.

He's mentioned this a few times. I know nothing about Greek. If he studies classical/ancient Greek, how similar is that to modern day Greek? Our pastor has been teaching a Greek class but obviously it is ancient Greek.

Several people I know have tried them but they had leaks within a month. They seem to sunrot really fast.

With my two girls, I went 42 weeks. My dates could have been off but I highly doubt it. 40 weeks is an average time. All women and babies are different. I know some women who normally go 38 weeks and others who go 42 with every baby. One midwife I used had to have inductions with every baby because she lost her first one when the placenta shut down and labor didn't start. With most women, the placenta shutting down is one factor in triggering labor. But in some women that doesn't happen soon enough. I understand doctors being cautious.

My oldest ds (16) is like this--very gifted athlete and does not enjoy reading at all. He hates sitting still! But he does like when I read to him while he works out. I'd much rather curl up with a book than have someone read it to me while I exercise! Ugh!

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Thanks to Jean, I think we all can add possums coming up out of a toilet to our lists. I am irrational when it comes to pit bulls. One chased my son over a 6 ft brick wall and another cornered my dh. Our neighbor's pit bull turned on another one of his dogs and killed it. So maybe it isn't completely irrational but I hate being near one. Fight or flight really kicks in if one is around. I'm majorly claustrophobic too. I can't put my head under a blanket or even wear a turtle neck.

You could get a small animal trap to set up in the bathroom each night. Take him far away and release him if you catch him. Doesn't really help for figuring out how he got in though. I think I'd let dad handle it his way though. Wild animals in your house is never a good thing!