Tohru
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Oh heavens, this happens to me when I have coffee. I get these adrenaline rushes and you can't shut me up. And I talk REALLY fast, but I don't realize it until later. It reminds me of the Friends episode where Ross is trying to talk up the pizza delivery girl so he can get her number, and he ends up talking about natural gas and how they add the smell to it for safety reasons. After she leaves, he's like, "Was I talking about...gas?!"
Totally BTDT.
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Yep, me too! And I have a FANTASTIC friend that always offers me coffee, even if I've had my quota and am already speed-talking about nonsense.
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I'm going to completely psycho-babble based on my own experience:
Maybe your dh just wants you to have a new dress because he doesn't like the other, but that is simply too rude to say... :leaving:
Maybe he thinks that you getting a new dress proves he is doing a good job providing for his family...
Or he loves you so much that he wants you to have a new dress because it makes him happy. :hurray:
Or not :D
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This is a fabulous idea! Thank you.
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A ukulele?
He has one already.
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Please give me some gift ideas or celebration suggestions to make an 18th birthday special. This child is not looking forward to turning 18 and detests modern technology (ie: refuses to have a smart phone or participate in social media.)
Thanks.
ETA: For a Boy/Man :)
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and signed up to bring something (food), but then turns out you can't go, should you still provide the item you were going to take?
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I am so excited about this! We have enjoyed Sonlight in the past and have edited out the religious portions of their curriculum. Just found out they have an affliate company that offers a secular option now! All the great books and awesome schedule of Sonlight, but without the religious materials. Woohoo!
So excited! Here is the link
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Yeah, news reports. They make it sound like one thing, get you all riled up, then when you get more information, you realize it wasn't like that at all.
Media, huh :)
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You misread. The first request was to have the dog live out his life in a sanctuary. The 2nd was euthanization because the dog has a history of agression and recommended by the vet in the past that he be euthanized.
I've had a very aggressive dog. Thankfully he lived out his whole life with us because I know that he would not have been able to live with any one else. He had a very poor temperment.
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My eldest outgrew Legos years ago and I vaguely remember that there wasn't many other things being played with. The Legos were self-contained in the bedroom area, so no big deal.
Fast-forward to present day, we have a different house, more children and pets. The bedrooms aren't really set up well for toy storage/play area.
My younger ones are just now entering the world of Lego fascination, but they have many, many other interests so I'm debating on whether or not a Lego table would be a good thing to get or not.
Right now I've got Legos scattered on the floor, along with puzzle pieces, books, ponies, and other random toys.
What do you think, should I get a train table / Lego table? I found a used one that is super cheap I can pick up this evening. Do you have one? If so, are you glad you have it?
Pros:
Containment
Cons:
They take up a lot of space!
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What does JAWM, JAWY, and JAWU mean?
I've tried googling and I don't think the content is correct for this thread.
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In my experience, there's an evolving internet etiquette that differs from offline social etiquette. Offline, when people say something factually wrong, foolish, or even offensive, people smile politely and gloss over the comment or change the subject. Online, each phrase and turn of a word can be singled out to explore in greater detail to support a larger point. It may feel unnecessarily nit-picky to people who expect the kind of offline politeness, but online, it's a perfectly acceptable social behavior. WTM forum is an online community, and the social dynamic evolves as it does in online communities in general.
Yep, I'd have to agree. It is unfortunate.
Either way, off or online, the emotions are just as real and intense.
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I know it's different in some places, but where we live, no one asks what religion you are, so I honestly have no clue how most of the people I know would respond to this poll.
I assume the results would be pretty mixed, though.
It's hard to get a real feeling about this stuff on an internet forum, too, because all it takes are a few loudmouths who burst into every possible thread to either preach their strong religious beliefs or, on the other side of the coin, "educate" people about why having religious beliefs is stupid and unscientific, and all of a sudden it looks like there is a huge movement one way or the other -- when really it's just the same small number of people on either side who make a lot of noise.
I think most of the people on this forum are kind, decent, and tolerant. I also think that many people refrain from posting about topics that are either specifically religious or atheist in content because they don't want to be bullied or mocked by a few people who will almost inevitably show up to derail their threads or nitpick at their posts.
Personally, I don't care what anyone believes or doesn't believe, because it's none of my business and I don't think religion or a lack thereof has the slightest impact on whether or not someone is nice, honest, caring, and decent.
Golly, I wish I could "Like" this 100 times! Where is 67_others?!?
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I didn't read ANY of the responses and don't want to! I saw the question and it made me laugh, very hard! :lol:
I've never understood how any person could interpret or dictate something about a different belief system, especially if they don't believe it.
So funny!
I'm going to be laughing about this all day!
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Ds plays 'live', and I have to say, many of the interactions he's had are very positive. Even the less positive interactions have been learning experiences...and he's been backed up in those situations by 'strangers'.
Ds has had a lot of education on staying safe online.
I do agree that young children are best playing games that are not online - they need to be of an age where they can conduct themselves safely.
I'm sure, however the op's children are very young...
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I walked in on the video playing and all I remember seeing was the camera zooming in and out on backsides, shaking bums. That was more than enough for me.
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I have never met any adult in my entire life who says they're really glad that they had access to video games as a child.
I have never met any adult who spent more time on video games, than on doing things outdoors and creating art, who had better fine motor skills than individuals who developed their hands through a variety of media (sculpting, playing violin, playing piano, using a keyboard, tinkering with electronics, gardening). Ever. Ever. In fact I find the idea that video games improve hand-eye coordination for anyone who is not disabled laughable. Sure, it improves hand-eye coordination compared to being in a cage!*
I have never met an adult who wishes they spent more time on video games as a child, and when I was a child yes it was common to have a video game console in your home--we were one of the few families without one.
I have never met an adult who feels that video games taught them an important life lesson, whereas most of the adults I know can point to experiences with the community or in literature, through which they learned ethics and life lessons that helped them through life.
I have seen social gaming and it's cute. I have never seen gaming which promoted healthier social relationships than when people were forced to interact and solve more real, complex, enduring problems than video games present.
I know adults who are addicted to video games, and I know adults who occasionally play. Never, ever, have I heard them speak of the things that video games do for them. They talk about video games like someone talks about alcohol, or refined sugar--"It's a guilty pleasure." "Everyone has to relax once in awhile."
Wow. I'm sad for you.
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I am totally for gaming as long as it doesn't go online. Wii would be the best one for young children. Anything that can go 'live' is a terrible, terrible idea and that includes computer games.
I think it can be good for some and bad for some.
If your husband wants one and you're considering it because of the positives, I'd just get one. Your husband's needs matters and he is important too. Besides, a lot of guys (and women) that aren't physical/athletic can bond through video games - instead of tossing the baseball, they can toss the virtual ball, or you know, slay some dragons together or whatever :)
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I switched to Winterpromise after struggling through Sonlight for the past 2 years. My eldest did the upper cores, no problem, but my youngest is a much more sensitive child and I finally realized that Sonlight is just too harsh for that kind of person.
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Sounds awesome! No link?
ETA: Okay, found it using a different browser and search engine :)
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Some of these I haven't heard of!
I'd probably watch any movie again if it was on. We don't actually have reception, so if there is something on the television that isn't a video game or Disney or Pokemon, I get sucked in. Something about moving pictures!
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The bolded is, I think what we are running into. Honestly, my worst clutter offender has very few official toys. Those who suggested decluttering...well, she's decluttering the outdoors into my house. How do you ban acorns, rocks, shells, leaves, wads of moss, balls of sun dried clay....
There is such a thing as too much nature indoors which adds to the clutter too. We had a problem with rocks so we created nature baskets. Everything that doesn't fit into the basket, does not stay in the house.
Quick! Putting together a silly Grown-Up Kit for dd's 18th birthday--need ideas
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This is a fantastic idea and great thread! I'm following and would love more ideas!