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  1. Perry
    Spy Car! The new thieves are holding hands and laughing.
  2. Perry
    That's what I was thinking too. If The cheese was passed from one person to the next, I think I'd opt out of the cheese. Especially if certain relatives were at the table. :ack2:
  3. Perry

    I caught the cookie thief! BUT... someone else took 59 cookies from the cookie jar!" That way we know this player has been caught and we'll look on another profile. Next, copy this entire post and paste it onto someone else's profile (player must have more than 100 posts and must have been active in the last month.) Lastly, change the type in red so that the numbers each increase by one. It will be easier to track that way. Please post your findings in the thread entitled SOMEONE STOLE A COOKIE! Forum Game. Have Fun!

  4. Perry
    Alice did it. I was going to let someone else have it, but maybe I'm the only one still playing. The new thief is hiding in Times Square.
  5. Perry
    :iagree: I might also invite her to the WTM boards, with your board name. If she's already here, that would give her an easy way to contact you.
  6. Perry
    You still have to touch the cheese to put it in the grater.
  7. Perry
    :iagree:
  8. Perry
    And I am not talking about not treating people with respect. I would always treat a girl with respect, regardless of how I felt about the way she dresses or behaves.
  9. Perry
    I sure made plenty of bad decisions when I was younger, but I don't expect people to have respected me for it. Loved me anyway and treated me kindly, yes. Respected me, no. But again, I think we're using the term differently. It doesn't have anything to do with someone's essence or worth, for me. I don't consider dressing in a very provocative way to be superficial. To me it reveals much about a girl's feelings of self-worth and self-respect. I feel sad for those girls, and I doubt if they're very happy.
  10. Perry
    I think we may be using the term respect differently. I looked around for some definitions, and they vary wildly. Wiki is closer to what I am talking about. That kind of dress does not conjure up feelings of positive esteem for me. OTOH, it absolutely doesn't mean I make any judgments about someone's worth! My kids have many friends whose dress and behavior make me cringe. My own kids make me cringe sometimes. But I still love them and accept them. I don't always respect their choices, but it doesn't change the way I feel about their worth.
  11. Perry

    Tara stole 51 cookies!

     

    Rules of the game: if you find this (anyone except the cookie thief themselves) then post here to say "I caught the cookie thief! BUT... someone else took two cookies from the cookie jar!" That way we know this player has been caught and we'll look on another profile. Next, copy this entire post and paste it onto someone else's profile (player must have more than 100 posts and must have been active in the last month.) Lastly, change the type in red so that the numbers each increase by one. It will be easier to track that way. Please post your findings in the thread entitled SOMEONE STOLE A COOKIE! Forum Game. Have Fun!

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  13. Perry
    3littlekeets stole the cookies! BRB
  14. Perry
    Good point. Maybe if they had a dd who was continually pushing the extremes they might feel differently. ;)
  15. Perry
    Thank you for clarifying. I agree with you. Although there are people I don't respect, because they haven't earned it. I have noticed on Twitter and Facebook that referring to your female friends as sluts and b*tches now seems to be a common form of endearment. I find it incredibly sad.
  16. Perry

    Strider stole 47 cookies! Rules of the game: if you find this (anyone except the cookie thief themselves) then post here to say "I caught the cookie thief! BUT... someone else took 47 cookies from the cookie jar!" That way we know this player has been caught and we'll look on another profile. Next, copy this entire post and paste it onto someone else's profile (player must have more than 100 posts and must have been active in the last month.) Lastly, change the type in red so that the numbers each increase by one. It will be easier to track that way. Please post your findings in the thread entitled SOMEONE STOLE A COOKIE! Forum Game. Have Fun!

  17. Perry
    Sebastian did it! Great clue! She is friend to Gandalf.
  18. Perry
    I agree with most of what you are saying, but this confuses me. Respecting women doesn't necessarily mean you have to respect every single individual and her behavior. I respect women, but if a woman lies, cheats, and steals, I don't respect her. Likewise, if a girl shows up for a dance in this, that just doesn't scream respect.
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    Click on community>Members List, then click on the column heading "Posts".
  20. Perry
    If a teenage girl who normally didn't wear clothes like that wore it to school, it would stand out. If someone wore clothes like that every day, it would look perfectly normal.
  21. Perry
    I think it's a fine line. I'm pretty non-conformist. I think it's great to have a unique sense of style. But that's different than wearing something that screams "Look at me, everybody!" I wouldn't consider the June Cleaver dress immodest, but if my dd wore it to school it would be obvious that she was doing it for attention, not because she loved the style. So in that case, I would consider it inappropriate. OTOH, if she really liked that style and gravitated towards those kinds of clothes, it would be fine, because she'd be doing it because it made her happy, not wearing it for shock value. It's more than the clothes, it's the purpose.
  22. Perry
    I have, very rarely, told her she couldn't wear something. Even if she bought it with her own money. I'm not a prude, and I don't want to micromanage my kids. Unfortunately, sometimes her judgment leaves a lot to be desired. Of course I realize I have no power over her bad decisions once she leaves.
  23. Perry
    Refusing to buy something that I think is inappropriate is not the same as telling her what to wear. She can't afford to buy it herself so thankfully I don't have to deal with that issue.
  24. Perry
    :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:
  25. Perry
    I don't tell her what to wear now. But as long as she lives in my house -and if I'm buying the clothes- I have veto power.
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