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If this was my son, I'd tell him to write, "LOL" or "Haha, you're jealous of my skiiiiiiiillllls."
There is a winky smile.
Don't blow it out of proportion. He'll gain credibility by not getting his nose out of joint.
The funny thing is, we just had this discussion with one of our boys yesterday after a long day at the....wait for it....skating rink! :D He often thinks boys are teasing him when they are not.
Is the advice you gave above hard for your boy to follow? I'm asking because for my son it really is. We try to work on it and hopefully as he gets older it will get easier (he's 10), but he's just not very good at the calm, cool and collected response that can shut verbal bullies down. He's more likely to get his noise out of joint.
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We got one for years that was so ridiculously braggy that the reading of it aloud was a highpoint of the holiday season. At some point I learned something about the husband that wasn't good and later found out about other issues in the family. One child grew into a rebellious teen, another has struggled mightily with depression. You know, the kind of stuff that can happen to anyone, but not to Super Family.
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It's a bad idea--SAHPs, especially women, are vulnerable enough as it is. There is no reason a SAHP cannot have a credit card in her or his name. The credit line doesn't need to be super high and if it's goes unpaid then close the account. If it's paid regularly and on time then the credit limited could gradually be raised. I really doubt that SAHPs are responsible for the bulk of unpaid CC debt.
I don't even know what to make of the replies along the lines of "Well that's what you get when choose to be a SAHP". :glare:
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(long post)..When will writing come together? Help!
For immediate results' date=' stop using the space bar. HTH :)[/quote']
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Good News, Bad News
You know I had my share.
When a recipe calls for bread crumbs,
It's time to clean out the toaster tray.
Does anyone use a Swiffer Duster to dust?
Well, what do you use it for?
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Chris Jones & Kathy Smith-Jones
1234 First Street
Yes, exactly this. If it's a couple with children then I would use Mrs. Mungo's idea of the Smith-Jones family or what Rivka wrote above and add "and family" to it.
I do think it's important to address cards correctly. You really don't want your greetings of goodwill to include a slight to anyone. I once received a card from someone who knew us both and addressed it to my husband's name "and his family". Let's just say I did not like it. Not one bit.
One time my parents received a card from an adult niece that was addressed to "Uncle (my dad) and everyone". Let's just say my mom really did not like it. Not even one little bit.
Now the card we received, after years of marriage, that had my name as "Heather", the name of a young lady my husband had previously dated, was hilarious to me. I know that the person who sent it, who hadn't seen us since we had just started dating, really did think he had it right. He has a double first name of Jan-something and I had to really resist the temptation to address their card Jan-Heather.
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:grouphug:
Take good care of you.
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You are about 20 days early!!
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I pose the concept that not all single mothers are hussies who can't name the father of their baby.:glare:
Just wanted to quote this point you made as, except for the word "hussies", I agree completely. To equate the plot of this movie with single mothers in general is ridiculous.
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It's odd that we call this shocking, but so many kids grow up never knowing, or hardly knowing, their father-- yet that doesn't shock us-- or at least we're not as noisy about it. Media has been portraying, if not glorifying, single mothers and absent fathers for a long time. Pay close attention to food commercials, many if not most show just the mom and one or two kids. You rarely see a mother, father, and children eating at a table. Many cartoons like Iron Giant, Toy Story all have single mother/ absent father families.
I would hope people are not shocked by single mothers! But then again, I don't think the media is conspiring to make fathers irrelevant, either.
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All the things listed in the OP are part of what makes it an interesting movie. The other day I saw an epsiode of King of Queens where Doug's father-in-law is very disappointed with how that movie ends. He thought the town was so much more exciting in the George-was-never-born scenario.
ETA: I also think it's fun to know that people still say "floozy". It has a more innocent ring to it.
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I remember the first time I flew to Canada and we had a stop over in LA. As our luggage went through customs there were all these armed guards standing around the conveyor belt and those weapons weren't concealed they were big huge honking things they carried using both hands or slung across their shoulders :001_huh:
Have you ever been to a major French train station (like Gare de Lyon in Paris)? There are soldiers carrying automatic weapons keeping on eye on things... They kind of scare me! I know LAX has been the target of possible terrorist plots so that might be why they were out in force there.
The guys with guns are at the airports in France too (no doubt also due to terrorist threat)... I remember when my son was 5 and he decided that's what he wanted to do when he grew up, and that we could move to a house next to the airport in Paris.
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eta: I don't own any guns
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I remember when my DS was that age at Christmas. He put all his (wrapped) presents in one spot and just enjoyed having them for awhile. He eventually opened them.
That was the first year he "got" Christmas (was trying to sing O Christmas Tree as we brought in the tree), so it was a lot of fun. I say wrap them!
I probably wouldn't wrap the bicycle, but I would definitely have it put together. :)
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If you can't have cow's milk on your cereal
Then when the heck can you have it?
Have you encountered a unique gift? Post it here.
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If you wear your baby...
...do you still have to accessorize?
No voice at all today...what to do?
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Yep, heer in my trailer park we don't hold with sendin' the kids off to some fancy ski place, we take 'em with us to deer camp!
Glad you got my point about you all being bumpkins. Because that's exactly what I meant! :lol:
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Then again, all our members in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Australia, South America, and the Caribbean have to put up with truly pointless threads like this. :tongue_smilie:I like European questions, and crossing over the cultural divide. :001_smile:
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Sure, but you are going to get different answers here, that's all I'm saying.
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Can a bank pay a bill?
Good luck with that--they haven't ever offered to pay any of mine.
Who has experience with ...existential...stuff?
Jean-Paul Sartre?
Hostess gift ideas?
Well I don't admit to knowing their whole line, but: Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho-hos... HTH
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Trying to squeeze into tiny bedrooms...
Can you widen the doors?
Acne.
Tell me about it.
does allergic to cats mean other hairy creatures too?
Nice try, but not sure a divorce judge is going to buy it.
Crock--Pot Mac and Cheese?
I've never heard of Pot Mac and Cheese, but that doesn't mean it's a crock.
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Are you going to make a word cloud?
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I think this is a European question being asked on a board made up of many North Americans. I'm not saying it shouldn't be asked, but there is definitely a cultural divide on this.
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I am sure such camps exist in France, but that more people than not would think 5 years old to be a bit young for it. Sleep-away camps of all kinds are popular in France and some of them do start at around ages 5 or 6. However, I wouldn't say it's the norm at that age.
I have heard of school trips (one or more nights away) being required in some parts of Switzerland and that some are for children as young as 4, but I'm not sure at what age the requirement for them kicks in.
I do think Europeans tend to be more at ease with it because they believe it's good for their children.
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-A tootsie roll bank (at Target for $1. They had Skittles banks too)
-Top Trumps: Greek Mythology
-Mastermind game in tin (from Kohl's for about $5--it will take up a lot of space)
-2 Lego mystery mini-figs
-Small lego-in-a-bag set: Kingdoms
-Manic mint Micro terrarium
I love the idea of a small can of Pringles and tape so will probably get those too.
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What bothers me about this thread is the hell bent attitude on "religious freedom" at the expense of these kids or anyone else's kid who wants to do wacko things with them based on their religion.
I have not seen that much on this thread. It's more about people saying that the kids, unless they are being locked up, are still going to be learning and doing and are not being completely cut off from the world. That they may not be getting a great education, but it's not worth calling the authorities over since they are well-cared for, loved and happy. That the system which fails children everyday, may not be the best judge of what is to be done or the solution to this issue.
The religious part is actually what bothers me most about this family. I don't care if a child learns to read at 3 or 13.
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That list is hardly shameful! I know a few from knowing French, but that's it.
New reason for opposition to hs -- a twist on socialization
in General Education Discussion Board
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I'm sure you're right, but, I remember a lot of college freshmen who acted like they'd never been out of the house without a parent or chaperone before. And they hadn't been homeschooled.