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LeslieAnneLevine

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  1. Ok, but do you have a bad feeling about any of these people? The OP didn't say that an offer to help is weird, she is having an issue with one person she has a bad feeling about. She also said that she has other people she can call to help her, so it's not like she is distrustful of all people or thinks that friends and neighbors shouldn't help eachother out.
  2. True, but otherwise I like it! Frances McDormand looks like she's doing the thumb trick, making it move by closing an eye. Edward Norton looks like he's hitchhiking (and surprisingly, no one is stopping) and I can just imagine Bruce Willis is answering his own question with: "This guy!!"
  3. I would never advise a woman to ignore a bad feeling she has about a man. That said, I don't think you necessarily need to do anything about it at this point. I wouldn't respond to the email. I would keep it though and I would write down all the things that set off the "creep-alarm" and write down any thing new that happens. If things escalate (e.g., he shows up at your house when your husband is away) then your husband should it make it clear to him that's not OK. Then go from there. If he doesn't listen, then he's not someone your family should be friends with.
  4. Yes, I would. I had read all the HP books aloud to my son by the time he turned 9. I wasn't trying to rush anything; he asked me to read them and I did.
  5. Sometimes divorce is truly the best option. Staying in a miserable marriage isn't doing the kids any favors.
  6. Maybe the second chess game could be more about teaching your DS strategy. Pointing out what's going to happen to his piece that he just moved and let him move it back and try something else. This isn't letting him win, it's showing him how to win.
  7. Aw, we love the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus books. I am not annoyed by the style as I find them easy to read aloud. I don't find them to be poorly written. I do sometimes think that Percy's skills/luck are unrealistic -- how many times can he roll out the way just in time?
  8. I agree. It shouldn't be about whether a grown man feels embarrassed that his 6 year-old is carrying a doll around.
  9. So do you have "kids" or do you have ONE child? (eta: upon reading your post again, it's pretty clear you have more than one child, so why would it be teaching only one?) In my case, I have one. He may be ONE child, but he's my child! And it's not exactly 12 years of not being able to do anything else, ever. I contribute to society in other ways, too.
  10. My son's absolute favorite audio book has been The Phantom Tollbooth, read by David Hyde Pierce. It's not a B-list book as far as I'm concerned, but it's so well done that it's worth getting on audio.
  11. Have you tried lactose-free milk? My son drinks a lot of water, but doesn't like it from the tap. He has always had a strong preference for bottled water since he was really little. He's not a sparkling water fan, but some kids love it. He also likes water icy, so I agree with those who said to try ice (or freezing the water into a slushy consistency). When he went through a long phase of only (or mostly) wanting apple juice, I diluted it. I think I was diluting it anyway, but when it was all he wanted I watered it down further still. He eventually switched to water.
  12. The problem is, it's the other person who brings the kid in as a pawn. It only takes one person to do that. (edited to put it in more general terms)
  13. I think it might be in the next episode (or maybe later, I can't remember) where he mentions Charles Ponzi and how they should get in on that! (This is hardly a spoiler, since it's just a passing comment Lord Grantham makes.)
  14. Yes, a lot. I like to have music on when I read, too.
  15. What stuck with me the most was "crumb bum", lol. I did like the book, but I read it when I was 19. I also went to see Pulp Fiction four times when I was 19. My point isn't that the movie is bad, but if I were to watch it for the first time now, I wonder if I would finish it.
  16. We love the Percy Jackson books. I started reading them to my son when he was 8 and by then he knew a lot about Greek mythology. He was able to guess who a lot of the monsters, gods, etc. were before they were named in the books. I like that Riordan often gives descriptions and clues first. We just finished The Mark of Athena and wish we didn't have to wait until fall for the next book. However, I really don't care what anyone else does. Your child is not missing out because you want her to wait to read the Percy Jackson books. I hope you didn't really lose any friends over this.
  17. My son loved Les Barbapapas (Barbidur is my favorite) at that age and also Richard Scarry's Busytown in French. Some of them are called "Le Monde Irrestible de Richard Scarry" and some are called (something) Tourneville, such as "Noel a Tourneville" or "Les Mysteres de Tourneville". I don't remember that many French shows at that age, but as he got older he liked Tintin, Asterix, Kid Paddle, WakFu, les Chasseurs de Dragons, Esprit Fantomes, Linus et Boom, La Famille Pirate, the Il Etait Une Fois... series and C'est Pas Sorcier. He's 11 and still likes a lot of these. I just thought I'd put them out there for anyone who's reading and has older children (or for future reference!).
  18. We aren't doing anything differently. DS (age 11) is good about washing his hands after we've been out and always before eating. I don't like staying home for days on end and we both love going to the movies. We also got flu shots in the fall.
  19. OP, I completely understand. My son (who's 11) was very much like your son at age 3. It was awesome and exhausting at the same time. I also know parents who have kids who are very quiet and I think the mom probably had good reason not to try to force her kids to be polite. Maybe she thought they would warm up; maybe it happens sometimes. I don't think you or your DS did anything wrong at all. I would cut the other mom some slack, though. I don't think she was lazy (I'm referring to a PP here, not your posts) since her kids were perfectly fine sitting and watching tv/playing nintendo. I don't think you or your son were being obnoxious. There is nothing wrong with your son asking them a couple of times if they want to play with legos or you asking them a couple of normal questions. It sounds like you both backed off when it was clear they were uncomfortable. I don't see the problem.
  20. It's a good book, but the main character lives in a USA that's been taken over by religious nuts who have strange ideas of what a good and pure society looks like. The only part I found truly disturbing for awhile after I read it (**don't worry--I won't write the disturbing part**) was a description of a slasher-porn movie (for some reason the word for that kind of thing escapes me at the moment). IIRC, it was shown to them to demonstrate how sick the society was, as if that type of thing was mainstream and acceptable before the religious nuts took over. As for the poster who won't read another Atwood book after having read that one, there are some that are more about human nature and relationships and probably wouldn't be upsetting to you (a couple that come to mind are The Robber Bride and Life Before Man).
  21. I don't think it's terribly rude, but I can understand the frustration of thinking someone is going to arrive any minute, and they don't arrive until much later. I can also understand not wanting to arrive at 2 when dinner won't be until at least 4. Maybe she was nervous about how that time would go and/or maybe her fiance didn't want to sit there and feel awkward. I guess I'd try to give them a break, since they did stay for awhile after the meal. This is, of course, provided the time with them was fairly pleasant and they didn't do or say anything horrible!
  22. We were planning to have a Festivus Raclette tonight, but the cheese shop's supplier was all out. So we'll have a Festivus Fondue instead. I don't know what cheese has to do with Festivus, but it just seems right to me. My dad mentioned getting out the pole, but I think we'll just stick with the tree we already have. He started airing grievances yesterday and I told him he had to wait until today.
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