I agree. I love how when someone doesn't like someone elses opinion on things or beliefs its passed off as 'judging'.

Yes!!

Amen and amen and amen.

I have to agree with Scarlett. I am astounded that she and I are the only ones that feel this way...or there are people not responding because there is such a response for the opposite. I will say, I didn't feel disgusted per say, just sad.

I agree with you Scarlett. :001_smile:

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:lol::lol::lol: I was trying to make it political!

DH and I always hated that card prices were so jacked up. On our anniversary and Vday we used to go to a card store and rifle through all the cards and hand the ones we would have gotten to each other. It was quite fun! :D

Right, and a lot of people left and have never come back.

Same here.

And that is why you have NO IDEA how bad it can get here around election time. I am pretty sure they shut down the boards completely multiple times during the 2008 election. U.G.L.Y.

I was talking about the cartoon baby. ;)

Was anyone else stressed out that the cartoon baby was going to fall out of the bed??

Denise, I'm so sorry. :grouphug: My heart goes out to you. What a difficult situation.

YAY! This was a GOOD post to read! You have given me inspiration as well. Hats off to you Tibbie. :001_smile:

This is good to know. Like I said my oldest is 12 and our plan is one thing..we hope it works the way we are planning. It is heartening to hear it has worked for others as well!

This is what we are aiming for! So your kids only do 3 hours a night plus Saturdays? How does that work? Do you feel like it is enough time? We also are paying ds 12. We are trying to show all the kids that if you start saving now, you will have x amount of dollars to work with.

EXACTLY!! That's it, I'm pi$$ed that my big dogs are being discriminated against. Isn't there a law against this injustice?

This is probably what it is!!! :lol:

Tibbie, what does your husband do for a living? What is his job? My boys are all 12 and under so take this for what it's worth. Dh works for himself. He is a blue collar worker. he does heating, a/c, electrical, construction and does all around handyman stuff. He literally can fix anything in a house. No exaggeration. We are equally blessed because in the 9 years that he has been working on his own he has never had a day where he wakes up and has no work. That is huge. We have talked about this extensively. We feel we will be happy with whatever our boys decide for their future career. BUT they will be taught everything my husband can teach them. My 12 year old goes to work with DH at least 3 times a month. When he is 13 he will go with dh at least one day of week. Between all of his school and work he will be busy. We want our boys to know everything possible that dh can teach them. That way they have options. They can choose to work in that field and put themselves through college and take care of any family that they have or they can choose to go permenantly in that field. Regardless if they choose to become an accountant they will be able to save themseles thousands by fixing their own home. DH will teach them and apprentice them, they of course will have to get licensed when the time comes. I also want them to learn a strong work ethic young. DH grew up on a farm, he has amazing work ethic. The guy gets up everyday rain or shine, sick or depressed and hustles. I want my boys to learn that. Not sure if that is teachable at this point.

IMO, there in lies the problem. You are trying to equate children/people to an animal. Fine a well loved pet. I love my dogs! But they are not people. I am wondering if your wal-mart, home depot are REALLY pet friendly or are they SERVICE animal friendly? I cannot imagine that any grocery store is really allowed to accept pets. Should I bring my 2 big burly labs, just because they are my beloved pets and I think they are well behaved? Can you imagine if even only 5 out of 10 people that went to a store brought their pets?? IMO, bringing your pets everywhere is basically thumbing your nose to everyone else saying the rules do not apply to you.

This has happened to me. I just say (nicely) my car my rules. I am pretty sure if you have a child that is not in a carseat that is supposed to be in one you could get in legal trouble if you are 1. pulled over, or 2. in an accident. BESIDES the fact that you would feel horrible if something happened. You would already feel bad if she was properly in a car seat and legally restrained but if she wasn't? You would be legally responsible and have terrible guilt. Not worth it in my opinion. You'd rather be safe than sorry.

:iagree: Exactly. :glare:

Thank you! I am saving the link to my favorites. I am already feeling sorry for myself. :tongue_smilie: If it makes me feel better it will be worth it.

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