ebrindam
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They've never not known that people of the same sex could love each other, get married, raise a family, or they've never not known the word?
I wrote above about my kid learning the word at 5. He knew the idea long before that. But he first encountered the word used as a pejorative, which I regret.
They've always known the word 'gay' and they've always known (and loved) people who love people of the same gender.
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I first explained the in-book meaning, then the concept of homosexuality (using 'have crushes' and 'want to marry' as definitions for romantic love), then then speculated about the linguistic connection between 'happiness' as a demeanour and homosexual preferences. Then I gently raised the issue that while lots of people are homosexual and we don't concern ourselves other people's choices (other than to make sure they are treated kindly and fairly) -- because of the Bible most Christian believe that Christians ourselves should only date and marry in heterosexual ways.
I actually don't think it's most.
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My kids have never not known. We have lots of friends and loved ones who are gay.
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Look up SED/ARFID eating disorders. Both my 15 year old son and I struggle with this issue. There are support groups and lots of info online.
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My daughter is PG and has a spring birthday. We did an official grade skip after it was advised by the neuropsych who did her testing. It has been the very best thing we could have done for her. She is young, but no one can tell based on how she behaves.
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Ok, I hate to say it, but if you haven't seen a neuro since the changes in cognitive function, you need to go right away. Call them and tell them she's having new cognitive issues, new coordination issues with her hands, not just legs. This is progressing and you need her brain checked immediately. I mean, I'm sure the odds are super low, but if ever there was reason to worry about a brain tumor, stuff like this would be when. I would NOT wait a month or several I'd be somewhere on Monday morning. I would NOT give up until someone looked at my child's brain and told me it was okay. Days matter if, God forbid, there was a tumor.
Call Neuro Monday at the latest and say new and progressively worse symptoms and insist on an emergency visit/MRI. Or drive to your nearest children's teaching hospital and insist on being seen.
I agree with this 100%. I'd be very concerned about a brain tumor. I'm sorry Mama - I hope it's nothing serious, but I would not wait.
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Do you eat a lot of protein? I have a very low BUN (vegan, don't worry about protein.) I assume a lower protein diet would lower your BUN.
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Class rings are usually purchased sophomore year here. Interesting. I'd want to get something meaningful - maybe a watch or some other gift that could be worn (or not) for years.
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Well, each Pack can decide if they will accept girls. For example. you'd be hard-pressed to find an LDS Pack that would. It's up to the Chartering Organization. It's going to be hard for those Packs as they will have to find female leadership. And maybe in a bigger town it will work, but how are you going to have a den of mixed Tigers and Webelos????
Just curious, but why would an LDS pack not take girls?
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Well, first, you should buy Huggies, because Pampers don't have elastic in the back and poop oozes up the back of the diaper and onto the onesies.....
Just kidding. I mean, it's true, but I know everyone has their favorite brand.
Other than that...hmm...not sure.
Unless your baby is at all chunky! Chunky babies cannot wear Huggies! Luvs are my favorite. lol
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We only use it for savings. The con is if you have to deposit a check or cash a check...you can't.
They have mobile check deposit and it's great!
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Interesting. Friends (soon to be avoided btw) with daughters in Girl Scouts posted that sales start today here. Girls get very little money from the boxes. It seems like a lousy fund raiser.
Why do they do that? Spread the selling out over time over parts of the country?
Why? Is their cookie selling offensive?
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I just checked my email to see what her response was. Her words were "okay, good to know". How would you take that?
I would take that as she had no intention of communicating outside of the FB group.
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I emailed 6-8 weeks ago and never heard back.
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I would definitely take the small bedroom for the adults in this situation.
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Walk to various restaurants and, oddly, to the Dollar Store
Play video games, watch tv, watch movies at someone's house
Ice Skating
Walk around mall
Go to movies
Go to the beach
Eat snacks
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He's a keeper for sure.
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Yeah it's kind of a Catch 22 really. I need to not have dust, but I also need to not be the one doing the dusting.
I will try some of those air purifiers. It's just hard to pick one because my goodness there must be 100s to choose from and the reviews for all of them are all over the place. Not to mention they aren't cheap!
Can your husband, a child, or a friend dust for you?
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We have six of us in our family and, even now with almost everyone grown, there is not one meal that we will all eat. It's stressful to feed everyone! My adult sons aren't picky, but one is a vegetarian while two are trying to build muscle all the time and want lots of meat. My vegetarian son will eat fish, but my dd will eat any meat other than fish.
The accurate term for your son is pescetarian. Vegetarians don't eat fish. :-)
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Some of you are saying you will give your kids some of yours. My kids already have some I have given them specifically. They are not mine to give them later.
I was just saying I would like to have some like theirs.
Maybe we just do things differently.
I'm kind of sentimental about things like that too. I actually got teary thinking about all their "baby's 1st Christmas" ornaments this year, wondering if they'd want to take them someday. Two of my kids were adopted and neither of them were with us for their first Christmas. I had to seek out their '1st Christmas' ornaments from Ebay to get the right year. *I* am sentimental about those. They meant something to me getting them for them - and they mean something to the kids. I think I will order a 2nd set just in case. If you want another set - get them. Life is too short to be sad at Christmas!
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Is it possible there is a financial issue of which you aren't aware?
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We buy a lot at Kohl's Big & Tall for our DS18 and Old Navy B&T is good too.
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My parents got married at 18 and 19 years old. They are still together 47 years later. It hasn't been easy. There have been whole years where things were really, really hard. But no one thought they'd last - and they have.
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Parents should meet basic needs for clothing and shoes but the typical teen wants more than that. A lot of the money I earned as a teen went towards supplementing the basic wardrobe my parents supplied.
My 15 y.o. just bought a second pair of sneakers with the earnings from her PT job. She doesn't need them as she has a perfectly functional pair of sneakers. But she liked the way these other ones looked so she spent her own money on them.
I think that's totally different (and reasonable) but the other poster said "to be a contributing member of the family." Parents are required to clothe their children in a reasonable amount of clothing. The OP didn't say the children are clamoring for more fashionable clothing.
New wedding ring and anniversary band
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Were they asking how many carats (diamond size) or karats (% of gold)?