I don't consider myself a prude, but I was shocked at the bare bottomed thong tushes staring at me from a sign on the back of a taxi when I was in Las Vegas years ago. The only thing I've seen locally was a scrotal sack hanging from under a large truck. Tasteless.

Please don't flame me. My ds asked me what the difference was between Catholics and prostitutes. I said, "Do you mean Protestants?" LOL

I rarely remember mine, so when I do and it is relevant I take notice. I think the ones that I am working through unresolved feelings/issues stay with me more.

Oh, I've had those. It is very cool when that happens.

I wonder if maybe it represents reaching for better things? I am so not a dream interpreter and I'm not into mysticism either. I think God could talk to us in our dreams, and that they represent stuff going on in ourselves that we are working out, or they are just silly dreams. :001_smile:

No, I don't know that. I tried looking it up, but the amount of sources I'd have to go through is mind boggling. So, that may just be made up. :001_huh:

I know this one! He is dead and never knew he was the dad.

I don't put a lot of stock into dreams either until they do reveal something. Dreams are so weird.

It is always weird when we dream about a celebrity. :lol:

Hunger Games series - my 13ds who I have to make read keeps picking these up on his own. I loved them, too. ETA: There is death in them.

Uh oh. Now I want to know!

:grouphug: Aww, I think that one was just worry like mine. As moms we worry so stinking much! More than we even let ourselves know.

Yes! I think we hide a lot from ourselves, especially unresolved feelings. Fascinating.

Last night, I dreamed I took my oldest to university. He bonded with his roommates and took off. I kept running around the campus and in town looking for him so I could say goodbye. We had horrible cell phone connections and so we weren't able to talk on the phone. I was so frustrated! I felt he didn't pack enough clothes and needed more money. I was mad at him that he didn't hug and kiss me goodbye. I also changed his diaper in front of his roommates. LOL I must be more apprehensive about ds going away to university than I thought.

I wouldn't because I would worry about resale and it creeps people out.

I think the OP said something about that and she clarified what she meant. She has a gifted child, as do I. I don't think anyone is putting down gifted kids here.

Actually, it's not about that at all. It is about parents being proud of and loving their normal, average children, and that is okay to do.

Thanks, you are very sweet. If your dh is committed to hsing and will be the SAD it will work. I know we have a few or so hs dads on here that are awesome. Good luck. :001_smile:

I don't know, elizabeth. I think you may be exaggerating. I have spent a lot of time crying and bewildered in the discovery of my son's adhd & lds. Even with the crap I've been told by experts (wrong!) and the fear I had in my heart about my son's future (also wrong), I don't think I'd ever say it was hell. I've seen hell - my friend with the autistic child screaming hysterically in public, the other friend with a child that has diabetes on top of his cystic fibrosis, or even my friend with her child with cerebral palsy. And yet, they don't think they are in hell, although the range of emotions they feel are probably pretty hellish at times.

You can only hope that mom thought her dd was faking sick and brought her so she'd remember she likes it when she goes. I can't stand people that bring sick kids to events. It takes all kinds.

We are open about sex in our home, too. I remember a teacher friend of mine telling me that her 3rd grade students were being taught about safe anal and oral sex in sex education at her elementary school. While some 3rd graders might need that kind of information for survival, most do not need to know so much at that age. I think some sex educators take it too far.

:iagree: They are just media whores. We need to ignore them.

If it works then do it. Do you both work? Here dh works a lot, and I stay home and homeschool. My dh does do things like teach life skills, yard work, carpentry, woodcarving, knots, scouting, camping, and he loves science experiments including disection so he does that with them. He doesn't have the patience or consistency for homeschooling, but that is okay. As a team we work together for our family. I say if a family is happy and it's working for them then it's all good.

I don't think your dh's attitude stems from strong gender stereotypes. My dh was also raised with very strong gender stereotypes. He changes diapers, cooks, cleans, is very involved with our kids, takes over when I'm sick, and also delivered one of our kids unexpectedly and much more. Caring for his wife and family are what makes a strong man manly. :001_smile:

That's a shame. I guess though that ultimately it is the way parents react to their child's achievements that really matter. I expect certain things out of my gifted kid and he rises to the standards I set, in fact his are probably higher than mine. Of course, whenever my adhd kiddo does something we have a party in our hearts, because we worry. A lot of those achievements are hard won for some kids. I know that my gifted gets awards, special ceremonies, and people do ooh and ahh over him (as do we). We make sure to encourage and build up adhd son when he gets over a learning hump that he has struggled with, but no one cares that he has progressed but us. That's life. I don't want to argue about how hard gifted kids have it. My gifted kid has not struggled like my adhd son, but I love them both, and they are both a blessing.