She is just finished her 2nd year out of state, she has 2 more years. I don't know when he plans on asking. I am fine if he waits longer. We have talked about what happens with grad school. I did suggest that if they get married before grad school that she should wait for kids until she is done and settled in a career. If they don't, they don't. It is definitely something for her to think about. Have another plan. Kelly

He is financially independent. He moved out last year against the wishes of his parents.

I think there are many adults that have a hard time with decisions that go against family. I have to think people who are truly able to do this are in the minority.

I thought about this, but she's too busy to date. And, I don't know if she would or not. I figured I'd leave it up to her.

I don't know when they will actually get engaged. My dh and I were engaged for 4 months after dating for 1 year. I think 2 years would be the most I would encourage. She'll be 22 when she graduates. I was 23 when we got married. I wouldn't care if she was 30 when she got married, but 14 years of dating seems extremely excessive 🙂

I'm trying to decide if they are the type to expect their concerns to be taken as the way things should be, or as something to think about. I'm hoping they can get used to the idea, and be calmer about it in a couple years.

I imagine some of you have run into this. I'm curious of people's thoughts. My DD 19 has been dating her boyfriend since their junior year. He is 21. My DD is going to be a junior at a school 6 hours away from home. Her boyfriend went through a welding program while in HS through a local CC. She told me the other day that they have talked about getting engaged. The only thing I have ever asked is that she doesn't get married before graduating from her first 4 years. That wasn't an issue. They both felt like that was the plan anyway. She said he BF recently told his parents about this plan, and they were not happy. They like my daughter, so this had came as a surprise. Their first objection was that they had only been in the same physical location for a year and a half. I always thought if you could keep a relationship going while being apart was a good thing. I had a boyfriend when I left for college and it died. Her student loans were the next objection. I get it, but I also had huge loans when my dh and I got married. We made choices to get them paid off. They were before our oldest was in MS. His dad got married very young and divorced. His mom and dad married each other when they were older. Not sure how much but I think they were in their early thirties. My dh and I got married right out of college. They want them to wait until she is out of grad school plus a couple years. They will have been dating for 10 years be then. His parents made him tell some other relatives who had the same objections. I feel bad for my daughter, because she thought they would be happier. We all assume they will get married, it's just that one set of parents expected it sooner. I told her to tell her boyfriend to keep a calm head with his family. He isn't pleased with them right now. I don't want them to blame my daughter. ETA: When my dh and I got married my mom was thrilled, thrilled, thrilled 😄 I could have gotten married right out of HS and she would have been happy. My dad wasn't upset, he was just being a dad. My dh's parents were also happy. There weren't any objections. Kelly

So, the parents arranged this relationship? Personally, I don't want that responsibility for my kids. Yikes! What if you choose wrong? Kelly

I have found some people enjoy laughing about their mistakes, and some look at me like I have 3 heads. I was talking to a grandma at church today and told her the story of my son wearing the same pair of underwear all week, which obviously meant he hadn't had a bath all week either. She told me her grandson took his underwear for school show & tell 😂🤣 At least he took his own underwear... Kelly

My life consists of: Accidentally hitting my youngest in the face at Aldi. I put my finger through a very rotten, juicy tomato and was shaking tomato juice off my hand. Didn't see the youngest next me. My son telling the clerk at Aldi that if "mom doesn't get chocolate every so often someone might get hurt". My son telling me he had been wearing the same underwear all week when he was 8 ish. And, so many more 😜🤣

This sermon really wasn't about mothers, just a few side comments thrown in. Just leave us alone like they do the fathers on Father's Day. Kelly

Me and my big feet only reached 5'5.

They usually involve Proverbs 31, which always made me feel like a failure. Or, like today he said that many moms of young kids think if they could just interact with another adult it would make them happy. He said this was the time to pour into your kids. What's wrong with pouring into your kids AND getting adult interaction. The video before church was about supermom who gets it all done with grace and poise. Ha! They have never been to my house 😂 Kelly

Saulsbury or Saulsberry Bury and berry are pronounced the same here.

I think the best part of this is that these women are speaking out and doing what they want. They are taking their power back. Kelly

That's a good idea. I am sure there will be things to record tonight and tomorrow morning early.

There is one I can take him to tomorrow morning before I have to work again. I was hoping that since the screaming incidents were short lived and he was acting normally the rest of the time he wouldn't have to go to the emergency vet. The emergency vet stresses me out. They are connected with the vet school and they want to run every test imaginable that don't pertain to the problem. Kelly

Our 11 year old Maltese, Billy, had an "episode" which we think are seizures. I have talked to the vet about them, but since they aren't frequent we haven't medicated him. He hasn't had one that we've seen for months. Until last night 😞 I wasn't around so I don't know exactly what happened. He seemed fine when I got home, my husband hadn't seen anything unusual after the episode. We went to bed around 9pm and around 9:30 Billy started screaming. A screaming dog is scary. I honestly thought he was having a heart attack. I don't know why except I had no idea what was wrong. We went back to sleep and at 11pm the screaming started again. I held him until he calmed down. We went outside and I noticed him limping. We went back to sleep until 4am when the screaming started again. He calmed and I took him outside. He was limping again, but by the time it was time to go inside he ran away from me. He loves for me to chase him. I had to work all day, but my husband was around since he's working from home. He said that Billy was limping some, but wasn't too bad until the afternoon. I have noticed that if he is lying down, but awake he will limp when he gets up. After a few minutes he starts walking a little more normal. If he is asleep he screams when he wakes up. He then limps but eventually walks more normal. I don't think anything is broken since he has been running around, tail wagging. I wonder if his leg is slipping out of joint. Could he have torn a ligament? Would he be in constant pain? My vet can't get him in while I am off tomorrow and my husband will be out of town. I was thinking about keeping an eye on him through the weekend. We have Carprofen for him from when his arthritis acts up in the winter. I just feel so bad for him. Poor little guy. I am also tired. A screaming dog wakes you up, all the way up. Kelly

We have never had pet insurance. My parents did on one of their dogs. It came in handy for them. If we had purebred puppies I would consider it. We have purebreds, but they were senior rescues. Not sure we could get insurance for them at this point. I would start by looking up the most common issues for your breed and then check each insurer to see what they cover. Kelly

There was no vote. When it came time to put forth the motion on the proposal to fire her, no one on the council spoke. It died. I sent her a note asking her to stay, to not let their intimidation tactics force her out. What a waste of resources this whole things was. They had to pay the attorney to write up the proposal, paid her to be at the meeting. Wasted police time... Well, at least I know who is not getting my vote when elections come around again. Kelly

It turned out like I thought it would. She kept her job. I have thought all along they knew this would be the outcome. I think this is an intimidation tactic to make her quit. Kelly

Our City Council is doing something really dumb. At least, one in particular. We got a new City Administrator right before the pandemic. Super nice woman who is trying to grow our City responsibly, not just housing developments as the prior administrator. One of the council members was trying to get his friend hired, but the city staff all disliked him. The city staff really like the new administrator as do many small businesses. The council member whose buddy didn't bget hired has brought forth a resolution to fire her without cause. The meeting is going on now. Kelly

RE: People thinking police have the right to kill. These are the people on my FB feed posting "If you aren't doing anything wrong, then the police wouldn't be trying to arrest you", and "If you are a police officer and need a break you can park in front of my house and I will give you food, water, a hug, support..." without acknowledging the death of *fill in the blank*. And, I must say there are too many names at this point to fill in. Kelly

I am just so excited and have to share. My son got an ROTC scholarship! I am so proud of him. Kelly

I think it is time to snooze this friend again. It says a 30 day snooze, but I think they show up a lot faster than that. I have been snoozing this lady on and off for a year now. Kelly