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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 23, 2015 11:09:05 GMT -5
Can someone explain to me how you keep all the details straight enough to actually catch people in the crap you guys do? (Hopes that is vague and specific enough all at once) I don't care enough to remember the details that well, it's just entertainment for me. Screen prints.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:09:57 GMT -5
Oh crap. See? I get easily distracted.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:11:52 GMT -5
Can someone explain to me how you keep all the details straight enough to actually catch people in the crap you guys do? (Hopes that is vague and specific enough all at once) I don't care enough to remember the details that well, it's just entertainment for me. Screen prints. I had one of those on my nose once. I still remember it. My grandmother was coming after me with a switch and I hit the door running. It wasn't open.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 23, 2015 11:15:03 GMT -5
I had one of those on my nose once. I still remember it. My grandmother was coming after me with a switch and I hit the door running. It wasn't open. Weren't switches awful? But you survived and learned something. My cousin's kid is in awe/terror of the switch at my great aunt's house. He's only ever seen it, never experienced it but my aunt gives the funniest description of how he talks about it. Which I can't remember enough detail on to share.
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Post by The Captain on Jul 23, 2015 11:15:58 GMT -5
I'd say no. I do not want to be spanked. Speak for yourself.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:15:53 GMT -5
You guys remember those old screen doors? They didn't have a handle on them....just a wood frame. It had a hook and eye type of latch on the top? Not sure why. A toddler could have broken it open if they wanted to. I think it was to keep all of us grandkids outside in the summer.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jul 23, 2015 11:17:27 GMT -5
I guess I wonder if 1) not having the time to deal with this along with everything else 2) having other people know that he still does this ... etc. play a part?
Lots of things that were 'issues' when I worked, weren't issues any more later because there was just more time, I wasn't in a rush to get some where, no one else needed to be involved. We could just stay home if it was an issue, how I talked to the kids changed... etc. There is more time, for more options, and less pressure...
Not saying that well. May be losing interest, lol.
Want to reiterate too that I don't know that I would have been good staying home with infants all the time. I think we all have stages/ages we are better suited for...
This usually happens at home, not at school or dcp. What I think is going on is that he's having fun playing and he doesn't want to stop playing to go to the bathroom. So when he finally DOES go to the bathroom, there's poop in his underwear. Sometimes a lot, sometimes just a skid mark. But 99.98% of the time, I'm the one cleaning the underwear, the washcloth and checking his butt. And this is damn near daily. He's 5.5 and I'm out of ways to talk to him about this. The only thing that seems to work is to consistently ask him how his underwear is and to remind make him go sit on the toilet and try to push every 30-45 minutes or so. He's not bad at wiping, for the most part. We used flushable wipes with our daughter, while we didn't clog the toilet, they were used enthusiastically. We'd rather not go back there again. My 5 yo is similar. He doesn't want to stop playing to go sit on the toilet, so he'll sit there, tugging at his underwear, and it gets streaks usually. He hasn't had a complete accident for a couple months now. He still doesn't even hardly try to wipe his butt himself. . But, when I do it for him, he always seems to still end up with streaks later. This is after using a ton to + flushable wipes. It is incredibly frustrating.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:17:33 GMT -5
I had one of those on my nose once. I still remember it. My grandmother was coming after me with a switch and I hit the door running. It wasn't open. Weren't switches awful? But you survived and learned something. My cousin's kid is in awe/terror of the switch at my great aunt's house. He's only ever seen it, never experienced it but my aunt gives the funniest description of how he talks about it. Which I can't remember enough detail on to share. Oh yeah! Probably wouldn't fly these days. My grandmother could raise a good welt. She'd probably get arrested today. And I did learn something. When she said stop talking....she meant stop talking. And she meant NOW.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jul 23, 2015 11:17:53 GMT -5
You guys remember those old screen doors? They didn't have a handle on them....just a wood frame. It had a hook and eye type of latch on the top? Not sure why. A toddler could have broken it open if they wanted to. I think it was to keep all of us grandkids outside in the summer. Ours was fancy, it had a handle.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 23, 2015 11:18:11 GMT -5
We need someone to have a wedding or family drama.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:19:28 GMT -5
You guys remember those old screen doors? They didn't have a handle on them....just a wood frame. It had a hook and eye type of latch on the top? Not sure why. A toddler could have broken it open if they wanted to. I think it was to keep all of us grandkids outside in the summer. Ours was fancy, it had a handle. Uppercrust!
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:20:11 GMT -5
We need someone to have a wedding or family drama. Isn't my grandmother beating the hell out of me with a switch drama enough?
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Post by Waffle on Jul 23, 2015 11:20:39 GMT -5
We need someone to have a wedding or family drama. I recently got a thank you note from my cousin for her wedding present. She thanked me for a present I didn't give and the thank you note was more than a year after the wedding. - Sorry, that's as close as I've got to wedding or family drama.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 23, 2015 11:20:51 GMT -5
Someone could make up a story. A real doozy. We have a few posters that seem to thrive on making up stories.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 23, 2015 11:22:08 GMT -5
We need someone to have a wedding or family drama. Isn't my grandmother beating the hell out of me with a switch drama enough? No, because you didn't turn out to be an abuser yourself blaming everyone else for it. Sorry.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:24:22 GMT -5
Isn't my grandmother beating the hell out of me with a switch drama enough? No, because you didn't turn out to be an abuser yourself blaming everyone else for it. Sorry.
That's probably only cause I don't have kids. If I did have kids and they were mouthy little s***ts like I was, they'd probably get a smack or two also.
Yes, The Captain, I said "was". So don't even.....
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 23, 2015 11:25:30 GMT -5
Ooh, maybe we could do a grammar police thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 11:26:39 GMT -5
Weren't switches awful? But you survived and learned something. My cousin's kid is in awe/terror of the switch at my great aunt's house. He's only ever seen it, never experienced it but my aunt gives the funniest description of how he talks about it. Which I can't remember enough detail on to share. Oh yeah! Probably wouldn't fly these days. My grandmother could raise a good welt. She'd probably get arrested today. And I did learn something. When she said stop talking....she meant stop talking. And she meant NOW. Did she make you go outside and get the switch yourself? Who the HELL came up with that idea?!
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:28:00 GMT -5
LOL!!! My mom said she used to do that to her, but she always seemed to have one handy for me.
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Post by Waffle on Jul 23, 2015 11:29:12 GMT -5
My uncle tells a story of going out to get a switch and coming back in with a stick so small that grandma made him go out and get another one.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 23, 2015 11:30:55 GMT -5
Weren't switches awful? But you survived and learned something. My cousin's kid is in awe/terror of the switch at my great aunt's house. He's only ever seen it, never experienced it but my aunt gives the funniest description of how he talks about it. Which I can't remember enough detail on to share. Oh yeah! Probably wouldn't fly these days. My grandmother could raise a good welt. She'd probably get arrested today. Hopefully. Unfortunately I think many still get away with it.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:32:25 GMT -5
My uncle tells a story of going out to get a switch and coming back in with a stick so small that grandma made him go out and get another one. Talk about adding insult to injury!
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Post by shanendoah on Jul 23, 2015 11:37:57 GMT -5
I always skipped the previous poster's posts, because they just made me sad and annoyed. So I don't really remember anything specific from them, but I will say, my mind is also wired weird, in that I remember stupid stuff people said, little stuff, stalker level detail stuff. And I have to remember that for people I am not actual friends with, the fact that I remember this stuff creeps them out, so I try not mention it. I one time worked with another lady, about my age, in two different jobs. At the first job, we only worked together maybe 6 months. Around month 2, she mentioned that the Academy Awards was like her Super Bowl- she had a big viewing party with her friends, etc. 4 years later, we're working together again, and it's the week before the Academy Awards. So I ask her what the big plan is for the weekend and the show, and the look she got on her face, that I would know about this. I had to explain that I remembered her talking about it before. Yeah, in RL, that level of detail memory freaks people out. Of course, it bugs me too, because think of all the potentially useful stuff I've had to forget to remember that this one person loves the Oscars.
On asking someone about being gay. If this person is not out in general, and not out to you in private, never say anything in a public space. If you have an opportunity where you are in a private conversation, I think you can say something. Something along the lines of "I heard this rumor. I don't know if this rumor is true or not, nor does it matter to me if it is true or not. I like you. I am your friend, and I support you."
I have no problems with people being religious. I have known some absolutely amazing people of all different religions. (And some real douchecanoes of all religions, too. The problem isn't religion.) What I do have a problem with is hate. Plain and simple. I have only ever had one person blocked here (and then there was a reset, so that person is no longer blocked) and it was because that person was spewing hate. I did not want to spend my emotional energy dealing with hate on a board I come to for relaxation, so the block went in place. I now, for the most part, avoid threads that I know will upset me.
Which, for getting us back on topic here, means that with the exception of the long standing threads, I almost never participate in a thread that gets to over 10 pages.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:37:59 GMT -5
Oh yeah! Probably wouldn't fly these days. My grandmother could raise a good welt. She'd probably get arrested today. Hopefully. Unfortunately I think many still get away with it. Yeah...but she would have probably taken the switch to the police for being disrespectful and being all up in her business. Then they might have had to defend themselves and then we'd have a whole new thread!
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 23, 2015 11:41:41 GMT -5
You didn't choose to... Which is a valid and perfectly appropriate choice... But I hate when people say they 'can't' because I feel compelled to tell them how they can Just doing my part people But sometimes "can't" = knowing that emotionally/mentally this would be a really, really, REALLY bad thing to do. Basically, if I homeschooled, CPS would be visiting me at somepoint. I do not have the patience to teach. Repeatedly going over a topic, trying to find different ways to explain it, for me, is the 5th circle of Hell. (6th is shopping with my kids at Target) This. I know my limits and I'd rather keep the girls alive then home school them. Plus, as a single parent, I have always had to work.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jul 23, 2015 11:42:02 GMT -5
I always skipped the previous poster's posts, because they just made me sad and annoyed.
My posts?
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Post by andi9899 on Jul 23, 2015 11:42:46 GMT -5
We're at 10 pages! OP, your welcome. I told you all you needed to do was stick with me.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Jul 23, 2015 11:43:27 GMT -5
Looks like we made it. Left each other on the way to another thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 11:43:41 GMT -5
Can someone explain to me how you keep all the details straight enough to actually catch people in the crap you guys do? (Hopes that is vague and specific enough all at once) I don't care enough to remember the details that well, it's just entertainment for me. I remember the darndest things whether I want to or not. I can pick up a book, looking for something I've read and have a pretty good idea of where I read it, down to what part of the page to look for it on, especially if I read it fairly recently. I have a ton of useless information stored in my head. I can look at a string of numbers and memorize it (think SS numbers, cc numbers ) and commit it to memory after seeing it only once. But that takes a bit of work. Knowing I can do that (and I'm not a criminal) made me more cautious about what I allow people to see. And uhhhh, I can also read upside down almost as easily as I can right side up and memorize that too. Think about the things people leave on their desk, thinking you can't read it because it's facing them. But don't ask me what I did yesterday. I can't remember things like that. I guess all the useless information uses up the capacity. Now I've contributed to the thread.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 23, 2015 11:44:03 GMT -5
That's a good thread. Topic I mean. Family members that do or did things that no way could fly now
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