tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post7260045278081406884..comments2023-11-05T07:51:12.127-05:00Comments on <br><br><br><center>S2T: Stinkypaw's</center>: Baggagestinkypawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04418558395508830375noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post-61748480006743293202008-01-27T23:03:00.000-05:002008-01-27T23:03:00.000-05:00marius: Totally agree with choosing battles, but b...<B>marius</B>: Totally agree with choosing battles, but behaving like a person vs an animal shouldn't be negociated in my books, anyway!<BR/><BR/><B>kara</B>: Often I'll say it's not the kids I don't like, it's the parent or lack of. That's not an easy choice, but if it is something you really want a choice will have to be made...<BR/><BR/><B>pigeon</B>: I hate that, and will not refrain from telling a parent off if necessary. There is such a thing called "respect"...<BR/><BR/><B>ananke</B>: I just know I don't think I could be in my friend's position. I wonder what happened so that people became so weak in discipline. There is something between beating up a kid and some discipline.<BR/><BR/><B>lizgwiz</B>: Nah, dating isn't easy at all, especially as we get old..er! ;-)stinkypawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418558395508830375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post-59436968500878095052008-01-23T12:09:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:09:00.000-05:00I would have a problem dating a guy who ignored hi...I would have a problem dating a guy who ignored his kids, for sure. But dating a guy who puts his kids first has its own challenges. Dating is never easy, is it?lizgwizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907508137794025189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post-60211813812988713712008-01-23T09:28:00.000-05:002008-01-23T09:28:00.000-05:00Twenty years ago I worked in a grocery store and I...Twenty years ago I worked in a grocery store and I'm still amazed at how rudely kids talked to their parents in the checkout line. If I'd ever spoken to my mother like that, I wouldn't have been able to sit down for a week! People don't realize that letting kids do and say whatever they want isn't going to help them in the long run. My mother set limits for me and because of that I know how to behave in public and that the world doesn't owe me anything just because I'm in it. I know being a single parent isn't easy but people have to at least try. I feel for your friend because as a step-parent, she's really stuck between a rock and a hard place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post-86429195356879672812008-01-23T08:34:00.000-05:002008-01-23T08:34:00.000-05:00I've always known that i never wanted kids either....I've always known that i never wanted kids either. I've never cooed over them either. <BR/><BR/>Its tough when other people have such low standards that you end up having to discipline their kids for them. The amount of rude kids i've come in contact with is phenominal, and their parents just dont care, as long as they dont have to deal with them. If you say to them ''don't kick your football at my car'' or something, they look at you like you are crazy that you dared to speak to them! Its mad!Purple Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550675294412799759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post-76860124716226749222008-01-22T23:50:00.000-05:002008-01-22T23:50:00.000-05:00my last boyfriend had a son full time. teenager. i...my last boyfriend had a son full time. teenager. i was only 11 years older than the kid...which i think helped with "relating". still...i got out before all the shit hit the proverbial fan. can't say i'm sorry.<BR/><BR/>that being said, i love kids. my kids, other people's kids, mean kids, shy kids. teaching was natural to me because they were all mine...even the difficult ones. problem is...i've never found a man that wants them. even kansas is resistant. i'm starting to think it's going to come down to a very ugly choice.karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25689012.post-56359697551406096972008-01-22T19:18:00.000-05:002008-01-22T19:18:00.000-05:00It sure as hell ain't easy. At first I tried to r...It sure as hell ain't easy. At first I tried to rule with an iron fist. I suppose in a way I still do, but it is a parental truth that one must choose one's battles. For every rebuke that escapes my lips, a dozen get choked back. But my kid behaves herself in public and at other's houses. And I don't let her abuse the cats...not that they'd put up with it.(they are both fully armed and will stay that way) But I will say that being a parent has made me a bit more understanding of the beleaguered moms at Wal-Mart who can't seem to control thier little rug rats. Not always, but a bit.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452924829161040975noreply@blogger.com