I'll take them when they turn 30. Not so much a specialist with any earlier age group.
Jayne (Husband): Oh, I think you might wanna reconsider that last part. See, I married me a powerful ugly creature. Mal (Wife): How can you say that? How can you shame me in front of new people? Jayne (Husband): If I could make you purtier, I would. Mal (Wife): You are not the man I met a year ago.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laura - Jul 21, 2010 10:58:17 am PDT #26145 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 21, 2010 11:09:59 am PDT #26146 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I have no children expertise, but I'm good at sitting around talking about how my niece is the cleverest and most awesomest little girl in the history of the world.
So we learnt today that our lawyers had done almost no work at all on our house sale, while lying to us that we would be able to complete the sale by early July. Bastards. Fortunately, our new lawyer is a Buffy fandom friend who's doing great work to get things sorted out. (And it's so much fun getting legal-speak letters from someone I knew when we were both nineteen and could drink a bottle of vodka between us on a fairly average night.)
Thank heavens for a good physical therapist.
Totally! I can't afford to see my decent one very often (and the NHS physiotherapists are very "Do these exercises, then go away and stop bothering us"), but she's just great.
Aims - Jul 21, 2010 11:11:41 am PDT #26147 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So who's the teen specialist?
I'll take a stab at it. I work better with things I can somewhat rationalize with. I am also fluent in bullshit.
Laura is an amazing mom and I'm sure that whatever elder son is doing is 100% due the blood in his brain being cut off what with his HEAD IN HIS ASS.
Vortex - Jul 21, 2010 11:26:48 am PDT #26148 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Old Spice Man on Ellen. He seems like kind of a goober, which is cute.
WindSparrow - Jul 21, 2010 11:27:11 am PDT #26149 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'll take a stab at it. I work better with things I can somewhat rationalize with. I am also fluent in bullshit.
Several of the clients I work with at the group homes are stuck in the teen mentality. I might be able to be your assistant.
Laura is an amazing mom and I'm sure that whatever elder son is doing is 100% due the blood in his brain being cut off what with his HEAD IN HIS ASS.
So true. One of my brothers had his head stuck in his ass for a couple years from about 18-20. Miraculously, he survived, and now has a son whose young-adult head is direly in need of rectal-cranial inversion therapy.
Stephanie - Jul 21, 2010 11:29:57 am PDT #26150 of 30000
Trust my rage
One of my brothers had his head stuck in his ass for a couple years from about 18-20
This was me for a while - mostly 21-23, I think. I was just totally self-absorbed and thought my parents were just stupid. Thankfully, I can through it okay.
Miracleman - Jul 21, 2010 11:42:24 am PDT #26151 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
So who's the teen specialist?
Do I get a taser and a shotgun? If so, I'll do it.
"Get those socks off the floor, or I'll shoot you somewhere you haven't had a chance to really use. "
beth b - Jul 21, 2010 11:48:07 am PDT #26152 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
At the coffee shop today we were talking about S -- who has a way with horses, dogs, and her kids. There is lots of laughter and fun , but that are consequences to actions. Not helping make lunch for school - no lunch. Her youngest whines , but falls in. I am wondering what she would do that young adult stage.
I have a friend who is going through this stage with his son. He is coming home between 3 - 5 in the morning, which wakes and/or keeps his folks up. I keep saying wake him up. Don't let him sleep past 9am. But M has been a pretty good kid, so I think Dad just doesn't know how to be firm.
Laura, you situation is more complex. I can only come up with extreame situations. Like not letting him live in house until he helps. Camping is good for him , right?
Pix - Jul 21, 2010 11:49:32 am PDT #26153 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
I love teens! In the classroom. Nsm at home.
Miracleman - Jul 21, 2010 11:52:37 am PDT #26154 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
So, in keeping with Em's TV education, we were watching the Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code" set, natch, in 1599...Shakespearian times.
Em's not into it. Actively bored. Pauses the show and wanders off. So I ask her: "Punk, are you bored with this episode?"
"Yeah."
"'Cause it's got witches?"
"Eh."
"'Cause it's set way back in time and it's all old and stuff?"
"Yeah. Like the 1970s."