Hah--whereas my first thought was "don't do too good a job on those to-do lists lest he get liking the idea of a stay-at-home wife!"

"don't do too good a job on those to-do lists lest he get liking the idea of a stay-at-home wife!"

If we could live on just his salary, I would not be in a hurry to get a job. Totally true.

Ah... but new cooking ideas - can also take care of Tim. ditto dust reduction and stuff reduction hair and wardrobe are job hunting stuff

now back to mememememe

Today is my morning off. Usally i go to the coffee shop, grocery store do a little scrubbing somewhere. Today I am hanging with the elctricain. which meant getting dressed fo r work early - I can't really clean becaus e - work clothes. so all I can do is poke at the computer , read or watch tv. Please some one tell my brain not complain. I don't care that there are drill noises , radios and singing comming from the garage. Really, it isn't a horrible way to spend the morning

Man, Suzi, I don't know how I'd deal with that if I were you.

Coming in late on this, but I would also be one of those people going nuclear if someone did this to me and one of my kids. In fact, I kind of want to send Kbug a WTF email (I won't, of course, but I kind of want to)

What Lee said.

Thirding what Lee said. Suzi, that is just insane.

Teppy, I hope your severance pay is good enough to put your mind at ease for a while.

Suzi,

I'm going to be blunt here, because I'm actually terrified on your behalf. And I get really blunt when I'm terrified (like my mother).

If you do not own firearms currently (and I guess I'm assuming you don't because you don't already have a gun safe), and don't have *significant* training in how to handle guns, then your house and CJ's training is not sufficient to have a gun in the house. I would say that if he were 18 years old. More people die from guns than in motor vehicle accidents.

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In my view, given this stat, you have to be MORE vigilant about gun ownership than automobile driving - especially for a minor. Introducing a gun in the home puts *you* more at risk, puts your sun more at risk, and any visitors to your home. Even under the best of intentions, the daily violence from guns is staggering. For instance, at least once a week nationally a police officer injures himself from an accidental gun discharge.

CJ can learn how to handle a weapon without owning one, if that's his aim. He can do so without a weapon being in the house.

Good luck dealing with this, but if your inclination is to shut the whole thing down and confiscate the gun, I complete support you in this.

No response from my last text to him, but I don't really expect one. I haven't heard from K-Bug either.

I have no problem saying the words "I'm sorry"...but not to a petulant child. "I'm sorry you don't like me talking to my daughter"?, "I'm sorry you are a manipulative douchenozzle"?, "I'm sorry you can't face me to talk with me in person"?, "I'm sorry you are a freeloader"?, "I'm sorry you can't be a stand up guy and respect my concerns and prove me wrong"?, "I'm sorry you don't understand the basics of respect"?

or "I'm sorry you're a miserable person and your misery demand company"?

Went to college with a guy whose sister referred to him as an amateur human being. Sounds like you've found another.

Thanks le nub. I'm trying to wrap my brain about what my concerns are.

It is a rifle, not a handgun. It has a lock through it and is missing it's firing mechanism. Plus we have no ammo. There is no way it can be fired. CJ does know gun safety. He has learned it from the police as part of his Search and Rescue training. He has also done target shooting with friends I trust.

My emotions about the bf are off the charts negative on many levels. As they relate to the rifle, my current feeling is I'm more upset at how it came to be here than it being here. I trust CJ.