Custom ViewMaster with pictures from the wedding and honeymoon: fun Christmas gift or corny Christmas gift?
You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Steph L. - Nov 22, 2013 9:18:13 am PST #6494 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Calli - Nov 22, 2013 9:19:04 am PST #6495 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I don't think instilling basic life skills (laundry, cooking, amusing oneself quietly) in children (at an age-appropriate time--no deep fat frying at age 2) is neglect. You're supposed to be raising kids to become adults some day. They don't magically know how to measure out laundry detergent when they turn 18.
Typo Boy - Nov 22, 2013 10:03:05 am PST #6496 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I don't think she literally mean't "neglect" when she used the word. She was being funny. Basically what she described was what today are called "free range" kids.
Burrell - Nov 22, 2013 10:05:39 am PST #6497 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Uh oh, I'm raising my kids all wrong.
§ ita § - Nov 22, 2013 11:14:35 am PST #6498 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Laga, congrats!
Ginger, unless there are people inside your refrigerator, you can't be morally judged good or bad as a result of your relationship to it. Also, as long as you're still Ginger, I'm not judging you bad and you can't make me.
Laura - Nov 22, 2013 11:15:04 am PST #6499 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I don't think instilling basic life skills (laundry, cooking, amusing oneself quietly) in children (at an age-appropriate time--no deep fat frying at age 2) is neglect. You're supposed to be raising kids to become adults some day. They don't magically know how to measure out laundry detergent when they turn 18.
I agree completely with this. Both the boys were doing their laundry as soon as they were tall enough and started cooking as soon as they could comprehend. It was part my not really wanting to crawl under beds for stinky boy socks and not feeling I had to satisfy every food craving of rapidly growing boys. Primarily I wanted them to be independent. I didn't know how to do a lot of stuff when I moved out because I had a stay at home mom. They have had checking accounts for a long while for that reason too. No helpless creatures here.
They weren't neglected as such, but as small business owners they grew up in our office. Bobby was on my desk full time when he was 7 days old. No maternity leave for me. They stayed at the office until they were 2 then off to pre-school. After school was the office.
Nora Deirdre - Nov 22, 2013 11:18:31 am PST #6500 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I wasn't actually neglected, by the way. I used the word because Barbara E. used it (humorously, I thought.) My parents both worked and we were pretty self sufficient from an early age.
Laga - Nov 22, 2013 11:27:06 am PST #6501 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I love the custom viewmaster idea.
Much date~ma, Omnis.
Zenkitty - Nov 22, 2013 12:32:16 pm PST #6502 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Date ~ma, omnis!
As a child I existed in a state of benign neglect. It would've been great to be taught to do shit.
Zenkitty - Nov 22, 2013 12:32:51 pm PST #6503 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, I like the custom viewmaster idea too.