OMG, Steph, that's awful. I am so sorry - for you and for those poor kids. God.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 03, 2018 11:56:42 am PST #2954 of 8216
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
amych - Jan 03, 2018 12:11:11 pm PST #2955 of 8216
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm glad you called. Many hugs to you and the neighbor kid.
Laura - Jan 03, 2018 12:11:41 pm PST #2956 of 8216
Our wings are not tired.
I'm so glad you called. Thank you.
Atropa - Jan 03, 2018 12:35:46 pm PST #2957 of 8216
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph, I am very glad you called. And as amych said, many hugs to you and the neighbor kid.
Burrell - Jan 03, 2018 12:43:21 pm PST #2958 of 8216
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Steph, I'm so sorry
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2018 12:58:34 pm PST #2959 of 8216
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The police came really quickly, relatively speaking. It took about 5 minutes for the mom to answer the door. I was almost about to go out the door and tell the police that I've been watching and she damn well didn't leave. But she eventually answered the door.
The police talked to her through the open front door, so I opened my door and listened as well as I could. I caught a lot of the mom saying things like the boy runs away, he throws rocks, etc., and the police asking him "Why did you do all that?"
And then I remembered the time the mom called the police ON her son, because he threw a rock at her car, and now I worry that I just added to the boy's trauma by sending the police after him again. Or at least that's how it probably seems to him.
I know the police are trained in how to question parents accused of abuse, and so they were probably doing everything they could in accordance with that. But now I just worry that the poor kid is more traumatized.
Fortunately I have therapy tomorrow morning. I'll ask my therapist if I should follow up with a phone call to CPS. I just hate this.
SuziQ - Jan 03, 2018 1:33:14 pm PST #2960 of 8216
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Teppy, I'm sorry this is causing such inner turmoil for you. You ARE doing the right thing. No one deserves to be treated like that, let alone a kid.
-t - Jan 03, 2018 1:51:47 pm PST #2961 of 8216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Really glad you have therapy tomorrow. That sounds so hard.
WindSparrow - Jan 03, 2018 2:05:50 pm PST #2962 of 8216
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.
As a mandated, trained reporter, I can attest that you acted as I would have done if I saw what you did. It is an upsetting thing to have to do. One of the frustrating things about seeing that type of abuse is that a single report, or even several reports, are just the beginning of a long process to get help for a family, rather than the even that brings a swift and sure resolution.
I am sorry that you are having to experience this, and I am sorry that this kid is having to live through this too.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2018 2:14:32 pm PST #2963 of 8216
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Wow, my stomach pain (which basically went away after the endoscopy/colonoscopy) came rocketing back. My body is such a drama queen. (I know what my therapist will say: my body is expressing the emotions that I won't express. Bah.)