I know you probably weren't referring to me and my adult-offspring, none the less I'll share as my daughter just last weekend passed her first roller derby test. She's official 'freshmeat' for the Assault City Rollers, dubbed Centipede.
People actually buy tickets with real money to watch their Roller Derby bouts.
Roller derby is the only "city" sport people around here care about. The university has all the classic sports snapped up so we don't even bother with a local baseball farm team. But we have Classic City Roller Girls, and they are beloved by their fellow townies.
Tell your daughter congrats for me. Hooray for joining one of the few female contact sports!
My ex got the VA to pay for them to go to college and get a degree, but then refused to get job, so they wouldn't be able to pay back child support. VA found out he owe it anyway, so he has money taken out each month. Most of the money is kept by the state to cover what benefits they given me and I get token $20 a month on a pre-paid credit card.
I wish him out of my life, but my girls keep in touch with her and sometimes I find myself in same room having to be nice.
My girls are doing well for the most part. Two oldest have stay busy working seasonal jobs and volunteering for various events. I had to take them shopping for outfits they can wear at their jobs selling glass objects for the holidays, since they both gain weight. I We also exchanged clothes since I lost weight at same time they were gaining.
Youngest is spending her time getting work on their house, so they can sell it next year and move nearer husbands new job. Meantime she a full time step mother of 2, while he commutes to and from his job, with weekends at home, while his girls see their mother.
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In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair! -ElneClare
This Post is written in Elnese, If it was an actual Post, it would make sense.
Oldest is about to turn 5, she wants a puppy, and I'm not so convinced it's a good idea. We started with a tree frog that her grandpa caught for her earlier this spring. After about 5 months it's nice and fat and spoiled. The hope was to move up to something like a fancy mouse or a hamster or the like after froggy croaked , but she says she doesn't want one. Realistically I think she actually wouldn't mind having one, she's just playing hardball knowing mom will eventually cave under the pressure. Shrewd that one is.
Littlest one is potty training, still. It took us a whole day to potty train the first, this one on the other hand doesn't care at all if she pees on herself, or anywhere else for that matter. I have soggy underwear? Meh, whatever. Carrot and stick help, but only sometimes. She has a lot of endurance for the stick, and the carrot only helps if she feels like the carrot at the time.
So basically I married a strong-willed woman, got 2 strong-willed daughters, and now spend my time hiding in "daddy's corner" lost in some fantasy land on the computer. preferably one filled with scantily-clad strong-willed women, of course
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That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Might I recommend a guinea pig? Cuteness of a puppy, except they never get any bigger. Their tiny, banana shaped poops are relatively easy for a kid to clean. They purr like a cat. They also live longer than hamsters and don't smell as bad.
Just don't feed them toilet paper. One of my friends fed mine TP and it ended in tragic, lethal obstructive bowel problems.
It sounds like a good idea, one that's come up in conversation, and might just happen. It seems like it would fit the whole apt. living thing better than a dog (because going outside to pee in the rain 9-months a year is fun), or a cat (there's no place for a litter box really), and we don't want to buy something small and fluffy if she really doesn't want it.
Either way I think for my own sanity we need to limit ourselves to one individual peeing on the floor at a time. I'll have an easier time fathoming a pet once we finish potty training.
Edited, Oct 23rd 2013 9:45am by someproteinguy
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That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Hannah is scarily old. The boy is scarily close to albino. Most frequent question people ask me at the playground is "is his mother blonde?" I usually answer "No! West African. Genetics is weird, isn't it?"
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Recessive genes is tricksy. (I'd feel worse for the Roma couple if they didn't have 11 *missing* children. But it's probably all been hard on the little girl.)
Good to hear about all the Alla kinder, young and old.
Well, my elder is a brightly shining star in his kindergarten class; he took the most adorable class picture ever. The younger seems to be developing a bit slowly; there may be some reason for concern but I think it's still too early to worry much.
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we all know liberals are well adjusted american citizens who only want what's best for society. While conservatives are evil money grubbing scum who only want to sh*t on the little man and rob the world of its resources.
I'd feel worse for the Roma couple if they didn't have 11 *missing* children
It's culturally not a big deal for children to be cared for by various families. I'd feel worse for the other family who had the blonde child taken away who they incidentally happened to give birth to.
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Disclaimer:
To make a long story short, I don't take any responsibility for anything I post here. It's not news, it's not truth, it's not serious. It's parody. It's satire. It's bitter. It's angsty. Your mother's a *****. You like to jack off dogs. That's right, you heard me. You like to grab that dog by the bone and rub it like a ski pole. Your dad? Gay. Your priest? Straight. **** off and let me post. It's not true, it's all in good fun. Now go away.