debdodd

I like Stewie on Family Guy myself ... he is so hilarious!

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xxkayxx

not to mention cute...i eat babies...well, not really.

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debdodd

cute babies are yummy .. you just want to pinch their chubby little cheeks ... until they poo in their diapers ... then hand 'em back to Mommy .....

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duck

Nonsense, Deb!! You cannot tell me that with your son there are times that you would much rather deal with diapers again than deal with the adolescent.

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debdodd

you'd be surprised .... he was a failure to thrive baby, his bio mother did dope and drank ... hell he didn't sleep through the night until he was almost 4 years old ... so his younger years were challenging to say the least ... I was single (I adopted him as a single Mom) ... he now has his moments that have me wanting to throttle him but most of the time we are good buds ....

he carries a 3.8 GPA so evidently her drinking and doping didn't cause mental long term effects ... he does have bilateral cataracts in those big brown eyes ....

nah, I wouldn't trade that whiny, never slept thru a night cry baby for the smart, handsome guy he's turned into ..... I wanna smack the smart mouth now and then but so far at 17 years old he only occasionally drives me to homicidal thoughts ... who knows what his senior year will bring ... he like Kay, has chosen to life straight edge, he works a part time job and is looking for a full time summer job in addition to his current one ....

we talk politics, life and spent 3 weeks in Europe together without a harsh word .... I even like his past girlfriends ... nope, don't want his baby/toddler years back at all! I enjoyed the way he cuddled with me then, and how he thought I was the smartest person in the world but now I can have great conversations with him ... I actually like him as a person besides loving him as my son. My adult friends enjoy his company ... he mentors kids who have trouble with adoption issues ... he's a pretty cool kid ... my future daughter-in-law will thank me!

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"Ubi dubium ibi libertas."

"We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again ....."

duck

Nice. Mine was not a very nice adolescent. He is really just now starting to have some incredible moments as an almost adult. I really, really like the current girlfriend. He sure was a fun baby through little guy, though. I think most of this is just not wanting to admit my own advancing years. Sigh

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debdodd

actually I liked him the very best from 4 to 11 years old he was very much a "huggy" affectionate kid then ... I was god/goddess theand knew everything

now he knows me (and my temper) well enough that he doesn't push the envelope often. He knows that if he discusses things with me or comes at me with logic, I respond much better. Not too long ago he got in a car with a girl (go figure) who only had a probationary license (not allowed to have other under 18 year olds with her in the car yet, state law) anyway .... about 2 hours after he came home he came to me and tells me he needs to talk to me ... okay, surprises me and confesses to what he did wrong and told me ... Mom I deserve what ever punishment you give me (what the hell? I would have never found out!) ... he just felt so guilty about lying to me is what he said ... so I grounded him for a month .... he never once complained, took his punishment like a man and after 2 1/2 weeks I let him off for good behavior .....

from the time he was little I stressed that lying was one of the most horrible things he could do .... I didn't go for the whole killing and stealing was bad, I went to character issues, those other things I knew life would teach him .... we all know killing is bad ... it speaks to me of his character that he would know he was gonna get in trouble and instead of just hoping he didn't get caught like many teens he chose to "fess up".

I admire what a strong moral compass he has ... that what makes me so proud of him. He intends to work on global peace, specifically in the middle east, he doesn't see color or religion, he sees people trying to live, take care of their kids and he wants to make a difference .... at 17 he's not looking to make a gazillion dollars he just wants to help ... I like the man he is turning into .... even if I still have to remind him to brush his teeth or watch his smart mouth .... so far so good.

If he raising him thru adolescence had been as horrible as pre-kindergarten I would have set him on the porch and let the gypsies have him! (I would laughingly tell him that when he was little ... not to disparage gypsies, my Mom would say she'd let the Indians have us back).

One time he told me that he couldn't wait until he was 18 and could move out .... I made him go pack his stuff ... he cried, I said if he didn't like the rules the orphanage had empty beds.

I took him by his bio Mom's house, it was a very trashy white neighborhood, dopers and trashy yards, said this is where you could be living ...... you've been given a chance, you don't have to end up here like your brothers .... I think he got the message .... after that year his grades got better, he went from a B student to a 3.7 GPA and I didn't/haven't had a problem with the whole "I could have a better life without you kind of attitude" I am sure child psychologist would/will be screaming that I have caused mental scars on him but I maintain that kids don't come with manuals on how to raise them, you've gotta use common sense. What will work on one child won't work on another so ... I do what I can/could.

I have only spanked him once (a swat on the butt to get his attention doesn't count) my rule was that we don't put our hands on anyone except in love and he had been a bully at the babysitters, hit this one kid after several warnings, so I left work on my lunch hour, came over to the babysitters and spanked his chubby little bare butt ... told him to sit in the bedroom and think about what he'd done ... then I walked into the living room at the babysitters and cried like a baby! Wiped my tears away went in and talked to him about why he forced me into doing what I had threatened for weeks to do and hugged him, told him I loved him and went back to work .... to my knowledge he's never hit anyone again ... he hates violence that people do on one another ...

I think the biggest thing is that we always talked, really talked about life and people and what matters. I had him at equal rights/gay rights and whatever rights meeting from about 7 years old on .... so like I said he sees people not color, religion or sexual orientation ....

Okay enough bragging and postulating like I know the answers, I just guessed right on occasion .... Oh the one thing I do know and know beyond anything .... I was never, ever gong to be like my parents .... we were beat with belts, sticks, shoes, broom sticks, what ever was close at hand, we were told we were stupid and so much other vile crap ... I swore then I would never, ever be remotely like that. I left home at 16 and rarely looked back. Oh and we weren't poor white trash my parents were way upper middle class. To this day I can barely spend anytime around my parents .... now as Kay would say ... they suck!

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debdodd

oops ... sorry I hijacked your thread to brag about my kid!

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duck

Yes, most definitely from me as well.

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debdodd

okay this isn't a funy picture but it is a funny email I recieved ...

Subject: The Pope and George Bush:

The Pope and George Bush are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd.
'The President' and His Holiness, however, have seen it all before, so
to make it a little more interesting, the President says to the Pope,
"Did you know that with just one little wave of my hand I can make
every Republican in the crowd go wild?"

Pope doubts it, so he shows him. Sure enough, the wave elicits rapture
and cheering from every Republican in the crowd. Gradually, the
cheering subsides.
The Pope, not wanting to be outdone by such a level of arrogance,
considers what he could do. "That was impressive. But did you know that
with just one little wave of MY hand I can make EVERY person in the
crowd go crazy with joy? This joy will not be a momentary display like
that of your subjects, but will go deep into their hearts, and they
will forever speak of this day and rejoice."
The President seriously doubts this, and says so. "One little wave of
your hand and all people will rejoice forever? Show me."
So the Pope slapped the sh*t out of him.

Now that it funny!

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"Ubi dubium ibi libertas."

"We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again ....."