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Songbird76

Songbird76

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StarWarsGirl said:
I'm the same way. If I'm going to be late at all, I text and say I'm running 15 minutes late but I'm on my way. One of my friends once called me because I was five minutes late (I had gotten lost and still had my old car at the time, so I couldn't call without pulling over) and she was worried because I'm usually early. So when other people are late, especially when they view a committed time as a suggestion, it drives me nuts. Especially, and this is my opinion, when you move to another country, you should learn and abide by cultural norms. Even if you're visiting another country, we were taught in school to be respectful of the local customs. In the US, when we tell you a certain time, we expect you to be there at that time. She's been here long enough that she really should have learned that by now.
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I agree with you for the most part. There are a few things here that I just am not comfortable with....like the way birthdays are done. I don't like it....so I'll go along with it at someone else's birthday, but won't adopt the Dutch tradition in MY home. There are boundaries. And where it's a matter of a custom built on personal taste, I don't think it's important to just go along with it because that's what most people like. For example, Stampot...it's the traditional Dutch food. Mashed potatoes mixed with various vegetables like kale, or sauerkraut, or carrots and onions. I have tried Stampot and while I can eat it, I don't really LIKE it. It may be traditional, but that tradition is based on most people really loving it....it's their version of comfort food like fried chicken, or Mac and Cheese or biscuits and gravy in the US. It's not a norm for any reason other than people like it. And that, I'm not going to make myself uncomfortable just because someone ELSE likes something. But when it comes to something that is about being respectful, I agree that you should adjust. When in Rome....
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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wdwfan4ver said:
When I was a kid, My younger brother and I didn't dare to make the I'm the only kid who doesn't blank type statements to our own parents.

The way I looked at it is was I did not have every popular thing in the sun as a kid, but I was thankful for what I had. I had popular stuff as a kid in my era such as Transformers, hot wheels, Matchbox cars, and micro machines as examples. I understand as a kid that I couldn't get everything, but I appreciate what I got.

I was late for getting a Nes. Back in grade school, students had Nes video game systems, but I didn't. Back when I was in grade school, I had an Atari 2600 jr. and a Atari 7800. I was thankful and happy to own a video game system.

In my era, kids didn't have cell phones. The other thing I wouldn't be using it a lot anyway because I was a severe stutter as a kid in an era that internet did not exist. Internet existed when I was a teenager.

The other thing is I had got stuff that other kids didn't get because the location of my dad's work was over 20 miles away from were we live. That Danish Bakery has a great reputation and I still recalled how I liked the Kringle my dad got from there:hungry: . The only way to get food from that Danish bakery when I was a kid was by living in that area of the danish bakery, or drive there since internet didn't exist in my era as a kid.
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I agree with you...there's something to be said for being poor and not being able to afford everything the other kids have. You learn to appreciate what you DO have. We got things like socks and underwear and shampoo for Christmas instead of stereos and game systems...but we had presents to open and a family to spend time with. Most luxuries I had, I bought myself with money I earned babysitting, or had gotten for my birthday or Christmas from relatives. I bought my own stereo, my on bike, my own lettermans jacket. I learned to save money and I appreciated the value of a dollar. That's one thing my mom did a GREAT job in teaching me. My mom taught me to only buy what I NEEDED, not buy the most expensive thing as though that equated being the best. So I really appreciated what I had. And we lived in a small town in the middle of nowhere...there was no place to order pizza, there was no fast food...so we couldn't always be begging for McDonalds. We made homemade pizza together as a family. Those are some of my best memories. I loved that pizza and just hanging out, sitting on the couch eating homemade pizza and that was the one meal where mom let us have soda. It may not have been what other kids would have wanted, but I was happy with it.
 
Tomi-Rocket

Tomi-Rocket

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Ready for some easy peasy, lighthearted FUN!

My positives - I live in GA and we are FINALLY seeing somewhat cooler, fall temps, I’ve recently tried kale & tofu and did NOT die as expected, and my epic WDW buddy trip is 37 days away as of today!! I am a happy glamper!! (I don’t camp.)
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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IamGroot! said:
To be honest, I’ve runway before, for a silly reason, I was maybe 11 and I wanted to got to the zoo and my mom said no, so I got $10 out of my penny bank and went! I only got to the McDonald’s before breaking down crying, my mom wasn’t mad at me when I got home. I laugh at this now :(

EDIT- I don’t think this is “running away”
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I got all the way to my grandparents a couple of blocks over and my parents let me spend the night:joyfull:
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Tomi-Rocket said:
Ready for some easy peasy, lighthearted FUN!

My positives - I live in GA and we are FINALLY seeing somewhat cooler, fall temps, I’ve recently tried kale & tofu and did NOT die as expected, and my epic WDW buddy trip is 37 days away as of today!! I am a happy glamper!! (I don’t camp.)
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Congrats and I've been telling everybody for years neither kale nor tofu is fatal;)
Welcome to our happy little thread just watch out for my much older brother @Mr Ferret 88
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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MouseDreaming said:
You are just jealous, and trying to fill the holiday void.

Seriously though, I do need to start planning for Christmas. Off again. Christmas morning, I will be waking up in Vegas, baby. Then driving through the desert to Dad's house.
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By Christmas morning I'll have been cooking for 3 straight days:banghead: unless there's an extra person in your suitcase;)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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21stamps said:
“I’m the only kid who doesn’t ...”
And
“______ is my passion.”
And
“_______ is not my passion.”

are lines that are used by my child almost daily now. :hilarious:


I’m from pre internet days as well. I think you and I (and anyone else) in that generation are quite lucky. I wouldn’t change my childhood. A time before play dates and tablets and a million emails per day. Just ride your bike to a friends house and be home when the street lights come on. :)
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I didn't even have to ride my bike to my friends' houses...most of them lived on my street!! I met my bestie when we moved into the house in town when my parents divorced. We moved into town and while my mom was moving stuff into the house, my brother and I were out playing on the street and my best friend's mom came out and asked all the kids out there if they wanted to come in for cake....it was my bestie's 6th birthday. So I met her on her 6th birthday when we were invited in for cake. It was summer, so by the time school started, we were fast friends and we walked to school together every morning until I got my drivers license, then I picked her up in the car. And up the street was another girl in our class, across from my bestie was another girl in my class, there were 2 boys in my class who lived on the street, and 2 in my brother's class, and then for a while there was also another girl in my class that my mom babysat. It was full of kids our age and we all just went out and played together...whoever was outside. There were lots of freeze tag and hide-and-go-seek games, along with snake in the grass. And with the girls, there were a lot of cartwheels.
As we grew up, most of those kids moved away until our house was the only one on the street. (trailer park) My best friend moved one street over when her parents divorced and her mom and her new boyfriend bought a doublewide that wouldn't fit on the old lot. But she was literally just feet from where her old house was, so it wasn't a huge change. So I still picked her up for school and we still met in the middle of the street to go for a walk. Good times. I miss my best friend so so much!!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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21stamps said:
Yeah. My son better not do any of that stuff. I almost lost senior trip because I had a party at our house while the rest of my family was out of town. They found out about 3 weeks later.. my mom was in my room putting socks away.. and she saw a photo.. realized there was more.. and looked at all of the photographic evidence of said party. People drinking on our trampoline.. beer cans, Boone’s Farm, and Zima bottles in the family room.. maybe 40 kids there. I thought I had gotten away with it. Nope.
The thing is, they knew all of my friends and most of my friends’ families.. the majority of my close friends had been close since kindergarten or first grade. Even the high school ones my parents knew.. pretty much everyone in my school and our brother school somehow had someone in their family who knew another family...and I have a really big family.lol. I had ‘parties’ often, but when my parents were home...and of course no alcohol. My parents were actually really great about those.

It’s sounds wild.. but we really weren’t, and I think my parents knew us well enough to realize that.. but punishment was deserved, admittedly. No one smoked marijuana or really drank.. at some parties they did (drink, not drugs).. but if the schools found out then you get kicked out of sports.. so the majority who drank were a year older than us and already in college.

All of that said.. my son is NOT allowed to do the same. And I will have a GPS tracker on his phone.😂
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Ah, but a GPS tracker won't tell you whether he invited a bunch of kids over while you're at work. ;) It will tell you he's home, but not who else is there or what they are doing. You may want to have a backup plan.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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I'm a bit grumpy I was supposed to meet somebody and they showed up 15 minutes late, no traffic or anything and she's a stay at home mom and doesn't have her kids this week:mad: Then she complained about the cost of food for quite a while. I suggested cooking a couple of meals a week instead of eating out, drive throughs or frozen stuff. She said who has time for that:rolleyes:
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
My dh misses using his Blackberry. He still says it was the best cell phone ever. He didn't need it for work like you, he just liked that it had an actual keyboard.
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I never had a blackberry. I didn't even know what it was until I saw it on Everwood. Amy Abbott got one from her boyfriend. Something I never understood....why did they call it a blackberry?
 

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