tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post111101405096339702..comments2024-01-25T15:49:37.832-07:00Comments on <b>SEX SCENES AT STARBUCKS</b>: don't freak out jerryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-1111171782683616312005-03-18T11:49:00.000-07:002005-03-18T11:49:00.000-07:00blue944 - Why 944? but anyway, I'm not trying to ...blue944 - Why 944? but anyway, I'm not trying to be defensive here, but my hit count has little to do with the commentbox issue. My hits are way down lately in fact. Thank you blogger. (that and because I'm editing my book instead of posting as much)<BR/><BR/>"questioning whether you are a bad parent probably means that you are a good parent" <BR/><BR/>in my considerable experience with said questioning, I've found it generaly means that they are trying to get someone to tell them that what they are doing wrong is actually ok. Generally, it's some petty thing that means little anyway, but they are looking for some sort of external justification. I think this is largely a bullshit reason to do anything.<BR/><BR/>Jake - I can tell by reading you that you're a thinking, feeling individual with great taste in truck names. You'll be a fine parent, and when it happens you'll find out that the immediate fear goes away but that there is a deeper, ingrained fear that will never leave you. And once you see that little face, you'll realize you'd never have it any other way. When you've got a kid it's hard to remember life without them. Remarkable and ordinary all at once.<BR/><BR/>Greg - i sure hope we're doing a decent job. My greatest hope is that they don't grow up and hate me. I think a healthy dose of hate now may save us from that. Thanks for the pep talk though.<BR/><BR/>TG - we take our kids to bars. I really believe in that sort of thing because hopefully then drinking will be no big deal, moderation and safe habits and all that. At least, that's the way it was for me growing up. (see next post).<BR/><BR/>Tommalicious - you don't agree with my profanity rules? As in I should let them swear? Or should I not swear in front of them? <BR/><BR/>I should clarify that I don't use cuss words as anything besides expletives in front of them, as in "damn, that guy nearly hit me!' I don't use them as verbs or adjectives or anything like that. With kids it's like letting them eat junk food instead of carrots. They've got a lot of years to talk shit, but not on my watch.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-1111152696997869332005-03-18T06:31:00.000-07:002005-03-18T06:31:00.000-07:00Incerased safety is not a bad thing. While a signi...Incerased safety is not a bad thing. While a significant number of safety advocates go crazy (booster seats until 9? Fuck off) a little too much, seatbelts, helmets, guardrails, sand instead of concrete under your monkey bars, etc. aren't entirely bad things. I think you're more complaining about the crazy over protectiveness that society is grabbing on to.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, blue, but you're line about, "... we never knew what safety equipment was," is horseshit. We didn't know about a lot of things even twenty years ago, doesn't mean it was good for you then or now. I agree that you should be able to send kids to run around until dark, it's not exaclty the most realistic in some non-suburban haven. You can still do it in a lot of places, but for <I>most</I> people it's nothing but a funny idea. Sorry if I'm coming off as way too hostile, but this is the, "good ol days," shit I can't stand.<BR/><BR/>Sex, I'm sure that you're kids will turn out fine. I may not agree with your profanity rules, but that's another reason I'm not having kids.<BR/><BR/>-ThomasT Kwonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528046773017458995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-1111151856800146882005-03-18T06:17:00.000-07:002005-03-18T06:17:00.000-07:00I have tried to comment on your site for 24 hours ...I have tried to comment on your site for 24 hours now! I typed a longreply last night and don't remember anything I said. It was something like, "My mom used to take me to bars with her and now I wish I could get away with it. It's thoughts like that that make me question the good mom thing. I guess it's like thoughts of the Fed Ex guy when you're married. Just thoughts." That's actually not what I said, but it'll do.<BR/><BR/>I hope Blogger isn't jerking off this weekend too.thtgrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904314718822321078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-1111130813085217902005-03-18T00:26:00.000-07:002005-03-18T00:26:00.000-07:00being a parent scares me to death...seriously I'd ...being a parent scares me to death...seriously I'd consider suicide. you that are parents are amazing people. love makes all the difference. I sincerely believe that no matter how you act as a parent, if you truly love your child they will know it and respect you for it. even when you feel like a jerk or a bad parent, the love makes up the difference.jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641218614164785400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-1111108781267492652005-03-17T18:19:00.000-07:002005-03-17T18:19:00.000-07:00Sex you an excellent parents and I know this. I d...Sex you an excellent parents and I know this. I don't have to give my reasons. Your kids will grow up to be sucessful free thinking individuals, they won't hate you when they turn 13, and they will attract alot of members from the opposite sex, unless you don't want them to. <BR/><BR/>There's my premonitions.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404654191910611389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8357124.post-1111076722779959582005-03-17T09:25:00.000-07:002005-03-17T09:25:00.000-07:00Oh my God...Took 7 tries and 10 minutes for the co...Oh my God...Took 7 tries and 10 minutes for the comments box to come up. That is probably why you get 90 hits and 10 comments. Please get haloscan.<BR/><BR/>Now that I am here, I wanted to say that I generally try to avoid conversations around parenting skills. Although I am a parent, I was more of a long distant parent. This creates different challenges other than the day to day challenge that is parenthood.<BR/><BR/>I completely agree that the overall perception of how someone should parent their children seems to have drastically change since I was a kid. My parents used to send us outside and tell us to come back when it gets dark. We used to ride our bikes all over town, use them to jump over the Grand Canyon for fun and we never knew what safety equipment was. We coddle the kids nowadays. Make the parents afraid and get them to buy shit.<BR/><BR/>I said this on TG site as well...bad parents are generally oblivious to the fact that they are bad parents...questioning whether you are a bad parent probably means that you are a good parent.<BR/><BR/>Sorry about the long comment, but who knows when I will get through again.Blue944https://www.blogger.com/profile/11808373679058351079noreply@blogger.com