Anyone around?

Loopyseven · December 2010

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[QUOTE]I have a boston terrier, and the breed is known for it's awful gas. He gasses me out on a regular basis, and is even known to crop dust me. The worst is when he walks into the bathroom while I'm going pee and crop dusts me, because of course I can't get up and leave.
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

<div>Close the door :)</div>

aMrsin09 · December 2010

yeah, If her "life plan" stays as it is, I'll be married to a grandpa in the next year or two.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

We have plenty of fruit & healthy stuff in the house. H even made fruit smoothies tonight, but when it is in front of my face, I just want it. If I don't have it, I don't want it as much even though I get a craving every now and then. And then I am going to do all this baking this week....there goes the weight loss plan.

Beachy730 · December 2010

Haha that would be the obvious answer Loopy. But then I always feel so guilty when I open it and he is sitting there staring it me all pitiful looking. He has definitely learned how to lay the guilt trip on me while H is gone. He's such a spoiled brat.

Loopyseven · December 2010

aMrs - a girl who was 2 years behind me in school (which makes her about 29 now) married a guy so much older than her, she is a grandma - and she keeps making grandma jokes all over FB.

[Deleted User] · December 2010

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[QUOTE]I firmly believe that teenage years are meant to make children want to move out, and the parents ready to let them go :). Nothing against people who do live at home into their 20's, but I could never have done that. I would be in jail right now for killing my overprotective father :).
Posted by Loopyseven[/QUOTE]

I am with you on that one Loopy. My Mom was the overprotective one in my house. We did not get along at all from the time I was about 14 until I moved out at 24. I wish I would have gotten the hell out of there earlier.

Beachy730 · December 2010

I have some random candy in the house. I love Fun Dip, and bought a trick or treating box on clearance after Halloween, which was 50 single packs of 1 stick and 1 sugar. I love it, and it's only 50 calories a pack. I have some swedish fish too, which is calling my name right now. Maybe I'll have a few since I didn't have any wine tonight.

Loopyseven · December 2010

My dog rarely farts - Thank goodness. She's a PITA in other ways instead.

Loopyseven · December 2010

I went to a Christmas party before work and couldn't have any wine. That made me a sad person

squirrly · December 2010

Loopy, that's just weird. It's one thing to have step-kids that are close to your age. Another entirely to have step-grand kids at an age where it's normal to just be starting to have your own KIDS.

Beachy730 · December 2010

I was that loser who lived at home with my parents until I got married at 26. I have a great relationship with my parents though and they were never the overprotective type. I had intentions of moving out but my teaching job was never permanent so I didn't want to get stuck in a lease and then get laid off. And then once I met H and since we were LDR it was pretty pointless to pay for an apartment that I would only be at half the time. My parents were fine with him staying at our house when he came in town once he had been together for a while, so it wasn't a big deal.

Ciaram22 · December 2010

One reason I'm glad that DH didn't have any children when we were married. He is 12 years older than me and his kids could have possibly been the same age as my youngest sister who is 12 years younger than me.

Beachy730 · December 2010

I might have to be a PW for the rest of the night just to hit gold finally.

Loopyseven · December 2010

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[QUOTE]Loopy, that's just weird. It's one thing to have step-kids that are close to your age. Another entirely to have step-grand kids at an age where it's normal to just be starting to have your own KIDS.
Posted by squirrly[/QUOTE]

<div>I agree... </div>

Loopyseven · December 2010

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[QUOTE]I might have to be a PW for the rest of the night just to hit gold finally.
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

<div>I'm getting close to silver - 2000 right?</div>

Beachy730 · December 2010

Yep. Well actually its 2001 I think. Silver took forever, but I feel like I've flown to gold.

squirrly · December 2010

Once I graduated HS, I was only at my parents house for 3 weeks at a time in the summer during college, and a 6 week period where I was waiting to close on my first house. My dad's super strict (if you sleep in his house, no matter how old you are, you have an 11 pm curfew, because that's when he goes to bed, 7 nights/week). I love them, but I needed more control over my own life than that.

Alrighty, all, it's WAY late here and I should attempt to sleep. Getting up early to go see the equine fur babies!

Ciaram22 · December 2010

Its going to take me forever to get any farther than bronze. I only seem to participate in the evening thread because I'm at work the rest of the time.

Ciaram22 · December 2010

Goodnight squirrly.

Beachy730 · December 2010

Goodnight squirrly and baby onion.

Loopyseven · December 2010

Goodnight squirrly and baby squirrly- I just can't bring myself to say goodnight to an onion

Beachy730 · December 2010

I wish I wasn't so wide awake right now. Clearly working out at night doesn't work for me.

aMrsin09 · December 2010

Night Squirrley

It will take me forever to reach platinum.

Ciaram22 · December 2010

I can't do it at night either dnb. It always gives me too much energy and I don't sleep.

Loopyseven · December 2010

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[QUOTE]I was that loser who lived at home with my parents until I got married at 26. I have a great relationship with my parents though and they were never the overprotective type. I had intentions of moving out but my teaching job was never permanent so I didn't want to get stuck in a lease and then get laid off. And then once I met H and since we were LDR it was pretty pointless to pay for an apartment that I would only be at half the time. My parents were fine with him staying at our house when he came in town once he had been together for a while, so it wasn't a big deal.
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

<div>In college I was only home for 3 weeks at Christmas, 2 1/2 months in the summers, and 3 weeks after I graduated before I started my first job. After college, my dad would have charged me rent - and about the same amount of rent I could have paid for a 1 BR apartment in the town we lived near - and if I bought food and put it in his fridge it was fair game for him to eat/drink. And while he didn't specify a curfew, he would crank at me if I came in too late cause "he couldn't sleep until he knew I was home". </div>

Beachy730 · December 2010

My parents never charged me rent luckily. My brother moved to NYC after college so I knew they liked having me around. Even after I was married and before me moved away my mom was still offering to give me her debit card when I was going to buy groceries. I would never take it, but she seriously didn't even want me to spend money on groceries. Haha it was a hard home to leave!

Ciaram22 · December 2010

The only rules I had when living at home were to make sure I would be home at a decent hour and if I wasn't to call first and give a time I would be home. I didn't have to pay rent as long as I was in school. I also became the taxi for my younger sister once I got my license so grandma had time to get other stuff done.

Loopyseven · December 2010

Lucky you. My parents believed it would mean more if I earned it myself. I'm surprised I don't have more money issues. My dad's method of ensuring mature adult decision making (ie: do it his way) was to threaten to not pay for big stuff we wanted to do.

As soon as I started babysitting, I didn't get an allowance anymore - if I wanted snacks, baseball cards, books, little stuff I could earn my own money to pay for it.

musicalsunlight · December 2010

My mom is similar to yours, dnb. She loves to offer help and will occasionally give me random groceries (unprompted) when I go over to visit. I loved living at home for the one year of college that I did, but I think it was because suddenly my family was so much easier to be around once I had no obligation to tell them what I was doing/where I was going.

Loopyseven · December 2010

After some years away, and maturity, I have realized that my parents know stuff, I often ask their advice, and I turned into a productive adult member of society (who is not a mass murderer) so I guess their way worked

. But at one point growing up I remember wishing my parents would get divorced so I could live with my mom and not have to deal with my dad anymore - although I know now that he'd probably have had visitation or something at least and I wouldn't really have been able to "never have to speak to him again". LOL.

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