RITA'S CXLVI: What's a Sweetheart Like You Doin' in a Dump Like This?

[Slam_Bradley]

For 1) you have to really stick to it, and eventually he'll catch on. It usually helps if you make it fun. Reading Go Dogs Go! every night for a month was a pain in the ass, but it's what my son wanted as a toddler.

I can still recite The Foot Book.

[Slam_Bradley]

One would think that if you had a jury trial scheduled and were facing up to seven years in the pen that you'd try really hard to be on time. Especially if the judge was already irritated with you for jerking around the court a couple times before.

But noooooo.

[Vibranium]

I commend parents, especially ones raising a child with isssues (autism and the like)

I'm a pretty detached guy, and coming from an abusive household, I am so petrified of the cycle repeating that I'm better off just spoiling my nieces and nephews

[SUPERECWFAN1]

One would think that if you had a jury trial scheduled and were facing up to seven years in the pen that you'd try really hard to be on time. Especially if the judge was already irritated with you for jerking around the court a couple times before.

But noooooo.

Maybe the dude is on the run....lol.

[howyadoin]

Mornin', fuckers. It's a beautiful day.

[Vibranium]

Maybe the dude is on the run....lol.

I remember the last time I got called for jury duty...dude got busted for possession of cocaine and buying stolen checks from a church and trying to use them at a liquor store

[Winslow]

One would think that if you had a jury trial scheduled and were facing up to seven years in the pen that you'd try really hard to be on time. Especially if the judge was already irritated with you for jerking around the court a couple times before.

But noooooo.

Gibb's smack him.

Mornin', fuckers. It's a beautiful day.

It's clear and sunny here. Maybe it's coast to coast!

[howyadoin]

It's clear and sunny here. Maybe it's coast to coast!

It's mostly a state of mind here.

[Tadhg]

Gibb's smack him.

This is how I know you're old.

[Jeff Brady]

I'm a pretty detached guy, and coming from an abusive household, I am so petrified of the cycle repeating that I'm better off just spoiling my nieces and nephews

Pretty similar situation here, but the wife wants babies. It's pretty hard with the abuse stuff, because your survival instinct makes you want to kill everything when your sleep deprivation turns you into a psychopath. But then you take a breath and remember that it's not the child's fault, and there's nothing you can do, so you just try to comfort him. And as long as you're aware of what you are thinking & feeling, you can modify your behavior.

Yeah, five years of therapy has really helped.

[Vibranium]

Pretty similar situation here, but the wife wants babies. It's pretty hard with the abuse stuff, because your survival instinct makes you want to kill everything when your sleep deprivation turns you into a psychopath. But then you take a breath and remember that it's not the child's fault, and there's nothing you can do, so you just try to comfort him. And as long as you're aware of what you are thinking & feeling, you can modify your behavior.

Yeah, five years of therapy has really helped.

I think I went the opposite way of that...Im just emotionally numb, I don't really care about anything too much for fear of losing it...the times I have had serious relationships, they haven't ended well, except for one a couple years ago and I just have no desire to start a family when I know I can't give them better than what I had growing up

[Athena Bast]

I really trying to not be a whiner but it seems to be my 24 hours...

Martha- best lady, kindest volunteer, and all around wonderful person I had the privilege to know and work with, passed away on Thanksgiving at the age of 87. RIP

I think a drink is in order. Maybe several *hugs*

[Ed Cunard]

I think I went the opposite way of that...Im just emotionally numb, I don't really care about anything too much for fear of losing it...the times I have had serious relationships, they haven't ended well, except for one a couple years ago and I just have no desire to start a family when I know I can't give them better than what I had growing up

The best thing I ever realized was that I am entirely too selfish to ever procreate.

[Vibranium]

The best thing I ever realized was that I am entirely too selfish to ever procreate.

a little bit of that too....but I have no problem babysitting or spoiling my two nieces and one nephew (so far)

[Ed Cunard]

a little bit of that too....but I have no problem babysitting or spoiling my two nieces and one nephew (so far)

Yeah. I don't even do that. I'll dog sit for anyone, though.