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[Rustoleum]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

Sorry to hear this, and sorry for Cal. My son's scout experience has been the complete opposite. That kind of stuff just doesn't happen and there is zero tolerance for any kind of bullying. The older scouts do a fantastic job of letting the younger one's know that that stuff just doesn't fly in the troop.

 

[heckmanm]

Got about a total of 10 hours of sleep the last 3 days. 2 more hours before I'm off work for the weekend. Gotta stop at my office on the way home from my job site in the morning though. Probably a 1 3/4 commute total. Gonna be a rough drive home. Automated cars for the masses can't come soon enough. Would be amazing to punch my destination in and just go to sleep.

Yesterday I was so tired on my drive home that every time I blinked I swear my brain went to sleep for a fraction of a second. Not good at all.

be safe brother! i've fallen asleep at red lights before. thankfully my brake foot was still engaged. scary ####

My company is cool in that they've told me that if I'm too tired to drive home in the morning I can book a hotel. Of course, the only hotels that let you check in at 7am are not the type of hotels I wish to be exposed to.

book the room ahead of time, i've checked in after midnight and all the way up to 5am before. hell, have your lady/family come and hang out, swim in the pool. whatever. come crash and make a fun deal out of it.

The issue is that I don't know if I'm too tired to drive home until after my night shift is already over. No point n having a hotel room if I'm perfectly fine to drive home.

If the company's paying, you're too tired.

 

[GroveDiesel]

Got about a total of 10 hours of sleep the last 3 days. 2 more hours before I'm off work for the weekend. Gotta stop at my office on the way home from my job site in the morning though. Probably a 1 3/4 commute total. Gonna be a rough drive home. Automated cars for the masses can't come soon enough. Would be amazing to punch my destination in and just go to sleep.

Yesterday I was so tired on my drive home that every time I blinked I swear my brain went to sleep for a fraction of a second. Not good at all.

be safe brother! i've fallen asleep at red lights before. thankfully my brake foot was still engaged. scary ####

My company is cool in that they've told me that if I'm too tired to drive home in the morning I can book a hotel. Of course, the only hotels that let you check in at 7am are not the type of hotels I wish to be exposed to.

book the room ahead of time, i've checked in after midnight and all the way up to 5am before. hell, have your lady/family come and hang out, swim in the pool. whatever. come crash and make a fun deal out of it.

The issue is that I don't know if I'm too tired to drive home until after my night shift is already over. No point n having a hotel room if I'm perfectly fine to drive home.

If the company's paying, you're too tired.

Yeah, but the flipside is that I get paid time and mileage while driving, but not if I get a hotel. So that's over $100 a day less in my pocket if I take the hotel.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You're a great dad, Bob.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You're a mediocre cook, Homer.

 

[bostonfred]

I've got a really cool proposition for you. I'll give you a hundred dollars to risk your life, or at least serious injury. We'll call it a small risk though. Maybe one in ten thousand. Does that interest you?

I did leave out a little detail. If you get hurt you might maybe kind of kill some other family. It might not be the whole family though. Maybe just some random father or mother.

If you're still interested in this exciting opportunity, how many times in a row would you like to spin that wheel of death and trying to get lucky?

Would it matter if I told you that the more you do it the riskier it gets?

I know this doesn't sound like that great an opportunity to some of you but I know a smart guy who does this every night instead of sleeping in a hotel bed in the company dime.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I've got a really cool proposition for you. I'll give you a hundred dollars to risk your life, or at least serious injury. We'll call it a small risk though. Maybe one in ten thousand. Does that interest you?

I did leave out a little detail. If you get hurt you might maybe kind of kill some other family. It might not be the whole family though. Maybe just some random father or mother.

If you're still interested in this exciting opportunity, how many times in a row would you like to spin that wheel of death and trying to get lucky?

Would it matter if I told you that the more you do it the riskier it gets?

I know this doesn't sound like that great an opportunity to some of you but I know a smart guy who does this every night instead of sleeping in a hotel bed in the company dime.

I feel like this isn't a sincere proposition.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

What do "Green Eggs and Ham" and "50 Shades of Grey" have in common?

They both encourage people who can barely read to try new things.

 

[GroveDiesel]

I've got a really cool proposition for you. I'll give you a hundred dollars to risk your life, or at least serious injury. We'll call it a small risk though. Maybe one in ten thousand. Does that interest you?

I did leave out a little detail. If you get hurt you might maybe kind of kill some other family. It might not be the whole family though. Maybe just some random father or mother.

If you're still interested in this exciting opportunity, how many times in a row would you like to spin that wheel of death and trying to get lucky?

Would it matter if I told you that the more you do it the riskier it gets?

I know this doesn't sound like that great an opportunity to some of you but I know a smart guy who does this every night instead of sleeping in a hotel bed in the company dime.

So far I'm up $4k and zero deaths. Sounds like a win to me!

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

My 10 year old son now has an email address.

My wife was trying to be cute and sent him an email, it started off with something like "Hi Z! Hee hee (LOL)".

His response: "That intro...just don't. Please."

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I doubt you will hear much disagreement around here. If it were at school, I'd be concerned that he could get suspended for a long time or even expelled, what with all the zero tolerance nonsense. But it would still be the right advice, even if the stupid rules punished it. And it is the right advice here.

My mom used to move around a lot when she was a kid because she was a Marine Corps brat. When she was pretty little she came into the base housing crying because some of the kids were picking on here because she was the new kid. My grandmother told her to get out of the house and not to come back until she had punched the kid who was bothering her most in the nose.

 

[Annyong]

I got mad reading that

 

[Annyong]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

aim for the nose. and feel free to deliver a solid kick to the balls for good measure

GB, I've been raising my boys to be men. Not this bull#### version of a man that society says these days. That includes that you are always respectful of women. You hold the door for them. You are kind to them even if they aren't all that nice to you. Women, girls, are somebody to respect. You also don't take #### from any other boy. Cal of course is different because he lacks the ability to understand social cues, although he's learning, on how to act. What these ####s are going to find out real quick like is that he has a little brother that isn't special needs. Dyl, at 8 years old, is 4'7 and a bad ###. He's strong and knows how to fight. He comes from a long line of men that knows how to take care of things. This isn't look at me bull####, I would MUCH rather not have to make a post like this I'm just so hurt. I've had to talk to Dylan many times to get him to understand Cal's mental challenges and how things are different for his role as a little brother. I'm confidant that that he will equalize things going forward.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I doubt you will hear much disagreement around here. If it were at school, I'd be concerned that he could get suspended for a long time or even expelled, what with all the zero tolerance nonsense. But it would still be the right advice, even if the stupid rules punished it. And it is the right advice here.

My mom used to move around a lot when she was a kid because she was a Marine Corps brat. When she was pretty little she came into the base housing crying because some of the kids were picking on here because she was the new kid. My grandmother told her to get out of the house and not to come back until she had punched the kid who was bothering her most in the nose.

I hear you. I've told him that he will never be in trouble with me for defending himself with me. I may have to act upset in front of his teacher or principal but we'll work things out at home.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

JFC https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=763497913773157&id=570650666391217

 

[St. Louis Bob]

You're a great dad, Bob.

I'm pretty terrible most of the time. There's one thing I've never had tolerance for though, and #### me I've always had a quick temper, and that's messing with people that can't or won't defend themselves. I've been in more fights than you can imagine with "tough cool guy" that liked to pick on nerdy kid. It's what I'm most proud of in my life. I shut that #### down in grade and high school. You want to call nerdy kid spaz and punch him, you now go through me. I've never been afraid to take or throw a punch. I hope that my love for violence let a lot of kids live better lives than they normally would have.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

JFC https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=763497913773157&id=570650666391217

Pretty damn accurate tattoo IMO.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

You're a mediocre cook, Homer.

Listen here, pal. I am a f###ing moderately better than mediocre cook. And you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

aim for the nose. and feel free to deliver a solid kick to the balls for good measure

GB, I've been raising my boys to be men. Not this bull#### version of a man that society says these days. That includes that you are always respectful of women. You hold the door for them. You are kind to them even if they aren't all that nice to you. Women, girls, are somebody to respect. You also don't take #### from any other boy. Cal of course is different because he lacks the ability to understand social cues, although he's learning, on how to act. What these ####s are going to find out real quick like is that he has a little brother that isn't special needs. Dyl, at 8 years old, is 4'7 and a bad ###. He's strong and knows how to fight. He comes from a long line of men that knows how to take care of things. This isn't look at me bull####, I would MUCH rather not have to make a post like this I'm just so hurt. I've had to talk to Dylan many times to get him to understand Cal's mental challenges and how things are different for his role as a little brother. I'm confidant that that he will equalize things going forward.

You've mentioned Cal being a little different in the past, but I never picked up on what you meant. Has he been diagnosed as on the autism/Asperger's spectrum, or is he just a little different?

 

[Hawks64]

So is IPA

You sonofa#####. Now you've crossed a line.

I love me some PA, buy those I's just make things bitter

It's unfortunate your palate sucks.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

aim for the nose. and feel free to deliver a solid kick to the balls for good measure

GB, I've been raising my boys to be men. Not this bull#### version of a man that society says these days. That includes that you are always respectful of women. You hold the door for them. You are kind to them even if they aren't all that nice to you. Women, girls, are somebody to respect. You also don't take #### from any other boy. Cal of course is different because he lacks the ability to understand social cues, although he's learning, on how to act. What these ####s are going to find out real quick like is that he has a little brother that isn't special needs. Dyl, at 8 years old, is 4'7 and a bad ###. He's strong and knows how to fight. He comes from a long line of men that knows how to take care of things. This isn't look at me bull####, I would MUCH rather not have to make a post like this I'm just so hurt. I've had to talk to Dylan many times to get him to understand Cal's mental challenges and how things are different for his role as a little brother. I'm confidant that that he will equalize things going forward.

You've mentioned Cal being a little different in the past, but I never picked up on what you meant. Has he been diagnosed as on the autism/Asperger's spectrum, or is he just a little different?

Yes

 

[cosjobs]

So is IPA

You sonofa#####. Now you've crossed a line.

I love me some PA, buy those I's just make things bitter

It's unfortunate your palate sucks.

A palate is integral to to act of sucking

 

[Hawks64]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

Sorry he's going through that GB but you handled it better than I would have. I would have said something to the kids and probably lost my mind with the "leaders" that were doing such an effective job. I also 1000% agree with you telling Cal to defend himself.

 

[El Floppo]

I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I doubt you will hear much disagreement around here. If it were at school, I'd be concerned that he could get suspended for a long time or even expelled, what with all the zero tolerance nonsense. But it would still be the right advice, even if the stupid rules punished it. And it is the right advice here.

My mom used to move around a lot when she was a kid because she was a Marine Corps brat. When she was pretty little she came into the base housing crying because some of the kids were picking on here because she was the new kid. My grandmother told her to get out of the house and not to come back until she had punched the kid who was bothering her most in the nose.

I hear you. I've told him that he will never be in trouble with me for defending himself with me. I may have to act upset in front of his teacher or principal but we'll work things out at home.

I hated reading your story, Bob. Cal and Floppinho sound like similar kids- mine is always the tallest kid and from birth has been an absolute gentle #####cat. and highly sensitive to injustices. he came home upset in Kinderg because two of his friends were bullying one of his other friends. we gave him options for how to respond (from physical if he thought the other guy was in danger, to just talking with everybody- he opted for the latter)... but I don't see him every hitting anybody- even if they hit him first.

Do you think Cal would ever take you up on punching somebody while defending himself to that kind of bullying.

 

[El Floppo]

JFC https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=763497913773157&id=570650666391217

cheek... jaw. wtf knows.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

aim for the nose. and feel free to deliver a solid kick to the balls for good measure

GB, I've been raising my boys to be men. Not this bull#### version of a man that society says these days. That includes that you are always respectful of women. You hold the door for them. You are kind to them even if they aren't all that nice to you. Women, girls, are somebody to respect. You also don't take #### from any other boy. Cal of course is different because he lacks the ability to understand social cues, although he's learning, on how to act. What these ####s are going to find out real quick like is that he has a little brother that isn't special needs. Dyl, at 8 years old, is 4'7 and a bad ###. He's strong and knows how to fight. He comes from a long line of men that knows how to take care of things. This isn't look at me bull####, I would MUCH rather not have to make a post like this I'm just so hurt. I've had to talk to Dylan many times to get him to understand Cal's mental challenges and how things are different for his role as a little brother. I'm confidant that that he will equalize things going forward.

You've mentioned Cal being a little different in the past, but I never picked up on what you meant. Has he been diagnosed as on the autism/Asperger's spectrum, or is he just a little different?

Yes

Then I would say you are a saint for not punching those ##### bullies yourself.

 

[Hawks64]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

yay?

 

[Homer J Simpson]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

yay?

Definitely yay. Not even sure why it's a question.

 

[El Floppo]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

yay?

yay!

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

yay?

Definitely yay. Not even sure why it's a question.

I assumed it was a typo and he meant 5 year old gyro meat. then it's probably a toss up.

5 days is a no-brainer yay.

 

[cosjobs]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

yay?

Definitely yay. Not even sure why it's a question.

I assumed it was a typo and he meant 5 year old gyro meat. then it's probably a toss up.

5 days is a no-brainer yay.

Same misread here.

Who tf questions 5 day old gyro meat? You could leave it in the sun, slathered in mayo and raw eggs for 5 days.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

My son, who's 14 now, has always had a tougher time making friends at school. He doesn't put a lot of time into his appearance. Doesn't care much if his clothes match or not, just that they're comfortable. And he's pretty introverted unless he's with his core group of friends. He's extremely intelligent and spends most of his time in school with his nose in a book. He was attending a school for academically gifted kids and apparently was getting bullied by some of the 'cool kids.' Not sure what qualifications one has to have to be one of the 'cool kids' in the school for the academically gifted, but apparently it involved singling out my son and bullying him regularly.

Now he also comes from a long line of men in my family who internalize everything, don't tell their parents about any problems at school and either ignore things until they go away or deal with them when they come to a head. His bullying apparently came to a head.

For those of you who have ever read or seen the movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," there is a piece of cheese that has been left on the playground forever and if anyone touched it, they would become a pariah of the whole school. Cooties writ large. Well, these boys started something called the "Aidan touch" referring to my son Aidan and informing all the cool kids that they'd better stay away from him, for fear of touching him and catching the "Aidan touch" Of course, I know nothing of this until I get a call from the principal.

Aidan is being suspended for 3 days for getting into a fight at school. According to the teacher, another young male in Aidan's class whispered something in his ear. Aidan, apparently having had enough, round-housed the boy and knocked him flat on his ###. The kid tried to recover, but Aidan got a few more licks in before they were broken up.

I told the principal that I understood and would accept whatever punishment the school thought was appropriate, but that I wanted to understood how and why this happened. After the principal collected and read accounts from other kids that detailed the length and extent of the bullying that the other boy had inflicted upon my son, the principal decided that Aidan would serve a half day suspension, with credit for time served and the other boy was suspended an extra day. Publicly, in front of the principal and Aidan's mother, I told him that fighting was not the answer and that he should have come to us first. Privately, later on, I told him that while he definitely should have let us know what was going on, that I was glad he kicked the kid's ### and that the little punk deserved everything that was coming to him.

 

[tommyboy]

all of my kids have had that speech from me in private. None of them have gotten in fights (yet) and I hope they never have to , but each one of them has gotten the talk from Dad, which was this: "if ever some kid is bullying you physically i want you to walk right up to them, hit them as hard as you possibly can right on the nose and end it. you'll get in trouble at school, and that's fine, I'll handle it, but you won't get in trouble at home".

 

[Ignoramus]

5 day old gyro meat in fridge, yay or nay?

yay?

Definitely yay. Not even sure why it's a question.

I assumed it was a typo and he meant 5 year old gyro meat. then it's probably a toss up.5 days is a no-brainer yay.

Same misread here.

Same.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

My son, who's 14 now, has always had a tougher time making friends at school. He doesn't put a lot of time into his appearance. Doesn't care much if his clothes match or not, just that they're comfortable. And he's pretty introverted unless he's with his core group of friends. He's extremely intelligent and spends most of his time in school with his nose in a book. He was attending a school for academically gifted kids and apparently was getting bullied by some of the 'cool kids.' Not sure what qualifications one has to have to be one of the 'cool kids' in the school for the academically gifted, but apparently it involved singling out my son and bullying him regularly.

Now he also comes from a long line of men in my family who internalize everything, don't tell their parents about any problems at school and either ignore things until they go away or deal with them when they come to a head. His bullying apparently came to a head.

For those of you who have ever read or seen the movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," there is a piece of cheese that has been left on the playground forever and if anyone touched it, they would become a pariah of the whole school. Cooties writ large. Well, these boys started something called the "Aidan touch" referring to my son Aidan and informing all the cool kids that they'd better stay away from him, for fear of touching him and catching the "Aidan touch" Of course, I know nothing of this until I get a call from the principal.

Aidan is being suspended for 3 days for getting into a fight at school. According to the teacher, another young male in Aidan's class whispered something in his ear. Aidan, apparently having had enough, round-housed the boy and knocked him flat on his ###. The kid tried to recover, but Aidan got a few more licks in before they were broken up.

I told the principal that I understood and would accept whatever punishment the school thought was appropriate, but that I wanted to understood how and why this happened. After the principal collected and read accounts from other kids that detailed the length and extent of the bullying that the other boy had inflicted upon my son, the principal decided that Aidan would serve a half day suspension, with credit for time served and the other boy was suspended an extra day. Publicly, in front of the principal and Aidan's mother, I told him that fighting was not the answer and that he should have come to us first. Privately, later on, I told him that while he definitely should have let us know what was going on, that I was glad he kicked the kid's ### and that the little punk deserved everything that was coming to him.

Way to go Aidan! And same to Aidan's dad.

 

[RedmondLonghorn]

all of my kids have had that speech from me in private. None of them have gotten in fights (yet) and I hope they never have to , but each one of them has gotten the talk from Dad, which was this: "if ever some kid is bullying you physically i want you to walk right up to them, hit them as hard as you possibly can right on the nose and end it. you'll get in trouble at school, and that's fine, I'll handle it, but you won't get in trouble at home".

Same here.

 

[Osaurus]

5 day update?

 

[UOFI_316]

5 day update?

You left your gyro meat in Annyong's fridge, we just told him to finally eat it.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Little issue today myself concerning kids. Cal is on an all week Scout camp. I wasn't really happy about this because I'm his protector and he isn't like other kids. However I also figure it's good for him to get away from electronic porn and be with some other kids. Of course it doesn't really matter because Mrs. SLB makes these kinds of decisions and just acts like my input matters. Whatever.

He left last Sunday morning and tonight was "have dinner with your kid" night. I miss him terribly and there was no way I was going to miss this. Of course I had a TON of work I needed to get done today, of all days. All of the other families left at 3:15 for a 6:00 dinner. Oh, did I mention the place where they are camping is 117 miles away? Well it is. I got home at 4:15 and we left at 4:30. We were only 20 minutes late. The other women were talking to us asking how we got there so fast. I told them I used to drive race cars. They were obviously aroused by my driving skillz.

I ask Cal to show me around, Mrs. SLB is busy talking to another mom for some reason. The first thing he shows me is his tent. There are 4 kids in there and they are reading The Simpson's book that Mrs. SLB sent him in the mail. He sheepishly says "you guys have been going through my stuff again, I didn't give you the permission to do that." One boy says "whatever, I like this, I think it's funny". The other 3 boys laugh. They saw me standing there and did this. I don't think they looked good enough though. I thought of something to say but it's so horrific I won't even print it here. I did however convey my feelings through a look. They stop laughing, give Cal his book, and quickly leave.

Then Cal tells me that there has been this "game" where these kids and some others kick him the butt and punch him the back. He also woke up one morning with sunscreen poured all over him and his stuff.

Cal told the "leaders" several times but it keeps happening. I've posted this before a million times but Cal is a BIG kid for his age. He turned 11 in May, is 5'4, 120 pounds and strong as an ox. I told him that the next kid that kicks or punches him, he is to punch them in the face as hard as he can. Mrs. SLB heard that part and was pissed off at me. After I filled her in, she was in total agreement. I'm sure many of you will disagree with my advice.

I texted one of the Scout leaders when I got home and asked WTF was going on. In a nice way. He said they were aware of "some things" and would talk to me when they got back. ORLY, you were aware of this and were too much of a coward to bring it up? Still shaking mad.

Thanks for listening,

Angry In St. Louis

aim for the nose. and feel free to deliver a solid kick to the balls for good measure

GB, I've been raising my boys to be men. Not this bull#### version of a man that society says these days. That includes that you are always respectful of women. You hold the door for them. You are kind to them even if they aren't all that nice to you. Women, girls, are somebody to respect. You also don't take #### from any other boy. Cal of course is different because he lacks the ability to understand social cues, although he's learning, on how to act. What these ####s are going to find out real quick like is that he has a little brother that isn't special needs. Dyl, at 8 years old, is 4'7 and a bad ###. He's strong and knows how to fight. He comes from a long line of men that knows how to take care of things. This isn't look at me bull####, I would MUCH rather not have to make a post like this I'm just so hurt. I've had to talk to Dylan many times to get him to understand Cal's mental challenges and how things are different for his role as a little brother. I'm confidant that that he will equalize things going forward.

so no kick in the nuts? i got in very few fights, but i always went one step further than really necessary to ensure that no one would ever want to fight me again. it worked

and you're doing the right thing, keep it up!

 

[St. Louis Bob]

My son, who's 14 now, has always had a tougher time making friends at school. He doesn't put a lot of time into his appearance. Doesn't care much if his clothes match or not, just that they're comfortable. And he's pretty introverted unless he's with his core group of friends. He's extremely intelligent and spends most of his time in school with his nose in a book. He was attending a school for academically gifted kids and apparently was getting bullied by some of the 'cool kids.' Not sure what qualifications one has to have to be one of the 'cool kids' in the school for the academically gifted, but apparently it involved singling out my son and bullying him regularly.

Now he also comes from a long line of men in my family who internalize everything, don't tell their parents about any problems at school and either ignore things until they go away or deal with them when they come to a head. His bullying apparently came to a head.

For those of you who have ever read or seen the movie "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," there is a piece of cheese that has been left on the playground forever and if anyone touched it, they would become a pariah of the whole school. Cooties writ large. Well, these boys started something called the "Aidan touch" referring to my son Aidan and informing all the cool kids that they'd better stay away from him, for fear of touching him and catching the "Aidan touch" Of course, I know nothing of this until I get a call from the principal.

Aidan is being suspended for 3 days for getting into a fight at school. According to the teacher, another young male in Aidan's class whispered something in his ear. Aidan, apparently having had enough, round-housed the boy and knocked him flat on his ###. The kid tried to recover, but Aidan got a few more licks in before they were broken up.

I told the principal that I understood and would accept whatever punishment the school thought was appropriate, but that I wanted to understood how and why this happened. After the principal collected and read accounts from other kids that detailed the length and extent of the bullying that the other boy had inflicted upon my son, the principal decided that Aidan would serve a half day suspension, with credit for time served and the other boy was suspended an extra day. Publicly, in front of the principal and Aidan's mother, I told him that fighting was not the answer and that he should have come to us first. Privately, later on, I told him that while he definitely should have let us know what was going on, that I was glad he kicked the kid's ### and that the little punk deserved everything that was coming to him.

Out of likes but sad and happy to hear this GB.

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Thanks again guys for listening. I have had several hours of sleep, took a bath, and just made a big western omelet. Urge to kill is receding.

 

[Osaurus]

Sitting next to Barry Bostwick on plane...we are delayed.

 

[Osaurus]

5 day update?

You left your gyro meat in Annyong's fridge, we just told him to finally eat it.

Just in time.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Sitting next to Barry Bostwick on plane...we are delayed.

Ask if he liked playing for Oklahoma or Seattle better.

 

[facook]

Makes me incredible sad to read the stories of bullied kids. Also makes me very hopeful (and a tiny bit gratified) that I have had the same talk with my 10 year old son about what to do if he's getting bullied. Haven't had to deal with it yet, but he knows if he's getting bullied he hits as hard as he can and we'll deal with whatever punishment the school doles out - and that there will be zero punishment coming from me. What makes me proud is the only times he has gotten in trouble at school is for defending other kids getting picked on. Again, zero punishment from me.

 

[strykerpks]

Sitting next to Barry Bostwick on plane...we are delayed.

Tell him you loved him as J Peterman

 

[-fish-]

roverkid is fine. thanks for the tpw.

 

[strykerpks]

roverkid is fine. thanks for the tpw.

Great news

 

[-fish-]

roverkid is fine. thanks for the tpw.

Great news

her pediatrician was actually a little irked at the urgent care people that even suggested diabetes was in play. she said that they had a urine sample that pretty much ruled it out, that the blood glucose they took was elevated, but not much, and was probably the result of a high-carb meal (turkey tacos with flour tortillas).