Grandparents' Dogs!
tlescak
21 years ago
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Comments (28)Hello, My husband and I are thinking about buying property in Colorado, and I have wanted to find ways to have the property to help pay for itself. I am becoming convinced about the chickens, and love your chicken coop and fencing. Do you sell your eggs, and where? We'll have at least 35 acres, but are "newbies" at the farm aspect. Even though I was a little girl when my father had chickens, its been a loooong time and I have lived in several different towns since then. I am encouraged, though, by all the output I've been reading. Especially when you can have such a really nice chicken coop. (My mother would have loved a chicken coop like this.) Thanks, Georgia...See MoreGrandparents Won't Respect Our Rules
Comments (10)First of all, let me say that I agree that grandparents should get to spoil their grandkids. But you have got to be kidding me!! Your parenting decisions are "interfering with her 'fun' relationship with her grandchildren??" Sounds to me that the only way your mother thinks she can prove herself to be "fun" to her grandkids is by allowing them to break all of the rules. That's not showing that you are fun, that is showing a complete lack of respect (for you and your wife). "Mother says that my wife is a control freak that wants to control all aspects of her relationship with her grandchildren." Please please please, stick up for your wife here. Stress that these are decisions you have BOTH made. Don't let your wife take the heat solo. [This point coupled with the prior one seems to indicate that your mother has issues with your wife. Perhaps the kids really aren't the issue here. . . ] "My father says that he will NOT have his relationship with his grandson compromised by our rules. He wants to raise his grandchild on HIS terms." Funny, I thought your folks had raised his kids already?? YOU are raising your kids, not him. I would tell him that IF he wants to have ANY relationship with the GKs, he WILL abide by your rules. Now I know I sound like a big meanie, so let me clarify. I do not think it is unreasonable for grandparents to spoil their grandkids. An occasional late night or crappy dinner is clearly not out of line. But the situation you described is far different. This sounds like a classic power struggle, which is entirely different. If your parents are going to repeatedly and often ignore your rules then I would make it clear that visits will be limited and/or supervised. Further, if their attitudes that they have just as must say as you do about your children, then an attitude adjustment is required. Period. And, last but not least, stick up for your wife!!!...See MoreMale dog names
Comments (41)I've found that our animals tend to get named based on their personalities and what they look like. All our pets, except Max have been named by us (or their human parents). Some names stuck right away (Howard) and others changed as the pet got to live with us. Butrous was named Milton an we changed it to Puff Butter, but somehow Butrous stuck and he prefers to be called that. Norman was Froggy, changed to Terrance, but Norman DeVille is what he ended up with. Poopie was my Grandparents dog, he was called something else that I couldn't pronounce as a child, but Poopie was what I called him and that is how hw lived out his life. Pooka was a name I thought up for this puppy I had as a teen. A story (another celebrity story) was that I had Pooka at the park and I met this man who really liked my pup and thought his name was interesting. We chatted for a while and I found out later that he was Dean Koontz, the author. A few years later he wrote a story that included the park where we'd met, and a lab named Pooka. Coincidence?? I think not!...See MoreGrandparents get to see son more than BF does
Comments (37)Amber - I think your friend has hit it dead on. I think it's easier for us as humans to criticize someone else until we actually walk a mile in their shoes. For example: when I was a young adult, I was actually very mature and handled adult situations quite well. I held a full time job while being a full time student. I was a mom to a 6 week old husky pup that was my world. Know where my husky pup is now? With my parents... She is on her very last leg and has lived a LOT longer than most dogs live. But I abandoned her when I met Mr wonderful who was allergic to dogs. My parents remind me that I'm her mommy and I 'abandoned' her ... It's kind of a joke since it's actually a dog.... Anyway - my older sister had a baby and she couldn't hold a job, jumped from one man to the other, couldn't afford daycare. Here I was a college student, working hard to pay for books and I was often helping her pay childcare. I always criticized her. Nothing she did was right or good enough in my eyes. I was often of the opinion that she didn't deserve to be his mother and I often stated that he would be better off with ME or with my parents (with my dog). It wasn't until I had a child and then became a single mom that I realized WOW what a job it is... Try keeping a job when your kid is sick all the time or when you were up all night trying to figure out how to pay childcare AND the electric bill because both are necessary. I went out with my friends a lot and I partied... My ex would throw it in my face how I was being irresponsible and he was so much better than me because he had met someone so quickly and had settled down not two months after our divorce was final. He was such a better parent than me. I never spent money out partying.. Are you kidding? I never spent a dime of my own money... Wear some make up, your tightest jeans and laugh a little and your night is free. I'm not a whore but I did have some fun 'whore-free' nights. I just didn't jump into a new relationship like my ex did because I needed to grieve that divorce and get over all of THAT but he was such a better person than me because he didn't need to grieve I guess. My point is, I was very critical of my sister because I never knew what it was like but I thought I could do it so much better. Then I found myself in her shoes and realized I am no different than her and how I dealt with it. Then my ex criticized me for all the same things I was criticizing my sister for but alas, I still have custody and he is still the NCP -- and not for lack of trying to be custodial but because I've done nothing wrong in the eyes of the law. I provide for my child. He pays child support and complains about it and the amount and that he doesn't think I spend money on my child. Whatever-- if he only knew the expenses of childcare and food and the cost to keep the house cool in 108 degree weather. Not to mention everything else. Sounds like your BF is just miserable right now and is blaming his misery on anyone who is in the target area. I just wouldn't let him drag you down when he gets upset with bm. Just listen, dont offer advice. When he wants it, he will ask....See Moreaileen
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