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Son's car insurance problem
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LOL - i can assure you that by no means do i wrap my children up in cotton wool !
What i DO do however is i help them !
There is a difference but i dont expect you to understand that as its something that only a fellow parent would understand.
You say you left home at just 17...says a lot really doesnt it....17 is still just a child and if your parents allowed you to leave home at that young age then maybe they are also to blame for the attitude you have been cursed with today !
Iamanalias - do you think that maybe your parents cottonwool bill wasnt high enough ?
Just as a side note....and yes iamanalias i FULLY expect to get slated by you (but bring it on , i can cope with someone like you) I myself am 36 years old , a married mum of three children aged 12 , 14 and 17 but regarless of that , i know i can always go to my own parents when i need help or advice and on many occasions i do !
You dont stop being a parent when your child becomes a certain age.....parenting , now thats a job you take on for life !0 -
LOL - i can assure you that by no means do i wrap my children up in cotton wool !
What i DO do however is i help them !
Hopefully not with their spelling or grammar
There is a difference but i dont expect you to understand that as its something that only a fellow parent would understand.
Total and utter bu11sh1t.You say you left home at just 17...says a lot really doesnt it....17 is still just a child and if your parents allowed you to leave home at that young age then maybe they are also to blame for the attitude you have been cursed with today !
Presumably yours will still be with you at 37Iamanalias - do you think that maybe your parents cottonwool bill wasnt high enough ?
Not at allJust as a side note....and yes iamanalias i FULLY expect to get slated by you (but bring it on , i can cope with someone like you) I myself am 36 years old , a married mum of three children aged 12 , 14 and 17
Do you want a medal or something? So at 19 I was a homeowner and at 19 you were pregnant. Big deal.but regarless of that , i know i can always go to my own parents when i need help or advice and on many occasions i do !
As can I. But I don't need them to sort out my financial affairs for meYou dont stop being a parent when your child becomes a certain age.....parenting , now thats a job you take on for life !
What makes you think I don't know that? I do speak to my parents you know! :rotfl::rotfl:I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
lol - oh deary me Iamanalias
I had typed out a long post as reply to yours and then it hit me.....
If you seriously consider that purchasing your first home is an acheivement as important as holding your own new born baby in your arms and watching them grow into individuals over the years then theres nothing more that i have to add to the discussion !
Comparing a house - bricks and mortar to the pleasure of being a parent.....????
Hopefully your "house" will bring you all the love and comfort you yearn lol
Im not surprised you are the bitter person you are ! Bet if the opportunity came along you would swap your first house and everything in it to be a parent !
No need for a response...enough has been said lol.0 -
Post away Iamanalias...the ignore function is a wonderful thing lol0
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iamana1ias wrote: »I don't (can't) but am employed in a role that involves fixing other peoples'
I pity most of the kids I work with for the parents they're lumbered with
Are you a social worker by any chance?0 -
Are you a social worker by any chance?
Nope.
Interesting article in this month's 'Psychologies' magazine about parents who don't let their offspring grow up or gain independence and the disservice it's doing them and society. Seems I'm not alone in my observations.
Assuming your little darlings haven't made off with your last £3.50 its well worth a read I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
lol - oh deary me Iamanalias
I had typed out a long post as reply to yours and then it hit me.....
If you seriously consider that purchasing your first home is an acheivement as important as holding your own new born baby in your arms and watching them grow into individuals over the years then theres nothing more that i have to add to the discussion !
Comparing a house - bricks and mortar to the pleasure of being a parent.....????
Hopefully your "house" will bring you all the love and comfort you yearn lol
Im not surprised you are the bitter person you are ! Bet if the opportunity came along you would swap your first house and everything in it to be a parent !
No need for a response...enough has been said lol.
I was sterilised by choice in my early 20s. So no, I wouldn't swap anything to be a parent. Not sure how teenage pregnancy can be viewed as much of an achievement really.
I'm not bitter - far from it. I live the life I want to lead and am very secure and successful. My choices don't prevent me from having or expressing an opinion about sloppy/lazy/dysfunctional parenting or the impact it has on children and the rest of us at large.
The skill isn't in popping them out - it's in preparing them for life. Shame not many people realise that I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
Thank god for that. At least their recruiting appears to work.iamana1ias wrote: »Nope.
Interesting article in this month's 'Psychologies' magazine about parents who don't let their offspring grow up or gain independence and the disservice it's doing them and society. Seems I'm not alone in my observations.
Assuming your little darlings haven't made off with your last £3.50 its well worth a read
You should stop reading comics as well.
Psychology is the study of the science of the brain, not pseudo psychiatry in a glossy magazine.0 -
Thank god for that. At least their recruiting appears to work.
You should stop reading comics as well.
Psychology is the study of the science of the brain, not pseudo psychiatry in a glossy magazine.
As a qualified educational psychologist I know exactly what psychology is, thanks!! :rotfl:I was born too late, into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair0 -
iamana1ias wrote: »As a qualified educational psychiatrist I know exactly what psychiatry is, thanks!! :rotfl:
Are you sure, you didn't appear to.
Class magazine you recommend in your job then
Don't miss this article.
"Hannah Betts is on a mission to banish under-eye circles. "
Let me guess, Edinborough Uni as well, or maybe Aberdeen?0
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