Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial. Any suggestions?

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!
I do not know what goes on at their mother’s house but no there is no sexual abuse in our household. At their mothers, there are teenage children living there..so who knows! They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.
EXCUSE ME YES THEY HAVE BEEN TO A DOCTOR..CHRIST READ WHY DONT U
EXCUSE ME YES THEY HAVE BEEN TO A DOCTOR..CHRIST READ WHY DONT U
we live in the same area..about 20 min away. its a metropolitan area
for real lady…i am not tryin to take the kids away from their father…but their fathers actions (working and sleeping all the time) give the kids a pretty good clue dontcha think? the kids are always eager to go back to their mothers…hmm maybe because their mother is not around that often (must pay attention to them when she is) and they are allowed to do whatever they want because they are being watched by their older step siblings and their mother treats them like they are adults when they arent. i do not allow the kids to run wild. i show them love and support and pay attention to them and try to explain to my husband he needs to do more of the same.
the kids are not around anyone else but my husband, myself and our one year old. we do not leave them with sitters either. there are not many kids in our neighborhood and only the boy is in school and its hard for them to establish friends in our neighborhood simply because their is a lack of kids and my step son goes to school in another district.

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial. Any suggestions?
Never said i didnt love the children but i do not think i should be forced to have sole responsibility. they have two parents that should be making the ultimate decisions and not forcing things upon me. i love them and will not be blamed for being an "evil stepmother" when that is not the case. yea i know i married the man and i agreed to help but not be be the only parent in the situation. comprende?

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where, which i have done ever so graciously. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I dont know how much more I can take! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcoholic. I am not saying I don’t want them but they act like they don’t want to be here because they are always sullen and withdrawn. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they were wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old cries if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside while i was at school and her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The six year old puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all, but I was nice him and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. He cried too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!

They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.
Lin-and i suppose your an expert…maybe even possibly a step mother yourself…doubt it. I never said i didnt love the kids and i will not be blamed for being an "evil stepmother" which is not the case. i am concerned for their well being and ultimately THEIR parents are responsible. its not fair to say that they are getting scared to spend a week with me…they have known me for almost 3 damn years so screw u and this behavior was not exhibited until recently!

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where, which i have done ever so graciously. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I dont know how much more I can take! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcoholic. I am not saying I don’t want them but they act like they don’t want to be here because they are always sullen and withdrawn. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they were wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old cries if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside while i was at school and her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The six year old puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all, but I was nice him and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. He cried too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!

They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.

I am going to start training my horse to drive. My dad is going to get me a harness for christmas. I am going to get a horse size e harness to fit both of my horses(one is 14.2 the other is 15.1), both of them are QH. The shorter one is rather buff so I know the harness will fit him as well as the other.
My dad is going to build my cart since they are rather expensive and I don’t know of any Amish cart makers or buggy builders near me.Trust me google is my best friend on this subject. I know the cart has to be balanced and so there wont be any pressure points. Both of the horses that will pull this cart are 60" from the center of the chest to the end of there HindQuarters and 52" from the point of the shoulder to the end of the Hindquarters. How long Should the shafts be? I know I am going to build the cart like an easy entry two wheeled cart. How big should the wheels be? I know the set is going to be roughly 42" long, how much farther should the frame of the cart be? 50" to be safe? This is the cart I am going to use as my model: http://www.statelinetack.com/item/tough-1-easy-entry-driving-cart/BOC74/
Should I just follow the seat size, tire size, and shaft length listed?
and this is the harness I am getting: http://www.statelinetack.com/item/tough-1-basic-nylon-driving-harness/BOT74/
Should I also get a sheep skin girth cover to put on the chest strap so it wont rub?
Oh and in case you want to know this is just for pleasure driving! I will be going to college in a few years and I want my horse to be able to do something my parents can do. I ride him for Hunters, as well as barrels, and working cattle. I also trail ride but that would not be something that my parents would do to keep them in shape. These fellas were not trained to be pasture ornaments and they won’t be until I retire them and then they can roam around a lush pasture for the rest of their Senior days!
Also One other thing, when I try to lunge my younger gelding he freaks out and takes off as soon as i try to send him out on the line. He used to do just as I pleased. I thought maybe he was scared of the whip so I didn’t use it today. But when I twirled the end of the lunge line to get him to move he freaked out, reared and bolted across the field (yes its fenced in, more like an unplowed arena), tearing the lunge line out of my hands,(Something he has started to do when he freaks) luckily I know not to wrap the lunge line or any rope attached to a horse or pony around my hands. But I still have some nasty rope burns on my hand. What can be causing this? I don’t abuse him or beat him. The only time the whip every touches him is when I am turning him and that’s because He hasn’t learned to turn on cue so I have to Whoa him and as soon as he stops he turns toward me then I tap him on the shoulder until he turns to the other direction. He is 4 could it jut be that since its colder he has extra energy and he is trying to vent it? PS I now have gloves to wear when I lunge so No more rope burns!

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial. Any suggestions?

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where, which i have done ever so graciously. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I dont know how much more I can take! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcoholic. I am not saying I don’t want them but they act like they don’t want to be here because they are always sullen and withdrawn. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they were wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old cries if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside while i was at school and her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The six year old puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all, but I was nice him and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. He cried too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!

They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.
its possible they could be taking something before they come i suppose …i dont know…i cant really put anythign past them because they have been caught lying before..such as my step son lied to me about seeing my stepdaughter put the safety pins in the play pen but he later admited to his father that he saw her do it. u just dont know if they are telling the truth. they seem sneaky..its kind of scary to be honest and difficult to deal with. my step daughter point blank lied to me about putting lotion on without permission when i smelled her hands and she still kept telling me she didnt use any…i just cant trust them to be honest…its very difficult.
they each puke 1-2 times every other week and they are given plenty of water and gatorade and they have seen a doctor..the doc thinks they have psychological problems and need counseling but the parents dont agree….do u understand now?
they each puke 1-2 times every other week and they are given plenty of water and gatorade and they have seen a doctor..the doc thinks they have psychological problems and need counseling but the parents dont agree….do u understand now?

I just created a website where I will be offering a wide variety of items. I want to know how I can add the "add to cart" option and then the "pay" option. Please be specific in explaining as I am very new to this. I have a paypal account so obviously I would want it set up so that an purchases made would go straight to my paypal account. Thank you. Serious answers only please.

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!
They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.

This weekend my family and 2 neighbors were assaulted with a golf club by a 12 year old autistic boy, who is about 5’10" and 180lbs. We called the police 3 times before they showed up and know of 2 neighbors who also called. This terrorizing continued for 23 minutes before police arrived, why it took so long is a mystery which the police are "looking into". By the time the police arrived the boys mother, my brother, and I had him subdued on the ground, where he continued to spit and bite at us. We were told no charges can be pressed because he is a minor with a developmental disability. So where do we go from here? In addition to the assault he damaged a golf cart, and was hitting the windows trying to get into our house. It’s just scary to think law enforcement is not going to step in until this kid seriously hurts himself or another individual. Looking at court websites it looks like in order to get a restraining or a protective order, you have to file charges. He does have an ankle monitor which is supposed to alarm the sheriff’s dept. if he leaves the house, which in this case was obviously of no use. We just feel like the police did not take the situation seriously, and god forbid this happen again we need to protect ourselves. Has anyone had a similar situation with a Mentally disabled minor?

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!
They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.
yea lady its hard being a step mother. it doesnt mean i hate his kids cuz im the step mother. people seriously relate back to stupid fairy tales too much. they are generally nice kids and im not going to take the blame for being bitter towards them because that is not the case. i am bitter towards the situation that the mother and father lay upon my hands when it should be them fixing the situation. after all, i didnt give birth to them. i do my best to treat them with respect and love and i will not be targeted cuz u have some sap story. there are lots of people in the world with problems and you dont need to go blaming me of this problem simply because im a step mother. truly, only step mothers would understand.

I am graduating this year with my BA in Psychology. BIG mistake I thought at one point I wanted to be a counselor, then I thought about law and decided to stick with the degree (I was 1/2 through my psych core classes) since it’s not a bad "base" for Law.

I realized law was not for me, and I’m looking at applying for my MBA. Most schools "highly recommend" 1-2 years of full time work experience, but I do not have it. I do however, have the last 4 years of holding down a part time job, school, AND working minimum 15 hours a week as an internship with a local amusement park (don’t think Disney here, it’s really just a few go cart tracks, batting cages, a few thrill rides, and a huge arcade). I’ve worked as an unpaid management intern with them for 4 years now. Do you think this would suffice as my work experience?

I’m studying for the GMAT and will be taking it in late december, my gpa is 3.8, but of course in a field completely unrelated. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks!

Its about a 24 cashier store, and the slogan for the movie went something like "When the night shift gets boring, turn on your imagination." I Know the last part of the slogan is right, but not the night shift part. I just can’t remember what it is called.
AHHH!! yes WAlter! oh baby. woaw. finally. CAshback is correct! thank you.

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!
They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.
yes and i know about the peanut butter. the boy had peanut butter crackers in his book bag one day and he said his mother gave them to him and i told him to throw them away cuz they could have been contaminated because of the peanut butter recall. i told his mother this too and she said that her husband has been eating them too and he is just fine…see what i have to deal with?!
yes and i know about the peanut butter. the boy had peanut butter crackers in his book bag one day and he said his mother gave them to him and i told him to throw them away cuz they could have been contaminated because of the peanut butter recall. i told his mother this too and she said that her husband has been eating them too and he is just fine…see what i have to deal with?!

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. Any suggestions?!
They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial.

Kinda long..but I need advice please!!!!!

My daughter will be 3 in a few months. Most of the time she is just so sweet. HOWEVER, sometimes she can be bossy and rude.

In the store..a man talked friendly to her. She spoke to him for a few minutes..then all of a sudden she SHOUTED "DON’T YOU TALK TO ME!!"

Today in the store a little girl was sitting on the floor, my daughter yelled at her "STAND UP!!!"

The man was bagging our groceries and putting them in the cart for us..my daughter shouted to him"DON’T YOU TOUCH THOSE BAGS!!!"

About the man talking to her. I told her to "be nice" NOW..I don’t really like that I said this. Because I believe we as adults teach children too much to "be nice" "respect your elders" "don’t talk back" This isnt really good…because if a time comes to where an adult oversteps their boundries with a child…(abuse) that child should know that they can..be rude…shout..scream..the child doesn’t have to be polite to these adults. And I want my daughter to know that. If we always say "be nice" then when the child is in danger…they won’t know to try to defend themselfs or fight back.

NOW..this man in the store wasnt overstepping his boundries…he wasn’t getting close to my daughter…wasnt touching her. HOW DO I TEACH THAT SHE NEEDS TO BE POLITE IN GENERAL..BUT CAN STAND UP FOR HERSELF IF SHE NEEDS TOO???

About the girl in the store…I told my daughter..that the girl can sit down if she wants to. She is allowed to sit because it’s her body. Just because you want to stand up, doesn’t mean she has to also.

About the man bagging our groceries..I told my daughter that the man is being very nice to bag our things..and in order to put the bags in the cart…he has to touch them. He is helping us.

SOOOOOOOOO…anyone else going through this?

Anyone know what to do???

Thanks.

I am debating whether I should start out with a convertible seat, or with an infant seat. The "convienence" of lugging a baby bucket around in a stroller/shopping cart is not an issue for me. I plan to leave the seat in the car, and carry the baby in sling or something. When the baby is too big for a sling, I’ll use an umbrella stroller.

option 1: 1st years true fit, then later opt for a booster, when my baby exceeds the 65 pound weight limit

option 2: graco snug ride 35 until she/he reaches 35 pounds, then switch a convertible booster, such as the graco natralis seat after 35 pounds

Which is a better option? Hubby and I share a CR-V, so I was kind of concerned about the angle issue. Would an infant seat be easier to install at the correct angle? I am worried about having to rig it up with pool noodles and such, even with a professional installer. Either option would allow for extended rear-facing of up to 35 pounds (in theory).
Yes, pool noodles are what the professional car seat installers suggest to create the proper 45 degree angle needed for a rear-facing seat.

Ok I have two step children who are 5 (girl) and almost 7 (boy) that visit my husband and I every other week. I think its a horrendous arrangement for the two kids. The boy is the only one in school, but now since I have finished student teaching and my husband has been working third shift I have been spending more time with the step children than their father did while I was finishing school. I have wanted to get a job but my husband makes it impossible because his son needs to be driven to school and picked up every day because the kid doesnt go to school in our district (thanks to his mother). My husband makes accusations to me like like "If you wanted to be a mother, you need to be a mother to all the children," meaning I shouldnt get upset about having to cart his kids every where. We have a 1 year old son together and I am due to give birth to another child (girl) in may. I think its an unfair statement considering he leaves the sole responsibility for his children on me.

Any ways, the kids have been puking and having diarrhea shortly after they get to our house every time now for the last four visits which have been a span of about 2 months (every other week though). They puke in their beds or poop in the middle of the night every where. I think they are emotionally troubled and have allergy problems that are maybe draining into their stomach. Sometimes they get sick before going to bed too.

At first I thought this was a flu bug for a couple of times…but it seems like a repeated thing. One kid gets sick first and is fine the next day, and then the other one gets sick a day or two later and appears fine the next day. I have cleaned and sanitized their rooms and washed their things inside and out. I have about had it! I have not gotten angry with them but i really feel there is a psychological issue going on with them and that they need help but my husband does not agree and their mother is an idiot.

There mother says they have not been getting sick at her house which makes me think that the kids dont want to be at our house most likely cuz their father ignores them mostly because he is working and sleeping constantly.

I think that they need to be with us less often even if their mother is a piece of crap alcholic. The kids’ mother is still their mother and they seem to want to be there instead of here. Their mother told me to ask them if they wanted to come home early (my husband blamed me for their answer) and they we wishy washy saying yes, no, yes, no and then finally saying yes. I think they are afraid to make anyone mad.

My husband just thinks that Im a problem and I dont want them around but I truly think they need help. They are sullen and withdrawn and can never give straight answers about anything. And the five year old bawls if you ask her why she does ANYTHING whether it was something good or bad. She also cut her self with a razor inside when her dad was fixing a vehicle outdoors and put safety pins in my sons play pen.

The boy puked chunks in his bed the other night and climbed down from his bunk covered in puke to supposedly come tell me he puked but did not come in my room he just called my name (this is what he told me when i asked) so of course i did not hear it. He layed down in the middle of our living room face down in his puke covered shirt and i discovered him because I had to change our one year old in the middle of the night. I was not happy about that at all. I was nice to the boy and explained that he needed to come in the room actually shake my arm or something. Of course he bawled too. I just dont know what to do about the behaviors that are being displayed.

I have suggested counseling to my husband and their mother but neither agree. I dont know what to do. I have even tried showing more love and support to them by hugging them and saying i love you more often. I just dont know what to do. I have been with their father for almost three years, so the arrangement is not new to them. They eat healthy food at our house and their mother says they eat healthy food at her place too so i do not know what could be the issue. Their doctor even told me that she thinks they pyschological issues and that they need counseling. My husband and their mother wont agree to it because they are in denial. Any suggestions?
Never said i didnt love the children but i do not think i should be forced to have sole responsibility. they have two parents that should be making the ultimate decisions and not forcing things upon me. i love them and will not be blamed for being an "evil stepmother" when that is not the case. yea i know i married the man and i agreed to help but not be be the only parent in the situation. comprende?
my husband has cleaned up the vomit only once because he happened to be the first person my stepdaughter saw because he was sleeping on the couch and that was on the way to our bedroom. i have cleaned up the messes every other time and the kids were not yelled at they were just explained to that they need to try to make it to the bathroom but if not they need to puke in a trash can that is by their bed.
for your info the kids’ parents were never married…and yea i knew the situation when i got into it….never said i was perfect and dont claim to be….but i also did not sign up for sole responsibility..they have a real mother and father..and i am here to help when i can but this stress should not all be place upon me. yes the kids need help and i am not being selfish here because i am thinking of them. u watch and read to many stupid fairy tales and wallow in this sad sad world.

just wondering if an engine we have would work for a go cart. I don’t know the wheel size yet, but i would imagine something like 12" rear wheels at the most.

I was at a grocery store the other day, and my one and a half year old was sitting in the shopping cart seat. I went to the front of the cart to put my groceries up on the conveyor (I’m 9 months pregnant, I can barely lean over the side of the cart, much less lean over my daughter as well) and while I was doing this, the older woman in line behind me got extremely close to my daughter while putting her own groceries up on the conveyor. I’m not talking about coming within a four-foot radius, I’m talking about this woman being right up against the shopping cart handle. Her arm was literally inches from my daughter’s hands, and her hip was brushing against my daughter’s shoes. It made me very angry, so I said to my daughter (who was staring at the buckle on the lady’s purse strap) "No, you can’t grab the lady’s purse even if she is too close to you." Obviously this was for the lady, not for my daughter. Then the woman started moving her groceries up on the conveyor because it hadn’t moved yet, putting them within reach of my daughter, and I had to tell her not to touch. When the person in front of me finally finished, I moved the cart away saying "Let’s get you away from the obnoxious old lady now."

Now I know that that might have been a bit of a hormonal moment there. But it seriously bothers me when people invade my daughter’s personal space. I don’t like strangers touching her or getting close to her, or even talking to her without talking to me first. Do any of you feel the same way, or is this just my pregnancy making me irritable?
There’s a question about a 12-year-old selling drugs to a guy who drugs his dog, but I’m accused of trolling because I’m curious if other parents dislike strangers invading their kids’ personal space? Okay..

Like I said, this woman was literally brushing up against my daughter. While I might not have been exactly tactful, it blows my mind that people think it’s okay to get that close to others, even if (especially if) it’s a child.
Leigh: I was raised to respect people’s personal space. I grew up being taught that it was never okay to push, touch, or bump people if there was a way not to. It’s just disrespectful, my whole family is like that. I don’t think that this woman was obnoxious because she *got* that close to my daughter, I think she was obnoxious for *staying* that close to her, especially after I had already commented on it. And I feel like it was just stupid of her to move her groceries even closer to a toddler than they already were.

None of you first few answerers actually answered my question; does that mean you’d be okay with some strange woman rubbing against your kid in a checkout line, rather than waiting two minutes for the line to move?

im 21, i have receding hair that’s been going on for the past year or more now, im a medium small build,skinny and look younger then i am.

i dont have any qualifications,
currently im a barista but want to get out because i cant hide it with hairspray for much longer,
i need some advise on some jobs i can wear a hat in and dont need any exspericne with
i have a small "back head" and would look rediclus shaved plus not being the "common type" not looking my age and fitting more into the "emo skinny kid" cart.

im going to look like a freak…body and soul

i dont know what to do

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You name your stuffed animals after jrockers.
You want to go to Build-A-Bear and try to make a jrock teddy and put a bandanna around it’s nose and call it Reita…>.>
You meet new people when they ask who the girl on your folder/binder/whatever is and you respond with "Actually that’s a guy."
the minute you find out about the next jrock concert, you immediately start planning: hotel, flight, etc.
in class, you start daydreaming about jrockers and wish they were teaching class
You know you’re obsessed when you wait through an entire movie, just to hear a jrock song playing in the credits. *cough* Saw IV *cough*
You know you’re obsessed when you buy the Saw IV movie only for the XJapan video at the end.
The game "hide and seek" has a completely different connotation to you. (i.e. X-Japan and Psycho le Cemu)
You know you’re obsessed when you make a myspace solely for the purpose of adding your favorite Jrock bands.
You know you’re obsessed when you buy a product, simply because you saw your favorite jrocker use it/in a commercial for it.
You need jrock to get through the day.
You’ve found it difficult to listen to any music that’s not in a foreign language.
you know you’re obsessed when you start to hyperventilate when your parents say you can’t go to a certain concert that you’ve been dying to go to for months
your cellphone background is a jrocker(Mine is Takuya from An Cafe >///<)
You know your obsessed when you unintentionally scar the men in your World Music class by telling them that yes, Yoshiki is a man
You know you’re obsessed when you start placing Jrockers as roles in books you read because you think that they would be perfect as that character. >.> *guilty*
You lose your job at the mall when you play dir en grey over the speakers…
You’re own mother refuses to take you to the grocery store because you insist on taking up the entire shopping cart…
After watching the Misery PV you ate only Kix cereal
You hide in trashcans
You play with coat hangers
You check out every spider you find in your house, just to see if its pink
The Fed ex people know you by name
You don’t need adult entertainment, you have Vanilla! (^////^)
when Ebay and Paypal have you targeted for specific buys
When you can’t stop talking about a jrocker’s body parts in a way that creeps others out but to you it’s just admiring them.
you may add if you want & I still need to add more myself ^_^
If you’ve watched [KR]Cube over and over, just to see Shinya’s legs. ^///^
You cannot go through the day without singing the aforementioned song out load and making people look at you funny…
You try to stress your voice to sound like your favorite vocalist…
People wonder whether you are a guy or girl…
You breakout randomly with an air guitar solo and scream or growl as loud as you can…
You learned Japanese just so you could speak the same language as your favorite artists…
You write symptoms that prove you are addicted to JRock…You know your obsessed with J-Rock when you spend the next few months planning what banner (for the band) your gonna make even though the next concert is like 6 months away
You know your obsessed with j-rock when you sit in front of your computer for days pressing the refresh key just so you can be the first to purchase (general admission?) tickets
You know your obsessed with j-rock when you walk into the anime jungle/kinokuniya cd store
Your iPOD has exploded because you tried to shove so much on it
You compliment people by saying "You look like Yoshiki!" or "You’re as cute as Miyavi!"
You have a gang of friends that all have stolen Jrockers names(I stole Reita’s, Miyavi’s, Kai’s, & so many more XD)
Said friends sign school papers with Jrock names, then when the teacher says "Who is Miyavi?" or "what is this, who signs their name in Japanese?"(did that with my science teacher "Whose Miyavi!!!" XD)
Touche Felix Touche
When you have dreams of going to JRock concerts and waking up disappointed that you’re not actually there…
When you decorate anything you can get your hands on with JRock related things
When you have JRock stickers but refuse to use them because they’re too precious to just ‘waste’
The license plate on your car is personalized with a Jrockism
You can’t wake up in the morning without listening to Jrock..it’s like caffeine…
when you can tell someone every CD release date and tour date of your favorite band since they started but can’t remember what you did yesterday!
If you can remember you fav jrocker’s birthdays better then you families
On Christmas or your birthday when you get a gigantic box with your name on it, you immediately shout "OMG You got me Miyavi!!!!! You’re the best!!!! Oh… its a puppy… thanks Mom and Dad…. he’s great."
You have a new love for Starbucks because of a certain drummer *cough*Nao*cough*
Your significant other asks you "Who do you love more, me or Miyavi" and your like "Oh honey, you shouldn’t even have to ask that!" your partner walks away smiling, but little do they know, you meant Miyavi.
When you have named not only your stuffed animals, but your bathroom products after jrockers (examples: hide the electric toothbrush, Toshi the tube of toothpaste (a nice alliteration), Yoshiki the dental floss, and Heath the hand soap.
You soooo want a Jrock musical
You’ve tried to make a Jrock musical…
When English singing sounds unfamiliar and strange to you.
You beg your parents for hours until they let you go to your favorite jrock concert
You treat every jrock item you own as if it were a newborn child(Guilty >.>
You get the urge to buy miyabi lotion while reading about it
You always say hello to your jrock posters whenever you pass by them.
You daydream during class about your favorite jrock band and get an "F" in that class. o_o (That could explain the F)
You capitalize all your X’s
You’ve watched the Animal Planet and named all the animals you see after jrockers like: awww that fox is sooo Gackt and awww that bunny is totally Miyavi!!! awww O.o GACKT JUST ATE MIYAVI!!!!!! Bad Gackt, spit out Miyavi this instant! No more bandmates for you!!!!
You know you’re obsessed w/ Jrock when you go onto YouTube and look up dancing videos (of Miyavi) and attempt to do what he is doing…
You know, you’re obsessed with jrock, when all your family-members think you’re gay for loving their looks. -_-”
When you really have to go to the bathroom but don’t cause you don’t want to miss your favorite part of the PV/Song..
(I just did that with Burial Applicant lol >.>)

I’m going to buy Mario Cart, can you see this game enough to play well on a 32" TV with 4 people at 1 time or should u just play 2 at a time?
I’m asking to see if it would be worth buying 3 extra remotes & steering wheels.

Hi!
I work on a transport team for a hospital. My job is to go out to surrounding hospitals and retrieve newly born infants that are ill and need speciality care.

The equipment we use is contained on a metal framed cart. We have an isolette to place the baby in, a transport monitor, and a transport ventilator. The vent does not require electricity to run. The isolette and monitor each have internal batteries to sustain them when we are on a trip.

The question/problem I have is that frequently we get shocked when we are pushing the cart. It doesn’t matter if we are rolling on carpet or other flooring. It has shocked me rolling across concrete. I don’t mean just a little shock either- sometimes it is really a lot. It also does it repeatedly. You get shocked, take a step or two, change hands on the cart and get shocked again- just as hard.

I just read the article by Mr. Static "Charging by Walking" and if I understood it correctly, it is possible to have static charge just by taking one step.

So, is it just static electricity shocking the crap out of me- repeatedly, or is there a potential electrical proble with our equipment that needs to be looked at?

It has only happened once, but one time when it shocked me I didn’t let go- I intentially held on- I could feel what felt like a light electric current pulsing for several seconds. I have not had that happen again.

Everyone I work with thinks I am wrong for thinking it is anything more than static electricity. I think Biomed needs to check out our equipment.

What do you think?
Thanks! MO