|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:09 PM Original message |
I'm trying hard not to dislike my 14 year old daughter's boy-friend |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe it's time to set some limits? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. eating tons of crap is pretty normal behavior for a teenage boy |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes I was... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. aw that is just EGREGIOUS |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I feel your pain, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. I remember putting food away like that. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. One summer, when he was fourteen years old, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Oh I remember the sleeping thing too. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. I'd swear my oldest used to come in from track practice and chug a bottle of milk, |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Geez, if one of my boyfriends had ever thought of TOUCHING anything |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. my daughter raids the fridge for him |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. The problem is you're hiding ring dings in all the wrong places. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Think of him as a zoo animal that you are sponsoring for a while. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. I like this idea! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. If he's a nice kid you've known a long time |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Thank you |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. You're serious? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fourteen year old boys are bottomless pits |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. How much frozen pizza can a 14-year old boy eat? All there is. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. I'm sitting here howling since I had 3 younger brothers! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. You aren't required to be nice to 14 yo boys. They are prime for abuse |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Look on the bright side. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. A 14-year-old boy who's had enough to eat? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. this thread is a little sexist |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I only have daughters |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Regardless of hunger level, eating the dad's snack stash is grounds for... something |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I can assure you that the boys do tend to eat more than the gals. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. you are right about this |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I think it is a good thing to be a protective dad. You just care. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. If you think you can prevent them from doing it if they are determined you are fooling yourself! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. Some say that food is a substitute for sex... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Yeah, 'twas Woody Allen that said that. After running out of ding dongs, he found 3 women... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Better get used to it Dad. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. Put the stuff you want into empty frozen spinach boxes. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. now thats a good idea |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. ! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
48. my boys love spinach... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Pre-marital sex really builds up a guy's appetite. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. oh you! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. Given the amount of cholesterol and fats in a few hundred slabs of pizza and ring dings, I disagree |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. I guess I'm an old geezer |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. there are so many really good reasons |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. my son is 13, so I sympathize |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. My dear tigereye! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. remember the one where he tipped back the whole fridge into his mouth? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. Don't strangle him! One should expect a teen boy to be always ravenously hungry! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. When my brothers (I have five) were teenagers, it was truly astounding to witness |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
63. Same here |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. My dad once chased me out of the house when I 12. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. HE IS MY KIND OF DAD |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. I can relate to your dad |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
41. Deleted message |
Rocky Sullivan (59 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
44. He isn't interested in your food. He's taunting you. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:46 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. if he was a friend of a son |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
46. When he turns 40, he'll probably be really fat. Probably gets a coronary at 55. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
50. You need to explain to him that there are two untouchable |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
51. Next time they raid the fridge just say |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Or put price tags on everything and a cash jar on the counter. nt |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. just making sure you've seen the classic rules |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. frozen ring dings??? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
cleveramerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. don't knock till you've tried 'em |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
blueknight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 04:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. i have 3 girls in college |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
62. Stop stocking the freezer. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-08-09 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
64. When I was 14, I didn't have enough to eat until I was, oh, 27. Maybe 26. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Fri Apr 26th 2024, 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC