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02-14-2007, 01:48 PM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
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Bring him to the recruiting office, immediately.
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02-14-2007, 02:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
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It's a fine line ... but definitely not easy ... appreciate all of your insight ... but at this age (19), should I expect to serve as a role model for him? I try to lend him support from a business/career point of view, work with him on ideas, but again, I am not going to force it on him, if he wants my opinion, I will let him ask for it ...
He doesn't get too involved in family matters/events, but complains about not enough family events ... we do what we do and offer him the opportunity to join us ... he only speaks with his mother ... a good example is that he told his mother that he wanted to go fishing last summer ... at a time when I was transferring completely to the surf ... offered him a trip once or twice, but he never really took me up on it ... I am not going to wait to go at 1 or 2 a.m. for him to stop partying ... on that front he has to be more proactive and fit to my schedule ... no? ... if he is nervous, it's time for him to buck up and ask me directly ... or accept what I have to offer and be quiet if he cannot comply ...
... and Larry he is working, and fortunately that is on the upswing - 20 hrs a week or so, with lots of down time ... last week he started a second job ... selling cable in the local communities as his friend is doing quite well at it, and he works on his friend's crew ...
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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02-14-2007, 02:38 PM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striprman
Bring him to the recruiting office, immediately.
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Tried that..Didn't work...  |
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02-14-2007, 03:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
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Raven - unfortunately I am going to VT on Friday ... Julie and our daughter Sydney (2 yrs) have been there all week as Julie's eldest daughter just delivered a baby boy ... weird, she's a grandmother at 41 cusping on 42 ... and I want to be there to support Julie and my daughter as I have not seen her since Monday night ... this baby thing got in the way of the SWE and now plugfest ... only for a day, but the wrong day ...
Kevin - I agree with your philosophy - my father was the same way ... I need to be tougher on him ... his father is a career army man, don't understand how it did not rub off on his son ...
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"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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02-14-2007, 03:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
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hey FIn >>>>>>
I,l F #$%^&*( baby sit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> let them both spend a f $%^&*()(*&*( weekend in CLAMMER world >>>>>>>> & odds are you,ll be greeted differently ;:
No talorence [SP} no B/S >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>KTMFA,s  |
ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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02-14-2007, 03:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finaddict
his father is a career army man, don't understand how it did not rub off on his son ...
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its called being rebellious. When your a teenager and your father is a strict person ( I assume he is ) then you go the opposite route . My father was a Ct state trooper and my best friends dad was a on the town force and between us we terrorized 3/4 of the neighbors . My brother was a cop , one cousin FBI agent , step brother a cop , 4 cousins are cops they always scratched their heads . Why ? rebllious !! not to mention Im a jerk .
You may also have the standard step son answer
"your not my father ".
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02-14-2007, 03:18 PM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striprman
Bring him to the recruiting office, immediately.
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Outward Bound is more effective. |
Ski Quicks Hole
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02-14-2007, 03:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: North Shore
Posts: 1,701
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I like the Clammer method ... thanks for the offer ... 
Sort of a "Scared Straight" program |
"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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02-14-2007, 03:42 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,218
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Finaddict
I like the Clammer method ... thanks for the offer ...
Sort of a "Scared Straight" program |
I was thinking more of a "Scared $hitless" program myself  |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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