Text 32495, 58 rader
Skriven 2013-01-10 10:58:00 av Nancy Backus (62675.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 32380 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: just stuff
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-=> Quoting Hap Newsom to Nancy Backus on 01-07-13  21:04 <=-

 ->  -> True... even when the "short time" is indefinite, and might
 ->  -> stretch to a year or two...  ;)
 ->  HN> I don't think most folks keep it quite that "open ended",
 ->  HN> but as a "stop gap", "helping out" and "keeping their
 ->  HN> head above water" system. Most (I think) have raised
 ->  HN> their kids...and don't want to have to do it again.
 -> If I thought it would entail going back to raising the kid I
 -> wouldn't be too open-ended either, to be honest.  But as long as he's
 -> home as a functioning adult, I don't really worry too much how long
 -> it lasts.
 HN> As long as they're not sitting on the 
 HN> couch all day playing Xbox and eating
 HN> cheetos!
 
For sure... 

 ->  HN> Sadly at Anne's school many children are
 ->  HN> living with grandparents because the
 ->  HN> parents themselves are deadbeats and idiots.
 -> That is indeed sad.  I have a friend who has been raising most
 -> of her grandchildren, most of the time, because her kids aren't
 -> doing what they should be.  One daughter had the gall to tell
 -> her that she was having the kids FOR her mom to raise...  At the
 -> moment, she is living with that daughter, and all the kids...
 ->
 HN> The kids aren't what they're supposed
 HN> to be because of the upbringing of 
 HN> their parents...I wonder if they will
 HN> do any better with the grand kids??

Sometimes they've learned something... but old habits are hard to
break, for sure.  But the grandkids are still probably better off 
with the grands than with the deadbeat parents...
 
 ->  ->  HN> She does pretty well for herself, I 
 ->  ->  HN> am confident she'll find something,
 ->  ->  HN> not sure what, but something!
 ->  -> Even if it takes a while...  :)   She should be fine.
 ->  HN> Yep, she'll find something and she's
 ->  HN> been very good about saving this year
 ->  HN> so she does have a bit of a bankroll
 ->  HN> to help with survival.
 -> That's good.   BTW, does that boyfriend still figure in her plans,
 -> or did that go by the wayside in the meantime...?
 ->
 HN> He's still there....sigh

I take it he doesn't improve with age...

ttyl        neb

... Any family tree produces some lemons, nuts and bad apples.

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