Because then his son will become Trans obviously.
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Because then his son will become Trans obviously.
That’s what i laugh about as well. He complains about his dad watching Fox News yet he comes to this site to get the warm and fuzzies from the libs on here. He’s not much different than his pops afterall. One needs Fox News and the other needs on3. Both seem awfully miserable.
Did you bother to ask how he was doing or your mom if she lives there as well?
did you share anything about how your grandkids are doing or what things they have been doing lately. Or did you allow an 80 year old complain about a couple of things and then you threw in the towel because you don’t like that he watches Fox News.
Not everything is political. Believe it or not, parents can choose to not have their 6 year old exposed to a confused boy in a dress without considering political ideology.
The fact that you think everything is political says a lot. It’s a major issue on this board, especially since the invasion.
Most people make decisions based on common sense and the wellbeing of their families. Tribal political freaks stuck in social media algos make everything political.
Got together with some of my family as well and not a single comment about politics. It’s crazy how most normal Americans can do that without a problem.
If they were friends/friendly before, why does wardrobe matter?
Kids are innately better able to handle things like this than adults are or give them credit for.
What you are doing, though, is isolating a child based on your beliefs or fear of having a tricky conversation.
Guy sounds like a fuggin asshol.e. Mandating his kid can’t play with his friend because “he wears a dress.” Who fuggin cares? They’re friends.
I have no fear of the conversation. I’m protecting my child from a situation he is too young to understand.
And the poor child’s parents are the ones isolating him. He has a baby sister and all girl cousins who get lots of attention, so this is likely more related to that than actual gender dysphoria. They are indulging the whim of a 5 year old - changing his name, attire and identity - based on emotions he doesn’t understand. And setting him on a course that will make his life exceptionally more difficult.
In addition to not wanting to expose my child to this, we are very troubled by the parenting displayed here.
Not exactly friends. This is a family from the northeast whose mom is friends with my parents. They visit the beach with my parents once a year and my son has played with the other kid a couple of times per year during this visit. This will be their last visit, so he’s never going to see this kid again after this trip either way.
It’s honestly wild to see the reactions on here. We’ve discussed the situation with numerous families, including left-leaning families, and not a single person thinks we’re in the wrong here. This place really has become hard left since the invasion. I doubt many of the left-leaning posters pre-invasion would disagree with us either.
My parents have been divorced since 2005. My mom lives up the street from me. I financially support her and talk to her daily. I have an amazing mom. She's also a Republican (as was I) and she voted for Trump. She doesn't talk at me. In fact, we rarely discuss politcs. I'm not surprised you missed the point.
Didn't get a chance...he immediately, per the norm, just started in with his rant. Once that starts he just continues to get elevated. I can give you his number if you'd care to have a listen. I'm pretty certain he couldn't care less who's on the other end as long as he gets to rant. Reminds me of some posters here.
I don’t think anyone supports what this family is doing to their 5-6 six year old son. I agree they’re making his life harder and probably confusing him but to draw a hard line and explicitly not allowing a child to play with another child is weird
Not a bad analogy. My father certainly fits the mold as I've shared before he's Biploar with Schizophrenic Tendencies. That said, even when he's stable on meds (which he has been since 2016), he still chooses to live a life of self-absorbsion. There have been times I've sat the phone on the counter and done other things, only to pick it back up and he's still talking/ranting. I've tried and tried to break him out of these bad habits, get him to attent therapy (the VA is terrible in this regard--they primarily focus on "stability" via meds), flown him out to see his 3 grandchildren. He's just too set in his ways. He'd rather just sit in his chair watching the news. The source of the news is really the irrelevant part. He could consume MSNBC and rant about TDS-stuff, that isn't the point. He had his issues when I was growing up, but never this bad. The last 10 years, though, he's been insufferable with this stuff. Hell, my wife's biological dad has gotten pretty bad as well. The last time she visited him, she said he was able to twist any conversation into something political.
The point is it's sad he's more focused on those things than his own family. I chose to vent it out in the moment on an anomous message board. So be it...it's what we do.
I just spent 7 days with ZERO politics. I noticed my anxiety was down too. Of course, I'm certain Newport's beauty helped in that regard as well.
Ya, I did't hang up with him over disagreeing with him. I hung up because he was talking over me, on a tangent and I couldn't get a word in to change the subject. I just wanted to wish the man a Happy Father's Day for Pete's sake.
I mean if you want me to give him a call and let him know there is more to life than politics. I could probably do that for you. I can ask him if he cares about his son and grandkids.
im an old parent but I hope I get a chance to be around grandkids and spoil them, not ignore them and get caught up in crap that doesn’t matter at all.
Clearly you missed the point that I’m calling you out for doing the same exact thing. Your dad watches Fox News(his safe space). You come to this site(your safe space) to complain about your dad doing the same thing you are doing.
instead of talking about your vacation, you chose to complain about a political party and have your friends that are against maga support you and your feelings.
Shared about my vacation in our group DM. Sorry you're not part of that.
Bahaha, if it’s a group of posters from here, don’t be sorry. I should in fact be thanking you for not including me.Shared about my vacation in our group DM. Sorry you're not part of that.
Hopefully your grandkids are never subjected to the level of stupid you bring to any situation. It's bad enough they'd have your genes. It's also not at all surprising you couldn't find anyone to mate with until your 40s.
@alaskanseminole is this the type of stupid sh.it you get in response from your father? If so, that truly sucks. Let’s just hope he isn’t interrupting other conversations to share this type of sh.it response as well.
@LunchBox50, sorry your life sucks as much as it does that you feel the need to post this.
Personal attacks? No. As I said, it would be the same if he was consuming non-stop MSNBC or actually, no media at all. He gets going on a tangent and talks at you for what seems like forever. If you try to steer the conversation in another direction or push back on what he's saying, he gets agitated and defensive.
Again, I chose this forum as a place to vent rather than my wife (no need to ruin her post-vacation high).
So very similar to lunchbox then. Anytime I post about something in a different thread, he will come at me with stuff that happened from previous posts. Most of which are him making up crap about me. He then gets agitated and escalates the responses and other handles at times join in with him.Personal attacks? No. As I said, it would be the same if he was consuming non-stop MSNBC or actually, no media at all. He gets going on a tangent and talks at you for what seems like forever. If you try to steer the conversation in another direction or push back on what he's saying, he gets agitated and defensive.
Again, I chose this forum as a place to vent rather than my wife (no need to ruin her post-vacation high).
I understand how this can be annoying. It really sucks that it is your own father doing it to you.
That's some soft talk from the guy always bragging about how he can "dish it out."
Also: That's quite the change in tone all of the sudden saying, "I understand how this can be annoying. It really sucks that it is your own father doing it to you," after telling us "That’s what i laugh about as well. He complains about his dad watching Fox News yet he comes to this site to get the warm and fuzzies from the libs on here. He’s not much different than his pops afterall. One needs Fox News and the other needs on3. Both seem awfully miserable."
That's between you two. I'm sure you've noticed by now, I try to avoid personal attacks with my fellow posters and engage in a difference of opinion rationally. ...not always perfect, but I make the attempt.
Did you run into any members of the Tartan Army while you were in Boston?
Dude, they were EVERYWHERE! They completely took over Boston Common. Fun and very rowdy bunch!
Lol… you had a political discussion. You just all agreed.
Horsesh.it. You're protecting yourself. Your five year old doesn't give a damn.
The old lady and I went down and hung out around Back Bay just to see the insanity.
Lol. Trans’ing a 5 year old isn’t political. It’s insane.
Okay pal. You guys are fvcking crazy.
Yet it was better under Biden in your opinion?
He had inflation, illegals and showed no strength to other nations. Kamala was a total waste, he had nuts in his administration. I'll use that term to be polite. Plus so much more. Look at all of the crap in Minnesota that was going on and he missed it all. Yet, you think his term was wonderful?
I don't see it.
My "misery" is easily abated by unplugging from the news cycle. I didn't realize how fast I decompressed by putting my phone in a drawer. This was my morning view. Tuesday I sat here for about an hour with nothing but coffee and the harbor view--even better from the angle of my butt in the seat. Mrs. Alaska and I met some wonderful people on our trip. I have zero clue what their political views were much less who they voted for...it really made me think how emotionally controlled we are by the toxic political machine.
HORTe needs a group retreat.
