Elephant Run: Mother-Daughter Reviews. My nine-year-old daughter's teacher enjoys sharing contemporary children's novels with his class. Recently, he did Elephant Run by Roland Smith as a read-aloud for the class. ... Nick is clearly attracted to his friend Mya, but it's not overly emphasized (it's not a kissing book!). I also thought it was interesting to see a different piece of the World War II story. History and historical fiction doesn't often focus on Burma, ...The teacher used the social networking site MySpace to send salacious messages to the girl and her classmate last year, before kissing the classmate at an end-of-year excursion to the movies. .... @ernie - read again, the mother's daughter tipped him off. the other mother refused to press charges. calling to ban him for life is almost redundant - i cant imagine many schools being keen to hire him in five years time, nor too many parents keen to have him teach their ...Funnyman DAX SHEPARD treasures a letter California Governor ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER once sent him after the actor joked about dating his teenage daughter at a tribute event. ... The Hannah Montana star was spotted kissing the Australian, her love interest in upcoming movie The Last Song, at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee last month (Aug09), after repeatedly claiming she was not dating the 19 year old. Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard ...Andrew Morton Angelina Jolie Bio:Slept With Mother Boyfriend-What a strange family,brother and sister french kissing while mother and daughter exchange sex.There's plenty to write to their new friends about, from a prank-filled slumber party to a not-so-secret puppy -- and even a surprise first kiss. In this third book in the beloved Mother-Daughter Book Club series, the girls learn that ...Since I was programmed to have her daughter's personality and intelligence I also had her curiosity. I began to sneak some of mother's grimmores out into the greenhouse and read them when I was supposed to be gardening. Eventually I came across the ... You weren't just staring at my boobs and my ass- you were staring at me,a�? she took his hand and kissed it, a�?of course at the time I was in such a rotten mood that I told you to take a picture it'll last longer.a�? a�?Ah yes.a�? ...Her mother died in childbirth, complications they said. She never knew any more, and she lived with her father, but he died on his way to picking her up from school; knocked down by a car on the road just up from the school gates. .... a�? Never doubted you for a second,a�? he placed a sweet kiss to his foster daughter's temple and pulled her in for a hug, a�?What did you get?a�? a�?An A and two Bs,a�? she announced, beaming at him. Like she had beamed all that time ago as the carers ...Mother and Daughter (Pauline & Donna). Mom Mom, Sara & Karen. Livi, Sandy, Juli and Mom Mom. Four generations of girls. Rudy, Livi, Juli, Mom Mom and Sara. Rudy and Mom Mom. Posted by Sandy at 11:28 PM. Tags: Aunt Karen, Florida, Juli, ...Is that enough? I have been told I am different then my mother. I don't feel it. How could she not love me like I love my daughter? How could she not have hugged me and kissed me like I hug and kiss my daughter? I don't remember. ...I love Sally. Usually the eldest daughter is a�?the good onea�? with some errant boy who is reactive. At first I thought they were going to go the traditional route-but then Sally went a bit south and I was impressed. I think it is very common. If you have a depressed mother who is repressing her rage- why wouldn't the daughter be a�?reactivea�? to have a chance at being a�?happya�?? Tags: Sally Draper. Share: Trackback URI | Comments RSS ...
My 4 year old daughter is a very good kid, a sweet kid. She is really quiet and kind. She is the one that is usually in tears when a kid gets really mean, refuses to play with her or gets pushy with her.
Lately, we started play dates with a kid (and parents) we had met awhile ago. The parents are great, I click with them really well, but the kid is not such a saint, and I feel that my daughter is picking up a few tips from her. Their kid is a 5 year old girl.
Since we have met them for a play date my daughter has witnessed the little girl protest against wearing a coat in chilly weather (and win,) kick and hit her mother, walk very briskly ahead of her mother and almost get hit. Wea��ve seen her refuse her mothera��s kisses and hugs, wea��ve seen her raise her voice at her mother... This kid is just 5 years old and is a little twisted. She seems really bossy and almost in control of her mother. They are free-spirited type people, kind people.
I look into their kida��s eyes and they are dark and mischievous.
Now, my daughter is whiny lately, she has been trying her hardest not to listen to me, has tried to avoid my kisses (which she has rarely ever done, and tries to do much on her own which I know is normal for her age, but the rest of the things she does, I know that she is picking from the other kid.
I believe in setting rules and expecting her to follow them. I am not too strict but strict enough. Everyone praises me for having a kind child.
The mother likes to meet with us every week, and my daughter is being influenced by her kid (in a bad way.)
What do I do? (Yes, my daughter is a very good kid, a very good kid.) What should I do?
I am writing a novel on the life of a soon-to-be star by the name of Rachel Pulaski, but goes by her "star" name, Rachel Rogers. her father, Vince MacLean, is in cheesy type tv shows "general hospital" and the 21st centuries "james bond" type actor. her mother, now divorced with Vince, is the happy-go-lucky type, not in the biz, but a musician for an independent folk ensemble with her new fiance, Luc Wildberry (fake stage name - Lawrence Williams), and pretty much leaves Rachel and her other daughter, Anna, to Vince and Veronica, Vince's new wife. Veronica Meyers, the talk of the hollywood scene, has starred in many short french films, but is now changing over to the american dramas and Crime-thrillers. Now that Rachel knows she is destined to be a star, she has to overcome her dad's reputation to become her own title and person. She lands a spot on the newest vampire-romance series, Sucks to be Me, on an ABC-like channel, ATN (america's television network). But she soon finds herself offered jobs Angelina and Drew B. would die for! not to mention "innocent" 14-yea-old Anna is caught backstage kissing the shows leading man! here is the beginnging of the story. they are at their father's movie premiere, Land of the Unspoken, a mystery...
The bright, pulsating wave of flashing camera bulbs exploded simultaneously, blinding me momentarily. But the sudden bursts of vivid white wasna��t an fraction of an iota of enough distraction to offset my picture-perfect smile. No wonder Teen Vogue and CosmoGirl! were yelling a�?Rachel! Rachel! Look over here!a�? and begging for interviews for next Friday. But though having a superstar, bona fide father is beyond the teen expectations, the aftermath of numerous red-carpet experiences can result in blood-shot eyes in the deepest shade of crimson you could imagine. Yet, I plastered on a faux grin and locked my arm through Dada��s, and looked like a was having the grandest time even though my Christian Louboutin pumps were digging into my pedicured-feet and my 2009 Versace tube dress was a quarter-inch too small around my barely-there stomach.
what do you think? questions or comments? by the way, its named Gossip - A Novel and the sequel is He Said, She Said. thanks!
Refer to my earlier mails my friends life has become measurable now.1st his wife cheated on him sleeping with another man that to having two child's.he left his lucrative job and after couple of months somehow managed to digest the situation with an excuse to his wife.
But after three months he could know that his wife is trying to contact that man secretly and shocked when his 5 yrs daughter told her mother regarding the guilt relationship seeing a kissing scene in movie.
Now he has got a job staying away from family caz of placement and sons study but dying every moment ,gone almost mad with frustration and shame.
He has been addicted to alcohol and his performance has gone down.i know him s o sincere and dedicated sr.manager and now every day hearing bad things from management caz of silly mistakes.
He dint be live any one anymore and he cant give a divorce also caz of social status.
he just cant live without his children's,but those are with his mother .
His wife still behaving adamant and trying to convince that she is innocent instead of doing some thing good to bring him back.
She is not ready to give a divorce.
my friend now planning to leave india for ever or attach himself to any ashram for life long.
Please anyone get me the right way to guide him .i just cant tolerate him to die and a family to get ruined before my eyes.
There is this girl that nobody likes at our school because she tries to copy everyone and is wicked annoying. She's also a major kiss up to everyone's parents so they make us invite her everywhere. Three of my friends and I are going trick or treating, we're 13 but don't care, and one of my friends says we have to invite her. Nobody wants her there so I said" do we have to" and she was like" well its not really your decision", when it should be a group decision. She'll ruin our time and won't leave us alone but it is super rare when we go somewhere without her.When her mother finds out we didn't invite her somewhere she calls our mothers and asks what we're doing at the time, and then says that her daughter had nothing to do.
we went to my fiances parents house because my daughters birthday is tomorrow and his parents wanted to let her open her birthday gifts tonight. They had there grandson staying with them he is 10 years old and he locked my 5 yr old daughter and my 4 year old son in a room and would not let them leave till they kissed. They were in there for a while when we yelled to have them come out and my daughter confessed to me later that he made her kiss her brother the whole time they were in there. He is a bully and always hurting her and her brother. Now this. should i call the authorities ? my future mother in law said that my 5 yr old was Long about it. I fought with her and i believe my daughter as she never lies and would never lie about something like this. She called and said that he did not know any better. I personally believe that he knows what he was doing. what should i do?
I just want to add as some have said that i am a bad mother not watching my children. I always keep a watchful eye on my children i was in the bathroom and my fiance was busy with the baby when the 10 yr old boy lured my children in the playroom and locked the door making it so no one could go in or out of there. I just want some advise on what i should do. the boy needs to be addressed however my mother in law will not allow us to talk to him and she will not give us his mother's phone number for us to call her. She feels the boy did nothing wrong and i want him to be spoken to before he does this to a nother child. I believe he knew what he was doing as he is a bully and quite a bit bigger than most his age and he uses his size to intimidate smaller children. We usually do not go to my mother in laws when he is there its just it was her birthday and he was not sappose to be there. He also has been kicked out of 2 schools for bullying and his angry out bursts. I just want advise.
Before my son married my DIL she was always nice and kind towards me and my husband. She is a young 18 year old and my son is 21 when they were married. Yes, very young. They met in college. We helped support them a lot financially the first few months. Heck gave them our last bit of grocery money and did without so they could pay rent,car payments, insurance, food etc... DIL would always talk about how cruel and controlling her own mother was too her. I would listen to her stories about how Mom was controlling to her. I always tried to encourage her to try to work things out with her parents. I thought we were close. Soon my DIL became pregnant (actually before marriage). She changed. Thought it was just hormones? She did get back with her parents but at the cost of leaving us out of their lives. For some reason her parents do not like us? We only met her parents 3 times and we have always been very cordial and friendly towards them even though they snub us. We think they may be jealous that they live closer to us? The baby is here now and DIL does not want us a part of the baby's life for some reason. I have asked what it was that changed everything? But she never would say what it was? She would clam up and become speechless. We even made a truce for whatever it was, & lets move on start fresh. I don't think she did? Even though she asked for the truce. My son does nothing about allowing us to see the baby and seems very torn. He has mentioned that he would like to move far away. As much as I hate that... I agree. But her parents has such a controlling hold on her (especially her mother) I don't think they will move. DIL has asked us not to talk to our son anymore and no pictures or kissing the baby... if we have anything to say to him or a problem with her wishes we have to go through her. We would never come between them and have always maintain our distance. We respect that. Me and my husband are both hurting so much to be able to see our first grandchild. We saw the baby at the hospital ( my son called us to be there) despite she had told us she did not want any of my son's family there only her side of the family and wanted her parents in the delivery room. But at the last moment they were not allowed. My son got what he wanted just the two of them to celebrate the birth of their first child together. No we had nothing to do with that either. Now DIL is always making excuses for us not to come over or us to visit. She is too tired, baby asleep, etc... We always call ahead... but now they do not answer our calls, text or emails. She is always going up to be with her parents and family an hour away. Son & DIL only live about 10 mins from us.. Honestly we did nothing wrong that we can think of... I have pounded my head and so has my husband and just can not come up with anything that would cause this. We have and will continue to be only kind to her. We have backed off on the calling and we don't hear anything from them at all now. I only hear from friends of theirs who does see them often and keep us updated and tell us how they are all doing. Other than killing her with kindness anything else we can do? We want to see our grandchild grow up and be part of grand child's life. We do love our DIL very much and only want them to be happy.
Yes tried to talk to son about our feelings before the baby came and after. He agrees.
We think that DIL parents are telling them us or them. Right now they are showering them with cash and new car etc... stuff we can not afford.
I never bad mouth the inlaws. Never tried to control the baby (her mom does that any way). She does not like opinions, advice or anything like that now baby is here and I have not given any. According to my son thought (not us) the family is in a constant big Drama. I have two daughters of my own and been over to visit and said the same thing.
Yes, have called and talked to her and apologized to her for whatever it was that we did...sincerely.
Still does not take the hurt away. And I would not compete for my son's attention. He is a Husband and father now. He is just torn by his wife's and her family's behavior. Yes, I think it is because they can offer more financially to them. No I never bring up to them about all we have done for them. That would be just wrong to do too someone who I love and care very deeply for and would do it again if need be.
Thank you Proud Grandma with your words of wisdom.... That is exactly the way I feel too. Yes lots of people always blame the MIL. I will continue to love them both and pray for all of us. I did have a surprise visit from my son today. My DIL and GB went to a woman's day out and my son came over and spent the day to visit us. Although we did not get to see the baby...he assured us he will bring her over. He even insisted on me making a dinner and they will come to visit. He says things are getting better. Except he is really tired of his MIL meddling in his marriage and controlling his wife. So he is going to move his family out of state (about 6 hours from us). We said that he needs to do what he feels best to do for his family. That we will miss him, DIL and the GB very much.... but we do understand.
Proud Grandma cont...
He does not have a lot of money to move so I don't think this is going to happen till at least next year. He says he is so tired of everyone wanting to come and see the new baby. I told him that is a normal response from family that when the newness dies down and the family gets to meet the baby it will all settle down. He just wants to get away from it all at the moment and I really don't blame him. He said he did not go up with his wife cause he is tired of the MIL Drama. I told him If I did something to hurt him or his family I apologized. He gave me a hug and said Mom I love you. He said DIL is getting over her anger (he does not know what it was either and thinks it is just a hormonal thing). So I will continue to have faith and keep praying it will all work out for the better.
Me and my husband are not lending anymore money. We are tapped out. He is on his own. My son has a good job now and is making money again. When he did borrowed money my son did work it off by helping us with yard work and roofing the house per his request to work off what he borrowed. So we really just did not hand it over... maybe that is why she is mad? that my son wanted to work for the money and not get handouts. Her parents is giving her handouts... they have a little more money than us but they also have 5 kids (2 are grand babies from their adult daughters) who still live at home. Yes DIL was very much spoiled when she was living at home. You are right...The real world has not hit her yet.
I've been going steady with my girlfriend, Britney for the last three or four weeks and so far so good, but then I met her mom... Best I explain, though be warned, it's a long story;
My girlfriend Britney is a beautiful African American girl with a stocky build and who's taller than me. She has black hair done up in several random braids and has a voice of an angel.
On a sunny and hot Saturday (we live in CA, by the way), Britney took me over to her house -- she has a backdoor pool, so we were gonna go have a deep in it to beat the heat. She brought me into her house and went upstairs to get dressed in her swim wear. As she did, she told me to go meet her mother outside. I thought that was a good idea -- it's polite to meet and get to know your girlfriend's parents, right?
When I went outside to meet Britney's mother (she's not married), I was greeted by some dance music (can't remember the song) and well...
My girlfriend's mother was...freaking...HOT!! She had well toned brown skin, black braided hair done up into a large ponytail, pretty damn busty and had a massive round bottom with a large butterfly tattoo on the right butt cheek. And judging by her slightly bulged muscles on her arms and legs, she must have worked out a lot. Also, she was pretty damn tall (Nearly six feet, I've pondered).
Britney's mother was standing next to an outdoor lounge chair, wearing a purple bikini and holding and rubbing tanning oil onto her skin. When she saw me, she smiled and introduced herself and vice versa. Then this was when things got a little awkward. Britney's mom was really nice, REALLY nice, if you catch my draft. She came up to me and said that is was so wonderful that her daughter had found a "hot studmuffin" like me and tapped me on the chest with the tip of her long slender finger (though I pretty well-built). She then walked around me and wrapped her arms around me over my shoulders, saying how a "big strong muscle man" was perfect for her daughter. Then she let go and kissed me hard on the cheek.
As I prayed for Britney to come out the backdoor to break the awkward moment, her mother then looked back at me and asked me if I wouldn't mind rubbing the rest of the tanning oil on her back (she says she has trouble getting all of it on). And nervously I agreed. Britney's mother got down on the lounge chair and I proceeded in rubbing the oil onto her upper and lower back. Whilst I did so, she commented on how I had such "strong and soft hands" with a wink. Then (thank God) Britney came downstairs just as I had finished, wearing her hotpink bikini and ready to dip in the pool. She was glad to hear her mother had taken such a "liking" to me and we spent a good long time in the pool while the mother sunbathed.
After we got out, Britney's mother ordered us a Pizza Hut and whilst we were eating, she sat strangely close to me, telling me all about their family and such. It turns out that Britney's mother is a model ("who knew?") and that she received the tattoo on her big butt only a few weeks ago. The way she looked at me when she talked made my forehead sweat like water down a mountains side, especially when she asked what I thought of her butt tattoo. I said I liked it and she replied with a smile, "I thought you would."
Finally, I left home in a cab. I gave Britney a kiss and hug goodbye and Britney's mother told me to "be sure to come around often" with a wink and a big wet kiss on the cheek. Britney left just before I went out the door, leaving me with her mom for the last moment who - I ain't lying here - spanked my butt just as I went out the door, saying, "See ya later, stud."
So that's the story. Okay, come on, I am really starting to think my GF's Mom is hitting on me. I mean, I guess there's very nice/polite/sweet, but in this case, it really seemed she was flirting. She looked pretty young as well for a mother, let me tell ya.
What do you guys think? Was she just being really nice or was this more than just friendly behaviour...? And if so, what the hell do I do?
An evil demon found an angelic girl. A girl who in every sense is an angel and she is going to marry the prince. And in the greed of bieng friend with her angelic girl the evil demon left all of his evilness and become a charming prince. He passed all the test of godness that comes in his way. But when he met again her angelic girl he loved, he saw that her love is no more the same. She have turned evil in the love of his prince. But nobody around her cares that she have changed and lost herself. They all are fine seing her smile not even her mother cares all those wrong things her daughter is doing but the demon who have now turned good can't ignore the fact that her love is gone. He becomes the mad and angry and kidnaped the girl. He take her to his old cave and did a black magic on her. A black magic that could take away all the evilness from anybody and made her a real angel if that person stays there and sleeps for 10 long years. The demon keeps the girl sleep and safe for 10 years. And after 10 years the magic worked and her love turned again into that amazing girl she use to know but with a diffrence of wings which makes her fly too. The demon give back the angelic girl to her family. The girl kissed the demon to thank him but his family cursed and punished the demon for giving thier daughter wings, braking her marriage with the prince and keeping her away for 10 years.
Now tell me how bad was the demon here, was he bad at all?
What does he deserves?
Tell me what should be the end, keeping all the morals in mind.
THANKYOU
It's bedtime at the okay corral & I wrote this in a hurry. It is a rough, rough draft, so...
The drummer boy kept the beat
LEFT, right, LEFT, right
Along with the soldiers' marching feet
LEFT, right, LEFT, right
The sound was thunderous on the street
LEFT, right, LEFT, right
History again was about to repeat
LEFT, right, LEFT!
The army was marching down the street
To go to a war that no one could beat
And some of them going would not come back
And ones that did would be broken and cracked
And kiss the girls and make them cry
You're off to war and about to die
Salute the flag and hold it high
Kiss your mother and wave goodbye
LEFT, right, LEFT
They'll put you in a new body bag
Drape your coffin with a nice, new flag
Then send your medals to your Mom and Dad
To replace the son or daughter they had
LEFT, right, LEFT!
I am very patriotic and support the troops, but...
I am a 19 year old female and I have been dating my 30 year old boyfriend for two years and counting. I love him with all my heart and I really dona��t want to loose him. However, there is one major problem that: he has 2a�� no 3 children and 2 baby moms. Up until 4 months ago I thought he only had 2, a 5 year old girl and a 3 year old boy, and then, in the most awkward situation ever, I met his 16 year old daughter through his mothera�� and she was pregnant at that. Dona��t get me wrong I love him dearly and I found it in me to forgive him about not telling me about his daughter right away or at least when he found out; he claimed he was looking for the right way to tell me. Now he is an excellent father to the younger two, matter fact there is nothing he wona��t do for them. But I cana��t help myself because I am so jealous. I dona��t know why because I love children and I think his younger children are very precious. But when he has them I get very angry and I will pick fights and arguments for no reason at all. Ita��s so bad that I will say extremely hurtful things to him, whether ita��s about him or his kids, but I dona��t mean it at all. I dona��t know what to do or why I got so much anger built up inside of mea�� I keep telling myself Ia��m a go see a psychiatrist because I really want to make this work.
I think some of my anger is because I dona��t get to see him everyday, beings though I now go to college in Atlantaa�� 12 hours away, and they see him mostly everyday. Also, I think part of my anger is because I want children and I know that we wona��t be able to share that first experience together, which is disappointing, and he keeps telling me that it is going to be special no matter what, but I know ita��s not. Deep down inside of me I know down the line it is not going to work between us because I must admit I am selfish and I want all of his attention; however, I dona��t want to take that attention away from his kids. Also, I want to move to Atlanta and I dona��t thinka�� matter fact I know he is not gonna want to move 12 hours away from his kids. Even though he told me that he is willing to, so that we can move our relationship forward, I know he is worried about the possibility of not seeing his kids againa�� his baby mother told him that he wouldna��t see his kids because he is putting me before them, in which I dona��t think he is. It pisses me off that he lets her treat and talk to him any kind of way and me being his woman, I am not about to let no female disrespect my man like that. For instance, one day we were at the park with his kids and she came to pick them up and saw us kiss, she immediately started yelling and cursing him out for kissing me in front of his kids. I honestly cana��t deal with this but I really dona��t want to loose him. What should I do?
I woulnd't say he is her boyfriend... they dated a little bit over a year ago but there is a big age difference and he thought she was too immature. And they just stayed friends... well my daughter just went through an extremely tough break up and now her and this guy are talking again. She just turned 15 in September and he will be 20 in February. I know there is alot wrong with the ages but he doesn't act 19, he is just as immature as she is. There relationship is hard to explain, even she says that but there is definately something going on between them, but as long as she is happy I don't care. But to the point, he is really controlling. We were in the care and she was like "would it be okay if I called you babe?" and he said "no, my name is just fine" and all she said was "okay thats cool" But that's not the only time he was like that, he is always controlling her. Telling her what to wear each day, how to fix her hair, what books to read, he makes her do her homework, he makes her get off the computer if it's not done, he chooses the people she talks to for the most part, he chooses where she can and can't go, he will tell her to shut up right in the middle of something and she will stop and say "okay sorry" and that's it. She treats him like a little sister most of the time, but it gets ridiculous at times. I asked her was she okay with this and she said yeah she didn't see where he was controlling. He has always been this way but she seems to not notice it and she is very happy talking to him and being around him.
Like my daughter is a very affectionate person, she always huge and holds hands and stuff with her boyfriends... but she will be lucky if she gets one kiss out of this guy all day, but again she is fine with that. She tells me she doesn't love him, she just likes him. And she tells him she likes him, she will be like "I like you" and he will say "okay" and again she is fine. That would drive me insane. Can someone please explain this relationship to me, I have never seen anything like it.
*By the way before everyone says I'm a terrible mother there is NO sex going on between these two. My daughter tells me everything and she said if she ever wants to she will talk with me first, then I will say no.
Okay, I love my husband to death and we have wonderful marriage, we are in our late 30s and early 40s, we are educated and stable. . We have 3 children. My oldest, who is 11, My stepson who is 9 and my daughter who is 8. We married when the children were all under the age of 5 so they have all been raised in the same manner by the both of us.
Heres the deal..my stepson is a terror..and I dont mean in the sense you are thinking of. He is 9 yrs old and he wont throw his trash in the trash can. He cant remember to turn lights off, he spills constantly, he wont do his homework, he crys over everything, he never takes responsibility for his actions. Everything is always "someone elses fault". He can be a very sweet kid., full of kisses and I love yous, but he does NOTHING. He lies, he starts crap with other kids in the neighborhood and then comes crying to me when they make fun of him back. Hes afraid of EVERYTHING. Being alone, dogs, upstairs, open curtains....I have begged his father to get him profesisonal help, but he has the biggest case of denial you have ever seen. He even gives my SS excuses when he cant think of his own. He sticks up for my SS even when he knows hes wrong. My husband and I just got in a big fight because I told him that it was time to let SS take responsibility for his own actions....He said the reason my SS was failing 4th grade is because the teacher isnt teaching him. SS manipulates my husband like you wouldnt believe. He even said that I pushed him down the stairs...and hubby believed him! Thank god he admitted he was lying later or i might be divorced. When my kids step out of line hubby comes down on them like a ton of bricks. But there is always some "reason" that SS does something wrong. I love my husband, and so do my kids. I struggle to try and not resent SS but he is a source of stress for me everyday. I yell all the time and the rest of the time im trying to figure out where I went wrong with him. Its getting to where I have to force myself to kiss him good night. Hes a smart kid, hes good looking, he grew up in a lovely home with nurturing parents. I feel like such a terrible person..good mothers dont wonder if they hate their child. i feel like a failure when it comes to him. I talk to him, explain to him, love him, help him in anyway I can but it never makes a difference for more than a few days....I feel like im loosing my mind.!!! What do i do???
Let me clarify. I have been this childs primary care giver since he was 2. And I HATE his behavior, not the child. His behavior makes him hard to love.
any of these things?
kindergarden
ball
bat
bed
book
boy
bun
can
cake
cap
car
cat
cow
cub
cup
dad
day
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doll
dust
fan
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girl
gun
hall
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hen
jar
kite
man
map
men
mom
pan
pet
pie
pig
pot
rat
son
sun
toe
tub
van
1st Grade
apple
arm
banana
bike
bird
book
chin
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class
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club
corn
crayon
crow
crown
crowd
crib
desk
dime
dirt
dress
fang
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heat
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hose
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juice
kite
lake
maid
mask
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mint
meal
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morning
name
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pear
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road
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room
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snake
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soda
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MY STORY: So my partner and I were talking about kids watching kissing scenes on tv.
His daughter is VERY SMART for 4 years old and she was watching an I-Carly commercial where Sam and Freddie kissed. (This was like a 3-4 second kiss) She has this curious look on her face most of the time when she sees kissing (not a peck, but long intimate kisses) on tv. I told her not to look, but he said it was okay.
Do you think it is wise to allow your children to watch intimate actions on tv?At what age?
I wasn't allowed to watch intimate kissing or sex scenes as a child growing up. But my partner sees nothing wrong with it. I admitted to him that as a child it indeed made me very curious to try it seeing that as a child. Was it like that for anyone else as a young child (or even adolescent)?
It's embarrassing to say but when I was young I used to practice kissing on my teddy bears, and it may sound innocent to a few but if my mother caught me doing that she'd definitely would say something about it, as I would say something to my child if I caught them making out with their teddy (Now that I am an adult).
How do you feel about it? Around what age do/ did you allow your kids to watch intimate scenes. I felt his 4 year old daughter should have turned her head.
I'm 24 single male and live in an apartment building that has 20 units on my side of the building. 3 weeks ago a women and her 17 year old daughter. 2 days after they moved in I met the mother and she asked if i had that Starlite dish on my porch and i told her yes she asked if I could record some movie her daughter saw was going to be on HBO on the internet. I told her that wouldn't be a problem and when she could come and watch it when i was home and it would be fine. I had her have her daughter stop buy with a list of anything she wanted to see, Her mom said she don't watch much t.v. She's probably come over 5 times in the two weeks and only to watch a few intro circus episodes and a movie. She's just.... um I'm not a tall guy and im fairly skinny. She is taller than I am and um muscular, I'm sorta intimidated.... she flirts with me all the time and smiles at me, well last night before she left she forced me into the wall and kissed me, I tried to stop her but.... well I couldn't. I'm not saying I didn't like it but I just, I'm not sure what to do and I'm a little embarrassed to tell her mother. Does anyone have any advice?
I am 19 years old, I will be 20 soon. I am dating a man whom is 41. I am very mature for my age, however, I have to face the fact that at some point in time my friends and family will need to be made aware of this manner as I am hoping for a relationship.
He has a daughter near my age too of 17 years. I really like him and want something more, but I feel that this is not socially acceptable as when I wonder the streets with him people assume he is my father or look at us in such a manner that makes me feel uncomfortable when I see the shock on their faces when we kiss or are holding hands.
He is not a bad person, in fact quite the opposite. He is kind, gentle, caring and of course very intelligent.
I do not mind telling my family and friends I just want them to respect him, as a mother, friend, sister, brother etc etc what would your opinion be? Their opinions are not going to effect my decision of staying with him.
well i want to go slow and he knows and respects that, also i am of legal drinking age i dont live in crappy hole america! 18 here! and to the person who said about him dying and getting everything hmmm.... well i dont know what life you want but for me i hope he lives as long as i do, that is certainly not my goal in life and what with me wanting to be a lawyer i see his money as nothing to do with this relationship!
I have thought about his daughter and well sometimes it bothers me but then i think about how happy i am and then nothing matters anymore. I know I am going to get a lot of "crap" so to speak. However, to me that doesn't matter. Yes you get to grow old etc, but you can't help who you fall for right?
I am 19 years old, I will be 20 soon. I am dating a man whom is 41. I am very mature for my age, however, I have to face the fact that at some point in time my friends and family will need to be made aware of this manner as I am hoping for a relationship.
He has a daughter near my age too of 17 years. I really like him and want something more, but I feel that this is not socially acceptable as when I wonder the streets with him people assume he is my father or look at us in such a manner that makes me feel uncomfortable when I see the shock on their faces when we kiss or are holding hands.
He is not a bad person, in fact quite the opposite. He is kind, gentle, caring and of course very intelligent.
I do not mind telling my family and friends I just want them to respect him, as a mother, friend, sister, brother etc etc what would your opinion be? Their opinions are not going to effect my decision of staying with him.
My boyfriend has a 10 year old daughter that is seeking attention from her father by acting out in lies and rage as well as faking illness to the point of going to the emergency room and doctors saying nothing is wrong. She seems to adore me but I worry that she is competing with me unknowingly for his attention. She starts acting out when he doesn't let her lay all over him to cuddle or when he gives me more attention. She is only 10 but has hit puberty very early. She has developed breasts and has been caught playing around in certain areas as well as talking obsessively about starting her period. She has also been sending half naked pics of herself via cell to boys and inappropriate emails to boys as well. We monitor her emails now and have taken her cell away from her. I think being that she is in this stage of puberty that some of the cuddling she does with her father is excessive. Hugs and kisses are fine with him but he has tried to slowly cuddle less with her and help her be more independent but I think she is getting worse. We are about to start her in counseling and see if this helps. I get along quite well with her mother but her mother and father don't get along well at all. She tells her mother she doesn't want to come over here because she doesn't like her father yet when she is here....she struggles to get ALL his attention. What should I do to remedy this other then a child psychologist? Is this an Oedipus (Electra) complex?
Hi! My family and I raise pygmy goats. We have our own herd and all our goats are NPGA registered. Starting December or January we are going to start getting babies. I was wondering if you have any names you can share. My family likes unique names, sayings, song names, car names, play-on names.
Here are our goat babies born this year:
Dino-Mighty- named after his daddy Goat-T-Rex aka T-Rex
Hercules-I really like the mythological names
Avalanche-named after the car
Eyes da boss-my dad had a horse by this name so we thought we would name a buck this
Jumpin Jack Flash- his name was going to be Captian Jack Sparrow but this name seemed to fit him better
Some other goat names we have are:
So be Lena and She's Sassy- both does
Ginger B. Jiggy and Daisy May Drewdrop- both does
Max A. Million and Peter B. Ware- both wethers
Ella Bleu, Chanel, and Zorro- two does and one buck
Cool Your Jetz- buck
Storm Chaser- wether
Jayla and Layla- bother does, mother and daughter
Apollo and Bode- wethers
Mylinda and Mymiracle-does
Whispering Aurora, Butterfly Kisses, and Doe-Ray-Me-Fa-So- does
Pure Elegance amd Ramey- does, mother and daughter
Amazing Grace-doe
She's so Raven-doe
Royal Flush-buck
Stormin Norman-buck
Flash dance-buck
Shadow Dancer-doe
Sierra and Sienna-does
Yoshi and Mulan-does
Silverado, Durango, and Isabella- wether, buck, and doe
These are only a fraction of our goat names but you get the idea of what names we like.
So our first babies that are going to be bred this year are most likely going to be carmel. The mom's name is Annette and the dad's name is T-Rex. Any suggestions on boy and girl names? Just to let you know I cant name a little doe Annabelle since Annette already has a daughter named that.
Me and my ex husband have been divorce since oct. 14, 2008. He was deployed when our daughter was 5 months old and was gone for 15 months. Throughout the deployment, every soldier gets rr or leave and he came home for her 1st birthday. That was the 1st time he's seen her since she was 6 months. (he was there since birth-6 mos.) the very last month (were still married and together) i find out he impregnated somebody else, and i am pretty much forced to move back to my hometown. (what the hell do i wanna be there for) and when he came home, the first thing he does is hire a lawyer for our divorce. called a total of 10 times to ask about his stuff in a storage we had, but never to ask about our daughter. i couldnt be there at the court hearing of our divorce, so he flew all the way down from wa to divorce me, but NEVER showed up or called to see her until he was on the way to the airport. By this time my daughter is now 2 and few months. He comes back to visit, with his new family in february and asks to see her on technically MY weekend, and he had only paid 2 months of child support since our divorce by this time. I told him he could see her DURING THE WEEK. and he agreed to meet me at a park on a monday, his weekend was coming up the following saturday. he stayed for 20 minutes and left. he called once to have his wife tell me "you need to get a better job and take care of your kid by yourself". he then told me "i want to sign off my rights" he never called after that, and he moved away to amsterdam with his military wife and i never heard from him until june. he claims that he never had my number, and that he couldnt ever get ahold of me to talk to our daughter. (after all the times he'd call my job and bug his sister about my number) my daughter spent almost every other weekend with his sister, even though i did not have to allow it. he talked to her through webcam when she did visit. NOW, he calls when it is convenient for him and when i dont answer (class, work, or my daughter is with her "daddy") which is very seldom, he throws a fit, and says im denying him of his own daughter. MY job as her mother is to answer, hand her the phone, and hang up when shes done. She started to call my current husband her dad, because we met when she was almost 2. hes been here with her ever since and knows him better than she knows her real dad. her real dad is blaming me for not ever telling her to call him daddy, because she calls him by his first name.
if he would have been there from the get go, i would definitely tell her and teach her who her daddy is, but since hes threatened to sign his rights off, he can kiss my ass and go to hell. HE left us, HE chose to live in another country, and now i have been served with papers about visitation rights, saying i have been denying him on "numerous occasions" and he also is decreasing his child support. I really just want to get his rights revoked.
and for all you folks out there saying that texas lawyers are more lenient on veterans, and blah blah blah. and "he was deployed, he couldnt help it." HE HAS BEEN HOME FOR OVER A YEAR AND HAS SEEN HER ONCE.
goes for months without calling and blames it on his other kid always being sick.
i have 2 kids of my own and i always pay attention to both, not just the sick one.
need help? do i need a lawyer? is this considered a case?
he just praises "make up time" but he lives out of the country...
Me and my ex husband have been divorce since oct. 14, 2008. He was deployed when our daughter was 5 months old and was gone for 15 months. Throughout the deployment, every soldier gets rr or leave and he came home for her 1st birthday. That was the 1st time he's seen her since she was 6 months. (he was there since birth-6 mos.) the very last month (were still married and together) i find out he impregnated somebody else, and i am pretty much forced to move back to my hometown. (what the hell do i wanna be there for) and when he came home, the first thing he does is hire a lawyer for our divorce. called a total of 10 times to ask about his stuff in a storage we had, but never to ask about our daughter. i couldnt be there at the court hearing of our divorce, so he flew all the way down from wa to divorce me, but NEVER showed up or called to see her until he was on the way to the airport. By this time my daughter is now 2 and few months. He comes back to visit, with his new family in february and asks to see her on technically MY weekend, and he had only paid 2 months of child support since our divorce by this time. I told him he could see her DURING THE WEEK. and he agreed to meet me at a park on a monday, his weekend was coming up the following saturday. he stayed for 20 minutes and left. he called once to have his wife tell me "you need to get a better job and take care of your kid by yourself". he then told me "i want to sign off my rights" he never called after that, and he moved away to amsterdam with his military wife and i never heard from him until june. he claims that he never had my number, and that he couldnt ever get ahold of me to talk to our daughter. (after all the times he'd call my job and bug his sister about my number) my daughter spent almost every other weekend with his sister, even though i did not have to allow it. he talked to her through webcam when she did visit. NOW, he calls when it is convenient for him and when i dont answer (class, work, or my daughter is with her "daddy") which is very seldom, he throws a fit, and says im denying him of his own daughter. MY job as her mother is to answer, hand her the phone, and hang up when shes done. She started to call my current husband her dad, because we met when she was almost 2. hes been here with her ever since and knows him better than she knows her real dad. her real dad is blaming me for not ever telling her to call him daddy, because she calls him by his first name.
if he would have been there from the get go, i would definitely tell her and teach her who her daddy is, but since hes threatened to sign his rights off, he can kiss my ass and go to hell. HE left us, HE chose to live in another country, and now i have been served with papers about visitation rights, saying i have been denying him on "numerous occasions" and he also is decreasing his child support. I really just want to get his rights revoked.
and for all you folks out there saying that texas lawyers are more lenient on veterans, and blah blah blah. and "he was deployed, he couldnt help it." HE HAS BEEN HOME FOR OVER A YEAR AND HAS SEEN HER ONCE.
goes for months without calling and blames it on his other kid always being sick.
i have 2 kids of my own and i always pay attention to both, not just the sick one.
need help? do i need a lawyer? is this considered a case?
he just praises "make up time" but he lives out of the country...
Yesterday when my neighbor's daughter came over to play with my son who is also 2, I observed some disturbing behavior. My son is a wrestling fan and loves to wrestle. My neighbors daughter "Janie" who is almost 3 and a bigger child kept pinning him down and would make these moaning noises when she did. So I told them to sit down in the living room while I went into the kitchen to order a pizza. While I was on the phone my mother called so I talked with her for not even 10 minutes and the kids had went into my son's room down the hall. I went into his room to check on them and the light was off and the door was shut. I walked in and the little girl was on top of my son kissing him and making those moaning noises. They both were clothed. But I snatched him up and ran to tell her mom who was sitting in the living room. The mother yelled at her daugter and the daughter instantly wet her pants.
The little girl has obviously been exposed to something a child shouldn't see. Should I not allow her to play at my home anymore?
That night I had the "don't let anybody touch you there talk" with my 2 YEAR OLD!! I don't think the girl did but I just wanted him to know whats appropriate and whats not. I don't think he understood seeing as how he just turned 2 and is still a baby. MY BABY. I put him to bed after dinner and a bath. I was crying when my husband came home. I have family members that were sexually abused and I'll be damned if I allow that to happen to my son. I go above and beyond to keep my son from being exposed to anything of sexual nature and it pisses me off that other people (like my neighbor) allow men to stay over, leaves her child at home alone at night while she goes out and let's anybody babysit the little girl! My husband insists that sexual curiousity is normal at this age. Is that true?
In no way am I blaming the little girl. I wouldn't be so ignorant to think that she can control the fact that her mom makes horrible parenting decisions. Also I'm not friends with her mother she is our neighbor. I don't find her desirable as a person and especially not as a mother but my son likes to play with the little girl. We have to pass her apartment in order to get to ours it's like they wait for us to get home. Our son will bang on their door and cry in order to see her. I work and go to school full-time while she (the mother) sits on her butt and does nothing all day. She has men coming in and out of the girls life. I try to be a positive role model for the young mother. How ever I won't allow her lack of mothering skills to interfere with me trying to raise a normal, well adjusted child.
Cps is definately something I would pursue if I do continue to see this behavior. No child deserves to be subjected to abuse. Thanks so much for the feedback! Truly appreciated!!
Shooting Kinesha
a�?I hate what I come from,a�? says my cousin Shoshana,
22, jawing per always, feather earrings tangling
in her light brown hair. Shoshana hangs on to Kinesha,
her kid, to stop her running off. Our cousin Deba��s
wedding just got out; wea��re standing at the bottom
of the wedding hall steps. a�?White people
dona��t have culture, except what they stole
from our African brothers.a�? Shoshanaa��s
wearing black, per always, me too, her in leather,
me in acetate-velour. a�?Weddings, U-G-H.a�?
Shoshana spells out ugh like ita��s spelled
in books. a�?I hope yours was cooler than this.a�?
I nod. I always nod at Shoshana, whatever she says.
Shoshana checks, rechecks her watch, watching
for her boyfriend. Ia��m waiting for my husband too.
Ia��ve been a pain in the ass to him all morning.
Shoshana sips cheap California champagne
to hide her upset feelings. Kinesha breaks loose,
veers close to the street and parked cars and traffic,
thrashes her lace anklets and buckle shoes
into a crowd of part-white pigeons.
a�?In London I only hung out with Jamaicans,a�?
Shoshana says. a�?People gave me looks on the bus.
Ouch.a�? She detangles an earring. a�?Once I ripped
an earlobe on these. Anyway, I want you to meet
my boyfriend. Hea��s cool, hea��s sticking by me.
He says he knew he could when I wouldna��t
dime him out after they caught me with his pot
in the Kingston airport. Kineshaa��s his. Hea��s
the only guy Ia��ve loved since, you know, Ken?a�?
Kena��s the one who died beside her
of an overdose in the Motel 6 in Ohio
the time she was 16 and stole her dada��s Beamer
to run away. a�?You heard?a�? Of course I did,
in this family. a�?Kineshaa��s Kinesha
to remember him,a�? she says. a�?I still miss him.a�?
I nod. I poke Kineshaa��s belly, her nose.
a�?U-G-H,a�? says Kinesha, annoyed. Ia��m bad with kids.
a�?Ia��m teaching her to assert herself,a�? Shoshana says.
Her wrist-chains jangle. I twist my wedding ring.
An organ somewhere plays a�?Ode to Joy.a�?
Here comes the third bad cousin, Christina,
scruff-haired in the pale-pink prom dress
the bride her sister made her wear. $90,000
per year doing something with websites and she
cana��t even keep her hair in order. a�?Isna��t it awful?a�?
Christina says, a�?What do I look like, Gwyneth Paltrow?
You guys look swell.a�? Shea��s good with kids:
Kinesha slams herself for a hug into Christinaa��s
legs. Christina and Kinesha kiss. She says
a�?Did you like my PowerPoint presentation
on the bridea��s life? Did you think it was funny?
Go play with the pigeons.a�? She puts Kinesha down.
a�?Deb wanted a poem, but dona��t you hate poems?
Was it wrong of me to start with an Eminem quote?a�?
Kinesha shouts, staggers, stamps at the pigeons;
jaded, they hardly move, only jump-start
halfhearted when Kinesha brandishes
her one-armed naked Barbie above her head,
then turns Barbie into a gun, shoots
at the pigeons. a�?I feel like we should be
sneaking around back with cigarettes
like we used to, remember?a�? says Christina.
a�?Too bad we dona��t smoke anymore.a�?
Shoshana takes out her Newports, lights up.
Ia��m remembering we never much liked each other,
only hung together at family gatherings
because we were supposed to be the bad ones.
I hate what I come from. I say a�?My father
just told me again my poems are a�?too full
of disgusting sex.a�� He said a�?Why dona��t you
write more like Derek Walcott?a�� Ia��m sick
of him throwing deep-thinking
genius men up at me.a�? Christina rolls
her eyes, shakes her head, fudges hair tendrils
back into her frizzy twisted updo, vibrates
her lips, blows air out. a�?Can you tell Ia��m
drunk already?a�? she asks. I nod. She shrugs.
a�?Well, why not, Deb didna��t invite single guysa�?
for me like I asked her. Selfish as always.a�?
Shoshana checks her watch. a�?Ia��m gonna kill him.a�?
I wish I wanted to kill my husband.
Right now, I hate everything, everybody,
and dona��t have a friend in the world
except my husband. Ita��s true he dislikes me
more and more these days but at least
he likes my poems and hates Derek Walcott.
Kinesha sprays Barbie bullets at everything,
Barbiea��s head as bald as her elided crotch.
a�?I didna��t buy her that racist, sexist doll,a�?
says Shoshana. Christina and I nod.
a�?She found my old one. I pulled
all her hair out when I was 14
and shaved my head the first time.a�?
Kinesha moves away from the settling pigeons,
turns her Barbie gun on us, shoots.
Rat-a-tat-tat. a�?Ugh, you got me,a�?
we say, and a�?BANG!a�? I say. We turn
our hands into guns, three bad cousins,
Mother, Bridesmaid, Wife-and-Daughter,
for all our different reasons, shooting the child.
I am a divorced single mother of 2 children, ages 3 and 4. Their father is not a part of their lives. (He was abusive to us all) However, about a year ago, I began dating a wonderful man who filled the gap that my ex-husband left in all our lives. He moved in with us about 6 months ago, and everything has been great with the exception of one thing.
My four year old daughter has been acting as if he is her boyfriend and it makes me feel very uncomfortable. Whenever I snuggle with my boyfriend she gives me dirty looks and she is very clingy with him. She cries when he leaves, and she asks him to kiss her when I am not around. She whispers "I love you" in his ear and it is starting to become very strange.
How do I convey to her that this behavior is not appropriate? I know that sometimes girls can be really attached to their fathers, but since he is not her father, I don't know how to get her to understand that it is not okay for her to act this way.
I knew people would judge me, however I still posted my question. However, let me add that we intend to marry, and he is ABSOLUTELY wonderful in every way... He is to me and my kids something that I thought we would never have, so I have no regrets in moving him into my home. I thank God for this man whenever I hear him helping my kids with their homework, or I come home and my house is clean with my "FAMILY" waiting there. To hell with naysayers! We will be married in another year, so will it be more appropriate then? Anyhow, I appreciate the honesty of the answers...
do you guys like my story so far? dont worry about the grammar and stuff, im just sending it to my friend. we like to write stories to email each other. oh and i didnt mention the guys name until the end, because its supposed to be more suspenseful. oh and the characters are mary, her daughter alice, her friend brianna, and the guy
ok here it is so far:
alice woke up and walked downstairs. her mother's car, which was normally parked outside at this time, was gone. she must be upset today, alice thought. her mom never got up early, unless she was really upset, and she tried to cope by working. alice decided to call mary.
'are you ok mom? what's wrong?' alice asked
'am i ok? im great! never been better!' mary said.
"you can tell me, mom" alice said. she knew her mom just acted like she was fine so that she wouldn't worry her daughter. "i know you're upset about something" alice said.
'alice, i have to go, ok? i have a lot of work. bye" mary hung up. alice knew there was no use calling back, so she got ready for school and decided to talk to mary when she came home.
"come on mary! just cuz that guy last night didn't like you doesn't mean this guy won't!" brianna said.
mary sighed. brianna was sitting in mary's office, where she was trying to think of a new design for her clothing line. brianna had been setting her up with guys forever, but nothing ever seemed to work out.
'there's no one else out there for me..' said mary.
'aww come one mary you barely even knew that guy last night! are you really that upset about him?' brianna replied.
'not him..' mary said
'wait then who?-- ohh..' brianna said. 'are you still upset about-'
mary cut her off. 'i dont want to talk about it.'
'mary, you know you're too good for him right?'
before mary could answer, briannas phone rang. a minute later, she hung up. 'mary, im really sorry, will you be okay without me? bobby needs my help with something. i have to go.."
'its fine' mary said.
'are you sure mary, you know you can talk to me if you want' brianna said.
'its ok, go' mary said, 'i need to get back to work anyways'
'k see you later. i'll call you tonight, ok?' brianna asked
'k bye' mary said.
brianna left the room, before she could see the tears running down mary's face.
mary left her office late that night. it must have been after midnight, but she hadn't thought of any new ideas since brianna left her office that afternoon. she walked into the cold winter air, wrapping her coat tighter to warm her because of the snow that had fallen that day. as she was about to take her keys out, she heard a voice behind her.
'do you believe in love at first sight?' he said.
she recognized that voice right away. it was the voice of the first man she had fallen in love with. it was the only man she ever could fall in love with.
"what are you doing here?" she asked worriedly, as she turned around to face him.
"you know exactly why i'm here' he replied. he started walking towards her. "i want you back, mary"
''you know i could never take you back' mary said, tears forming in her eyes. she couldn't bring herself to look up at him. she couldn't see the face that had caused her so much pain. "you cheated on me" she said, in a voice barely louder than a whisper. the words stung coming out of her mouth.
"i know mary." he said, taking a step closer. "i was wrong. and im sorry. but ever since you've been out of my life, i've been miserable. i haven't been able to stop thinking about you."
"you know we cant be together." she said. "you're not supposed to be with someone who cheated on you..."
'i know mary. im sorry. i was wrong. im a horrible, mean, cruel person. i dont know how i could ever hurt you. i dont know how you could ever forgive me. i dont expect you to forgive me. im not asking you to forgive me." he was right in front of her now, and he took her arm and gently pulled her closer, until she was pressed up against him. "but i just needed to see you again. i love you. i've missed you."
this caused mary to look up at him for the first time.
'i know' was all she said.
he saw a tear run down her face. he reached up his hand and brushed it away with his thumb. but he didnt lower his hand after that. he kept it on her cheek, and stared into her eyes. they stood for a long time like that, looking at each other, trying to see what the other was thinking. suddenly, he pulled mary closer. he lifted her chin. 'i promised you i would kiss you again someday..." he whispered, before he slowly leaned down to kiss her. she didn't pull away. she stood there and let this man who loved her kiss her in the snow, for the first time in years. a few moments later, he pulled away. "i missed you too, brett", she said, before he leaned down to kiss her again.
I was wondering what you think of the story I've been writing. The part I'm posting is the begining of chapter three, and it's a flashback about how one of the main characters was turned into a vampire. So if you don't understands much of it that's why. BTW: I'm 13 and this has not been edited yet. Give me your honest opinions and enjoy ( :
Sorry if you think it's really long
Moonlit, Chapter Three
Mezora, 500 years previous
Forest surrounded her as she and her brother walked the small dirt road back to their house. Late sun light made her deep purple dress light up like it was its own star and made Evangeline feel like royalty. Tonight was supposed to be the best night of her entire life but Elijah just had to ruin it like he always did. In the middle of the perfect night he swept her away to drag her back to Mother.
a�?Elijah, why would you do this to me? Payton did nothing wrong and I was having fun for once in my life! I hate you sometimes and this happens to be one of them,a�?
Elijah looked at her with pure disgust while he spat on the ground. For a second Evangeline thought she saw his eyes glow a red like color and then return to their normal blue. His anger wrapped her in a tight chokehold that she was unable to break free of, and only tightened when she struggled against it.
a�?He wanted you for sex Evangeline; do I have to spell it out for you? Payton is a pigheaded royal that uses women for pleasure. And what a better opportunity for him than a nineteen year old farm girl who thinks shea��s in love? Evangeline it was for your own good, you meant nothing to him,a�? Elijah told her, grabbing her arm.
Tears ran down her blushing face, as she turned away from him. Her emotions were unpredictable at the moment, switching from happiness to rage, and then to sadness within seconds. Payton did indeed love her and was not pigheaded whatsoever. Elijah would never understand it or her ever, even if she tried to explain it to him. If he didna��t love her then why would he take her to the Winter Ball, which royals and nobles only went to? Payton had hundreds of options for courting to a ball like that, but he chose her. The kinga��s son chose her over the wealthy daughter of the neighboring country. If he didna��t love her then why would they secretly meet over the past months so their parents would not find out? Payton told her that they would marry one day, and would propose once she turned twenty. She had even seen the beautiful ring passed down from generation to generation in his family that would one day be hers. Elijah new nothing. She and Payton were meant for each other and he would never harm her.
a�?But why Elijah? Why did you come to me now after a five year absence from our lives? I missed and needed you so much over the past years but you never came to my rescue. a�? Evangeline sobbed. Black hair clung to the tears on her face, making it look like the shadows kissed her so very delicately.
a�?Things have been tough for me too Evangeline! Did you think that I wanted to leave everything behind, especially you and your sisters? When Father died it was hard enough on them and then things happened that made me leave and couldna��t come back to see what I did to them. It was also too dangerous for me to come back because I might not have had the strength to leave again. Ia��m sorry Evangeline, and I know that will never fix what I did to you.a�?
Breaking free from Elijaha��s death grip, Evangeline ran hard and fast until she reached the quaint wooden house at the end of the road. Like some type of superhuman being Elijah appeared before her even though he was yards behind her when she looked back. There was something about him that seemed off about him, like an eerie feeling that wouldna��t go away. Everything in Evangelinea��s mind told her to run from him and never go back to the house. This feeling only came to her once before, the day of her fathera��s unsightly death three years ago. Part of her wanted to run like instinct was telling her to, but the other part was intrigued by the mysterious air that clung to Elijah.
a�?Evangeline, therea��s something wrong about the house. I cana��t hear the playful laughter of Joscelyn, Mallory, and Luciana. Or hear Mothera��s beautiful singing as she makes her evening rounds. It just doesna��t seem right to me and I dona��t think you should be going in there without me.a�? Elijah warned, proving that the feeling Evangeline was getting wasna��t a false warning.
(this is probably gonna be long..im aplogizing and warning you beforehand...so please dont complain..)
and also...i know i deserve all of this heartache im sure..i cant blame anyone but myself, but i wouldnt take any of it back...i couldnt
but i am lost now for advice,
im biased in regards to his emotions anymore ,regardless of how long ive known him or close weve been,
"justin" has been in my life since i was 4..he was 5 years older than me and was friends with my sister..weve kept in contact over the years but nothing more than a 'howve you been, hows your mom?'
within the past few years thats changed though,
hes somehow become my best friend, one of the few people who really gets me and i just actually enjoy being around..
hes not afraid to get competetive with me, he treats me the way i want to be, like a little sister almost,
justins been married for a few years now, and when i say that...dont think its what it sounds like...its an entirely sanctimonious union..
they break up constantly, because she never really liked the idea of being with 'just him' in the physical department.
i dont understand him at all why he stays, shes a horrible mother, and a more than lousy wife, let alone girlfriend..
(and no this isnt just me..this comes from alot of others, i just cant help believe it now, credible sources, such as his family members, our closest friends, his best friend even)
she doesnt treat him the way he deserves, and this life hes living is eating away at his heart,
i made the mistake,
i couldnt help it, but we became intimate..
this went on, off and on for about a year, hed always end up back with her
it didnt fully bother me, i was kind of at the same point of lack-of-emotion towards intimacy, and thought it was cool that 'hey, my really good buddy and i have an extra way of bonding now..and were cool about it'
we had a complete and honest communication about it all...if i wanted to start dating someone, id tell him..wed take a break on that side of 'us'
things seemed to be working out with them 2? wed take a break
hed talk to me about her..and i was the only one supportive of her..i even yelled at him a few times for seeing me when he was heartbroken over her
'i`m only human' hed reply.
well...enough people have me convinced that shes horrible for him...im convinced myself...because it only took a month or 2 of him talking about her, for me to yell at him.
just stop..shes never gonna change justin, and thats all i can say cuz you probably think im biased.
3 weeks ago, the ring was at home, a smile was on his face, and he kissed me in front of all of our friends at our weekly card game.
all he could say was how good it felt to be free to finally do what hes wanted to do..
we went home, and it was like magic,,,he wasnt my buddy anymore
and i realized i was falling for him...the way he kissed me, it was different..and i thought he was for me too..
the things he said, the way he acted,
he even said that he wanted to see what kind of a mother i was...he knew i dont bring men around my child unless im serious about dating them and having them stick around..
he knows all this, and asks me to bring my daughter to the park the next day with his..
that playdate never came...the week after that...i was livid after a few hours into cards..he was nonchalant, as if nothing had happened...just 'my buddy'
he realized something was wrong, and he knew it was him, so we left early and we went back to my house.
he claimed he didnt remember it!
we had shared 1 pitcher of beer between the 2 of us, theres no way he was that intoxicated..
he apologized for it, and for hurting me..but then he started saying the same things!(obviously he did remember) only with more reluctancy..he proposed another playdate for our daughters (which im realizing now probably isnt a good idea until he and i get past this)
the problem is...she only wants him back, to stick around as a husband, and not just as a babysitter,when she realizes she might lose him...
ive dealt with this so many times before..
when she catches wind from our friends that he and i are hanging out
she goes in a fit, makes it so hes not allowed to go -anywhere- with -any- of his friends, and is up his ass,
once shes satisfied that hes not gonna ever leave her 'alone' with the kids, she goes right back to her ways, making out with random guys at the bar,(shes even come on to me!!!) living the life of a young college co-ed while her amazing husband is at home taking care of the children.
i know what hes doing right now, hes falling for it again, she caught wind of what happened the other night, him kissing me..
and she couldnt let it happen..
she apologized to him and begged him to take her back
they were almost completely finished!
justin was at his final wits end and seemed so accomplished,
he seemed so ready and final...he wasnt gonna put up with her crap anymore..he was going to better himself.they had been d
(this is probably gonna be long..im aplogizing and warning you beforehand...so please dont complain..)
and also...i know i deserve all of this heartache im sure..i cant blame anyone but myself, but i wouldnt take any of it back...i couldnt
but i am lost now for advice,
im biased in regards to his emotions anymore ,regardless of how long ive known him or close weve been,
"justin" has been in my life since i was 4..he was 5 years older than me and was friends with my sister..weve kept in contact over the years but nothing more than a 'howve you been, hows your mom?'
within the past few years thats changed though,
hes somehow become my best friend, one of the few people who really gets me and i just actually enjoy being around..
hes not afraid to get competetive with me, he treats me the way i want to be, like a little sister almost,
justins been married for a few years now, and when i say that...dont think its what it sounds like...its an entirely sanctimonious union..
they break up constantly, because she never really liked the idea of being with 'just him' in the physical department.
i dont understand him at all why he stays, shes a horrible mother, and a more than lousy wife, let alone girlfriend..
(and no this isnt just me..this comes from alot of others, i just cant help believe it now, credible sources, such as his family members, our closest friends, his best friend even)
she doesnt treat him the way he deserves, and this life hes living is eating away at his heart,
i made the mistake,
i couldnt help it, but we became intimate..
this went on, off and on for about a year, hed always end up back with her
it didnt fully bother me, i was kind of at the same point of lack-of-emotion towards intimacy, and thought it was cool that 'hey, my really good buddy and i have an extra way of bonding now..and were cool about it'
we had a complete and honest communication about it all...if i wanted to start dating someone, id tell him..wed take a break on that side of 'us'
things seemed to be working out with them 2? wed take a break
hed talk to me about her..and i was the only one supportive of her..i even yelled at him a few times for seeing me when he was heartbroken over her
'i`m only human' hed reply.
well...enough people have me convinced that shes horrible for him...im convinced myself...because it only took a month or 2 of him talking about her, for me to yell at him.
just stop..shes never gonna change justin, and thats all i can say cuz you probably think im biased.
3 weeks ago, the ring was at home, a smile was on his face, and he kissed me in front of all of our friends at our weekly card game.
all he could say was how good it felt to be free to finally do what hes wanted to do..
we went home, and it was like magic,,,he wasnt my buddy anymore
and i realized i was falling for him...the way he kissed me, it was different..and i thought he was for me too..
the things he said, the way he acted,
he even said that he wanted to see what kind of a mother i was...he knew i dont bring men around my child unless im serious about dating them and having them stick around..
he knows all this, and asks me to bring my daughter to the park the next day with his..
that playdate never came...the week after that...i was livid after a few hours into cards..he was nonchalant, as if nothing had happened...just 'my buddy'
he realized something was wrong, and he knew it was him, so we left early and we went back to my house.
he claimed he didnt remember it!
we had shared 1 pitcher of beer between the 2 of us, theres no way he was that intoxicated..
he apologized for it, and for hurting me..but then he started saying the same things!(obviously he did remember) only with more reluctancy..he proposed another playdate for our daughters (which im realizing now probably isnt a good idea until he and i get past this)
the problem is...she only wants him back, to stick around as a husband, and not just as a babysitter,when she realizes she might lose him...
ive dealt with this so many times before..
when she catches wind from our friends that he and i are hanging out
she goes in a fit, makes it so hes not allowed to go -anywhere- with -any- of his friends, and is up his ass,
once shes satisfied that hes not gonna ever leave her 'alone' with the kids, she goes right back to her ways, making out with random guys at the bar,(shes even come on to me!!!) living the life of a young college co-ed while her amazing husband is at home taking care of the children.
i know what hes doing right now, hes falling for it again, she caught wind of what happened the other night, him kissing me..
and she couldnt let it happen..
she apologized to him and begged him to take her back
they were almost completely finished!
justin was at his final wits end and seemed so accomplished,
he seemed so ready and final...he wasnt gonna put up with her crap anymore..he was going to better himself.they had been
I met my fiance 3 years ago as i was going through the final stages of my own fiasco of a marriage. Ive got my own son from my that marriage, hes 5 years old and loves David (my fiance). everything just meshes so great and im realy happy with this guy. My parents like him and his family LOVES me, especially him mom which i was not expecting,. He also gets along with my exhusband which won me over - a whole lot less drama. David has two children, a girl 11, and a boy 7. His son Xavier in a blessing in his own right, he loves my son and to watch these two play is hilarious. Sterling (my son) really looks up to him it obvious.
Now we get to his daughter. I know a divorce is hard, especially for girls, but this girl is really testing my patience. Lately she has been nothing more than an insulting brat. her father expresses how upsetting her behavior is, but her mother is completely indifferent, at times encouraging. Lanya, his dhas told me to "shut the hell up" several times, called me a B.itch, and one day i found all my lingerie in the dumpster in the garage. she had gone through my closet and trashed it. Its gotten to the pont that i dont even want her around. Now on to her LOVELY mother, i told her when david and i were engaged that i would never try to be Lanya's mother, that is her job and i respect that. i would be there with an open ear and a shoulder for whatever she needed. and that i was really happy that david was so active in his kids lives. She was not impressed. Shes very smug and just as rude as her daughter, only not as frank about it. She came over one evening as to get the kids when David and i were headed out to a retaurant. One look at me and says "Well, I guess you CAN turn a whore into a houswife, huh?" . I ignored her comment as if she had never said it, ushered the kids out and went about my night. Ever since then David either releases the kids to their mom, or drives them to her house.
If my exhusband were to get married i would wish them all the luck in the world. everyone deserves to be happy with the one they love. Ive learned to let go and except the past, why cant she? theyve been divorced for 9 years now.
Selfishley, what i wish could happen is for Xavier to stay here with us and for lanya to stay with her crazy ass mom. I would never tell david that but it seems to be going that way anyway. He sees how they make me feel and has limited our interaction time.
I want to get through to lanya. ive tried taking her shopping, going to an amusement park, getting her makeup and everything. She'll be nice and happy during the event and as soon as we get either to our house or her mothers, it disrepect all over again. Needless to say ive stopped trying to "kiss her ass" and pretty much gave up. While neither child will be in the ceremony, Xavier has chosen to come. Their mom is not invited so Lanya is making her own decision on whether she will want to go or not.
We want to have children and i am unsure as to how the whole situation will play out if i become pregnant. I believe david would end up spending less and less time with his daughter and that wouldnt help anything between her and me.
how do i make amends with this girl and possibly her mom?
Since my daughter turned 13yrs old, she has been a nightmare! boys, drinking possibly drugs, lying, sex. (She still a top student and top in sport.) Before then she was an absolute joy (Knew right from wrong) As a mother I am not mary poppins, but I have talked, guided and supported all my children to the best of my ability I have 4 children and my daughter is the only girl and 2nd eldest. My husband hasn't been a very hands on dad, but still a good man, I have done all the hard yards. My daughter constantly runs her father down and yet when she see's him she is full of hugs, kisses and talks to him, She holds nothing but contempt for me, and only contacts me when she wants money, I get all the abuse and this confuses me. She doesn't live in our house because she wanted out of here She lives with family and seems happier there but it wasn't meant to be forever, ultimately I want her home because I love her so much and I tell her this all the time. Any advice would be much appreciated.
One day there was a boy & a girl. They liked each other but neither of them told each other.
They both went to school together.
They walked into class together.
One day the boy stood outside like he always did to wait for the girl. But she didna��t show up.
The boy waited and waited and never did show up. So he went inside the school and went to class. The girl showed up to class about30 minutes after she was supposed to be there.
Boy* where were you at*
Girl* I will tell you later*
Boy* just tell me now*
Girl* no I will later*
When school got over, they both walked home together.
Boy* now! Where were you at??*
Girl* alright, if I tell you then will you please not tell anybody?!?!*
Boy* I promise, you know your secrets are always safe with me.
Girl*ok, well this morning I was about to walk out the door but then oddly out of no where my father came around the corner and threw me up against the wall and started beating mea��.*
Boy* what,?!?! how long have they been doing this to you??
Girl* for a while now*
Boy* im coming home with you*
Girl*YOU CANT!! They might hit you toa��!!
Boy*I dona��t care, all I care about is you!!
Girl* I care about you toa��.
Boy* I know this is out of no-where but do you want to go out with me?
Girl*Yes!!
When they arrived at her house. The girl walked in and her boyfriend by her side. The girl and the boy walked up-stairs to her room.
Girl*stay here, ill be right back.*
Boy* ok
The girl went back downstairs and went to her mom.
Girl*guess what!!*
Mom* whata��
Girl*I got a new boyfriend!!*
Her mother called her father in the room where they were standing.
Mom*you know your daughter has a boyfriend?
Dad* no, how long has she had one?
Girl* just today, dad. He asked me today.
Dad * DONa��T GET SMART WITH ME!!*
Girl*I wasn't trying to!!
The boy heard a yelling from downstairs and he looked down from her room. He saw something he didna��t want to see.
Boy* NO, YOU CANT DO THIS TO HER!!!SHE HASNa��T DONE ANYTHING TO YOU!!!
Girl*STOP NO,a��a��(SCREAMS) STOP PLEASE!!!!
Dad*GET OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU UGLY ANIMAL!!
The girl ran out of her house as fast as she could. Her boyfriend ran out alsoa�� they ran and ran until they reached the park. They sat under a tree they always sat at before.
Boy* are you o.k.??* (the boy looking at her strait in the eyes.)
Girl*I dona��t know.
The boy was holding her as tight as he could.
Boy* I told you I would never leave you, and Ia��m going to stay right here with you.
Blood was dripping off her face and arms until it reached her hands. Or theya��re hands because they were holding hands.
Boy* you know if I hadna��t of had been there, you would have been dead right now.
Girl* yea I know, and I love you for it.
Boy* I love you tooa��
Girl* what if I died tonight?*
Boy* I would cry forever and ever.*a��.
Boy* but you wont because I wont let it happen*
Girl* I love you
Boy* I love you tooa��.*
Then at that moment the girl fell asleep and the boy leaned over and kissed her goodnight.*
Then he fell asleep.
That morning, when the boy woke up, and girl was still sleeping. Then the boy tired to wake her but she didna��t wake.
He shook her but still didna��t wake. Then he felt a tear drop run down his face. Then he felt her heart beat and her heart was still pumping so he felt a little better but her still didna��t know what was wrong with her.
When he went to school that morning, he couldna��t stop thinking about her. Worrying about if she would be o.k.
When school finally got over, he ran home because he left her in bed so she could rest.
He ran into his room and the girl was still laying there but this time her eyes were slightly parted.
Boy*are you o.k.???
Girl*yea, I guess.*
Boy* I couldna��t wake you this morning*
Girl* I dona��t know**Ia��m sorry*
Boy* its fine*
The boy suddenly looked at the girla��s arms once again.
Girl* these look really bad, I dona��t know if I can make it.*
Boy* dona��t say that, you can.*
The girl looking sad, sitting there quietly while the boy was laying there beside her.
Boy* do you want to go to the park again?
Girl* sure*
As they were walking out the door, the girl saw a sign someone posted on a telephone post. It read a�?Man kills his wife.a�?
The girl knew it was her dad and didna��t want to read the rest because it would make her cry and she didna��t want to let her boyfriend see hey cry.
Once they got to the park, they sat under the tree they always sat at and talked for a while. The girl gave the boy a note from her pocket.
Girl*read this whenever you feel alone, o.k.??
Boy*o.k. I promise*
It started getting darker and darker so they headed back home. On the way back, she saw the signs again and wanted to tear her heart out.
Whenever they went to bed, they stayed up talking again.
Girl* have you ever been beat like this before?
Boy*no, and I wished it never happened to you.
Girl*I hope it never happens to you.
Girl* I hate my life
Boy* why do you say that?
Girl* cause I go
My daughter is 18 months old, i work 3 days a week and my mother in law has my daughter while i'm at work - i'm very lucky. I enjoy going to work as i feel it is good for me to be involved in something else as well as being a mom - and the extra money comes in handy. I only work 5 hours a day so i am able to come home and play games or go out with my daughter. I give my daughter her tea, bath her and put her to bed. Once my daughter is in bed i enjoy some time with my husband and chill out watching some TV. But i find after my daughter has been in bed for a couple of hours i miss her terribly and i just want to go and kiss and cuddle her. I don't - i would never disturb her sleep and i feel so silly that i feel like that but i can't help it. Does anyone else feel like this about their children? Has anyone ever felt like this in the past?
In May of 2005 I went to Fleet Week in New York when I was in the Navy. I went to CBGBs and the gallery right beside it and watched a show. A girl was playing that night and the crowd was rather small, Id say maybe 25 people and there was a rock concert going on downstairs. The girl was good looking so I stayed and watched, An older lady with her husband and daughter started talking to me. She told me it was her daughter playing on stage and asked how I liked her music. We had a few drinks, talked about where we both were from (WV). I later met up with the girl playing had a picture with her bought her a drink and hung out until I had to leave. Her mom gave me her business card and told me to call if I was ever in NY I had a place to stay. The girl playing gave me a kiss and I left. Here recently I was cleaning out my wallet and found that card, I never throw anything away i put in my wallet, and looked at the last name. The name was Germonatta. I typed it in Google to see what would come up or if they even still lived in NY. When the screen came up I couldnt believe that I had made out with Lady GAGA!! What would be the chances of getting ahold of her or her mother?
It makes you wonder is fairya�� tales are more for adults than for children. When I was a kid I honestly did not read fairy tales I was not allowed. Just think hansel and gretel they kill the witch in an excruciating way. a�?a��They throw her into an oven, till she burns to deatha��a��! wow, thata��s pretty gruesome no one would read them to me as a kid.
Then the classic versions that are real are even worse than that! Like sleeping beauty really about rape, the classic story is, original one. Yet Disney changed it to a childa��s story originally older French ladies with abusive husbands wrote it. Disney really sugar coasted sleeping beauty.
The version of this tale that most of us are familiar with ends with Riding Hood being saved by the woodsman who kills the wicked wolf. But in fact, the original French version (by Charles Perrault) of the tale was not quite so nice. In this version, the little girl is a well bred young lady who is given false instructions by the wolf when she asks the way to her grandmothers. Foolishly riding hood takes the advice of the wolf and ends up being eaten. And here the story ends. There is no woodsman a�� no grandmother a�� just a fat wolf and a dead Red Riding Hood. The moral to this story is to not take advice from strangers.
The 1989 version of the Little Mermaid might be better known as a�?The big whopper!a�? In the Disney version, the film ends with Ariel the mermaid being changed into a human so she can marry Eric. They marry in a wonderful wedding attended by humans and merpeople. But, in the very first version by Hans Christian Andersen, the mermaid sees the Prince marry a princess and she despairs. She is offered a knife with which to stab the prince to death, but rather than do that she jumps into the sea and dies by turning to froth. Hans Christian Andersen modified the ending slightly to make it more pleasant. In his new ending, instead of dying when turned to froth, she becomes a a�?daughter of the aira�? waiting to go to heaven a�� so, frankly, she is still dead for all intents and purposes.
In the tale of snow white that we are all familiar with, the Queen asks a huntsman to kill her and bring her heart back as proof. Instead, the huntsman cana��t bring himself to do it and returns with the heart of a boar. Now, fortunately disney hasna��t done too much damage to this tale, but they did leave out one important original element: in the original tale, the Queen actually asks for Snow Whitea��s liver and lungs a�� which are to be served for dinner that night! Also in the original, Snow White wakes up when she is jostled by the princea��s horse as he carries her back to his castle a�� not from a magical kiss. What the prince wanted to do with a dead girla��s body I will leave to your imagination. Oh a�� in the Grimm version, the tale ends with the Queen being forced to dance to death in red hot iron shoes!
In the original sleeping beauty, the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle. She sleeps for one hundred years when a prince finally arrives, kisses her, and awakens her. They fall in love, marry, and (surprise surprise) live happily ever after. But alas, the original tale is not so sweet (in fact, you have to read this to believe it.) In the original, the young woman is put to sleep because of a prophesy, rather than a curse. And it isna��t the kiss of a prince which wakes her up: the king seeing her asleep, and rather fancying having a bit, rapes her. After nine months she gives birth to two children (while she is still asleep). One of the children sucks her finger which removes the piece of flax which was keeping her asleep. She wakes up to find herself raped and the mother of two kids.
This fair tale is a little different from the others because rather than sanitizing the original, it was modified by the original author to make it more gruesome. In the original tale, Rumpelstiltskin spins straw into gold for a young girl who faces death unless she is able to perform the feat. In return, he asks for her first born child. She agrees a�� but when the day comes to hand over the kid, she cana��t do it. Rumpelstiltskin tells her that he will let her off the bargain if she can guess his name. She overhears him singing his name by a fire and so she guesses it correctly. Rumpelstiltskin, furious, runs away, never to be seen again. But in the updated version, things are a little messier. Rumpelstiltskin is so angry that he drives his right foot deep into the ground. He then grabs his left leg and rips himself in half. Needless to say this kills him.
In this heart warming tale, we hear of pretty little goldilocks who finds the house of the three bears. She sneaks inside and eats their food, sits in their chairs, and finally falls asleep on the bed of the littlest bear. When the bears return home they find her asleep a�� she awakens and escapes out the window in terror. The original tale (which actually only dates to 1837) has two possible variations. In the fir
My daughter is almost 5 mos and last wk she took a fall off the bed so we made a trip to the ER. I did not have my car so my mother (lousy mother growing up and didn't really take care of us as we bounced around between different family members and foster care) had to give me a ride. She was not quite yet over a cold and when she got ther I told her to sanatize her hands like I always do but of course there was still loads of dirt under her finger nails. She kept kissing my daughter and I told her to stop because I did not want the baby to get sick (I mean fucking DUH!!!!!!, u'd think that would be the obvious) and she insisted she wasn't sick anymore even though I kept hearing her clear phlem from her throat. To make a long story short my daughter was sleeping a lot yesterday and she just woke up and her nose is stuffed and her eyes are watery so I know she is sick. This is the first time thanks to my lousy mother who is the same person who said to me when I first brought her home and kept caps on her head "why do you have a cap on her if she's not outside?" I told her "she's a newborn and they lose their body heat from their head.......DUH!!!" Then she goes "well I never kept a cap on all of ya'll's head and ya'll were just fine." That's just great considering we were all born within a week of eachother Nov 29, Dec 1 and Dec 8 when it was FREEZING!!!! So its just nice to know we didn't have caps on our heads.....that lady is something else I swear. Now for my question, aside from givin my daughter Tylenol and using the aspirator to unclog her nose is there anything elsei should be doing? This is my first child and the first time she's been sick so I don't know, please help...thanks a bunch.
Of course I'm using Baby Tylenol and the ER is not a place where ppl go for colds. The 2 ppl who were in the room with us both had broken bones so everyone there is not sick nor was my daughter. I really think my mom is the culprit cause she kept clearing her throat and I could hear the phlem (TMI I know, sorry). She doesn't have the common sense nor that mother's instinct to protect the baby from her germs. I would never think to kiss anyone let alone a baby if I am not quite yet over a cold, that's just selfish.
I have been searching for weeks about answers to the question we will find out in 3 days... Will my boyfriend's daughter be returned to him?
In December of last year my boyfriend (father) and his girlfriend (mother) broke up after 2 years of dating. Their daughter was 10 months old at that point and the mother had just quit her job and began cheating on the father while using his car. He had worked at his position for 4 years @ this point and was 26 years old. The mother moved out leaving her child behind and went to live with her new boyfriend, who name was tattooed on her within 2 months of the relationship. For the next 5 months the father took care of the daughter from Sunday afternoon to Friday evening, in which time he would drive 30 minutes to and from the city the mother lived in. In May of 2009 I ran into an old school mate of mine and sparks flew. A couple of weeks later I met his daughter on a Sunday afternoon when we went to the park, she was 15 months at this time. It was immediate to me the kind of bond she had with her father.
From then on, when I didn't have school (college student) I was with father and daughter. We would hang out a few days a week either cooking dinner, walking my dog and having fun in wonderful family ways. I have never dated someone who had their child 80% of the time, nor seen a mother who had less of a bond with her child.
The one time I went with him to pick her up, I waited in the car and I saw the conditions they were living in, which were very unclean and suspicious at the least. When his daughter saw him, she ran (as much as she could at 17 months then) to him. The mother instead of kissing and hugging her child stuck her tongue out at her, which the daughter did back. And that was that, she was ready to go. (On a side note, I have seen her get upset when he even leaves the room, not all the time, but she doesn't like him to leave)
Now, this is what happened, a month and a half ago, the mother got kicked out of that apartment with her boyfriend and had nowhere to go, but her mom's (crackhead which has custody of the baby's mother's older daughter: not his). She was ok with not seeing the child for a couple of weeks until she got another apartment. We found out during this time she had a warrant for not paying a fine and the cops were looking for her. She paid her fine and the next weekend, he agreed to take the daughter to the mother for the weekend. He didn't hear from her for 5 days, in which time she changed her number and moved into a new apartment, still in an unknown location. Because there was no official "custody agreement" there anything the cops or social services to do because they didn't know where she was. He filed for custody, but was afraid they would be able to find her. She apparently resurfaced in the food stamp office with her new address. Since she has been with her mom she has gotten lice and chicken pox (which she was vaccinated for with his doctor and insurance), Two weeks ago when she got the papers she said he definitely wouldn't see his daughter now. He doesn't sleep well, he eats less and he's not himself without his daughter. He had her home by 8 pm on the weeknights, doesn't drink, do drugs, is funny, kind and in my eyes pretty much the perfect father and man. He has court in 3 days and has receipts, pictures family going to court. He doesn't want money, he doesn't want to keep their daughter away from her. She was heartless and selfish and took her daughter because she needed one of her children to live with her to get more money (I think). What's going to happen?
My name is Robbie. I'm 32 years old. I should not be talking here but I have to vent. I have been in a relationship with a man with bipolar for the past 12 years. Right now I'm feeling stuck.. I love him so much but I don't think he loves me as much as I love him. I have been supportive of my man but now I'm beginning to doubt myself. I'm not allowed to talk to my friends and have someone to vent to. now I have to release this off my chest. the first thing that bothers me is when he killed my cat. he tortured my cat he put him in the microwave and killed him. He has cheated on me 2 times. the first time was 11 years ago when he had me arrested so that way I would be in jail. and he could have a booty call while I was in jail. he did that on purpose. but karma is a bitch he got his in the end that night I was in jail when he was at his booty call he got a std from a guy that fucked him up the ass he did not even know this guy it was just some random guy from the internet he never told me. and he had sex with me and gave me an std genital warts I was so embarrassed I had to go to the hospital and get it removed. the second time was with this guy Michael Velez who lived in Queens Ny on my husband rout he had 2 deliver to this apartment and get a signature from this guy. the guy invited him in for a cup of tea they started to talk then they realize they had things in common like they where gay they were both in long term relationship my man told this guy he was married and that we had a kid then this guy took my mans face a started to kiss him on the mouth and started to get frisky pulling on my mans lip with his mouth they were kissing four 5 minutes thin this guy took out his dick that shocked my man and made him uncomfortable he told him he had to go but Michael wanted him to stay he would not let Danny leave Danny got to leave by promising him he would come back but Danny did not go back he kept this from me four 8 months i just found out 4 weeks ago. I am so hurt by this. I feel so much pain. I'm not a hard person to love, actually I'm lovable cute, funny and my best features are my blue eyes & my legs. I also have a daughter I'm her biological father we had a surrogate mother. But now I think this relationship just might be over.
In May of 2005 I went to Fleet Week in New York when I was in the Navy. I went to CBGBs and the gallery right beside it and watched a show. A girl was playing that night and the crowd was rather small, Id say maybe 25 people and there was a rock concert going on downstairs. The girl was good looking so I stayed and watched, An older lady with her husband and daughter started talking to me. She told me it was her daughter playing on stage and asked how I liked her music. We had a few drinks, talked about where we both were from (WV). I later met up with the girl playing had a picture with her bought her a drink and hung out until I had to leave. Her mom gave me her business card and told me to call if I was ever in NY I had a place to stay. The girl playing gave me a kiss and I left. Here recently I was cleaning out my wallet and found that card, I never throw anything away i put in my wallet, and looked at the last name. The name was Germonatta. I typed it in Google to see what would come up or if they even still lived in NY. When the screen came up I couldnt believe that I had made out with Lady GAGA!! What would be the chances of getting ahold of her or her mother?
When I try to touch her in anyway she withdrawls like I have toxic hands. She never has been steady with work and often gets laid off or fired. She loves our child together and is a great mother. My nephew just moved in and she attached to him immediatly as if he was her own child. I have been ousted and feel as though I am a third wheel in my own house. I have become very depressed and have withdrawn from my entire family often coming home as late as possible. I feel as though I have been kicked to the curb. I am a good hearted person that loves affection and she has completly stopped touching, hugging, kissing, sitting next to me, going in public, etc with me.. She hangs with our kids and their friends all day. I am am GL and in shape. She recently lost weight and is now in shape. I know she is not cheating, however has become addicted to Face Book. From what see she only communicates with old girl friends. Her and my young daughter share the page together. I feel so down. I offered a divorce so I could end this misery I having someone I love reject me after all our years together. We have gone through thick and thin together. I finally feel as though I made some great accomplishments in life and have put in a nice home, neighborhood, schools, etcs and BAM!! she does this. What the hell am I supposed to do??
ok so -
im white, and my boyfriend is black.
my mother doesnt want me dating him because she doesnt want me to get a bad reputation "once you go black you dont go back"
shes only racist when it comes to her daughters...
she always says if im seen kissing him or anything like that ill get a bad reputation.
i dont think that at all...
what does everybody else think?
(RYAN DONT ANSWER THIS!!!!)
For the past two months my girlfriend's mother has brought her boyfriend to live with her while my girlfriend still lives there. They are always making out in front of us, they take showers together while we are there, ETC. In other words, they act as newlyweds. Last night, my girlfriend finally had enough and confronted her mother. She told her mother it made her feel uncomfortable and if she could respect her while she was in the house but they could do whatever when she was not there. I thought it would turn out smoothly and her mother would understand. But her mother got mad and told my gf that she was destroying the little happiness she had with her man. She is mad at her for saying her thoughts. Wants to move with her man. I think the mother is wrong and should respect her daughter. Well, this man has cheated on my gf mother once before. They are always fighting, arguing, jealousy and so forth. My gf mother raised her strict. No kissing, no holding hands, act like a lady.... My gf is 21 and a nursing student. So living on her own is not an option. So, Is my girlfriend wrong for confronting her mother?
Hi,
i have a 3.3 yrs old daughter. This might be very silly, but i thought of putting this question anway.
I always love cuddling and kissing my daughter. sometimes i worry if i cuddle or kiss her the way when i used to do when she was very small, this might make her childish and immature.
i talk to her in a mature way, i have thought her to recognize her abc's, trace all the letters, write letters of her own, her name, count 123 till 60, write 123 till 10 and i read her many story books to increase her vocabulary. and she is well matured, does not make tantrum for eating, sleeping, reading , learning etc.
she always understands me and listens to me and i do understand her well too. some times if its ok, i give in to her. but she know what is right to do and what is not right, she understands the rules and she always does as i say.
the only concern i have is, if its ok to cuddle her and kiss her.. like i would do to a 2 year old.. i cant help it.. i find her very very cute and cuddly.. i cant resist myself..to give her hugs and kisses.
pls tell me.. if this is ok?
will this make her immatured and childish?
Also she talks very well, she can speak english and our mother tongue tamil. she can express herself in a very nice way.
she is daytime potty trained..and trying to potty train her in night time..
all of your view and suggestions are welcome.
I don't know why, but I've gotten so attracted to her lately. We don't live with each other. We don't have the same mother or father (but my father calls her his daughter) and her mother and my father aren't married anymore. she is 14 i am 15. Should i just tell her how i feel?? i don't want to have sex with her, but just a friendly french kiss.
BQ: how should i approach her?? i don't wanna make it too awkward
i meant to say passionate instead of friendly
The plot idea is relatively simple. Something BIG happens in your life, something that is life changing. In the story, it's a car accident. The guy is driving a big rig slams into a car killing just about everyone on board.
As everything is happening. You hear a voice in your head telling you
you can go back in time. The choices are clear:you can face what's going on or you can go back and have a second chance.
The thing is if you choose to go back in time, your memory of the incident will be erased, therefore you have a 50/50 chance that all you'll do is repeat the events.
Either way you decide to go, the memory of the "voice" will be cleared, but if you time travel you'll experience what we call deja vu.
here's the intro to the story. if you want to skim trough it.
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The headlights of the car were still specks out in the distance but even then I could tell something was wrong. I should of made a different choice. Both times I could of made a different choice.
The calendar with the big breasted pin up model said it was October the 16th. My massive headache told me it was Sunday and the speed sign I roared by informed me that I was going 13 over the limit. It was a fresh, cool night. The wind had been steadily picking up speed and the clouds had left but only slivers of moonlight.
It was the type of night that the devil is made for. When everything volatile and unstable comes together. When the freaks come out and you can bet pennies to the dollar that even a smile can spark a fire.
My cell phone ranged. It was probably Susan. I hated the goddamned things. These cell phones. My fingers are too big for the minuscule preschool buttons and I cana��t seem to hold on to one of them for more than 2 weeks at a time.
I flipped the phone open. a��
..silence for a second, then her voice came on. a�?Hello?a�?
a�?What?a�? I replied.
a�?Daddy, your supposed to say hello when you answer a call.a�?
a�?Hello. What do you need?a�? I asked in my most eloquent voice.
a�?Nothing. I just wanted to see where you were at.a�?
a�?Ia��m 30 minutes from shithouse nowherea�?
DADDY!? She exclaimed.
That made me laugh.
Susan always put me in a good mood. She wasna��t my biological daughter but I loved her so.
I had been after her mother ever since I laid my eyes on her in high school. I did everything a fool will think of doing and she did everything you can think of doing to a fool. One day she finally accepts my invitation. Nothing serious. Just to the movies. After that, we kept going out for about a month. Then one night she just starts crying. She tells me how Joey, this star college quarterback or wide receiver or captain cheerleader, or whatever this scum was, takes her out, gets in her panties and then just leaves her. Just like that. She crying and Ia��m holding her. Real close to me, making sure she knows that I wona��t let no scum ever touch her againa�� then she drops it on me.
She hasna��t had her period. That this lowlife punk, who has no right in calling himself a man got her pregnant.
Not since the day when my brothers and I laid my Fathersa�� casket into the ground, had I shed a single tear. But hearing that, right then and there. Boy, I tell you. Ita��s a miracle I didna��t run out of my truck and ran raving into the hills. I never let go though, as a matter of fact I held her tighter.
That night, outside her parenta��s trailer home I looked at her straight in the eyes and I said: a�?Look here, Marilyn. That baby inside you might of not come from me, But if you give me the opportunity I promise that Ia��ll love it and cherish it as much as I love you.a�?
She didna��t say nothing. She simply stared at me for what felt like an eternity. Then she stepped towards me, gave me a single kiss on what I know must have been sandpaper dry lips. And walked inside. I stood there, expecting...well...I dona��t know what in Goda��s name I was expecting but I stood there. I think that night, lying in my bed, was the longest night of my life.
a�?Moms angry again.a�? she said matter of factly
a�?Your moma��s always mada��I think shea��s crazya�? I whispered that last part.
a�?She says that you dona��t call.a�? she continued
a�?She always says I dona��t call.a�?
a�?She says that that your never homea�?
"Well she always says that too."
a�?Daddy, your always out.a�? I was beginning to get aggravated.
a�?Suzy, honey Ia��m a truck drivveeer, ita��s my job. Ita�?s what I do.a�? Yep. I could definitely feel my headache getting worse.
a�?And by the way what are you doing up so late?a�? I asked, hoping to change the subject.
a�?Ia�?m not sleepy. And they always say that your better off getting up and doing something than trying to force yourself to go to sleep.a�?
a�?Why whata��s wrong?a�? I asked, concerned.
a�?Nothing. I guess I just had too much juice still flowing trough my system.a�?
a�?Juice? What do you mean juice? What were you doing?a�? I nearly dropped the phone.
She laughed. That
wonderful laugh of hers.
She took a deep sigh. As if she had released something. Hearing that made me feel good.
a�?Anyway, you should call mom.a�? She said after a moment
a�?I will. Tomorrow.a�?
There was a silence.
a�?I think shea��s drinking again.a�? She said quietly.
And there it was. The headache was back with a vengeance.
I closed my eyes. I saw white spots.
a�?Shea��s usually locked away in her room. When she comes out, ita��s usually to refill her cups with ice.a�? as she said that I suddenly remembered I was behind the wheel of a big rig and immediately opened my eyes.
The white spots continued momentarily.
a�?Go to sleep honey.a�? I said, hoping to sound more in control that I actually was. a�?I promise Ia��ll be home soon. Ia��ll take care of everything.a�?
a�?Ok. Good night daddy.a�? she seemed reassured. I think I pulled it off.
a�?Good night honey.a�?
Flipping the phone closed, I stepped on the gas. As the gauge needle slowly rose, I could see that the specks of light from the oncoming car where closer. They
They were closer and they were swerving.
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"Ranged?" ha ha sorry about that and the grammatical errors.
I just finished another portion of it. I'll try to email it to you when it's complete.
The incident doesn't have to be necessarily negative. It just has to be life changing. Actually the idea was inspired by a minor accident I had when I was a forklift driver. I began to imagine what If it had been much worse and I got fired. Or what if I had another chance to replay the event?Would I proceed and find a better job or stay at a safe meaningless job.
my uncle came to visit from california to maryland we hit it off he didnt like how my home life has been going now that he got to see for his self how my mother is with her drinking etc.. im moving there to go to college and enjoy the beach i have a 3 year old daughter and im kind of worried about what kind of rules this guys gunna have lol i really never go out at night i have never really had that many friends but i do go out sometimes and im scared hes going to try to uh not let me out at night ever lol my mom has made manipulated me so much i feel like a damn child i feel stupid even posting this goodness gracious well anyways my uncle what i learned so far hes a church goer and his daugher is 18 and has kissed one boy ever and never goes out late at all im my life has been completely different from the life she has had i grew up with a neglecting mother im scared im going to go there and act like a crazy wild child i know im not i just hope he doesnt try to lock me in the house lol any advice i want to ask him what he plans on having night rules etc but im scared cuz he might think im wild child and going to want to party every night which is totally not the case so i dont even know why im writing this or worried about it... ahhh
I would love some feedback to the question was I borne mental or did my mother have some "fault" as to the way I am now because of her physical and mental abuse since I can remember. I have always been the evil black-sheep middle child since I can remember. She introduced me people at family parties and get together such as dinners and such as "this is my crazy daughter that has this and that. She did not think anything was wrong with this and for many years neither did I. Any input on how to handle this? Is my mental illness; anorexia, bi-polar, self abuser, depressed and anxious adult all my fault or did she have some influence in that matter? My father loved me and tried to protect, help, do anything for me when he was alive. I remember a last kiss on my cheek right before he died and I said I love you daddy- he had trash so he mouthed I loved you too with tears in his eyes, and would not let go of my hand. I loved that man-he was myimportantlyor, and most importantaly my father who cared a great deal about me. How long does this broken heart with a huge whole in it start to heal? I can't even function properly since his funeral because of added stress. I was a non person to my mother. I can not even remember a "happy" memory with her no matter how hard I try. She hated me and said as much-I think because mspirallingfavored me so much he sometimes I guess I monopolized his time. Was she Jealous? As a result I have been a cutter for 25 years, since I was eight. My mother always treated me like I was non existent and I believe that is when I became a self abuser, with many other issues like an eating disorder. She has called me fat when I was 100lbs and I am 5'5 and have gained weight after that comment sent me into a spiraling eating disorder bottoming out at 59lbs. I am now on a peg which is selfeding tube that keeps me alive. The anorexia is a mean beast worse than the addiction of cutting myself to make my emotions go away. I hate the feeding tube but it is mandatory. I have to have it until my doctors think that I have maintained a healthy weight for a period of time. I feel extremely fat at 83-86lbs (this depends on what time of day I way myself. I recently relapsed on cutting myself. I had not slef abused in that way for 5 years until my dad passed away and my mother told me to get lost and not come back around now that my father who loved me was gone. She went as far to say in a legal form from her lawyer that if she saw my car in the same city as hers she would get a restraining order. I tried to commit suicide the night of my fathers wake after she physically and mentally assaulted me because I dropped my sister off at her house-she made it quite clear that I was no longer part of the family. Then I got that terrible letter. I have been extremely depressed...despite medication and can't quite cope with anything. I fell like I have lost my mother, brother, sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. No one wants to talk to me since she clearly doesn't want me alive.; They were my extended family that I had a great relationship before my dad passed and my mother threatened me with restraining order. I was told they all trying to help her cope with her loss. They should know what they already do that my mother was waiting for freedom since my dad started going downhill from m.s 9 years ago. Shes out celebrating from what it sounds like. She did not even shed a tear at his wake or funeral, or ones since as I have been told from people who do not have the wool over their eyes as with most of my relatives. These are my dads good friends that know the truth about her non-caring attitude about my father. They want nothing to do with her. What do I do?
okay, so i'm a freshman.
im very mature for my age though.
im 14.
but anyways, i met this really sweet guy at a party one day, and i automatically became infatuated.
he's everything a mother could want for her daughter.
he volunteers at the spca and the hospital, has morals, would never pressure a girl into anything, wouldnt have sex before marriage, and is very considerate.
the only problem is, he's 17 and a senior.
i like him alot.
and i know its a really big age difference, but i feel a strong connection with him.
and ive actually become a better person because of him.
weve been together for a couple months, secretly bhind our parents backs.
really wish i could tell my mom, but today, she totally flipped out when i said one of my brothers friends were really sweet, ( my brothers a junior, as is his friend ) and she said juniors are too old, and that im only allowed to date sophomores and freshman.
and my mothers extemely strict.
she grounded me for kissing a 16 year old.
it was my choice.
and i'm afraid she'll make me dump my bf, and possibly ground me and take away all connections to him.
i really want him to meet my mother, and he wants to meet her as well.
please help me ;/
and dont say im too young.
i'm just following my heart.
and i think God sent him to me for a reason.
and yes, i am going to stay a virgin til marriage and he knows i wear a purity ring.
thanks :)
sorry its soo long
sorry about the length on this one...
I have been with my boyfriend for three years. His kids have been coming around me for about 2 years. At first, the kids outright hated me (which I's sure was influenced by their bitter mother) but lately they have been becoming increasingly attached to me. His 10 year old son is always begging me to play with him and his 6 year old daughter has started hanging on me (kissing, hugging, cuddling, etc) and calling me "mommy". I've ask her not to call me that and told her that I'm sure her mother would be uncomfortable with that. I believe that a lot of this stems from the fact that neither bioligical parent spends a lot of time with either of them (the mother, from what I'm told by the kids, treats them as her personal slave, and their father is too preoccupied with his own projects) and I feel bad for these kids and tend to play with them and try to keep them busy so their father won't scream at them for being kids.
My problem is, these kids are becoming very attached and I'm very uncomfortable with it. After seeing all these things happening, and speaking to my boyfriend NUMEROUS times about it and him failing to do anything about it, I begining to think I don't want to be a relationship where my primary job is taking care of his kids. Marriage is certainly not on the horizon (he's vowed to never get married again or have any more kids) so I feel like I'm wasting my time. I'm sticking around at this point because I feel bad for these kids. What should I do?
wow, there's a lot of really mean people out there!
The question was not pertaining to MY relationship, it was pertaining to these poor kids.
My reasons for putting up with this for as long as I have come down to the basic fact that I can't afford my own place!
Besides that, I stick around for the kids, they should have some type of caring person in there lives.
I want to be an author, and I'm writing a novel at the moment. I have had a few literary agents say that I write well but would like some opinions. Please don't be cruel but constructive criticism welcome. Thank you in advance :-) P.S I know you don't know the story but just go by the writing.
Lisa sat on her bed, anger surged through her body, she felt hot, tense, agitated. Fury boiling inside her. She didn't understand it. It was the kind of anger that was completely unreasonable. The kind of anger that made her want to lift her jewellery box off her dressing table and throw it at the mirror above it. The kind of anger that made her want to smash her radio against the wall until it was quiet. The kind of anger that made her want to take some scissors and slice the flesh on her arms. She rolled up her sleeve and ran her fingers along the red scars that decorated her arm. She breathed in deep, closing her eyes. She hated feeling so confused, her emotions were always all over the place and she just wanted to feel calm and peaceful. Anything could set her off, and she'd find her relief the only way she knew how.
The scars were ugly. But so was she, or at least that's how she felt and what her mother had told her over and over. Lisa could still remember the first time her mother told her she was ugly. Her mother's breath stank of vodka that night, it stank of vodka most nights. Lisa still couldn't drink vodka. Her mother woke her, she'd been out drinking with her latest boyfriend and even though it was the middle of the night she had chosen to wake her four year old daughter. Lisa hadn't minded, she loved her mother very much back then. She sat her up, kissed her and told her she loved her. Then after a few seconds of studying Lisa's face she said, "you're so ugly Lisa, you didn't get that from me, you must've got it from your bastard father." And then she left the room to have sex with the man watching them in the door way. Lisa cried. And from then on it became a regular thing until her mother dropped dead of a heart attack aged 38, Lisa didn't cry.
Thank you anni333 :-)
Thank you EternalD :-) And thanks for the advice , much appreciated.
Thank you so much Emma B, I'm hoping to get it published. I'm on chapter 29 and almost finished :-)
Thank you for your encouragement and criticism, all really helpful :-)
I agree with most of your opinions and as I'm still editing I can fix these things :-)
Thanks again everyone. Your encouragement has really inspired me to keep going. satoz_ku thanks alot, all constructive criticism is greatly appreciated, I am learning after all. Thanks!
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