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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I love my Grandad but he makes me so angry. I don't agree with any of his behaviour or beliefs. We are not talking at the moment and it hurts but I can't have my children be around all the negative behaviour. 😔
I have this problem with my dad. He doesn't realize how hurtful he can be sometimes, and he can be quite racist and intolerant. Plus my youngest has cut off all her hair and he just won't stop telling her how she should grow her hair and go back to being his blonde little princess...
It's really hard because you want them to have a relationship with these family members, who may not be around for much longer, but you also don't want to expose them to toxic behaviour. I feel your pain.
It's sad
My Grandad is racist and my children are mixed race. I have to put them first but it does hurt not having a good relationship with my grandparents anymore.
My dad is a homophobe, and my mom is a very devout Christian... my youngest child is starting to come out, and it's very scary because they are already struggling with wrapping their head around what they feel inside... they don't need my parents hurting them or shaming them in any way. We've decided not to tell my parents just yet, but they can say things that are quite obnoxious without realizing it.
In the end, we have to do what is best for our kids, realizing that few memories are better than bad memories. *hugs*2 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »And then I ran over a squirrel on the way to the hospital this a.m.
So far I've not shed a tear during the past week of stress and emotions but that almost did me in.
I caught a mouse by the leg in a trap, and it was alive and wounded. I took it outside and let it go, and its poor little leg was so hurt... But I just couldn't kill it. So I left it there and came inside and cried like a baby. Feeling like an *kitten* for leaving it alive and feeling like an *kitten* in general.
Sigh.
Who's up for drinks?
This sort of thing kills me. I cried when I swatted a moth once and it didn’t die. I couldn’t stop thinking about the way it flailed around. So that’s why in our house if we see a spider or something walkin around, we just leave homeboy alone
Me too. Very few things will I take a swatter to inside the house, hornets and wasps are one(okay 2). Everything else I leave alone. But mice I do trap, only because of the damage they can do and the germs. But I hate it, I really do. I always apologize as I put them in the trash. And after yesterday's squirrel event, I am still feeling so sad and like a murderer. Every single time I drive by I relive running over it and turning it into roadkill.
That's the 3rd time in my life that I've killed something with a car, the 1st was a bird while I was skipping high school 1 afternoon. Figured it was my payback. Then when dh and started going out, I backed over their cat. I never knew til I saw him the next time. I was horrified. The cat was little and deaf. Then yesterday.
I absolutely hate it.
A few years back I had a family of cute little red squirrels living in my walls; I ended up live-trapping them all and re-homing them far away.4 -
I got over a lot of squeamishness about mice growing up, because we had fields on three sides of us, and so when they harvested every year and the weather got cold, we had mice.
We also had a cat, who liked to catch the mice and field dress them and leave them in front of the stove.0 -
Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw 2 -
brustmannzwei wrote: »Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw
Aww that might be the perfect man right there 😍2 -
brustmannzwei wrote: »Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw
Aww that might be the perfect man right there 😍
his heart was in the right place.1 -
MiNinaLisa wrote: »brustmannzwei wrote: »Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw
Aww that might be the perfect man right there 😍
his heart was in the right place.
I think you learn everything you need to know about a person by how they treat animals ❤️4 -
brustmannzwei wrote: »Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw
I know this... I really do, but I just couldn't do it. That's why I cried as hard as I did.3 -
MiNinaLisa wrote: »brustmannzwei wrote: »Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw
Aww that might be the perfect man right there 😍
his heart was in the right place.
I think you learn everything you need to know about a person by how they treat animals ❤️
I go off how the animals behave towards them lol1 -
Wanderwoman2021 wrote: »MiNinaLisa wrote: »brustmannzwei wrote: »Releasing them injured is probably less humane than just dispatching them immediately.
Catch and release reminds me me of these videos...https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1VyQipO4miw
Aww that might be the perfect man right there 😍
his heart was in the right place.
I think you learn everything you need to know about a person by how they treat animals ❤️
I go off how the animals behave towards them lol
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If she was my family I would have already been there regardless of the governments “consequences”.
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Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »
Aww why is no one helping?2 -
Jeez it looks like they bounced their head off the floor.1
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Miss_Chiev0us wrote: »
Aww why is no one helping?
I just realized that posting this video without explaining makes me look like a Jerk! 😐 If the situation would be real, I definitely wouldn't laugh or post it so others can laugh at it either. It's actually a prank, he goes in a bunch of stores and does the same thing. It's a longer video but I made it into a Gif.1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I love my Grandad but he makes me so angry. I don't agree with any of his behaviour or beliefs. We are not talking at the moment and it hurts but I can't have my children be around all the negative behaviour. 😔
I have this problem with my dad. He doesn't realize how hurtful he can be sometimes, and he can be quite racist and intolerant. Plus my youngest has cut off all her hair and he just won't stop telling her how she should grow her hair and go back to being his blonde little princess...
It's really hard because you want them to have a relationship with these family members, who may not be around for much longer, but you also don't want to expose them to toxic behaviour. I feel your pain.
I have similar issues with close family members, including my mother. She's racist, despite having friends who aren't white, thinks "brown people" are taking all the jobs away from Americans despite hiring them for things like her wedding cake, decorations, etc. (this was back in 2000). She's mellowed a lot, but honestly? Her adamant dislike of people who aren't white, who are poor (despite us never being affluent) is just... weird and makes me incredibly uncomfortable.
The only thing that helps is distance. I live in another state, so I see her maybe once a year and that's about all I could handle. Again, she has mellowed, but I know she still holds these beliefs. And unlike a casual acquaintance or friend, I don't feel like I could just cut her out of my life entirely. She does realize things in the world are changing and she's in her 70s now, but honestly it's exhausting dealing with it.
I also don't want her teaching any of those values to my son. I don't need her spreading those seeds of hatred and fear in him. As I've said, she's mellowed, but still holds onto some ideas and thoughts I'd rather not be spread, which makes talking to her for long periods of time difficult sometimes.2 -
How smashed do I need to be to have fun? That’s the question2
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Yoshiboobs wrote: »How smashed do I need to be to have fun? That’s the question
Quick Answer :
Not at all6 -
Yoshiboobs wrote: »How smashed do I need to be to have fun? That’s the question
Depends on what definitions we're using.0 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Yoshiboobs wrote: »How smashed do I need to be to have fun? That’s the question
Quick Answer :
Not at all
Bruv thats the truthhawkeye45_ wrote: »Yoshiboobs wrote: »How smashed do I need to be to have fun? That’s the question
Depends on what definitions we're using.
Drunk. I just left the Halloween party that was basically a gay club in someone's house. Not really my scene but I'm trying to make an effort. 👽3
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