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i am curious if anyone out there has ever received a really weird gift i don't care if it was on your birthday Christmas wedding i just want to hear it
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Back when my younger brother really was my "little brother," he gave me a couple straight from his heart, but not the most typical gifts one could give.
When he was about seven, Dad gave him a miniature tool chest. The tools worked (not well, but they worked), but they were for little hands. One of the tools was a saw. Imagine trying to saw a 2 X 4 piece of wood with a saw that had a 3 inch blade and was dull. But he did. He was just young enough and new enough that he couldn't cut straight down. So, for Christmas I got a five-sided miniature "TV set" for my dollhouse. It looked like a piece of scrap wood off the end of the 2 X 4, but he penned in the picture screen, the knobs on the TV, and the head shot of a person on the TV. (Unknown if that person is male or female.) I've kept it and it's still in the dollhouse almost 40 years later.
When he 12, he gave me this huge gift, wrapped only like a kid can wrap it, and the perfect shape of a Christmas tree. It was a Christmas tree. Apparently a neighbor threw out their old plastic tree, and he thought I was broke (because it was my first year on my own and he had no idea that no one, in their first year of work after college makes the same kind of money as a chemical engineer, so he just knew I made a lot less than Dad lol), so I needed a Christmas tree. We grew up with real trees, so he had no idea that plastic trees came with their own base. That one didn't have one, so it was useless. I felt bad for him. It was a very thoughtful gift, but Dad laughed so hard tears were streaming down his face, and there is something about watching someone have a laughing fit that just makes you have to laugh too. I thanked him, told him it was a wonderful thought, but after watching Dad laugh for a while, I joined in. To this day, I don't know if my younger brother thought I was laughing at him. I wasn't. I was laughing at Dad (who was rather mean for laughing that much.)
S and Whimsy got my nightgowns! (Okay, Whimsy's nightgowns would probably be too small for me, but it's the thought that counts, right? lol) Just goes to show, one person's dud is another person's ideal gift. lol
Back when my younger brother really was my "little brother," he gave me a couple straight from his heart, but not the most typical gifts one could give.
When he was about seven, Dad gave him a miniature tool chest. The tools worked (not well, but they worked), but they were for little hands. One of the tools was a saw. Imagine trying to saw a 2 X 4 piece of wood with a saw that had a 3 inch blade and was dull. But he did. He was just young enough and new enough that he couldn't cut straight down. So, for Christmas I got a five-sided miniature "TV set" for my dollhouse. It looked like a piece of scrap wood off the end of the 2 X 4, but he penned in the picture screen, the knobs on the TV, and the head shot of a person on the TV. (Unknown if that person is male or female.) I've kept it and it's still in the dollhouse almost 40 years later.
When he 12, he gave me this huge gift, wrapped only like a kid can wrap it, and the perfect shape of a Christmas tree. It was a Christmas tree. Apparently a neighbor threw out their old plastic tree, and he thought I was broke (because it was my first year on my own and he had no idea that no one, in their first year of work after college makes the same kind of money as a chemical engineer, so he just knew I made a lot less than Dad lol), so I needed a Christmas tree. We grew up with real trees, so he had no idea that plastic trees came with their own base. That one didn't have one, so it was useless. I felt bad for him. It was a very thoughtful gift, but Dad laughed so hard tears were streaming down his face, and there is something about watching someone have a laughing fit that just makes you have to laugh too. I thanked him, told him it was a wonderful thought, but after watching Dad laugh for a while, I joined in. To this day, I don't know if my younger brother thought I was laughing at him. I wasn't. I was laughing at Dad (who was rather mean for laughing that much.)
S and Whimsy got my nightgowns! (Okay, Whimsy's nightgowns would probably be too small for me, but it's the thought that counts, right? lol) Just goes to show, one person's dud is another person's ideal gift. lol
Son is making no progress; Internet Exhibitionism?
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I find all of this a little embarrassing to be honest. Quite some time ago, maybe 3 years now, my son began a strict diet and fitness training program because he wanted to finally do something with his life. At first, his progress was pretty good. Over the course of 8 or so months, he lost some weight, and was finally properly filling out his clothes as a young boy should.
At this point, I noticed a peculiar trend. He was taking pictures of himself with a towel draped over his head and posting them on the internet. This, I found disturbing, but I figured he would possibly grow out of it. This behavior, however, continued. I noticed him spending more and more time on the internet, taking pictures to post for what I ashamedly presume to be some sort of sexual roleplay.
As time went on, I noticed a disturbing trend; MY SON WAS MAKING NO PROGRESS. He spent all his hours on the internet or in the gym, stuck to his regimented diet, but suddenly his body stopped changing. Nothing he seemed to do changed anything. I feel horribly for my son, but he's not exactly the approachable type. He actually screamed at and abused a local elderly man for looking at him "the wrong way". I apologized promptly, but was mortified.
My question is this; Why is this happening? Does it have anything do with creatine? Could it be some form of roid rage (I know this is kind of crazy)? Why is my son spending all his time on the internet posting his body but making no progress anymore? I want him to be well, but he is no longer improving his body, despite the fact that I think he is still trying.
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How old is your son?
Itâs very common for parents to have issues with teenage boys (and girls as I heard, I do not have girls...but I heard about mother/daughter issues).
Iâm pretty sure that statistically speaking, it would be uncommon to not have issues with your teenage children. I think rebelling against your parents is a healthy phase of growing up. I saw a TV talk show once (Bill Maher) and the guests were teenage children of celebrities. The kids having âdrug and sexâ rock stars as parents looked very proper and well dressed like they were applying for an office job. The kids having good posture/properly dressed parents, like a TV news announcer or a politician, looked like tattooed rock stars wannabe, chewing gum and wearing leather.
Look at Chaz Bono. S/he went from Chastity Sun Bono (a cute little blonde girl) to Chaz Salvatore Bono (a fat man with dark hair), even changing sex and surgically cutting her breasts off, to be as far away from her/his mother Cher.
Iâm kind of messy, just to have tidy kids, rebelling against me with their tidiness and vacuuming the house! (Whoâs the smart one?)
Donât worry about erratic behavior. Itâs probably hormonal and will subside when he becomes an adult. Hormonal imbalance happens again in your 50s (female menopause) or 45s/50s up until 70s, which is the much slower male menopause...hello, male midlife crisis and depression! Balding guys buying a sport car in their 40s and replacing their wife with a woman half their age, thinking it will solve their problem and then complaining about it because it does not but they lost their life saving in the divorce settlement!
When I stopped giving cash (money bills) to one of my sons, hoping he would stop smoking pot...he just got a job and paid for his own pot. He has no other expenses as he can use a credit card for groceries, restaurants, gas and his phone bill and other expenses like college tuition and gym membership are being taking care of...but he needed cash for pot (I guess drug dealers do not accept credit cards?) so he had to get a job. And I never smoked pot so Iâm one of those rare parents who can lecture their kids about it without getting the âhypocriteâ thing back in their face. Still...does not work at all. I donât get the âhypocriteâ defense as I never smoked pot but I get the âmaybe you should try itâ defense so Iâd feel better and stop ranting about it!!!
Whatever is happening, take a deep breath and a step backward to get a better whole picture. Soon enough your son will mature and youâll get old enough to not think that âmaybe 3 yearsâ is âquite some time agoâ. 2008 was like yesterday for me. Even 2006 was not long ago when my ex-husband cheated on me, then 2007 he confessed, 2008 he started the divorce proceeding, 2009, the divorce was finalized, finally, then 2010 waiting for the paperwork and the transfer of asset then 2011, now...still waiting.
â3 years agoâ is only âquite some time agoâ if youâre young. If youâre a parent of a teenager, itâs is not âquite some time agoâ (your teenage boy was a toddler like yesterday), so you could be pretending to be older as other people are pretending to be younger.
Whatâs up with you beef about him not improving his body despite the fact that heâs still trying?!?
Is this about exhibitionism or gaining muscle mass?
Itâs hard for people of a certain age (like over 40 with teenage kids) to comprehend the lack of privacy that young people exhibit online.
I feel offended when someone casually asks how old I am...from where I come from, you do not ask her woman her age (tomorrow is my dreadful birthday...gosh! one more year closer to death!).
At least your son wraps a towel to mask his face...get him a kidnap victim terrorist hood for his next birthday...just thinking of gift ideas.
Now...Iâm wondering...how do you know about your teenage sonâs behavior online? Teenagers are usually masters at hiding their online behavior from their parents. When my son accidentally left his laptop to my reach, I promptly printed out a beautiful picture of him (playing in the snow) but then he saw it (I did not hide it) and gave me the 3rd degree about getting into his account. I just wanted a recent picture of him being happy..I love his high school picture but it was years ago. Complete strangers can see hundreds of pictures of him online but as his mother, I cannot have one picture to put in a frame?!?
Maybe I need to pretend being a stranger online, maybe create an online personality, befriend one of his friends and get into his network that way!
How old is your son?
Itâs very common for parents to have issues with teenage boys (and girls as I heard, I do not have girls...but I heard about mother/daughter issues).
Iâm pretty sure that statistically speaking, it would be uncommon to not have issues with your teenage children. I think rebelling against your parents is a healthy phase of growing up. I saw a TV talk show once (Bill Maher) and the guests were teenage children of celebrities. The kids having âdrug and sexâ rock stars as parents looked very proper and well dressed like they were applying for an office job. The kids having good posture/properly dressed parents, like a TV news announcer or a politician, looked like tattooed rock stars wannabe, chewing gum and wearing leather.
Look at Chaz Bono. S/he went from Chastity Sun Bono (a cute little blonde girl) to Chaz Salvatore Bono (a fat man with dark hair), even changing sex and surgically cutting her breasts off, to be as far away from her/his mother Cher.
Iâm kind of messy, just to have tidy kids, rebelling against me with their tidiness and vacuuming the house! (Whoâs the smart one?)
Donât worry about erratic behavior. Itâs probably hormonal and will subside when he becomes an adult. Hormonal imbalance happens again in your 50s (female menopause) or 45s/50s up until 70s, which is the much slower male menopause...hello, male midlife crisis and depression! Balding guys buying a sport car in their 40s and replacing their wife with a woman half their age, thinking it will solve their problem and then complaining about it because it does not but they lost their life saving in the divorce settlement!
When I stopped giving cash (money bills) to one of my sons, hoping he would stop smoking pot...he just got a job and paid for his own pot. He has no other expenses as he can use a credit card for groceries, restaurants, gas and his phone bill and other expenses like college tuition and gym membership are being taking care of...but he needed cash for pot (I guess drug dealers do not accept credit cards?) so he had to get a job. And I never smoked pot so Iâm one of those rare parents who can lecture their kids about it without getting the âhypocriteâ thing back in their face. Still...does not work at all. I donât get the âhypocriteâ defense as I never smoked pot but I get the âmaybe you should try itâ defense so Iâd feel better and stop ranting about it!!!
Whatever is happening, take a deep breath and a step backward to get a better whole picture. Soon enough your son will mature and youâll get old enough to not think that âmaybe 3 yearsâ is âquite some time agoâ. 2008 was like yesterday for me. Even 2006 was not long ago when my ex-husband cheated on me, then 2007 he confessed, 2008 he started the divorce proceeding, 2009, the divorce was finalized, finally, then 2010 waiting for the paperwork and the transfer of asset then 2011, now...still waiting.
â3 years agoâ is only âquite some time agoâ if youâre young. If youâre a parent of a teenager, itâs is not âquite some time agoâ (your teenage boy was a toddler like yesterday), so you could be pretending to be older as other people are pretending to be younger.
Whatâs up with you beef about him not improving his body despite the fact that heâs still trying?!?
Is this about exhibitionism or gaining muscle mass?
Itâs hard for people of a certain age (like over 40 with teenage kids) to comprehend the lack of privacy that young people exhibit online.
I feel offended when someone casually asks how old I am...from where I come from, you do not ask her woman her age (tomorrow is my dreadful birthday...gosh! one more year closer to death!).
At least your son wraps a towel to mask his face...get him a kidnap victim terrorist hood for his next birthday...just thinking of gift ideas.
Now...Iâm wondering...how do you know about your teenage sonâs behavior online? Teenagers are usually masters at hiding their online behavior from their parents. When my son accidentally left his laptop to my reach, I promptly printed out a beautiful picture of him (playing in the snow) but then he saw it (I did not hide it) and gave me the 3rd degree about getting into his account. I just wanted a recent picture of him being happy..I love his high school picture but it was years ago. Complete strangers can see hundreds of pictures of him online but as his mother, I cannot have one picture to put in a frame?!?
Maybe I need to pretend being a stranger online, maybe create an online personality, befriend one of his friends and get into his network that way!
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