Kids of EB

[Road Guy]

Supe- Hope you get some time off before school!

After a 2 year hiatus from sports (kid activities), older son is in HS marching band- jesus they have a full calendar, daughter is doing cross country and youngest is doing soccer... fall is not going to be fun...

technically my older two did XC last year but thats not as bad as a 'team" sport + we could run with the kids so it was good for us and didnt feel like we were sitting on the sidelines while the coaches kids played all the good positions..

I was a dumb jock in HS and my wife was a cheerleader (captain btw) we go to these band parent meetings (where the parents are WAY to excited about their kids being in marching band) They ask us "What instrment did you play in HS" I get funny looks when I tell them I wasnt in the band and that I played the pigskin.. Some kind of older nerd discrimination thing I think they have going on...

 

[YMZ PE]

Wow, look at Ken and Barbie in their Colorado dream house over here.

 

[csb]

We've all seen Glee. We know how you jocks are in real life.

 

[Road Guy]

just blew coke out my nose YMZ---

I was a nice jock though, I promise..........

 

[Ble_PE]

So tell me, did Mrs. RG ever wear a whipped cream bikini?

 

[matt267 PE]

Well the "Kids of EB" thread has gone down hill.

In any case, we'll need pics of any whipped cream bikinis or they never happened.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Well the "Kids of EB" thread has gone down hill.

In any case, we'll need pics of any whipped cream bikinis or they never happened.

This thread has recovered from worse. Much worse.

 

[snickerd3]

this thread has gone down hill a couple times since its establishment

 

[matt267 PE]

Good to know Dex. I'll have to search the pages for the good stuff.

 

[snickerd3]

10 days and counting until school starts back up. tomorrow evening is registration

 

[Road Guy]

no to the whip cream bikini... ...

 

[FLBuff PE]

You forgot a word there, RG. "Yet"

 

[envirotex]

Well, we've reached the point in the Tex house, where I think it's time for Tex Jr. to go...

I'm sure I'll be that mom that cries excessively when we drop him off in three weeks, but for right now he's in that "I'm 18, I know everything, and I don't have to do anything you say" phase. I have to remind him often that he can feel free to open his wallet for his tuition in three weeks, instead of me.

Just mow the grass, dang it.

 

[snickerd3]

my parents took the position their house, their rules...

 

[FLBuff PE]

I was an a$$hole between hs graduation and the start of college too.

 

[MA_PE]

Tex: How far is he going? college for my two was about 100 miles. Far enough to be out of sight, but close enough for us (or them) to travel for a family "fix". My older one has moved out permanently now and I'm lying if I say I don't get sad sometimes looking at his empty bedroom. the younger one just returned to the "the nest" and is an "absent disruption" because I never see him (he's always out somewhere) but his dirty dishes/clothes strewn around/food and beer consumption (mine)/ etc. are constant reminder of the his presence. Right now I'm looking forward to getting misty eyed looking at his empty room, but that may not happen for awhile. He knows a good thing.

 

[snickerd3]

After college i was living at my parents house for less than a month which was more like just a visit because my stuff was still in my college apartment waiting for my new apartment to be ready for move in.

 

[Road Guy]

I didnt know ET had a college age kid? Congrats! (I think)

I graduated on June 3, 1990, reported for Basic Training on June 6th, 1990, never spent another night at my parents house again after that (so as much as they may be assholes, they could be like me and never back again)- of course I guess that is our parenting goal..

 

[envirotex]

Yes, the goal of parenting is separation.

MA--He is going to be about 2.5 hours away. I think that's a good distance. I know the feeling about the absent disruption because whenever he's around right now, it involves him asking for $$, or food, or generating dirty dishes and laundry and then leaving.

 

[knight1fox3]

I'm certainly not judging anyone's lifestyle here and I know this topic has already been discussed, but some kids have it way better than we did. Perhaps a generational thing?

My dad was a UPS driver and made good money but nothing extravagant. My mom basically stayed home with a few things on the side here and there. Short and to the point, there was no extra $$ to ask for. But we already had gotten a sense of that from the parents. And if we even thought about leaving dirty dishes or laundry around (not to mention an unclean room), we could kiss our weekend and video games goodbye. Obviously this is different with an 18-yr old.

Then my parents split up and and we had even less money. If we wanted to do anything that involved paying for stuff, it was out to find whatever job we could get so we could go bowling or out to lunch in HS. Maybe a movie on the weekend.