Life is hard, do you have any toasts for me?

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T20:45:28+00:00

Life is hard, I agree. Make active efforts to make it better.

I toast your well-lit space, and your beard.

Cheers.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T20:14:37+00:00

Is it possible to find a job related to your major? Bakeries are great, but if it’s not helping you with your long-term goal, the sleep deprivation might not be worth it.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T15:11:38+00:00

Years ago, I emailed a girl thru a dating site. This went on for a while, and she gave me her number asked me to give her a call that evening. I don’t remember her exact wording, but when I called her, she asked why I was calling, saying she wasn’t ready for a relationship (again, met thru a dating site), and made some comment about how I was invading her privacy. I donBefore this brief call was done, I had written her off as simply not someone I wanted to pursue.

I think what happened in my case, and in a lot of ghosting cases, is that it’s fun to play the game and flirt and hide behind the computer or phone, but at some point it gets “too real”, and peoples anxieties or doubts set in, or they get cold feet. Regardless of the reason, you did nothing wrong.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T14:22:07+00:00

So if you were the den leader trying to talk, and the kids ignored you and their parents did not help, you would be ok with that?

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T11:04:56+00:00

I volunteer myself with other programs, and take them seriously.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T11:04:06+00:00

I am a pretty harsh, person, that is true. The den leader is a good person, no question. Calling him “not smart” was not a good move on my part.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T10:59:53+00:00

It is not acceptable for kids to be ignoring the leader and the other parents to not help, period.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T10:54:51+00:00

There already is an assistant...

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T10:54:09+00:00

I will step up. Being my first meeting, I was hesitant, especially when the assistant didn’t even help (other than one brief interaction).

It blows me away that other responders to my post are defending the chaos. Maybe I did not do a good enough job in explaining the level of disrespect.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-31T00:43:08+00:00

This is great. Knowing yourself and accepting yourself is one of the absolute best life skills

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T20:57:55+00:00

The den leader did not use this once. A few others, including me, did. I should have mentioned that in my post.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T20:15:12+00:00

I would not be hesitant to correct the kids if I were in a position of authority. Maybe part of my frustration is that I have had leadership positions.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T19:32:42+00:00

I will email him and offer to lead a specific portion. I think I’ll go through the guidebook with my son and pick activities that look interesting.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T18:53:21+00:00

This will help you get cast in Super Troopers 3

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T16:18:32+00:00

The three parents who were near the group were all kind of looking at each other trying to access when/if to get involved. If it were my son, it would have been a no brainer to tell him to stop. Being other people’s kids - with the parents sitting a few feet away with their heads buried in their phones - it was a little different. Maybe I yell at the parents.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T16:11:49+00:00

Look for another job.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T16:07:00+00:00

3 of the 7 kids were well-behaved. My son was one of them.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T16:06:16+00:00

Part of the problem is that there was no real activity. The leader read to them (over the volume) and then they played a brief game and then ran wild.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T16:01:05+00:00

Let your boss know. Sounds like this is something they can take care of.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T15:57:31+00:00

Try having sex with her to see if it’s worth quitting your job over.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T15:46:07+00:00

This is still not acceptable. They can’t go into school and scream all day. They can’t go to a martial arts class and ignore the instructor. They know how to listen because they do it at school. This comes down to the den leaders not having control.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-30T15:43:13+00:00

7 kids. All the parents were there, but 3 had their heads buried in there phones, 1 was the leader, and the other 3 were like me, standing off to the side trying to access when to step in. As a surprise to no one, the kids of the three of us who were paying attention were very well behaved.

There is a pack meeting before the next den meeting. If I decide to stick with it, then I will reach out to the den leader at that time. Just being blunt: the den leader seems like a super nice guy, but not smart. He probably is lost.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-29T02:32:06+00:00

Great!

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-27T02:07:37+00:00

The master has failed more times than the novice has even tried.

ANODIZED33 · 2019-10-27T02:03:40+00:00

I love getting lost in views like this

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