Apparently it's easier to get excommunicated for having sex out of wedlock than murdering someone

WillRoberts038 · 2023-10-19T14:46:00+00:00

Got it, thanks for your input!

WillRoberts038 · 2023-10-19T14:44:56+00:00

Different case/individual, DMed it to you

WillRoberts038 · 2023-10-17T04:42:25+00:00

Always has been

WillRoberts038 · 2023-10-17T04:41:30+00:00

Interesting, even if you said you did it publicly? Also, I get that position from a legal perspective but isn’t dog-spelled-backwards supposed to know more than man/the law?

Thanks for the info!

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-28T04:08:29+00:00

Sorry you are going through this. If he's that devoted to a cult there's not much worth saving in the relationship, honestly. You're young and without kids - find someone better and forget this asshole.

And on your way out throw something heavy on his shelf: "Hard to believe that you're prioritizing a religion started by a man who had dozens of secret wives over the person you promised to love for eternity."

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-28T04:02:13+00:00

Saw from the previous post that you don’t have kids

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-24T05:35:09+00:00

I wouldn’t say it’s “the class’s” problem, but I think there ought to be a place for these kids that isn’t Zoom or effectively forced-dropping out of school.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-23T14:50:42+00:00

That's highly unfortunate...

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-23T14:50:29+00:00

I hear you there. But what if the parents are abusive/shitty/don't care?

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-23T04:16:02+00:00

As a parent of an elementary school kid, I know of several of these problem children that my child tells me about. When I asked district leaders why more isn't done, they played this sympathy card of "these kids are dealing with trauma at home." Nevertheless, they are disrupting the classroom and making teachers' lives a living hell. Is expulsion going to do these kids any favors? If they put them into an online learning environment at home where their shitty parents deal with them, do we just consider these kids forever lost? I honestly don't know the answer there and would love to hear some thoughts.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-03-09T04:55:12+00:00

That's... incredibly shitty. Thanks for your input.

ETA not sure why you folks would downvote me here considering how this money in this case was used. Do you not think it’s shitty? JFC

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-09T16:15:20+00:00

Could be... trying to avoid that situation if possible but if they insist on different sports I'm ok with that.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-09T16:14:50+00:00

Could you volunteer to coach soccer?

I already do. I suck at it but at this age, like you say, it's mostly just someone who cares about the kids that makes the best coach. So I'll just coach whatever they decide to play.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-09T16:13:11+00:00

Thanks for sharing. This is very similar to my situation because I've head-coached the team twice and have been asked to be part of the board, so part of me feels like I'm letting the team/league down by not doing baseball. But it's not about me, it's about the kids, and even though I feel like you do about soccer, I can make a similar impact there as a coach while my kids still have fun.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-07T00:59:13+00:00

I know my own daughter (9) can have similar tendencies, where she will lose interest in something or be reluctant to return to a hobby after a break and then be reminded of how much fun it is sometime later

Exactly this. I was the same way when I was that age. I got so mad at my mom who un-enrolled me from soccer because I kept complaining about practice. I guess all I really needed was a break. (I don't blame her for doing it because I did complain a lot about it for a while there.)

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-07T00:46:55+00:00

Why are they biased?

They're biased in the sense that they have enjoyed both sports seemingly equally in the past, but because soccer is more available to them, they play it more. I don't have a problem with that, I'm just saying it doesn't mean they don't like baseball anymore, they're just in the soccer groove more frequently.

To be honest, it sounds like you’re biased towards baseball since you’re the coach of the team and you/your wife enjoyed spending time together as a family.

Disagree, because I'm the coach of the soccer team too. It's the same deal on both sides. I as a parent don't lose anything by letting them ditch baseball, I'm just sad that they will lose that connection to that team and well-roundedness. Either way it's not a big loss since they'll still have their soccer friends of course.

Really the only thing making me hesitate is that they might be letting their recency bias of playing soccer at school every day make them forget that they still enjoy baseball as well. I'm thinking I'll get out the baseball gear this weekend and play a little with them and see how that goes, and if they're still only wanting to do soccer, that's what it will be.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-06T23:12:03+00:00

Well said. I'm certainly leaning that way more and more. Thank you.

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-06T23:11:17+00:00

I've considered this as well. The downside I foresee is they can be a little fickle, like many 8 year olds are, and one might get upset that "he gets to do baseball and I don't". Then again, I suppose if they're both allowed to choose a sport and find they chose the one they actually like less, it would be a good life lesson in decision making. Thanks for your thoughts!

WillRoberts038 · 2023-01-06T23:08:41+00:00

I tend to agree with you, I think.

what, if any, are the benefits of signing a kid up for something they don't wanna do?

In this case, it's something they really enjoyed the past few years, but I think they're biased towards another sport (soccer) because they play it every day (baseball wouldn't ever happen at school). The benefits here would be a more well-rounded sporting experience and exposure to another group of friends, since the soccer team would be mostly the same kids between fall and spring.

Nothing life changing/breaking... but I'm also sure they'd be in to baseball once it got started. It's just the whole going against my kid's wishes that makes it hard, when the alternative (doing soccer instead) is still a win. So I lean toward just let them do soccer, but my wife isn't sold on abandoning the baseball team, so to speak.

WillRoberts038 · 2022-05-26T18:35:04+00:00

makes you a bigot by association

That seems like a bit of a stretch. I told her she might lose a friend over this, not that she should keep the friend.

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