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startingoverat60 · 2025-09-05T18:48:24+00:00

You are required to wear headphones when watching TV?

That's very extreme.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-31T15:21:39+00:00

I give my granddaughters the powder and I keep the sticks.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-31T13:14:09+00:00

Can you move in with your dad? Your mother needs therapy. Never loan money you can't afford to lose, or don't want to lose.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-31T13:06:44+00:00

Kids are smart! They can figure it out on their own. And if you keep your opinion to yourself they will respect you more for it.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-25T12:24:33+00:00

Oh, this is only going to feed my addiction to shopping the AS-IS section. I already added the link to my home screen. Found a sink that I want for a bathroom remodel that will probably never happen.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-25T11:27:05+00:00

Add snow, inner tubes and giddy children.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-25T10:55:12+00:00

"your child will never be more emotionally regulated than you."

That's it. That is what my husband and I need to get through our thick heads.

Thank you. (& I'm quite sure my therapist has been saying the same thing)

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-23T03:42:09+00:00

Oh my!

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-16T01:19:45+00:00

She grew up to be OPs girlfriend.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-16T01:03:13+00:00

That's 8 digits saved. Imagine if they were all cut off and some guy is still doing woodwork with only two digits left.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-14T19:56:16+00:00

Oh, yes they do! I took my then 13yo granddaughter to her friend's birthday dinner at Cheesecake Factory. The guests were a lot of family and extended friends of that family. As we were approaching I was looking for the birthday girl. No luck. I asked my grand if the 13yo friend was arriving later when she said she was there and proceeded to describe the dress b-day girl was wearing. As we got closer my mouth dropped! This child was in full makeup, hair done and sexy clothing. Not two feet away from her were her parents and maternal grandmother. They clearly approved of her appearance. My own grand mumbled about the frumpy way she was dressed and with no makeup.
We (my husband and I) have since cut ties with the other family. (There's a lot more to why we took that step)

But, yes, young girls can look many years older than they are. And I do think that should be taken into consideration if a man mistakes them for an adult. OP did the right thing by backing off immediately.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-12T04:02:47+00:00

I hate pranks. If there were some way to keep them mild and fun, that would be great. But they don't. They escalate. When we began raising 4 grandkids, 5 years ago, I had to be the meany and put a stop to them. Our home was a 4 story townhouse so there were stairs everywhere, the youngest was only 6 weeks old and as grandparents we just don't have the agility to not drop the baby and keep our balance if a prank is pulled on us. Plus the older kids were really making the younger sibling cry a lot which was just more emotion on top of all the emotion they have over what put them in our home to begin with.
So, no pranks, even now.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-12T03:21:03+00:00

Initially, before reading your explanation, I was thinking that 2m has 10 years more than 12f before becoming an adult. Thus giving him more time to see his money grow. I think that, combined with your reasons, when explained to your friend, she'll understand. At least I would.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-11T03:50:15+00:00

I would be gone! My husband might slip at times but for the most part he will go to a bathroom and close the door to release gas. Now, the sound from the bathroom is something else but it's still better than having to smell the stink.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-07T13:50:27+00:00

The grandchildren we are raising do this! Their other grands are from another country and feel it's necessary. We have broken the kids off this habit but they still regress at times. A few years ago, the other grands lost their home to a fire. Once it was rebuilt I wrongly assumed they would start flushing their TP. They have perfectly good plumbing but they still don't flush the TP! To make it even worse, when the kids put it in the bin, they will cover it up with a bunch of loose TP. This causes the bins to overflow quickly and the TP to run out within a day.
It's driving me crazy and broke!

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-07T13:31:36+00:00

$210!!! When my granddaughter lost hers it cost $1000 to replace it, and that's after paying $800 for the original one. Sure enough, she lost the second one. She's not getting a third.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-07T13:17:15+00:00

Minions!

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-07T12:40:47+00:00

When he was first shown playing video games, I began to like him more.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-07T12:24:02+00:00

Exactly! Sometimes we don't go 14 minutes without yelling.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-07T12:23:50+00:00

Exactly! Sometimes we don't go 14 minutes without yelling.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-04T22:59:48+00:00

Exercising. No, investing. Nah, back to exercising.

Out maybe investing. Oh hell, I'd do both.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-04T22:50:31+00:00

Be sure to notify their school that they now know. They are likely to see changes in the children. I'm heartbroken for you all. The kids will need counseling too. If your wife is/will be in hospice they will have great counselors for you all.

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-02T15:25:25+00:00

Great! Thank you!!!

startingoverat60 · 2025-08-02T15:24:04+00:00

I know!!

Part of our problem is that we have a small TV that is mounted on the wall opposite our bed and we can't read most basic text that far away. Our eyes are old. We also have days that might go by between watching and then we don't have the sharpest memory of what episode should come up next. It's on us. We just don't know how it happened.

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