Hopefully this will get the attention of even the biggest idiots!

JLM

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The stoner wife of my step son does all those things.


Bad attitude!

My experience from teaching is that you cannot teach those unwilling to learn, and the hardest to teach are those closest to us. I learned this long ago in training to be a trainer. Have you ever tried to teach your child to drive? Your spouse to fly? It is best to leave that to a professional disinterested party even if you also do it professionally yourself.


That being said, and meaning no disrespect because I don't know anything about you, but have you raised girls from age 13 to, I dunno, 30? I have no experience with boys myself, but my girls, from 13 to 17, (and up) were rebellious, and sneaky, which seems to be par for the course according to friends and acquaintances in similar situations. You can't be with them all the time and can't monitor their every move. Any of us could be that family, I'm just thankful my kids lived through that age without a major crisis, but there quite a few minor ones to be sure.




I don't want to say zero, but I'm pretty sure it's close. My now 25 year old actually apologised to us a couple years ago for being, as she said, evil, possessed, and a b!tch. They do listen, it just takes a long time for them to hear it. She now has two girls of her own, what are those curses, "may you turn out to be like your mother"?, or "may your children turn out like mine'? I dunno, I'm sure it's been tough for every generation to raise kids.


I've often tried this analogy - "If you are driving to Peru would you not be seeking out other people who have made the trip and question them about any "pitfalls" and areas of concern"?.............................Pretty well always fell on deaf ears!
 

Mowich

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I don't remember names, but if she's the one that walked out and "bleep" and flipped the bird, yeah, I saw it. The entitlement of not only the millennials but a lot of today's society is pretty appalling. Good thing Andrew Younghusband is a Newf, most anyone from any other part of the country would have quit the show in disgust long ago.

Yes, she is the one who swore at the panel, gave them the bird then huffed off the set. How Andrew keeps his cool is a mystery to me when he is faced with such ignorance, disdain, pernicious conduct and inability to admit her obvious failures
 

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I've often tried this analogy - "If you are driving to Peru would you not be seeking out other people who have made the trip and question them about any "pitfalls" and areas of concern"?.............................Pretty well always fell on deaf ears!


Not completely deaf ears; what a teenager hears is, "blah blah...driving... blah...Peru...blah ba-blah...people...blah blah...trip...blah ba-blah...selfie...blah blah party...with a Latino, (or Latina if it's a guy)...selfie...hit send...blah blah..."

The stoner wife of my step son does all those things.


I do feel blessed, or lucky, my oldest kicked her last BF to the curb and has been off dating for three years now since he wrecked her car and she lost her job because of it, (she needed it for work), but there was more to it than that. He wasn't texting or anything, it wasn't even his fault according to the cops and ins. company, but he was just a crap driver that put himself in a risky situation where he couldn't avoid an even crappier driver.

Yes, she is the one who swore at the panel, gave them the bird then huffed off the set. How Andrew keeps his cool is a mystery to me when he is faced with such ignorance, disdain, pernicious conduct and inability to admit her obvious failures



Yup, a real class act, it'll be interesting how this season goes. I guess I'll have to start PVR'ing it now.
 

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