Recent content by evilbrent

http://www.parentingforums.org/f2/intimacylessness-7072-7.html#post93048[/url] just a short note to say hi - PaterFamilias had taken time to write to me on my old thread about my marriage problems and I thought I'd respond - that thread's closed so... The short version is that 2009 was even...

So it was definitely a new experience for me to get even partly involved in the discussions of a great group of people outside my own country. And I definitely found some good words here to help me understand one or two things about myself. But Xero is right. I think I just upset people here in...

Is it possible to teach a 3 1/2 year old to pay attention? nnnnnope

anyway. maybe it's best if I just unsubscribe from this thread.

whoa whoa whoa. Calm down there Xero. A liar is someone who habitually and remorselessly says things that aren't true, all the time, even if it doesn't matter if they tell the truth just because they can. That's a Real-Liar. A person who says stuff that isn't true isn't a liar, and I never...

I don't take it to extremes. I just do Christmas differently to you. EVERYONE has a different idea of christmas, is what I'm trying to say. Some people think it's not xmas withouth midnight mass - others think it's not xmas without being drunk by midday and having fistfights on the front lawn...

The magical parts of christmas for me are: - endlessly hot summer nights with friends and family - walking through parks late at night with the kids and grandparents and family friends going to carols - beer at bbqs - putting up a pretty tree in the loungeroom - driving around to see the...

magic has to involve lying? I'm not comfortable with that.

Fiction, pretend, and imagination are in a completely different category to adults saying that things that aren't real are.

...if i had MY way we wouldn't be lying to the kids at all... The closest I can bring myself to saying, when they ask me details about Santa is "Well. The story goes that....." <SIZE size="75">Santa is the thin edge of the make-believe wedge that leads to religion, and yes, my wife is sick...

It does sound like an awful situation. Look after yourself. That's all you can really concentrate on now - looking after yourself and getting yourself grounded and settled. One day you'll be in a good position to welcome your children back into your life - and if not... you've still got a life...

The popular vote was still quite close, in the scheme of things, compared to the (what's it called?) electoral college votes.

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oh!!! Already happened huh? Cool.

...if it were _me_ I'd be quitting in an instant and I'd spent half the time rock-climbing and bike-riding and hiking.