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General => Archive => Topic started by: VFS on June 01, 2009, 08:43:26 PM
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So he was told to call by 7pm since it's a school night. The past half dozen times he's gone out he's either called late or else called on time to wheel and deal more time out of his night so I made it perfectly clear and insisted he acknowledge that he understood me when I said to call no later than 7. And when he's late it's never more than 30 minutes.
So 7 came and went, but no phone call.
At 7:19 the one person he knows who drives called looking for him. That's one person he wasn't off someplace with at least.
At 7:30 i started getting angry and had my other son call down the road to his friends' house to see what's going on. No answer. Other son suggested perhaps older boy would call at 8pm and claim that he had thought that he was supposed to call at that time, so I thought perhaps he was a little shit and that was accurate.
8pm came and went. So did our patience.
We were now very angry and a little worried. Other son called several friends to see if anyone knew anything. Nobody did.
8:30pm came. He was now 90 minutes late and it was dark out. We live in a rural area with long stretches of no houses and no streetlights. We began to get extremely worried. I called the biggest local Emergency Room and asked whether they had any unidentified teenage boys. They did not.
I called the local small town police and asked if they had any incidents with teenage boys in my town tonight. They assured me there were no incidents, complaints, nor accidents. I was half relieved to be crossing things off the list, and half afraid that I would never find him if he wasn't in an ER or police station at this point.
It was now 8:45pm. My husband and other son went out looking for him. I waited by the phone, and got online to listen to the online police scanner for the area, praying that I wouldn't hear anything about my son. I heard a call about a man passed out on a front lawn, one about a man bleeding from the ears with no known reason, and one about a woman in active seizure. Nothing that could be my son. I was relieved... but still so worried.
At 9:00 my husband called to say he hasn't seen him and to ask if I heard from him. I hadn't.
At 9:25 my husband and son got back home - but still without finding older boy. He was now missing for two and a half hours. I immediately called the second biggest ER in the area. They didn't reassure me as quickly - they wanted his name first, and took their time letting me know he wasn't there. Called the next nearest town's police department. They didn't have any unidentified teenage boys in accidents or incidents.
I spent the next fifteen minutes (which seemed like an hour) desperately searching the phone book and online for the phone number to the last local ER but couldn't find it anyplace - just one central number to a phone line that probably shut down at 5pm. After fifteen useless frantic minutes I was panicked and asked my husband to please call information and get the damn number and call for me. He called information, got the number, called it... and was greeted with "Plate Glass Company!". He called information again, now more agitated and rushed, and finally got the right number, and was relieved to find that our son was not in the final possible hospital.... but where WAS HE??
We called his friend one last time but got no answer. My husband put my middle son back in the car and said that they were going down there and pounding on the door until someone answered and if it didn't work they were going searching again. I waited and waited and waited. I finally called the state troopers and they told me that I should speak to a trooper ASAP and to call back if he wasn't found this time and they'd send out a patrol to get his description and what he was wearing and stuff. This was my worst nightmare coming true.
Twenty minutes later, I heard my husband arrive... and as the front door opened to the house, I heard my husband say "we got him!"
The boy stumbled in... he and his friend had fallen asleep. They slept thru all the phone calls, the banging on the door. The friend's sister had gotten home and was there this time to answer the door and tell middle boy to go in and jump on them to wake them up, saying her brother sleeps like a dead person.
I was speechless. Speechless. Relieved. Furious. Incredulous.
Speechless.
Oldest boy went to bed in short order, claiming exhaustion but no doubt wanting to avoid more drama. On his way to his own bedroom, middle boy complained offhandedly that one of his ears was bothering him. He's a dirty boy in general, and has bad seasonal allergies, so I figured I'd just pull mom-rank and make him let me q-tip his ear for him. As I was cleaning his ear out, still silent and speechless from the evening for the most part, he commented, ""i'm starting to build up an immunity or tolerance or something because now you can stick it further in there and it doesn't... like... make my throat feel weird anymore".
So I said, "that's what she said".
Needless to say he just about shit himself with laughter, and I apologetically explained that I don't often get a setup like that. Then I started to laugh.
All's well that ends well I guess.
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I love your stories.
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Fan-freaking-tastic.
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I was wondering when a thread about this was going to appear :lol
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hahahahahha gold ending. you should chalk it up to boys will be boys, i did forget to call/ go back on time some times, it happens when you are out having fun and your mind wonders.
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:lol man. my kids. what the fuck. the parent curse really works. "I HOPE WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS THEY"RE JUST AS MUCH TROUBLE AS YOU WERE".
ugh. i better go to bed soon!
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This made my night, seriously
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You're awesome.
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Yeah, I remember being 15 and strung out on Thorazine.
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I love your stories.
Great read, I was on edge! But without the hilarity of it all, that's a grim and very scary situation that I myself have caused numerous times when I was younger. Thank goodness your boy was alright, you really had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Glad to hear it, Jen.
...But yeah, children (no matter the age) are little twats, huh? Gotta love 'em. :P
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I love your stories.
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First time I got a taste of that was actually before I was a parent. I took my friend's teenage son to see Queensryche/DT/Fates Warning, along with another guy I really knew only from another message board who I had also met at a gig previously. Unfortunately, we got there a bit late toward the end of Fates' set. As we had gotten through the turnstyle, another group of people I knew were about a minute or so behind me in line. I told the teenager (Travis) that I wanted to wait and say hi to my other friends. He wanted to see what he could of Fates, so he said he was going in.
A few minutes later, I go in...and he and the other guy I don't know aren't in their seats. Odd. But it was only a couple of minutes, so maybe they hit the men's room and the snack shack or something. Two songs later, Fates ends their set. Still no sign of Travis and the other guy. Hmm...I'm annoyed, but not overly. No big deal. Intermission comes and goes. No Travis. I'm really concerned.
DT opens with The Glass Prison, which is Travis' ultimate favorite DT song. Surely he will show up any second. ... ... ... Every few seconds, I'm turning around scanning the aisleways and other places instead of being able to pay attention to the show. TGP comes and goes. Pretty soon, a couple more songs do the same. I leave my seat, and I'm walking all over the venue. I check the restrooms. I check the snack shack. I go to the security booth.
Me: Has anyone gotten sick, or gotten in a fight, or anything like that?
Lady: No.
Me: Has anyone been taken away in a police car?
Lady: No.
Me: An ambulance?
Lady: No.
Me: Can you call one, please?
Lady: ??? Why?
Me: He's going to need one when I find him.
I walk ALL OVER THE FRIGGIN' VENUE! Finally, I find them both up in the nosebleeds way up at the top. They said security looked at their tickets and said that's where the seats were. Yes, the seat numbers were right. But they were in the entirely wrong section. Did the fact that there were 10 empty rows of people IN FRONT OF THEM clue them in? Apparently not.
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Great story, but more than anything it leaves me wondering how a 15 year old boy ends up falling asleep before 7:00. That's too late for a nap and way too early to go to bed, and he was with a friend. That just makes no sense, they were up to something, or doing something to get them to sleep that early.
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Great story, but more than anything it leaves me wondering how a 15 year old boy ends up falling asleep before 7:00. That's too late for a nap and way too early to go to bed, and he was with a friend. That just makes no sense, they were up to something, or doing something to get them to sleep that early.
This. I'm thinking either sex or drug related but hey I'm just one guy.
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damn. thats stupid. teenagers don't use their brain, that's for sure.
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I used to go out with my friends sometimes and end up staying out overnight and forget to ring my parents to say where I was (oh, and ask for permission, of course). My parents never went nuts at all. Ever. If I forgot to ring that night, I just rang the next morning and I never got yelled at, they were always chilled out, didn't seem to have worried much at all. I was fairly well-behaved for a teenager, so they trusted me not to do anything wrong, or that I was staying somewhere safe. Plus, I wasn't overly socially inclined, so I think they were just happy to see me get out and spend time with people.
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I used to go out with my friends sometimes and end up staying out overnight and forget to ring my parents to say where I was (oh, and ask for permission, of course). My parents never went nuts at all. Ever. If I forgot to ring that night, I just rang the next morning and I never got yelled at, they were always chilled out, didn't seem to have worried much at all. I was fairly well-behaved for a teenager, so they trusted me not to do anything wrong, or that I was staying somewhere safe. Plus, I wasn't overly socially inclined, so I think they were just happy to see me get out and spend time with people.
im kinda like that as well. if im back at my parents for a weekend or something, i rarely call telling them i wont be home, they know im honest about everything, and that i dont do stupid things anymore. trust is golden.
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I'm the 4th child in my family, so my parents never really gave a crap when I was out doing something, or how late I came home. Plus, I was always honest about what I was doing and never got into any trouble, so they trusted me.
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I don't get the 'banned' part but damn, he must be such a heavy sleeper. o _o
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Yeah, I remember being 15 and strung out on Thorazine.
:lol this strikes me funny. I hope you're kidding.
Thank goodness your boy was alright, you really had me sitting on the edge of my seat. Glad to hear it, Jen.
...But yeah, children (no matter the age) are little twats, huh? Gotta love 'em. :P
Thanks, me too... and yes they are! :P
10 empty rows of people
How do you know for sure it wasn't 10 empty rows of elephants?
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Great story, but more than anything it leaves me wondering how a 15 year old boy ends up falling asleep before 7:00. That's too late for a nap and way too early to go to bed, and he was with a friend. That just makes no sense, they were up to something, or doing something to get them to sleep that early.
Easy, yesterday was Monday and it came on the heels of a weekend. It's never easy for him to get up at 5:30am and stay up all day on Monday, considering his weekends consist of sleeping until almost noon and staying up till midnight. I've caught him drunk and he definitely wasn't drunk. I've seen him on pot too and this time he didn't have stale weed breath or red eyes. And he's generally got a way better head on his shoulders than to just take random pills.
I don't get the 'banned' part but damn, he must be such a heavy sleeper. o _o
What "banned" part?
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I didn't get the banned part either...after the ear cleaning.
And teenagers brains are wired differently..medically..seriously look it up. The patterns are just fucked...including sleep. It's what keeps them up..WAY late..and makes them not want to get up until noon.
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Their frontal lobes are also not fully developed. Cut your kid a little slack.
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Puzzled by the banned part as well. Is this another hidden word filter to amuse Bosk; like the smile thing?
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What banned part? What are you all talking about? ???
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Puzzled by the banned part as well. Is this another hidden word filter to amuse Bosk; like the smile thing?
The phrase "that's what she said" got out of control before the forum crash, so a word filter was applied...
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Puzzled by the banned part as well. Is this another hidden word filter to amuse Bosk; like the smile thing?
The phrase "that's what she said" got out of control before the forum crash, so a word filter was applied...
I know. That was then. What does that have to do with this thread? It's not filtered out at all, so what are you all talking about. ???
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yeah, I knew about the filter, but I'm not seeing it being applied to her post
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It is being applied for me...
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yeah, I knew about the filter, but I'm not seeing it being applied to her post
Oldest boy went to bed in short order, claiming exhaustion but no doubt wanting to avoid more drama. On his way to his own bedroom, middle boy complained offhandedly that one of his ears was bothering him. He's a dirty boy in general, and has bad seasonal allergies, so I figured I'd just pull mom-rank and make him let me q-tip his ear for him. As I was cleaning his ear out, still silent and speechless from the evening for the most part, he commented, ""i'm starting to build up an immunity or tolerance or something because now you can stick it further in there and it doesn't... like... make my throat feel weird anymore".
So I said, "I would love to be banned".
Needless to say he just about shit himself with laughter, and I apologetically explained that I don't often get a setup like that. Then I started to laugh.
All's well that ends well I guess.
I've got a pretty good guess based on context, but before learning that there was a word filter involved, it just seemed nonsensical to me.
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So wait - there was a word filter on before, but not now? The opening post is not word filtered at all. It says "That's what she said". But until someone mentioned being confused at the word banned, the word banned was not used in the thread at all
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Some sort of shenanigans is afoot here...
Oldest boy went to bed in short order, claiming exhaustion but no doubt wanting to avoid more drama. On his way to his own bedroom, middle boy complained offhandedly that one of his ears was bothering him. He's a dirty boy in general, and has bad seasonal allergies, so I figured I'd just pull mom-rank and make him let me q-tip his ear for him. As I was cleaning his ear out, still silent and speechless from the evening for the most part, he commented, ""i'm starting to build up an immunity or tolerance or something because now you can stick it further in there and it doesn't... like... make my throat feel weird anymore".
So I said, "that's what she said".
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So wait - there was a word filter on before, but not now? The opening post is not word filtered at all. It says "I would love to be banned". But until someone mentioned being confused at the word banned, the word banned was not used in the thread at all
Depending on your membergroup, some members can see the word and some can't. I can't because I'm in the lowest rank.
Someone tell us what the word is!
EDIT - Or maybe not? Looks like people from different groups can't see it.
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So wait - there was a word filter on before, but not now? The opening post is not word filtered at all. It says "I would love to be banned". But until someone mentioned being confused at the word banned, the word banned was not used in the thread at all
Depending on your membergroup, some members can see the word and some can't. I can't because I'm in the lowest rank.
Someone tell us what the word is!
It's a phrase, rather than a word...the reverse of the following (since before, all permutations of the phrase got filtered):
said
she
what
that's
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Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
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Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
So there's some other criteria, by which I can see it, and othere's can't? I can both post it and read it with no filtering...
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Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
THAT"S WHAT SHE SAID
PS. Nothing is filtered out for me, but obviously you're messing with people, so I'll just write it like that so those who are being messed with know what is being fucked with and ruining posts without the rest of the forum realizing their posts are even being wrecked :)
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Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
THAT"S WHAT SHE SAID
PS. Nothing is filtered out for me, but obviously you're messing with people, so I'll just write it like that so those who are being messed with know what is being fucked with and ruining posts without the rest of the forum realizing their posts are even being wrecked :)
I can see that. But the first post just has "I would love to be banned" in place of that.
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Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
THAT"S WHAT SHE SAID
PS. Nothing is filtered out for me, but obviously you're messing with people, so I'll just write it like that so those who are being messed with know what is being fucked with and ruining posts without the rest of the forum realizing their posts are even being wrecked :)
I can see that. But the first post just has "I would love to be banned" in place of that.
I know, because obviously there's a word filter only applying to some people. That shows up because I made an alteration to bypass the extremely primitive word filter.
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That's what she said
Thats what she said
It doesn't even apply to people who have bad grammar. :P
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Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
Puzzled by the banned part as well. Is this another hidden word filter to amuse Bosk; like the smile thing?
The phrase "that's what she said" got out of control before the forum crash, so a word filter was applied...
I know. That was then. What does that have to do with this thread? It's not filtered out at all, so what are you all talking about. ???
That's what I"m wondering. ???
yeah, I knew about the filter, but I'm not seeing it being applied to her post
Exactly.
Membergroups have nothing to do with it. The filter has been on since the board was set up and applies regardless of membergroup.
You sure? You talking about global or local permissions?
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/justjen/notfiltered.jpg)
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oh wait. this is probably like the easter egg DVD thing. haha, very funny. yeah, it's filtered. :neverusethis:
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oh wait. this is probably like the easter egg DVD thing. haha, very funny. yeah, it's filtered. :neverusethis:
No, I'm not joking... it really is filtered. Login to my account if you want proof. :P
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So I said, "I would love to be banned".
It's filtered for me too. I'm seriously not joking.
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Not filtered for me. What theme is everyone using?
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Not filtered - default smf white theme. *cooperates with theory*
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Not filtered - default smf white theme. *cooperates with theory*
Filtered - default smf white theme. Fucks theory.
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I tried three different themes and its filtered for all of them... default smf included, as well as the two dark BCSL themes
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Didn't think it had anything to do with theme. Membergroups?
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Didn't think it had anything to do with theme. Membergroups?
Nope. cthrubuoy and I are both no stars. I'm filtered, he's not.
What about the "smile" filter? You have that one?
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Didn't think it had anything to do with theme. Membergroups?
You're a DT.net member and it's not filtered, but so is SeaWolf and it's filtered for him.
Its a mystery. :|
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Didn't think it had anything to do with theme. Membergroups?
Nope. cthrubuoy and I are both no stars. I'm filtered, he's not.
What about the "smile" filter? You have that one?
When I write smile, I see smile.
(just in case that is filtered, I wrote jizz)
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I wonder if the filter for milkshake still works?
EDIT: yep :tup
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Didn't think it had anything to do with theme. Membergroups?
Nope. cthrubuoy and I are both no stars. I'm filtered, he's not.
What about the "smile" filter? You have that one?
When I write smile, I see smile.
(just in case that is filtered, I wrote jizz)
I see the word smile when you say jizz... so... theres something weird goin on with the filters
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Geez, at least if it's the same rules for everyone I can see that my posts are being fucked with so I can bypass the simplistic attempt at a filter, but this way, I don't even know in what ways posts are being changed for kicks.
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So, you're saying some people's smile is different from other people's?
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hef, I'm saying some people don't get smile at all. :sadpanda:
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One more reason not to have kids.
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Not filtered for me. What theme is everyone using?
not filtered - light2
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smile
that's what she said.
chalk it up to mischeviousness to fool us or not-quite-right settings. either way, :mehlin
(https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/justjen/notfiltered2.jpg)
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Get with the hypothesis Jen, we've ruled that out. Sometimes I think you didn't even see my school project at all. It was about aids.
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Gee.......I'm a mod and it's filtered for me. WTF?
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All I know is that there is clearly a lot of milkshake going on here.
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Back to the op. Inhalants like glue can also resemble very closely the events with your son as you describe. Of course, not knowing him or the situation personally, many of us would theorize this as a possibility. Two teen boys, sleeping at 7 pm? Sounds a bit fishy is all.
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Hey people, how about we leave the judging to the person who actually knows the situation instead of assuming the worst based on a boy being asleep.
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Back to the op. Inhalants like glue can also resemnle very cloesly the events with your son as you describe. Of course, not knowing him or the situation personally, many of us would theorize this as a possibility. Two teen boys, sleeping at 7 pm? Sounds a bit fishy is all.
no WAY. totally not my kid. since you don't know him and I do, you're gonna have to trust me on that. he's on the honor roll, he's a hardcore bodybuilder, and he's generally a smart and responsible kid.
that being said, we now are reasonably sure that those two got into some non-tobacco before passing out. going back over some things and considering the other kid, and past experiences a long time ago, it all adds up. This right here is why he hasn't hung out with other kid in a good 9 months, and I don't see it happening again any time soon.
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Hey people, how about we leave the judging to the person who actually knows the situation instead of assuming the worst based on a boy being asleep.
No judging, just speculation. From one parent to another, perhaps some friendly advice to at least be on the look out for certain things. She already explained throughout the buildup of the story how anxious she felt, and caused us all to feel her nervous tension, and if you have kids, you'll appreciate the worry and concern leads to questioning the situation. Besides the level of detail almost lends itself to a response. It's not like she simply posted "My kid was supposed to be home at 7, and came home at 9:30 cause he fell asleep at a friends house". There was more detail provided that lent itself "as a parent" to speculate on the cause. Also, as for my post, read it again. I said "Of course, not knowing him or the situation personally, many of us would theorize this as a possibility". It's not like anyone posted "HEY JEN ALL YOUZ KIDZ SNORT PEANUT BUTTER!" It was more an FYI from one parent to another. I don't know Jens kids, although I know of them. But she also knows me enough that I don't judge anyway, and she's the one who counts. So :chill baby!
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I wasn't talking to you specifically. ;) Many others making claims too
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"HEY JEN ALL YOUZ KIDZ SNORT PEANUT BUTTER!"
You know, I better go check the cabinets. I am pretty sure the last time he blew his nose I found peanut chunks in the trash along with the tissue. HE IS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE. :censored
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I wasn't talking to you specifically. ;) Many others making claims too
The Administration and Management of this board would take them all outside and shoot them in the face with a bazooka if they felt anyone was mindlessly blasting on her children. Thank you. :biggrin:
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I didn't say anyone was, just saying that people don't need to assume the worst based on their own lives. If anyone knows their own children, it's Jen.
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just saying that people don't need to assume the worst based on their own lives.
This sentence makes no sense. Are you implying we should base experience on someone elses life, or that our kids do bad things? :biggrin:
As your Jens obvious bodyguard, it appears I have offended your sensibilities through my lack of communication. So, I'll stop trying now. We wouldn't want any of us parents of drug induced kids, to offer an opinion.
Again, just :chill. No one is suggesting anything. :)
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you have a drug-induced kid? :( that sucks.
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Hey, I'm not the one who needs the pill. You didn't need to take such offense to a statement not even pointed directly at you. I think it's more sensible to trust the parent who knows the situation rather than generalized statements from strangers :)
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WOULD YOU BOTH SHUT UP ALREADY
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you have a drug-induced kid? :( that sucks.
Yeah I caught him with some Smuckers stowed away in his backpack on the last day of school. An honor student no less. :(
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I think it's more sensible to trust the parent who knows the situation rather than generalized statements from strangers :)
.....and reasonable advice us unwelcomed it seems. :biggrin:
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I think it's more sensible to trust the parent who knows the situation rather than generalized statements from strangers :)
.....and reasonable advice us unwelcomed it seems. :biggrin:
us as can be.
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I think it's more sensible to trust the parent who knows the situation rather than generalized statements from strangers :)
.....and reasonable advice us unwelcomed it seems. :biggrin:
us as can be.
:lol :lol I feel like Bill Clinton!
That was supposed to be "IS", not us. :lol
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I think it's more sensible to trust the parent who knows the situation rather than generalized statements from strangers :)
.....and reasonable advice us unwelcomed it seems. :biggrin:
us as can be.
:lol :lol I feel like Bill Clinton!
That was supposed to be "IS", not us. :lol
Start drinking early today? :biggrin:
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I think it's more sensible to trust the parent who knows the situation rather than generalized statements from strangers :)
.....and reasonable advice us unwelcomed it seems. :biggrin:
us as can be.
:lol :lol I feel like Bill Clinton!
That was supposed to be "IS", not us. :lol
Start drinking early today? :biggrin:
Not enough apparently.............................................must be the caffeine. :lol
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What the hell is going on here?
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What the hell is going on here?
Seriously, wtf happened to this epic thread?
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What the hell is going on here?
There is nothing to see here *kicks skull under the desk* move along now please.
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What the hell is going on here?
There is nothing to see here *kicks intern under the desk* move along now please.
:omg:
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What the hell is going on here?
There is nothing to see here *kicks intern under the desk* move along now please.
:omg:
I would truly be like Senor Clinton if that were the case. Uh-oh!
Before that rumor gets started.......for the record TempusVox is NOT Bill Clinton, although I have met him a few times when my wife worked on Capitol Hill, (Once she answered her office phone and he asked for her, and she asked him who was calling and he answered "The President." and she asked, "The President of what?" So he reminded her of that, we had a good laugh, and I had the chance to talk music with him, and in fact told him to check out DT. He asked me "Is that some Broadway thing?" :lol :lol Legitimate question judging by the name- but I told him they were progressive metal.) and although he was a very personable guy, I wasn't a fan of his politics. :biggrin:
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All people wondering about the filtering/non-filtering... Go poke around in your profile -look and layout preferences!
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All people wondering about the filtering/non-filtering... Go poke around in your profile -look and layout preferences!
Caek girl to the rescue.
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All people wondering about the filtering/non-filtering... Go poke around in your profile -look and layout preferences!
Caek girl to the rescue.
Oh..... hmm....
Well.... now what do we do? :P
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Also, take this from an 18 year old... don't EVER think it couldn't be your kid doing those things. My parents never thought I smoked pot or anything until they caught me a few years ago. And yes, I was an honors kid. Just because a kid is smart doesn't mean they don't make dumb choices. ;)
And I'd say it sounds more like smoking pot than sniffing glue... I always have to take a nap after I toke up :lol
But on the other hand, I have been at my ex-girlfriends house before watching tv on the couch and just fallen asleep. Its not THAT uncommon, but you also can't rule out that they were doing they weren't supposed to be doing. ;)
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When are you people going to address my monkey argument?
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When are you people going to address my monkey argument?
indeed.
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I knew it was pot :P
Anyway, glad you found him and all is well.
For the record, that shit was filtered for me too and I got very confused.
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When are you people going to address my monkey argument?
One day, this may in fact happen.
But not today.
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Not yet tomorrow. Then some other day.
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Now it makes sense -- and now I can see why it was funny to begin with.
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My first guess was that they were smoking non-tobacco. It just seemed to fit. Also, yeah, he may have been really tired from the weekend and getting up early on Monday and all, but that's also why it knocked him out so badly. I was Honor Roll, National Honor Society, all that good stuff, and got stoned practically every day, at school and after. My folks thought I was a "good kid" (which I was; I just liked to get stoned too).
None of the text was filtered for me, so I was confused when people started talking about the "banned" stuff. They in turn were confused because of the "banned" stuff. It's all so confusing.
ETA: I'm glad he's okay, though. Chalk it up as a learning experience for everyone involved.
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I just thought I'd point out that I snorted peanut butter as a child and I turned out fine. :millahhhh
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Also, take this from an 18 year old... don't EVER think it couldn't be your kid doing those things. My parents never thought I smoked pot or anything until they caught me a few years ago. And yes, I was an honors kid. Just because a kid is smart doesn't mean they don't make dumb choices. ;)
And I'd say it sounds more like smoking pot than sniffing glue... I always have to take a nap after I toke up :lol
But on the other hand, I have been at my ex-girlfriends house before watching tv on the couch and just fallen asleep. Its not THAT uncommon, but you also can't rule out that they were doing they weren't supposed to be doing. ;)
I'll echo all of this ... I've always been regarded as a fairly intelligent well behaved person and as an athlete, but I've definitely done more than my fair share of "bad" stuff.
I've also fallen asleep entirely innocently at ridiculous times/places though >_>