Quote Originally Posted by Squirt
Wow the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

How bout we focus on teen pregnancy, the divorce rate, heterosexual transmission of STD's, the astronomical amount of hetero infidelity, or the fact that the leading cause of death among pregnant women is murder by the childs father. I wont even touch the number of women aborting their children, throwing them away, or giving them up for adoption.

Nothing personal against you hun.. I love you.. but reality stings sometimes. Don't kill the messenger
I felt no sting. However I must tell you I found your use of the Yiddish expression about the apple a poor choice - even if true - not quite a fitting one for your argument. I may be the apple (I'd prefer to be a peach please), so tell me, who's the tree?

The above points you made are very true and very sad, if I didn't have a shit load of work to do, I'd rant on them along with you. You are a Father, and by all you have portrayed, a loving and sencible Dad. You know as well as I, the world is fucked, and it may just be as simple as parents not doing their JOB.

Why don't I carry any known STDs? Well, maybe by good fortune. But I know it was cause I was raised in love, by people with common sense who taught me to respect myself as a Woman and demand it in return. Always, even when my slutatude was in full rage, always- in the back of my mind was THE Voice .. with all those Lessons taught by example, that a good Parent prays will stick. Lessons that kept me heathly, unmolested and not chained to some asshole man that could leave me and his brood in poverty, or beat me to death.

What Lessons did your parental units try to give you?

I have a son, almost 20 years old. I don't know his sexuality, I assume Het, but don't really care. He has been taught:

Our Family believes that ppl should be married BEFORE they make babies.

He should not marry till he a man .. and that means being employeed and living on his own.

The best Fathers can do so much, by showing his love and respect for the Mother.

Neither roy or I NEED to be Grandparents to feel complete and wrapping that willie is the only INTELLEGENT thing to do.

From the age of 12 he's known where the condoms are kept, and the demo was a HOOT. At age 18, he told me: "Mother, if I need condoms, I know how to buy them". Now the only comdoms in the house all say Compliments of MEGA HUNG. Properly stored and with a good freshness date, I'll be slipping you guys handfulls in Vegas. Happy to show you young folk the sexy way to slip it on.

He knows that oral sex is SEX - not safe sex.

Oh the Life Lessons we have tried to pack in before he leaves and makes his own destiny. Oh please dear Lord let him remember how to identify trouble heading his way and when it is time to just walk away. How to polietly ask for a lawyer, then shut his mouth. How to kill trouble that won't turn away, with speed and control. Will the examples of others who love him always remind him that stupid decisions cost money, and prison isn't like the movies?

Let other Families worry with the above madness in the World, roy and I are about finished teaching him all we can, without smothering him. Come March `06 he's on his own, and I pray he will keep the life lessons we wired in and be all we know he can be.

So in MY World I can't worry about the above points, it only reminds me of how evil the world has become and how much like my Father, "The Fossil", I sound. I did my JOB and raised a caring and thinking man. He is moral, kind, hard working, a good Friend and seems to have gotten some of our Lessons. I also know he would die for his Momma as quickly as she would for him. He will make any fortunate person a fine Husband and Father. Yup! STick a fork in me, I'm done.

Joy! I get almost giddy thinking about some burly dude teaching that kid of mine how to store his footlocker. LOL! Today I found one of his socks in the cat box.

WhoRAH! Kick his ass Drill Sgt!
Make his Momma Proud, again.