WHen I was a kid, we were kinda poor, and so my mom made some nasty stuff like spam. She also made me eat squash and okra. What about you?
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My boyfriend’s cockatiel flew away yesterday. What are its chances of survival or return?
We were taking fireworks outside to put in his car, and his stepdad was bringing more out when she slipped out the door. It was very windy and she tried to turn around to land somewhere near the house, but the wind just blew her farther away and I could see she was a long ways away before I lost sight. (Her dot was gone before it headed for trees, and it’s a fairly flat landscape with shorter trees.) We looked for a long time after she was gone, but it was no use, she’d flown too far. I just want to know what are the chances. I know they have bad homing skills, I know they aren’t good at surviving in the wild. Especially not with all the booms from fireworks, and I think it was supposed to storm last night sometime, and there are a lot of hawks around here, and it’s very very hot out. ((Texas.)) So just give me a blunt answer; is there any chance she’ll come back, and if not, what are her chances of surviving? She was a nice bird, even if she didn’t like me(jealousy), and I don’t like to think of her being killed. ((My boyfriend and his mom both take the stance that birds aren’t meant to have their wings clipped or be kept cooped up in a cage all the time, and she’s only in a cage at night or when they take her to her big outdoor cage. I like birds a lot, and I’m all for that stance except for the heartache of losing the bird. If I ever get one, I’m clipping its wings.))
family problem?! (mom and son)?
okay so me and my mom have MAJOR problems. we are constantly fighting with each other. ever since I was little my mom always threatened to take me to military school. This was when I was like 5-7ish years old. I know a lot of kids say this, but It is usually (75 percent) not my fault. She just gets mad at me for stupid things. like me and my friend wrote a song and she got mad at me because it was “so depressing and cruel” it was for our class about survival skills. my dad is afraid to tell her that hes on my side. but things get out of hand and I occansionally blurt out a cuss word (regretfully) and I have so much frustration and hatred towards what shes done to me that I just sit in my room and cry for hours. I think that I might even hate her. please help.
Tagged cuss word, dad, family, fault, frustration, hatred, hes, ish, lot, MAJOR, military school, mom, mom and son, percent, problem, school, son, stupid things, survival skills
My mom did EVERYTHING for me…now, as an adult, I feel “handicapped”. How can I be more independent?
I love my mother, I really do. It’s just that I feel like I never got the same chance as other kids to learn and develop practical/social life skills. (I’m 20, in college near home, living at home)
My mom was a single mother, as my father had passed when I was still a baby. She was so busy with work and friends that she never had time to teach me things. Which is totally understandable. I was an only child, had zero friends, and wasn’t allowed to play outside, so I spent the majority of my time home alone.
She never allowed me to play with puzzles/paint sets/clay, etc because it was “too messy” and too much of an “ordeal”, so I learned quickly to spend all my time watching TV or drawing (with pencils only).
She did everything, from dress me & pick out my clothes as a little kid, to even doing dishes. I begged to help and to learn, but I was just told, “NO, it’s faster/easier if I just do it”.
Fast forward to my teen years, I was never allowed to learn how to drive, because my mom thought I’d just crash the car and die (either that or hit someone/thing else and go to jail). I was, and am, forbidden from studying abroad which is something I want to do so badly, if I even move out, she says she’ll disown me forever (and she’s done it to other family members, so it’s not a hollow threat).
I’m not allowed to go on rollercoasters, or learn how to surf (even though I do know how to swim, and other people had watched me and said so), when I DO happen to make a friend, I’m never allowed to go out with them unless it’s in one of her “approved” neighborhoods and if I’m home before 8PM. According to her, only rapists and gang members are out after 8PM on weeknights.
As a result, in life I am always at a loss when it comes to the most simple things, such as skateboarding, driving, or even opening a wine bottle.
I have no other family, and no friends, as I keep losing the ones I make due to my mother’s restrictions. I wish there was someone out there who I could pay to teach me these common sense skills! LOL
She won’t even let me apply to Wharton or Harvard business schools (and I have a decent shot at it), because she thinks I can’t survive on my own. (I have a job, promoted to manager, and I’m doing well. I never had trouble getting jobs, past the resume stage).
I bought a “How to Do Things” manual for basic survival skills and one for home skills. If I study and practice what’s in those books, could that sufficiently put me up to speed with everyone else? I just want freedom and independence so badly… Let me know what else could help?
Thanks!! 
Tagged adult, chance, college, everything, home, life, life skills, living at home, mom, mother
My mom did EVERYTHING for me…now, as an adult, I feel “handicapped”. How can I be more independent?
I love my mother, I really do. It’s just that I feel like I never got the same chance as other kids to learn and develop practical/social life skills. (I’m 20, in college near home, living at home)
My mom was a single mother, as my father had passed when I was still a baby. She was so busy with work and friends that she never had time to teach me things. Which is totally understandable. I was an only child, had zero friends, and wasn’t allowed to play outside, so I spent the majority of my time home alone.
She never allowed me to play with puzzles/paint sets/clay, etc because it was “too messy” and too much of an “ordeal”, so I learned quickly to spend all my time watching TV or drawing (with pencils only).
She did everything, from dress me & pick out my clothes as a little kid, to even doing dishes. I begged to help and to learn, but I was just told, “NO, it’s faster/easier if I just do it”.
Fast forward to my teen years, I was never allowed to learn how to drive, because my mom thought I’d just crash the car and die (either that or hit someone/thing else and go to jail). I was, and am, forbidden from studying abroad which is something I want to do so badly, if I even move out, she says she’ll disown me forever (and she’s done it to other family members, so it’s not a hollow threat).
I’m not allowed to go on rollercoasters, or learn how to surf (even though I do know how to swim, and other people had watched me and said so), when I DO happen to make a friend, I’m never allowed to go out with them unless it’s in one of her “approved” neighborhoods and if I’m home before 8PM. According to her, only rapists and gang members are out after 8PM on weeknights.
As a result, in life I am always at a loss when it comes to the most simple things, such as skateboarding, driving, or even opening a wine bottle.
I have no other family, and no friends, as I keep losing the ones I make due to my mother’s restrictions. I wish there was someone out there who I could pay to teach me these common sense skills! LOL
She won’t even let me apply to Wharton or Harvard business schools (and I have a decent shot at it), because she thinks I can’t survive on my own. (I have a job, promoted to manager, and I’m doing well. I never had trouble getting jobs, past the resume stage).
I bought a “How to Do Things” manual for basic survival skills and one for home skills. If I study and practice what’s in those books, could that sufficiently put me up to speed with everyone else? I just want freedom and independence so badly… Let me know what else could help?
Thanks!!
Tagged adult, chance, college, everything, home, life, life skills, living at home, mom, mother