Category Archives: hurt feelings

Talking about weight with children

Since 1980, the number of overweight kids has tripled. According to WebMD, it is harder for parents to broach the issue of weight with their kids, than even sex or drugs. Is it a difficult issue for your family to … Continue reading

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Sarcasm

sar·casm-–noun 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms. Are you a fan of sarcasm? Are you a sarcastic person? I saw this the other day and it gave me a new meaning of sarcasm. I’d never thought of praise being sarcastic unless you fell or dropped … Continue reading

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Should We Teach Our Kids To Fight Back?

This was the Good Question last night on the news. What do you think? Both of our boys were very different. Jason was a lot quieter and a went pretty much under the radar for most of his youth. He … Continue reading

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Fair is fair…or is it?

Well. Where do I start? We’ve had a very interesting last 5 days. As you all now Bailey is on the traveling baseball team for our town. This was something he had to try out for. Something we had to pay for. … Continue reading

Posted in abilities, advice, athletes, baseball, boys, competition, competitive, disappointment, discipline, encourage, fairness, feelings, friendships, humiliation, hurt feelings, kids, life lessons, losing, sports, tournaments, Uncategorized, winning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

Free Chat Thursday

I laugh every time I look at this picture I used today. I could use a good laugh, as many of us can. So enjoy, I hope it made you laugh too!  🙂 I wonder if this guy knows about this picture! I’m … Continue reading

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Free Chat Thursday

Morning all! I’m just a mixture of emotions this week. I apologize if this gets too negative Nelly on ya! Laura’s post from some time ago , When Tragedy Strikes, keeps coming back to me. I’m sending you to the part II of … Continue reading

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Slammed for their size

As long as we were talking about this, I came across these examples. I’m not sure if directors and movie stars have a “union” of their own or how it works but where does discrimination come into play?

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To fat to fly?

When this first became news I wasn’t going to write about it. I know we are, well a lot of us are anyway, trying to lose weight and I didn’t want to rub salt into any wounds but it’s just … Continue reading

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Being honest or being mean. Is there a difference?

I’ve been thinking of this post for most of the week and trying to think of wording it the right way. I guess to me, it comes down to either being nice to someone or telling a little white lie … Continue reading

Posted in adults, behavior, choices, courtesy, differences, disappointment, disrespect, emotions, feelings, friends, friendships, getting along, habits, honesty, hurt, hurt feelings, kindness, life lessons, manners, opinionated, opinions, people, personality, relationships, rudeness, sadness, selfish, sports, stupid people, things, thinking, thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 22 Comments

I’m Sorry…. so sorry….

Kanye West, in a drunken stupor, grabs the microphone from Taylor Swift and humiliates her (and himself) on national TV. Serena Williams, in a stunning show of sportsmanship, cusses out a Line Judge, on national TV. Rep. Joe Wilson, in … Continue reading

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A Sisters Bond

I grew up with my oldest sister whose ten years my senior. My other two sisters, I didn’t even know I had until I was 12. I’m the baby of all of us. My oldest, Missie and I had 12 … Continue reading

Posted in adults, behavior, childhood, differences, emotions, family, family feuds, family tree, favorite, feelings, guilt, hurt feelings, jealousy, kids, love, memories, people, relationships, sister, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Teacher accused of slapping a boy

I was going to write a post about this and then I came across this “Good To Know” segment that Don Shelby had and I really couldn’t have said it better myself. “A story Wednesday night got a lot of … Continue reading

Posted in behavior, bullying, childhood, children, choices, education, emotions, fears, feelings, fighting, getting along, hurt feelings, kids, kindness, learning, life lessons, memories, peer pressure, people, problems, school, teachers, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

The Dreaded Bullying

I absolutely HATE bullying of any kind.  Bullying is so mean.  Teasing is also mean but I feel that for the most part, teasing is meant as “someone likes you” because if someone doesn’t like you, they won’t waste their … Continue reading

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David Letterman and Comedians

I’m sure there are a lot of you that really like comedians. I know I’ve had plenty of “discussions” with my mom about this but I have to say, I’m not a fan in any way of stand up comedy. … Continue reading

Posted in adults, behavior, celebrities, choices, comedians, comedy, emotions, fairness, feelings, funny, humiliate, humor, hurt feelings, jokes, kids, laughs, opinions, pain, people, regret, sorry, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

When is it time to stop driving??

This is such a sensitive issue but one that I’ve been thinking about a lot.  When is it time for someone to surrender their drivers licence?  I’ve done some reading on it and here are two articles in case your interested in reading them.  Me … Continue reading

Posted in abilities, activities, adulthood, age, aging, behavior, cars, change, changes, children, control, driving, emotions, family, fears, feelings, freedoms, future, getting hurt, getting old, humiliate, hurt feelings, life, parent's, people, responsibility, things, thoughts, worry, worrying | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

How do you behave?

I need to talk honestly to you all.  I really need and want to know what kind of blogging etiquette there is and what you follow?  We’ve had a squabble on here over a stupid joke.  This has happened to me … Continue reading

Posted in arguments, behavior, blogging, blogs, choices, differences, emotions, feelings, fun, humor, hurt feelings, jokes, laughs, opinions, people, polite, problems, rudeness, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments

Laura need our advice on this folks

Ok, I have a question that, if you want to use it, I would like to put to your readers….  They seem like a pretty level-headed bunch, so I’m thinking they can help me out. Hot Rod is going to … Continue reading

Posted in advice, behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, education, emotions, fears, feelings, hurt feelings, kids, learning, memories, opinions, parent's, people, school, things | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Who is that??

They say an elephant never forgets.  So then Jason must be one.  That guy never seems to forget a face. I’m sure there must be those of us who forget someone we have met before.  There was a time I … Continue reading

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“Just kidding”

There was recently a story on the news about this but I’ll be darned if I can remember which channel I was watching at the time and I’ve tried finding it but like anything else, when you’re looking, it’s nowhere … Continue reading

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What kind of a kid were you?

I have been a member of Classmates.com for a long time now.  Maybe 5 years or so.  I just pay the minimum each year.  I find it fun going there every now and then to see if I can find … Continue reading

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Is it to late to say I’m sorry?

MOM,   It never dawned on me until I was in the shower the other night thinking to myself “Bailey will never understand the amount of love Nicole and I have for him until he has a child of his … Continue reading

Posted in adulthood, age, anger, behavior, childhood, choices, differences, emotions, fears, feelings, forgivness, getting along, growing up, hurt feelings, i love you, kids, life, life lessons, love, memories, mom, pain, parent's, people, regret, relationships, saying sorry, son's, thoughts, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Valentines

I’ve seen this topic on quite a few blogs and it was on an afternoon talk show yesterday.  Who should your kids give Valentines to?Should they be given to the whole class?  Here’s a little article I found on it … Continue reading

Posted in activities, behavior, childhood, children, choices, differences, disappointment, emotions, fears, feelings, friendship, hurt feelings, i love you, kids, kindness, life, life lessons, love, manners, memories, people, popularity, school, things, valentines, valentines day | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

How long can we blame our parents?

When Nikki wrote this post, it got me to thinking about letting go of things “we” felt were wrong with our childhood.  Of course I’m not talking about her story or stories of abuse or horrific situations.  I’m talking about … Continue reading

Posted in adulthood, adults, anger, arguments, behavior, blame, brother, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, family, fears, feelings, fighting, forgivness, getting along, growing up, hurt feelings, jealousy, life, life lessons, love, parent's, people, problems, relationships, siblings, sister, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Sisters by Heart

How would you feel if after 13 years of knowing one man to be your father, you find out he may not be? This is what happened to my sister. It wasn’t long after I had learned that I had 2 … Continue reading

Posted in adults, afraid, behavior, changes, childhood, children, choices, differences, emotions, family, Father's, fears, feelings, growing up, humiliate, hurt feelings, memories, mistakes, mom's, parent's, people, problems, relationships, sadness, things, thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

A son’s a son until he takes a wife??

I read a book by Debbie Macomber recently.  I’m not sure if your familiar with her or not.  Her style is a small town kind of life and her characters are the “behind the scenes” kind of people.  Like the people who own and run … Continue reading

Posted in anger, bad habits, behavior, bossy, bullying, choices, daughters, differences, disappointment, emotions, fairness, family, feelings, happiness, hurt feelings, husbands, in-laws, jealousy, life, love, marriage, parent's, people, son's, things, traditions, Uncategorized, wives, women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 42 Comments