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I Love Punishments
Oct 10, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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Things were weird yesterday.  I had numerous encounters with people whom I consider to be just downright mean and selfish.  The last one in particular was a doozy.  I was so bummed out from all of these awful people that when I saw the shooting star I just stared at it glumly, wondering if it was a message from God or if it was just plain dumb luck that I happened to be looking.

Anyway.  I get home and start doing some stuff on the computer, and my dad walks in.  He sits in a chair behind me and glares at the back of my head until I turn around.

He's angry. "You left the car window open," he accused.

"Sorry."

"In a parking lot.  Where anybody could have broken in, or stolen the registration.  They could have found out exactly who we were and where we live and practically anything about us.  All because you 'forgot.'  Was it an accident?  Maybe."

"It was."

"How do I know this stuff doesn't happen more often?  How do I know when you're driving down the road you're paying attention and not fiddling with the radio?"

"You trust that I don't."

"I don't know if I can trust you anymore.  If you keep doing stupid things like leaving windows down how can I trust you?"

He goes on for awhile, then finally gives me the ultimatum: "If you do anything like this ever again, or you have any issue whatsoever with the cars, or you're snotty, or you act up, you'll lose driving privileges for two weeks.  Are we clear?"

"Yes."

Part of me was glad the punishment wasn't worse.  The other part of me, the part that had endured selfish awful catty girls all day, wanted to throw my arms around him and say thank you.  Because it's his, and my mom's, cracking the whip over the last sixteen years of my life, I haven't turned out like those other kids.  Of course I want to hug him for that.

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bloch52 read my blog view my photos
Oct 11, 2008 | 9:02 PM

Hmmm, Help ful new. I might use that later in my life.
bloch52 read my blog view my photos
Oct 11, 2008 | 9:03 PM

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prettyinpinks read my blog view my photos
Oct 12, 2008 | 11:07 PM

Haha yes. Don't leave the car windows down, always lock it, don't break curfew EVER (even when it's 9:30 like at my house), call if/when you're late, eat your veggies, don't get anything lower than a B, don't talk back to your teachers, always dress like you're meeting someone mildly important and need to make a good first impression, brush your teeth after every meal, and if you've got a problem with something, don't you dare complain about it: you either fix it yourself or keep quiet about it.

Do all that and you'll succeed in highschool! : )
Err, I guess if you go to an independent school anyway . . . from what I've heard MPS is a little different.
sillybaby read my blog
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:29 AM

You know pretty I have raised 3 teens and 1 small young man 8 my son is a college ball player and my girls lose jobs and get jobs I did the same thing your dad did to you with my kids and they hated it always, but today 21,20 and 19 thank me for being that parent otherwise they said they would have done alot more and gotten away with it.
Katbird read my blog view my photos
Oct 13, 2008 | 10:29 AM

That's really sweet, Pinks.

"if you've got a problem with something, don't you dare complain about it: you either fix it yourself or keep quiet about it."

I don't know if I agree with that last statement though. I always encourage my kids to come to me with any problems and I help them figure out how to solve it. It's not good to keep things bottled up inside. That can cause an overload and you could explode.
prettyinpinks read my blog view my photos
Oct 13, 2008 | 12:58 PM

Well it's more along the lines of fixing it to the best of your ability, maybe not completely but enough that you can handle it, or changing the way you think about it. I hate it when people just sit around and whine and moan and it's like, "did you try anything? Or are you just going to complain?"

Obviously some things you can't change because they're too complicated or something, but I still think you can make the best of it most of the time. Hopefully.
tennis4evr read my blog view my photos
Oct 13, 2008 | 11:39 PM

Soooo true. One of my friends is a major pesimist. What ever happened to good old fashiond optimism?
prettyinpinks read my blog view my photos
Oct 15, 2008 | 7:41 AM

Tennis, I'm attempting to be more optimistic . . . trying not to let the world get me down! It's hard sometimes though . . .
tennis4evr read my blog view my photos
Oct 15, 2008 | 6:40 PM

Tell me about it. This morning all I talked about was how everything was wrong. I couldn't get my hair up the way I wanted it, my make-up was smeared, and my home work wasn't completly done. So basicly, I complained all morning. I never used to do that! I used to make the best out of it! Not only are girls caty, but it feels like we're pesimistic and a little vain to. (geeze, I've got to watch myself! I don't want to be part of that!)
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