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see how popular i am? i stopped this thread. nobody else wrote after me. 🙁

Candy613- I wish them both a Refuah Shelayma. Your father is doing an amazing thing!

Yes, candy, I know you too. I’ve written to you many times on other posts. I know your parents very well. They are wonderful people and do so much chesed and I know you are following in their way. I also met your grandmother Tema A”H a number of years ago (she was friends with my mother in law). btw – you know my daughters (one was in your class) and one of your bros knows my son.

ok – midwesterner and mussar zoger – you’ve got my curiosity going. i gotta know if i know you!

wanderingchana – i don’t know if you’re still on your computer because you wrote “we’re outta here” but i hope you’re safe. it sounds like you had to leave your house? i thought if you hadn’t evacuated by now, you were supposed to remain inside. please keep us posted. k?

talk to another person!? what’s that like? has anyone here ever tried it before? why do you think i come here for family time? good thing i’m not on the east coast.

Wow! So far this is really profound!

kapusta and wiy – thanks for explaining that.

may she have a refuah shelayma.

btw – as far as girls not having as much to worry about – i guess you really don’t know much about girls. they have more to worry about – what to wear, how does my hair/make-up/everything else look? am i skinny/pretty/etc enough? girls worry because there are so many more girls out there than boys and also boys can be quite picky with looks. yes it is petty but that’s the reality.

as far as what you should wear – how about go all out and wear black pants and a white shirt? oh yeah – the black hat too.

went to camp bais yaakov in ferndale for a few years. there was a pizza shop just up the road – don’t remember the name. but it was a tiny place – but it was our big treat after a long walk.

i’ve also been to the homowack.

i remember mom’s knishes.

ah – memories!

What about Girls’ high school plays? Should they get Yeshiva bochurim to play the male parts?

Hey – good way to make shidduchim. Now we solved 2 problems! 🙂

Hi – I’m here and B”H fine. I had 2 tests and procedures this morning. Thanks to all of you for your tefilos! I really appreciate it!

Thank you my sweet Yummy Cupcake for starting this thread!

Goq – yes I am a poster. In fact i’ve commented on some of your posts in the past. btw – i’m not a “them”, i’m a “her” 🙂

Welcome aboard. Hope you will enjoy the cr as much as the rest of us do.

I just hope you don’t sting 😉

So are you really in Canada?

amen!!!!!!!!! and the same brachos (those that apply, of course) right back at ya!

Mods – any reason you didn’t let my post go through? i tried twice.

1. It had a link and an email address. 2. It was very long. -95

Last year when my daughter was in seminary, one Shabbos, she and another girl were staying at the same family. Friday night, after they had gone to bed, she saw some light shining from the other girl’s bed and realized she was texting. When my daughter told me about this, I asked if she was sure about that. Then I just figured, this girl’s not really that frum.

Now I see this thread (and it was also mentioned on another thread recently). I am totally shocked. I did not know it was so common! I do realize there are a lot of OTD teens but this sounds like we are not specifically speaking about them but about “frum” kids who see nothing wrong with texting!

I don’t know the solution, but I really hope there is some way that someone can get through to them.

Happiest – I admire you for many reasons. You are dealing with a lot in your life, and I believe you are coming through with flying colors. Stay strong! To admit that you used to text on Shabbos, takes a lot of courage. I am glad you don’t do in anymore. You’re showing your inner strength by overcoming that desire to text and also by dealing with everything else. I wish you all the best!!!

chas v’shalom – us fightening? – never

we won’t fight – not ever ever

my last two posts were about our storm last nightning

oh the loud thunder! – oh the bright lightening!

but nobody commented – nobody cared

to make our night a little less frightening 🙁

here in the midwest, it’s raining, it’s pouring

and there are tornado watches till one in the morning

the lightning is bright, the thunder is loud and roaring

our lights keep flickering and my husband is snoring

cutie – you disappoint me so!

now for dinner, i have no idea where to go!

Rabbaim – sometimes we need to just chill. especially in light of all the recent events. i think we’d go nuts if we didn’t. like bpt said “Not to worry though,Av / Elul / selicos / Rosh H/ YK is almost here, so you’ll have all the “tachlis” you want (and so desparately crave)”

also – no one is forcing you to be on this thread. this is for those of us who want to have fun.

so…. how about the phrase “at the end of the day”?

pentheraphobia (that’s for you mil – lol)

yoish (i vent to skool in villiamsburgh)

grandchild or grandchildren sounds good too, oomis. i just have to wait until i get them. hopefully not too long – first i have to marry off my oldest (she’s 20). any shadchanim out there? 😉