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RebRY – as much as I agreed with your previous post, I completely disagree with this last one.
Mr/Mrs/Rabbi Goq – Okay, I am packing my son up and I told him to come to you if he needs help with his laundry, not to order diapers, to call you when he wants to talk and not to leave beer cans in the office lounge. Is that everything?
RebRY – as a BT FFB I hear you and wish I didn’t agree.
daniela – My brother has no children and sees things just as you do.
I never answer the phone if I am talking to my kids, helping them with their homework or if someone is visiting. Is that bad phone etiquette?
42 – You must be about my age.
Night is my only quiet time. On most days it is before bed or maybe not at all.
Puh -lease – with two compliments and one jerkish response, why only heed the negative?
BeHarim Harei Yehuda,
Sham Timtzeu Ir Kol Yafa
He Ha’ir shelanu Yerushalayim
V’Im Eshkacha tishkach yimini
Gam Ha’ir HaAtika,
Gam Ha’ir hachodosha,
He Ha’ir Ha Meuchada Yerushalayim
Az Bo Kulanu Na’aleh
El Makom hAchi Yafeh
B’virotaynu Bo Nichyeh Yerushalayim.
(It was a zionist camp, we sang in hebrew)
In the school I work at the kids have laptops to use for certain assignments. I went into one of the rooms and all the kids desks were turned toward the back wall. I asked the teacher why and she said it was so she could view their screens while they worked on the laptops. You just gotta be creative.
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That’s a great thread topic! Political, controversial, and leitzanus/silly are not tempting at all. The halacha threads amaze me but are over my head. I do sometimes wonder what keeps some of the threads going when I either thought, or hoped they wouldn’t.
PuhLease – I too wish you hatzlocha and commend you on not going public. I have a close friend who’s children are suffering from some of the changes she is making and it breaks my heart (both their pain and hers)
My guess is they are back in their dorms.
My husband doesnt wear glasses so Ive talked him into wearing a blindfold during the summer and I just lead him around with a rope tied to his nosering.
This is probably a naive/stupid interjection but I have several teenagers and find myself in hot spots as well. One thing I say to them which I think everyone should say, and works very well with my kids and the difficult children I work with is that I love them. When my son(s) gets me very angry I will break myself to say, “I love you very much but I cannot stand what you just did” or “I love you very much but that does not stop me from being very disappointed in your choice”. If I am speaking out of turn, forgive me. I just find that this kind of talk is very important in sustaining the groundwork of our relationship through the rockier and shakier times.
It would be an invasion of privacy to know the details, but I was just wondering if it was even true. I read it late last night and it really disturbed my sleep. I woke up concerned and would not appreciate it if it was a joke.
I think this is the funniest thread I have ever read. I did buy into the glasses but was very concerned about how much damage they could do to someone who wears them regularly. I think I may even hav bought in to the fish story for a bit . . . until it kept changing. So does this mean there may not be an Easter bunny either?
Too cool for words ☝
ybrooklynteacher – I am an OT and my job sometimes includes teaching children on my caseload to tie their shoes. I must say you are correct, there are many older children who cannot tie their shoes. It is difficult for some children to do and we recommend velcro for those who have a lot of trouble. After size 3 or so it is difficult to find velcro so these kids are now stuck with laces whether they can do it or not. The elastic spiral laces are a good eitza, but not for older kids.
Having said that, I am certainly the venting type (not proud to say) but I feel sad that teachers would consider this something to vent about. I ran a pre-school for 4 years (60 kids) and tied many laces. If one of my teachers would have told me that tying shoes too often annoyed her or affected her feelings toward the child I probably wouldn’t have hired them back.
Thanx for getting to me before the grammar police did. I think it might have been a hefty fine.
WIY – Sorry, I know, I think it’s been mentioned. For some reason my typing fingers keep forgetting. I will try to be more vigilant. (I think they default to g cuz of Hashgacha, I’m very food minded)
From a hashgafic point of view, I believe it explains the way Hashem helps us grow. When we are faced with a challenge that we find difficult, and we resist making the right choice, or we resist making the appropriate changes, then Hashem presents it many more times until it has been mastered.
PSST SiDi-I’m already on it. I have enrolled a son in every yeshiva in NY and when I go in to get the admit cards I will say “Thank you Reb Goq” at each office to see what happens. I’ll keep you posted.
It’s kind of funny that you mention those kinder chocolate eggs. If they are what I think they are, a relative brought us some from E”Y and we threw them out (after they left) because we didn’t see a recognizable hechsher. I should have asked the CR.
I have some kids who eat only C”Y and I wish the rest would. All our milk, cheese cream cheese etc. is C”Y but the only reason we didn’t make the leap was because of Shalom Bayis issues (we wouldn’t have been able to eat by the grandparents). Now that it isn’t so relevant, some of my kids are addicted to hersheys and ice cream and aren’t ready to give them up. I still have it as a goal.
Most missed product – Wacky Macs
*sniff sniff* My son goes back tonight and I’m sending a son OOT (to NY) for the first time **WAIL**
I know of one couple who moved out because they couldn’t get Cholov Yisroel milk.
Happy birthday Goq! Sorry I couldn’t weigh in yesterday but I spent the day on Hwy 80. Hope it was a good one.
WIY – Quick, take one of these parve caramels. It will cure your doublepostitis!
Awesome indeed. Til he figured it out I was just “one of the guys”
Curiosity – Funny thing, my husband had the same response.
Sam, you have really got me wondering. Never tasted, maybe. But never heard of?
Moski, Do you think my social circle is just as big as my farmhouse? I am a social wonder with friends as far east as south bend, indiana. And as far north as Skokie!
Mazel Tov musser zoger on your simcha!!!!!
I dont hear it that way at all. I was a bit skeptical about their behavior and reasoning but it sounds to me like they made their own fences to strengthen themselves, and didn’t hold their noses or gasp when you offered. I have a lot of respect for people who make their own fences and it isn’t fair to compare it to Chava who did no such thing. I would LOVE to have a smart phone and every time I play with one I want it more. The only thing stopping me is my desire to be a different kind of role model to my kids.
I have family and friends on all parts of the orthodox spectrum and I do find that those who have all the tchachkes are the ones who say there is nothing wrong with it. It may be so, but I cannot believe they are speaking objectively.
I’m not sure if our comments is what is needed. Tell us how it is working for you and anyone who doesn’t have useful help can save their comments. You are doing an amazing job and I have learned so much from all these exchanges. I have a son who is, B”H, not at risk hashgafically but many of the thoughts and feelings, and some of the abrasive behavior, that have been discussed between you and Aries and HtoH are very relevent. I am not one of his favorite people and am in that place that you speak of where my comments are considered intrusive and my lack of comments are considered lack of caring. I daven hard for you, and all the other moms, and I thank you all for sharing these struggles. As a member of the ‘peanut gallery’ though, I would rather learn than comment.
OMG Moski! I wanted to know what you look like so I looked in the mirror like you said and I was so shocked! I thought you were a guy, not an old lady. And I have the same tichel as you besides!
And a mighty respectable, compassionate, caring and funny women at that.
do you ever win?
I don’t really want people to came back if they are doing more important things and are using that time to be osek b’Torah u”mitzvos, but I wanted yo to know you were thought of.
Here’s a really funny joke. Once there were a bunch of posters who thought they were so hilarious that they couldn’t get enough of themselves. Talking in the mirror wasn’t enough for them and their friends have stopped answering their calls so they needed somewhere else to share their wit and wisdom. They found the CR and posted day and night. They imagined people rolling on the floor laughing at everything that came out of their keyboards. The punchline is that there are really no people reading their posts, the CR is really randomly generated computer posts! HAHAHAHAHAHA
Goq – Love the invite. The monogram is stunning! The marquis lights are a bit over the top but you are certainly worth it!!
zdad – I think what happened was that these guys were doing things they shouldn’t have on smartphones and their wives said, “You so much as TOUCH a smartphone and you can start packing your bags!!!” They were just honoring their wives.
I wouldn’t if he didn’t
oomis – I also think your comments are great, and not just because they are so often the same things I would have said. And not only that, I thought I was the only one who spelled Ema with an E.
I don’t allow the internet (even with a filter) to be on unless there are more than one person awake and generally it needs to be off by 11 pm, just to keep it from being nichshol. That is my hishtadlus at this time. So that’s why I didn;t see these til now.
Also – if you are telling me that being humiliated in front of “only” 40 people is any different than in front of the school, I think you are mistaken.
ybrooklynteacher – I don’t know if you are being sarcastic toward me, or at me, but I have to tell you a funny maaisa. The Rav of our community is very involved in our chessed organization and he called me up to ask if I need anything (mind you I also work in the same organization). He asked if I needed money for anything, maybe shoes. I asked him why he would call me about that. He told me someone saw my kids walking around in their socks and they assumed I needed some financial help. I could not stop laughing. But I gave a brocha to the person who cared enough to “tell on me”, I thought it was very caring.
zahavasdad – I caught my son holding a smart phone and I made him give me his shoes for a whole week.