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Boston Rob Finally Wins 'Survivor,' Goes Straight Back to Work {PopEater}

May 16th 2011 10:30PM I'm not a Survivor fan but my husband is so I have seen the show plenty of times. I'm always surprised by the indignation people voted out have that they've been played...as if they weren't doing it themselves or going to do it at some point. They DO know this game is won by being the last one standing don't they?

'Manning Up' by Kay Hymowitz: Has the Rise of Women Turned Men Into Boys? {MyDaily}

Mar 19th 2011 4:49PM I have a son who is immature in some ways. He's 29 and just went through a divorce. Having been without work he had to move 250 miles away to live with us. Fortunately, he's made the best of it. Got a full time job in EMS rescue, pays rent and does the work we can't handle ourselves anymore. He's scheduled fire and paramedic training that wasn't available to him before. The field he's in couldn't be better suited for his personality and is helping him grow into a fine man who has a worthy profession. So what if it's not on someone else's prescribed timetable and doesn't pay well? Our living situation works for us, works for him and since we're doing well, we really don't pay attention to what anyone else thinks. He'll be moving on his own soon enough. I will need him someday when I get much older and my health and finances continue to decline. Because I've been generous and kind and patient with him, I know if I need his care, it will be there for me. Exactly what is wrong with a man like that????

'Manning Up' by Kay Hymowitz: Has the Rise of Women Turned Men Into Boys? {MyDaily}

Mar 19th 2011 12:58PM Interesting comments...maybe some of them accurate. I was raised by an alcoholic father and a mother who was addicted to rage. Not having suitable role models for parents and having married a man-child I later divorced, I was a single parent who erred on the side of raising my son gently. It just so happens I married a man who believed in doting on his kids and mine was no different to him. Fortunately, although my son is somewhat immature, he is compassionate, loving and generous which has made him well-suited for his career in EMS rescue work. Since he moved up here with us he's found his calling but the pay is poor. He pays rent and helps us with the hard work of living in a large home in the woods. So far, he's pulling his own and most days he acts like a 3rd adult in the house. With us being retired having him here has benefitted us all in many ways and if we hadn't opened the door for him I think we'd all have suffered for it. Soon enough he'll be off on his own. My husband is a great deal older than me and I am in poor health. One day I'll be alone and unable to care for myself. Guess who will be there for me?

'Manning Up' by Kay Hymowitz: Has the Rise of Women Turned Men Into Boys? {MyDaily}

Mar 19th 2011 12:26PM Well, you all certainly had lots to say about my 29 year old son moving back home. Here's the rest of the story. Perhaps you are all right that I made a baby out of him but...he's incredibly compassionate and generous and loving. When he came up here to live he got a full time job as an EMT and is also doing rescue work. He is well suited for it. The pay is poor ($9 an hour). But, he's going to go through fire and paramedic training and is well on his way to establishing a worthy career. If we'd have shut our door on him, that wouldn't be happening right now. He pays rent and that helps us since we're retired. We have a large home in the northwoods so there's plenty of room for him and we have a strong back to stack wood and shovel snow. We've been able to do work on the house now that he's here to help that we couldn't do before. It makes sense for a lot of reasons for the three of us to share a home so we're not in a hurry to see him go and as long as he continues to be the 3rd adult in our house (usually), and not a large child (occasionally), there's no reason to change our living arrangements. My husband is much older than me and my health is poor. The day will come I am alone and unable to care for myself. Guess who will will be there to take me in?

'Manning Up' by Kay Hymowitz: Has the Rise of Women Turned Men Into Boys? {MyDaily}

Mar 19th 2011 6:49AM I am the mother of a 29 year old child-man who has recently returned home after his marriage of less than one year fell apart. It's been 10 years since he's lived at home and I swear I got the same kid back! I don't think men are dismissed as unimportant by women. I see men refusing to grow up and that makes them rather unattractive as mates and fathers. What woman wants to start a marriage with a 30 year old kid on her hands?

The Hatch-Palucks, Week 15: The Elephant In the Room {ParentDish}

Jan 22nd 2011 10:44AM I was a lucky mom in that my son would eat just about anything. I'd only have to ask him to try one bite of something new. Often he really liked it and ate it all so if he tried it and wrinkled his nose, which was rare, I didn't shove it in front of him again. After all, everyone has certain foods they do not like. I was one of those kids who mother's turned mealtime into a control issue. There were a couple things my sister and I couldn't stomach. We weren't picky eaters either. I swear they were on the dinner table weekly and on those nights we'd be at the table crying as our mother screamed at us. Decades later she is terribly ashamed of doing that but says that's the way she was raised. So, if your kid doesn't like certain things, I think it's cruel to keep fixing them and forcing them to eat it. After all, if your husband doesn't like something I bet you don't do that to him!

Summers: "People Forget Just How Close to the Edge the Economy Was'' {Politics Daily}

Jul 24th 2009 5:28PM Quote stats all you want. The health of the middle class is the true barometer of the health of US society. We're paddling like mad under water trying to keep our heads above and we're getting sucked under by the greedy of the rich and the entitlements of the poor. Once we're drown, no amount of beating will bring the dead horse to its feet.

Bank of America plans big pay hike for investment bankers {Daily Finance}

Mar 28th 2009 3:24PM Sometimes it seems we are powerless to fight corporate greed and government idiocy. Those of us in the middle though have tremendous power in numbers. It is upon our backs that the strength of our society lies because it is our collective dollars that drive the economy. Choosing where to invest and spend, if done deliberately and wisely, can tip the balance back into our hands....and pockets. We need to hammer on our government reps relentlessly and thoroughly research who we are ultimately doing business with when we spend our money. We don't have to be victims.

Police haul HBO executive, husband off Delta Airlines flight {Gadling}

Jan 29th 2009 11:34PM If you cannot gripe to the FA, who else is going to listen while you are on a flight? C'mon, maybe the guy was a donkey...but have we gotten to be so delicate that we scream abuse just because we get hollered at? You cannot have paper thin skin when you work with the public. Besides, I'd be ticked if my TV didn't work in first class either. Have you seen the price difference between that and the cattle car in back?

Ten Guys You Don't Want Your Sister Dating {Asylum}

Nov 19th 2008 8:19PM This is hilarious. I can attest that's it's all true, too. I'm a middle age woman married for a second time. OMG the rocks I turned and the frogs I kissed before, after and inbetween. Have a ball gals, there's a lot of clowns out there to amuse you!