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Devynn

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Barbara Bush to Marry in Maine This Summer? (Stylelist (Main))

Apr 15th 2009 2:17PM wow, stylelist. seriously? "that dude she married." i can understand that you guys love michelle's style, but there's no need to disrespect the president. all you've done is create a firestorm amongst your commentors. i'm sure next time you'll THINK before posting something like this again. geez.....

i do hope that barbara's dress is just as pretty as jenna's was. :)

Oprah Sexpert - Buy Your Teen Daughter Her First Vibrator (ParentDish)

Apr 15th 2009 12:42PM i wouldn't write off oprah just yet. having someone who is looking at your situation "from the outside, in" is beneficial. they tend to see a bigger picture than you, b/c you're in it!

altho, i DO think it's silly to buy your teenage daughter her first vibrator. the embarrassment is only PART of the problem. the bigger issue is the naive thinking that latex and batteries is gonna stop her from having sex. let her buy her own damn vibrator when she's good and ready to. THE BEST thing you can do for her is teach her about what a healthy, loving relationship between two ppl who love each other looks like. and teach her that she doesn't have to have sex until she's good and ready to, boys harmones be damned! :) trust me, if he's willing to dump you b/c you won't have sex with him, he's not worth having around! and ppl say women use sex as a weapon. of all the offenders who use sex like a cowboy uses a six shooter, i'd say teenage boys are the worst! and some men, too.

How Did It Go When Your Mom Gave You the Sex Talk? (Lemondrop)

Apr 14th 2009 1:17PM i got "the talk" when i was six. don't remember why, just that mom thought it was time. she got me some books from the library and we spent an afternoon talking about it. what's funny, is that she bribed me there with the promise i could get a few of my own books. heh. i then told my brother. he's 18mons younger than me so he was about 4 or 5. poor kid didn't know what to do, so he "told" on me and said i was saying "nasty things." mom cooly reprimanded by saying that didn't need to tell everyone what i knew and told my brother that i wasn't being "nasty." pretty funny when i think of it now, at 28. :p when i got my period, we went over "the talk" again. and we had several "talks" since then. esp when i got into public school. sex ed classes were offered and mom made sure me and my brother both took them. she figured that getting info from the proper sources (educated teachers and the school nurse) was better than anything she (not a teacher or medical person) could come up with. if we had questions, we could come to her and we did. by educating us as best she could, i think it helped me and my brother make informed decisions about sex, relationships and birth control. my brother was with his gf for six years before she had their kids and i was also with my husband for six years AND married for a year before me and my husband decided to have a child. in my brother's case they were both surprises, but everyone figured that since he is in a committed relationship, things would be ok and they are. i think it's best to educate the kids as best you can and pray for the best. they're bound to make better decisions when they have ALL the info they need, than not.

MySpace Diatribe Not Protected by Privacy Rights, Says California Court (Switched)

Apr 14th 2009 12:08PM this is very much in-line with the mentality of ppl in small towns. they have a tendency to have a chip on their shooulders about the world - how the world sees them and how they see the world. and you better agree with them or face their fury. i'm a city girl, so when i went to my small college town (10,000 students. and they said the town had 16,000 residents. i bet 10,000 of those were students. :p) and then on to the couple of military towns i've lived in with my husband, i couldn't believe how wound up ppl are about their hometowns. for the most part, no one cares. and if ppl got out more, they'd see that.

this prinicipal, the school, the school district and newspaper SHOULD be sued. now, i DO think that the principal and newspaper did violate some copyright laws in taking what the original poster said and spreading it all over the place without her, or at the very least, myspace's express permission. if no copyright laws were violated, than fine. but the FAMILY'S privacy rights were violated. the father can get them for causing them to lose his livelyhood and the lil sister can get them for blocking her access to an education that is harrassment free. i think the original poster was on to something when she wrote about how much this place sucked. Lord knows i wouldn't want to live anywhere like that, esp in light of how ppl responded to her posting,

small towns, for the record, not everyone thinks the place is heaven. some ppl do think it sucks. some are trying to change that, others are not. but it's nothing to get your panties in a bunch about! ppl are entitled to their opinions. you are entitled to disagree with them. and you all need to get over yourselves! :p

6th Grader Sues Dad Over Grounding - And Wins (ParentDish)

Apr 10th 2009 9:07PM lia, you're just mad that your girls chose you over their father. you never told us what led them to this decision. you didn't even slam your ex for bribing them. you just said that you were a stay at home mom and now they don't want to live with you anymore. there's more going on than you're letting on. and for the record, studies have shown that as kids get older, they want LESS to do with their parents. and MOST of that comes from the fact that they're getting older and want their independence more (not just b/c they're angsty teenagers) and that should be granted within reason. in yoru case, your feelings are hurt. YOU think that you're better parent b/c of what YOU did/are doing for them. stop thinking about yourself for once and think about what your kids really want here. and start letting go. you're gonna have to do it sooner or later anyways. (i soooooooooo need not be on momlogic before i come here :p)

this happened in CANADA. please stop thinking that whatever story you're reading is going on in the US. your bias is showing. the chances of this case having ANY repercushions here are NIL.

this case reminds me of my mom's friend doing the same thing to her daughter. she took a field trip away for an internet infraction. the punishment does NOT fit the crime. ppl, you KNOW your kids. make sure your punishments fit the crimes. taking a field trip away over an internet infraction is just stupid. how about taking away the internet for an internet infraction? tv? video games? phone privileges? hit the kid where it hurts them the most. trust me, they'll milk that trip for everything it's worth b/c when they get back home, they won't be getting jack squat. and they just may stay in line to boot. it's a win/win! :p

How Long Do You Wait Before You Sleep With a Guy? (Lemondrop)

Apr 9th 2009 7:19PM you know what andy, you're the one that's wrong. why? b/c you're calling ppl's OPINIONS wrong. there is NOTHING wrong about opinions. we may not like that ppl have opinions that are different from our's, but it doesn't make them wrong. you can be a virgin all you want. you can marry one. but you NEVER know that your spouse will divorce you. you NEVER know that they may die. you NEVER know whether or not you'll become a single parent. there are only TWO certanities in life: death and taxes. never say never, dude. sometimes being cocky and putting that cockiness out there for the world to see, comes back to bite you. HARD. it's the universe's way of teaching you to be a lil more humble. you could stand to learn the lesson......

How Long Do You Wait Before You Sleep With a Guy? (Lemondrop)

Apr 9th 2009 2:46PM what's this "dating" thing that you speak of? :p alot of the problems young ppl are having with sex is harmonal. the guys wants to get in as many girls as possible. the women want a deeper connection, but sleep with him anyways b/c they think it'll make him stay/like them better or something. i used to try to establish some kind of connection with guys. it blew up in my face b/c the guys weren't ready for a relationship. when a man is ready, he's ready and you'll know it. that's what drew me to my husband. we both wanted the same things. which just made me want him more physically. and so far, it's been working pretty good. i think my pregnancy is proof of that. :p

and for the record, if BOTH ppl wait til marriage to have sex, how the hell will they know they're having "bad" sex? if something causes the marriage to dissolve or one person dies, then i can see your point in their next relationship. but NOT before. either way, sex gets better as you get older. b/c you know what you're doing, you know what you like and you know how to get to the Big O. if you gotta teach someone then so be it. that's fun, too! :) in my case, we bot have over active imaginations so we come to each other to try new things. this pregnancy thing is killing alot of things, tho. but i think things will get better.......

'Idol' Runs Long, DVRs Cut Off Adam Lambert's 'Mad World.' Cue Outrage (AOL TV: American Idol)

Apr 8th 2009 1:27PM AI and DWTS had THE SAME PROBLEM LAST YEAR! the judges talk too much and over each other, than the contestants sometimes respond or are asked to respond and the hosts just yammers away. with all the damn talking, it's a wonder they don't run over ALL the time! b/c i remember the fiascos of last year, i HIGHLY suggest that if you dvr these shows, that you also dvr the NEXT show so you don't miss anything. you'll lose about 3 secs between the two, but it's worth it if you want to see it. i don't have dvr anymore (when i had it, i was living at home and my dad was paying for it. me and my husband are too broke for all that. :(), so i saw the whole thing. but i learned my lesson last year! it amazes me that ppl don't know this yet. i mean with all the shows that run over b/c they got pre-empted by something or started late, you'd think ppl would have gotten it by now......

Facebook Rant Results in Disciplinary Action for Firefighter (Switched)

Apr 6th 2009 6:19PM apparently, NO ONE reads their company's employee handbook/code of conduct anymore. if you did, you'd see that employeers do have some say in how their employees act, live and speak off site. why? to not do so is bad business. you wouldn't want anyone bad mouthing you to the public, esp if it can cost you your lively hood. if you want to practice your "free speech" online, set your privacy settings in such a way that no one in a position of power over you can use what you say to fire/discipline you and/or otherwise make your life hell.

Should We Ban Our Kids From Texting? (Switched)

Apr 6th 2009 4:48PM someone needs to take a chill pill. tom, that last rant of your's pretty much negated the first one. you want to ban kids from the internet as a way to solve SOME of the problems that are arising with kids using technology. and i say, "SOME," b/c technology is ALWAYS changing and new problems arise with these changes. this isn't something a blanket band aid is gonna fix. then you say, that if the kids are allowed to use the internet, then their parents should be held responsible for their children's actions online. find an argument and stick with it, dearie.

there are MORE parents out there who are monitoring their children's access to the internet and cell phone usage than those who are not. and banning kids does not teach them how to RESPONSIBLY use technology. oranged00d is right, NEVER underestimate the stupidity of 18yr olds. esp those who are ignorant b/c no one educated them b/c they figured they'd "get it" as soon as they turned 18. NO ONE "GETS IT" AT 18! you HAVE to be TAUGHT something to "get it" and sometimes that teaching takes 18+yrs. and even then, some ppl don't get it.

life is one big classroom, from which we never truly graduate. we just move on to the next lesson. teach the kids and they'll be waaaaaaaaay better off then out right banning them from doing something b/c you're too scared of what "MAY" happen.