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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:06 PM Original message |
I am so fucking mad at my daughter I could kill her. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fire her. Time for some tough love. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sounds like she doesn't want to work for you, but won't quit. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. She makes a TON of money. |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. why would you end up paying her bills? n/t |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Because I can't stand to see her go without. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I hate to say it.. but you're totally enabeling her. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. I know that you only want to make life easier for your daughter than |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Betcha she annoys the piss out of the other employees, who would |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. wow hire me then! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's pretty passive-aggressive on her part. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I don't buy the psychological explanations. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. A few minutes late is an eccentricity, hours late is a message. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Kutara is on to something... |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I think it's something to do with her procrastination. |
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theredpen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Well, if it's just good old procrastination... |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. She really means well |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
57. If she was really sorry, she wouldn't keep doing it again and again. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
91. I'm an owl, maybe she is |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Being three hours late isn't procrastination |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. That's a real possibility. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. yeah, there is something else going on |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. I hope this is just a phase... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just don't leave her a voice mail. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. You need to calm down |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Oh, thank you so much! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's your daughter |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You have no need to call me an asshole. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. You're right. I'm wrong |
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Droopy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Get her in touch with the real world |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hmmmm. Does she abuse drugs or alcohol? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. She is a chronic procrastinator |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. You may not like the psychological explanations but look at it as it is |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well, you can call it psychological, but I call it procrastination |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Do you rescue fellow family members? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. Did you not mold your daughter? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. Some people are just like that. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. My best friend was much like The1onein's daughter. Or your mother |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I go to Mom's on a day she'll be home for a while. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. One of my SIL's is like that. Late to everything. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. Do the two of you communicate well otherwise? |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. We get along great. |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Hmm. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. I would be absolutely ecstatic. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. well, she also may have no motivation |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
80. Put her under the control of your partner. Make it know that he'll |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
87. I have tried to do that. |
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skater314159 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. Chaplain's advise... |
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Scarlett17 (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
81. Yeah--I thought ADD, too. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
30. She's late because it sounds like you allow her to get |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I've actually fired her about three times. |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. If you fire her, and she keeps showing up - that's her problem.. |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. And you keep paying her, so why wouldn't she? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
35. my daughter is constantly late also. drives me crazy as well. |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
46. My daughter was late once. |
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Zoigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Agree with Harleydad, natural consequences |
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Donk Yore (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
47. so. do what you feel..... n't |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
48. heh, sounds like my Mom and my SIL |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. Remember changing her diapers? |
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GardeningGal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
50. She needs to learn there are consequences for her actions. |
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BellaLuna (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
53. Be a mom.. not a 'buddy' |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. If I was late to work everyday, my ass would end up in the unemployment line. nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
56. This is what my friend does... |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
58. Offer her some help |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
59. You sound stressed out |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. I'm a workaholic. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. The only thing you "really, really enjoy" is working.... |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
60. Suggested Reading (for you) - "Co-Dependent No More," by Melody Beattie. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
61. She's late because she's not being punished for it. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. She's made you her bitch. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
63. Next time (providing you don't kill her), tell her a time WAY earlier than the real one. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. I would've given her a time and, after counting down, left. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
65. Kill her |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
85. lol |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. Kill AND eat her |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. and then you can kill more children with said power |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Huzzah |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. meh - we'll do it later |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
70. start docking her pay |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. If you were in Utah, you would say, "I am so flippin' mad at my daughter I could kill her." |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
73. I'll assume that your daughter has plenty of virtues that more than make up for her tardiness. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I applaud this post! |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. you were late again weren't you? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #73 |
82. I'm not sure I agree with this, although I understand where you are coming from. |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. I know it's not a reasonable indicator of character. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #86 |
92. it is an indicator of her character that she knows she is fucking you up.... |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-04-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
75. Fire Her!!!!!111 |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
77. serious business, that |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:45 AM Response to Original message |
78. Nice post, Alec Baldwin. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
79. I'm so mad at my daughter I could kill her. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
83. Your daughter has a sweet deal! Of course she's late, you allow it! |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
84. Fire her |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
88. These posters are right! Daughter behaves the way she does cuz she gets away with it. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
89. MY S-I-L is like that. She's chronically late |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
93. there's a book you should read |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-05-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
94. Your daughter has no respect for you |
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