Tempestspet
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*ALL REFERNCES TO "YOU"...ARE BASICALLAY GENERIC.....SO NO NEED TO GET TOO PERSONAL* okey dokey....here we go: Well, here's my opinions, as I have 3 of these unmentionables, and have been married for almost 14 yrs now, so I've done this for a little while and actually know what I'm talking about...(this is for those concerned with "credientals" for advice or opinion giving) Maybe you don't always get to play at home (we don't..). Maybe a babysitting arrangement between family, and/or friends should be worked out. I don't want to hear nothing can be done... something can always be done, it just requires varying degrees of effort. Maybe a hotel room can be gotten every now and then... if not... find another way. Master and i don't get to play all the time. That's life. But the dynamic doesn't change, we simply learn to apreciate it on new or different levels. Or take the small moments when you can. If you are a weeper... just tell the unmentionable you are overly emotional.... he or she's probably noticed anyways... personally Master and I keep the real heavy stuff, the weepier stuff...for parties, or play sessions away from home. Unmentionables.... "Because I said that's the way it is".... is a perfectly good reason, when you need to use it. They may not be ready for the real reason. That's why you (generic you) are the parent. You aren't their friend...or anything else for that matter. This might be why we have so many self righteous brts running around. Adults started tripping all over themselves trying not to offend, or disrespect an unmentionable. Give me a break. At 10, they aren't ready to be exposed to that. ( nor are they generally ready emotionally to be exposed to all the reasoning and answers that go along with being too honest about it either.) You messed up. You should have thought of the stereo or whatever other background noise before it was too late. I don't think I'm too harsh or mean in saying this.... because I did it. Most people do it. So it's not too much to ask to think before you get carried away. We have 3 unmentionables. They get the "because I say so..." and they do ask why.... alot. I tell them that I say so... because I'm mom. Period. When they are an adult, ask me then, or when they are parents they are free to use that themselves. When they ask why... and the answer isn't apropriate for them to know the "real" answer, I simply tell them that it's not apropriate for them to have that kind of adult information, but I promise that when they are ready... ask, and I will just tell you then. They aren't idiots. They aren't slaves... but I didn't raise them to be selfish brats either. When I say they don't need something, they may not like it, but because they are smart, they accept it. And if they don't like it, they know it's ok to be upset or even mad.... but don't lose yourself over it. My job is to teach them, and raise them to be good, responsible, intelligent adults. And productive members of society. And catering to every whim, and answering every question or wondering that they have inapropriate or not.... isn't going to accomplish that. I may sound harsh or mean, or whatever... but my children are loved deeply, cherished, and really don't want for a whole lot. So I must not be doing too badly either. Anyways... hopefully I didn't stray too far from the Ops point, or question she asked. Oh, and sorry it's a little jumbled... too much to say, and it came out too fast. Thanks everyone Tempest's pet jennifer
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