CAVEAT: This concerns a loan only, not a gift of money from you to a family member.
a. We’re family, simple as that.
b. The closeness or distance of the family relationship I... moreCAVEAT: This concerns a loan only, not a gift of money from you to a family member.
a. We’re family, simple as that.
b. The closeness or distance of the family relationship I have with the person who is asking.c. Because it’s expected of me.
d. The amount of money that he or she is asking for.e. The probability of it being repaid to me.f. He or she has loaned me money in the past.g. I have plenty, I can afford it, and I won’t miss it.h. I would feel awkward, uneasy, and/or guilty saying no.i. It would depend on the severity of the reason for needing a loan.j. Everyone else in the family has declined to float the loan.k. Leverage.l. The wellbeing and/or health of minor children is part of the equation.m. It’s part of a get-rich-quickly scheme, and I’ll be promised a cut.n. Finally it’s for something besides tildes, sub-basements, sandwiches, grammar, and sleazy motels.o. It involves a plan for that relative to move out of town far away from me.p. I’ve said no too ma... less
Trump resonantly invited Rittenhouse to Mar-a-Lago and afterwards he said Rittenhouse was a fine young man. I figure that made Trump's children jelly for a couple of reasons.... moreTrump resonantly invited Rittenhouse to Mar-a-Lago and afterwards he said Rittenhouse was a fine young man. I figure that made Trump's children jelly for a couple of reasons. One of the reasons was because their father usally doesn't praise them like that. And the other reason is that they know that they are yesterdays news and Rittenhouse is the talk of the town so their father will be spending a lot of time with him. I figure Trump is just using Rittenhouse as a tool in his fight against democracy. Cheers and happy weekend! less
Lately our Grandson has been getting pretty sad because his big sister beats him at every game they play. So I have been thinking of putting a little Play-doh on the spring of his ... moreLately our Grandson has been getting pretty sad because his big sister beats him at every game they play. So I have been thinking of putting a little Play-doh on the spring of his Rock Em Sock Em Robot then push the head back down. That will make it next to impossible for his sister to knock the block of his robot and he will start feeling better. Cheers and happy weekend!
You will probably never guess so I will just tell you - our youngest son. We just got a call from him and he let us know that they sold their house in BC and moved to Nova Scotia a... moreYou will probably never guess so I will just tell you - our youngest son. We just got a call from him and he let us know that they sold their house in BC and moved to Nova Scotia and bought 5 acres of lake front property for $10.000. The only bad part is they are now a 6 day drive away from us instead of 8 hours. Cheers!
My F-I-L was livid that my husband didn’t name our first son after my husband, my F-I-L and the two that came before them. My husband hates his first name, but it was a... moreMy F-I-L was livid that my husband didn’t name our first son after my husband, my F-I-L and the two that came before them. My husband hates his first name, but it was also his dad’s grandpa’s and great-grandpa’s first name. My husband told me he already had that shouting match with his dad by the time he was 12. My F-I-L was also upset because we didn’t get our sons circumcised. My own mom disagrees with us about spanking and LGBTQIA issues, but she supports all of our other parenting decisions, such as what we don’t let the kids watch on TV. less
aspects of real-life experiences or real-life events? One of my personal examples is that I never knew a thing about street gangs and the violence they exacted on the city I ... moreaspects of real-life experiences or real-life events? One of my personal examples is that I never knew a thing about street gangs and the violence they exacted on the city I was raised in and especially not in the neighborhood where I grew up and in the schools I had attended all my life. I left that city at age 18 and never lived there again. I was well beyond age 30 or 35 when I began to learn a lot about the origin of street gangs in the US dating back to the early 1900s but exploding during Prohibition (1920 to 1933). Due to an almost uneventful upbringing in regard to crime in general and gang activity in particular, I thought that the problem occurred on “other” places. I soon found out that my hometown (which is a large metropolitan city) was just as much inundated with street gangs as Chicago, Saint Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, etc. It turns out that there were several thousand gang members who belonged to dozens of rival and allied gangs in my very city the entire ... less
