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  • Felix

    With moms who have fake nails, hair, eyelashes, boobs, ...no way they won't see that mom as a hypocrite, who is lying to them, if she tells them to be proud of who they are. She sure isn't being anything but fake, and that is the worst example a mother can give her kids. And then you have all those fat moms who are also a lousy example of how to stay healthy, and attractive. Far too many have some crazy idea that their kids "get it from their friends", when the lack of standards or morals is something they learned at home. Be real, and maybe your kids will, not to mention how they might actually respect you instead of being embarrassed by and resentful of you.
    on 09/28/10
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    • momof3

      Although I think I actually agree with your message, your delivery needs a little help...a momism to think about..."you get more bees with honey, then vinegar."
      on 09/28/10
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    • Felix

      I disagree completely. All this sugar coating and political correctness has gotten to the point of flat out lying. Call it what it is, no tap dancing, make the point CLEAR. It is what it is. And yes, that IS what has the kids come running to me. They KNOW they can trust me to always tell them the truth. Not just mine either. My kids' friends come to me when they have questions, problems... You may be too delicate for blunt honesty (I would consider your being so thin skinned your personal issue, and with all the bullying going on, if anything, these kids need thicker skins), but kids thrive on it. In a crazy world, with so many rumors, lies...they crave a stable, reliable base to work from. When it comes to some, an "attention getter" is the only way to break through in the first place.
      on 09/29/10
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    • momof3

      Again, I think I agree with most of what you said, but you don't know me...maybe we can get to know each other better through this site? But, I am frank and honest, just not mean. It sounds like you are a great mom, just a little frustrated with some things so you go balls out and get it out on the table, unfiltered. Which is fine, when you are talking to people that agree with everything you are saying. But, when you are talking to people who don't agree, you'll be more persuasive if you're not insulting in the process. Just saying...
      on 09/29/10
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    • Felix

      I really don't think a person like you could ever relate to anything about me. I know I disagree with all of your attitudes and opinions, and resent the hell outta your hypocrisy. After reading the rest of your posts this morning, I have no interest in knowing anything more about you, as the current info already damns you enough. You are NOT frank and honest, and no, wouldn't call you mean, just a pissy, hypocritical fool putting out febble attempts to bully and control anything you don't like. Give up when it comes to me. I don't care who you are, I will call out anyone. Made a reputation for it when telling the gov to FO and refusing to shake the punks hand when he was giving me the "Problem Solving Award".LOL Never gonna take it back or say sorry, because I meant it. And, FYI, calling a spade a spade is not insulting the spade. Not like I would ever muddy my conscience by being a bald faced liar like obama, whom you seem to not really have researched. Giving kids any kind of shaky example is exactly what they don't need in this world today. Those thin skinned ones are the weaker ones who cave to peer pressure, and some are even driven to suicide. To hell with it if I piss them off by trying to keep them alive. Make them mad to spark that fighting spirit if you have to. Maybe you just live in some cushy area where everyone sings kumbaya or something. Here, we have cops serving up middle schoolers as victims to the bullies. The mexican gangs murdered a woman and her husband in downtown. Half the school employees are so afraid of the bullies and gangsters that they don't even try to control them... This week I even had to jump it up to jailing a man who punched a woman in the face, he being twice my size. Sure as heck wouldn't have been very effective if I had been standing there, "Oh, and could you please maybe stop punching her in the face? And, uh, if you wouldn't mind too terribly much, ..." I am the line in the sand between the bullies and the rest of the kids. Just sayin'...
      on 09/29/10
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    • momof3

      You are an angry women. And, the advice I would give my kids if they met someone like you on the playground is to STAY AWAY and if you got in their face, I'd tell them to kick your ass. I'm sure you've had plenty of both. Get some help.
      on 09/30/10
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    • Felix

      LOL So, are you just trying to prove how mentally unstable and immature you are? I do know the hypocrisy of your trying to call me a bully, and then advocating a bunch of punks kick my ass, most certain won't escape the notice of anyone else reading this LOL Suffice to say, it takes a rational, mature adult to counsel children, and you most certainly AIN'T IT. Grow up, or just stay away from kids, before you get any more hurt. You sound exactly like the typical bully. When you don't get what you want, and no one cowtows to your crap, you flip out like a spoiled brat and then YOUR type tends to resort to needless violence. My kind, we sit here and laugh at you idiots, (as if I would do anything more over a lame threat from some fraudulent freak on the internet. Just text, did you not get that? LOL Knowing how truly easy it is to put bullies like you in their place, you are just a joke to those like me. I may pity your stupidity and cowardice, but only as it affects those around you.
      on 10/01/10
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    • ocmama

      @Felix - You are exactly the OPPOSITE of what this site is about. I have bounced around and read all the threads where you have gone off. We are trying to bring moms together and support each other in the hard work of raising kids. You are calling other mothers names and are demeaning and clueless. You don't know anything about these women who have tried to reach out and engage you in a conversation. You lash out like an insecure 7th grader. You did the same thing to me in another room. You, my dear, are the bully.
      on 10/01/10
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    • Felix

      Such a flaming hypocrite. Bite me! My conscience is clean, and my mind is clear. You people just take issue with my not cowtowing to crap. Stop making excuses for not doing the right thing, you seem to spend all your energy making up excuses instead of doing anything for the kids. Maybe the fact that I do, every day, is why I have so little patience for "adults" who are worse than the kids.
      on 10/02/10
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    • Felix

      Oh, and just felt I should add, in response to your remarks as to what this site is about, yeah, getting the idea that if you aren't an obamabot you will probably get jumped with BS by defensive loons. God forbid objectivity and common sense should in any way impact these people.
      on 10/02/10
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