Couch 78: Put your feet up and stay a while

I just found out that my sister's husband is pretty depresed right now.

if you need a laugh:

Nick Offerman offers wisdom from the shower (in a zen like way lol)

I am so glad I am old. Seriously.

Why is that?

Because I no longer feel the need to put up with crap that younger people both put out and put up with in their interactions. And being old means others don't expect it as much either. And the young these days (the ones I teach) are often so very very conservative and narrow and self righteous. It may be how all younger people are (except for the conservative part which I think has changed and is more apparent in some areas and not in others - so they may not care about gay marriage but are super conservative about other things) but it does wear on me.

You kids get off my lawn.

what do you define as young?

Today - anyone less old than I am.

i was just curious. i consider people a decade younger than me to be 'young' and i'm in my early 30s. so i was wondering, particularly since you called them conservative and such. i haven't run across that.

I am using the term to cover a larger group than you are. And I am just old cranky person in general. And perhaps what I consider conservative is not the same thing as everyone does.

fair enough. just thought i'd ask i'll carry on.

I do find it frustrating with younger people than I, that if they didn't experience something, it must not be true, in their eyes.

idk. maybe i have access to a good group, but i know several that i consider incredibly mature and thoughtful. they certainly have thoughts or ideas that are a bit naive, but will be polished or changed with age and maturity.

Thank you, Aaa. (And thank you all for hugs and support.) I really, really appreciate you saying that my posts have helped you in some way.

ugh.. nothing makes me feel more incompetent like parenting.. Feeling like a failure today!

i will agree with this. sometimes i'm like - how does anyone grow up to be well adjusted?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND... i joke with my t about needing a referral for my kids when they're older :-/

Glad to know that I am not alone.. T and I talk about my frustration with parenting mainly with my son. He assures me, that we all screw something up with our parenting somewhere along the road.. we aren't perfect, and we can't expect our parenting to be. Some days I guess just feel worse than others.

In good news, I see T tomorrow after a 3 week break. I will be able to vent to him tomorrow

yay for seeing t soon.

how old are your kids, if you don't mind me asking? mine are 7 and 1. i feel better about when they're under like 3. after that i'm like uhhhh, wait... where'd i put the manual?

They are 6 and 4... the 4 year old is the one that has me feeling like a failure most days!

In my experience that is the expected response of a parent for 3-6 year old. and the second child too.

i'm sorry. for me it's the 7 year old. he's full of energy and LEGO knowledge and he wants to wrestle his baby brother. which goes as well as it sounds... the baby adores his big brother but... yeah... :-/

Wait until they are teens and turn into an alien species!

lol. he's a sweet kid (my older one). i can't complain about him on that front. i think it's just hard being a parent while having a mental illness. *sigh*

Yes, mental illness does not help the situation.

Hey Ready, how are you handling your son being gone? I am weepy and a bit depressed, but nowhere near as bad as I was last year.