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Post by peasful1 on Aug 18, 2014 18:51:20 GMT
My oldest likes back to school. He gets to sleep in again. In the summer, he's at the pool for 5. Leaves the house at 430. Up at 4. For school he doesn't need to leave the house until 7. It's also his senior year. So he's psyched. Me? Not so much. The 10th and 8th graders aren't as happy to see the start of school. Middle likes going back to her band family, but the rest she could live without. Youngest likes seeing friends again, but doesn't get jazzed over the academics.
I don't normally relish back to school. And quite frankly, this year, my oldest is only taking three classes. He's home before 11 every day. So it's not like he's gone for very long at all.
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Post by scrappyesq on Aug 18, 2014 18:56:25 GMT
And on the flip side? I love this time of year. I grew up in a college town. Every year, when the fall semester started, students flooded my home town. The town became vibrant and alive. People everywhere, football season, all kinds of cool live music...so to me, this time of year is more of a "new year" feeling than even new year's eve. Everything changes in August. I have never seen the end of summer as a negative, but a positive. A new start, a new beginning. When I sent my kids off to a new school year, it was a something to look forward to, not a time to mourn. Just a different perspective.  I'm not even in school nor do I have kids but this is one of my favorite times of year. I like the summer months because there's less traffic and the subways aren't as crowded. Thats it. Some of my best childhood memories are from back to school. I don't know how this thread turned into a crazysauce referendum on myshelly's parenting. Personally I can understand where she's coming from, I just don't feel the same way. I don't think that she is raising her kids to be ungrateful, nor does she need anyone to check her on parenting. Completely unecessary. |
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Post by delilahtwo on Aug 18, 2014 20:25:24 GMT
This times a million. Suck it up or have your DH find a new job, one that won't throw your kids into sadness. Jesus, lady. Where the hell did that come from? The kids got used to having their father around all day and now they're sad that he has to go back to work. Sounds completely normal to me. Suck it up? Jesus lady, indeed.
Dalai, I generally agree with everything you post. I love reading your posts. However, when I read the OP, I was just shaking my head thinking WTH is wrong with the woman who is posting this? Seriously? You have such a beautiful summer and all you can do is bitch that real life is starting? Honestly? Wow!!! Most of us would give our right arms for that type of a summer every.single.year. and all she can do is bitch that it's ending. Feels like the end of the world? FFS. What is going to happen to her and her kids if something seriously wrong happens in their lives. Yeah it was a vent. Yeah kids can be sad that their parent is back to work after 2 or more months off. But really? The level of hyperbole in the OP is astounding. End of the world? Truly? Most people are fortunate to have 2 weeks off in the summer. A lot of families have two parents working out of the home. She homeschools (why do you have to get up early if you homeschool? Can't you make your own schedule?) and is home with the kids all day. They can blow off school here and there if they want as long as the work gets done. I just can't believe that she has the audacity to vent at all. I would love to have summers like that. Would I be sad when they are over? Yes. But I would be grateful for what I have and wouldn't act as though the world was ending just because someone has to go back to work. |
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Post by myshelly on Aug 18, 2014 20:35:36 GMT
I've been around long enough to know that any vent will bring out people criticizing you for why you feel the need to vent. Shrug  I've got my Big Girl Pea Britches on. Thanks, Dalai. Yes, I know how lucky I am. That doesn't mean I can't feel sad when summer is over. Yes, there were tears last night, but we have survived the first day. We spent the day at the water park. We played in the wave pool, tubed the lazy river, and rode all the slides. The kids got to use our guest passes to bring friends. It was a good day. We have plenty of things to look forward to this fall like the State Fair, our homeschool group's annual Not Back to School pool party, and even a trip to Disney World  Thanks to those who recognized this was just a vent |
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Post by melanell on Aug 18, 2014 21:20:35 GMT
Hyperbole & sarcasm are my favorites. In fact when DS learned the term "Hyperbole", we told him to remember that "hyperbole" was me, and that's how he learned it. But I have learned to try to avoid using either of them here. They don't seem to work out well in print. But I'm totally the type to tell you that we were in traffic for 3 years behind 110 million cars and it was 200 degrees and we were all starving. I'd say it with a smile & a wink, of course, but yeah, I exaggerate (in a very obvious way) a lot in real life. So I didn't even notice those portions of the OP until they were pointed out. To me they're just a normal part of language. |
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Post by myshelly on Aug 18, 2014 21:24:08 GMT
Hyperbole is a recognized literary tool.
You recolonized it as hyperbole so it obviously worked.
Therefore, I don't understand why it's such a problem.
Of course I didn't mean everything in the OP literally.
It was a vent.
A vent seems like a logical and acceptable place for hyperbole to me.
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Post by whipea on Aug 19, 2014 0:14:17 GMT
I have no point of reference here, no children. But as a child both my parents worked corporate type jobs so only a week or two off a year, but I sometimes got to go on business trips with my father.
When I was a child I was sent away every summer for about eight weeks to music or some other type of arts/educational program. I loved it and had a blast. Living on a college campus or facility for for the summer from about ages 8-16 years old was the best. No crying upon leaving or return for school. It was "magical" that I had these opportunities and with that I learned how to cope and embrace change.
I hear people complaining about how depressed they get when they return to work after a fabulous vacation and I cannot relate. They talk about how they spent the last days of vacation dreading the return. What a waste of vacation time, losing those moments to negative feelings instead of living the moment. It is just the natural course of life.
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