Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 9902477)

Exactly.

Euthanize your child?


I would ****ing LOSE it.
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Originally Posted by fan4ever (Post 9902514)

Not to talk about myself again, but I have a son who has severe Cerebral Palsy, and he can be very noisy. There are some things we won't do; take him to movies (although he loves them) or anything else in public that will be disruptive to others trying to enjoy an event. We DO have to be in public with him from time to time, like shopping, etc. and there I just think other people can just put up with it and I answer disgusted looks with a nasty glare but I don't confront people for the most part. That being said, if I had a neighbor who complained about him when we're on our own property, front yard, back yard whatever...I'd go apeshit all over them.

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 9902574)

its easy to be so sure of yourself on the other side of that screen.

Its cool dude, this is all you've got. I understand. Obviously in real life you are kicked around quite a bit.
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Originally Posted by seclark (Post 9901777)

my instance is kind of on the other end of the spectrum. instead of a child, it's my great uncle. 86 years old, with some type of learning disability. never went to school. lived with his mother in the Ozark mountains until she died in 1972. the only sibling he had that would have anything to do w/him was my grandmother(his sister), who took him in, and started taking care of him.

when my grandmother died, I promised her that I would take care of ernie as long as he lived. I moved him and what little he had into an apartment on our property we had made to stay in while we built our house. it's actually the first time in his life where he has freedom to make some of his own decisions. he fixes his own coffee, breakfast and lunch. he'll either eat supper with us, or we take something over for him.

as far as I know, he's never actually had any type of studies done that would explain what type of disability he has. can't read or write(except his name). I have to set his microwave every day at 60:00. I have different color pieces of tape on his tv remote buttons so he can go back and forth between the only to channels he watches. take him to doctors, monitor his medicines, etc. he gets confused very easily.

ernie doesn't have a mean bone in his body. he gets up every day and goes outside to work on something...anything. he does get depressed in the winter when he's stuck inside.

he loves people. lives for when our kids/grandkids come down. will talk to and trust anyone(which is frightening at times).

ernie was the youngest of 7 children. they've all passed away but him. he does have numerous nieces and nephews that we never hear from. I don't expect them to offer to keep him...****, I wouldn't know what to do without him around. but I know it would mean a lot to him just to know they were thinking about him.

craziest thing about ernie is, he can play guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica beautiful...I can sit and listen to him forever. no lessons...just sits there and works at it until it makes music. I took him to a weekly sr citizens music get-together where they take turns playing a song and everyone jumps in, but had to stop because he wasn't playing the way they did.

holy shit, I wrote a lot...sorry.
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 9902501)

Its a ****ing message board. Not real life.


There IS a difference.
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Originally Posted by frazod (Post 9902592)

Says the weepy pussy from the other side of the screen. Let me guess - you're usually tough and manly, but this is just that special time of the month for you. And a side effect of that is spamming threads getting all bent out of shape over a figure of speech.

Got it.

Yeah, you must be a real badass, Blanche.

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 9902645)

Sure. The anonymity of the message board allows folks to act like who they really are without the threat of any real repercussion. This lady merely translated that into an offline artifact.

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 9902680)

This is spamming a thread? Ok. Don't like it do something. Take a drive and get told to your face.
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Originally Posted by frazod (Post 9902693)

Hey, look, it's Buster Hymen Part 2. You gonna tow your double-wide up here and kick my ass? LMAO

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts (Post 9902593)

Some of this reminded me of my brother in law. He's 10 years younger than me, and something is off. Highly, highly functional. Has a job, pays his portion of the bills, and you may not catch it the first time or two you meet him. But he has a boyish attitude, and mentality. Trusts EVERYONE (and it's scarier than a mother****er) to the point that he just doesn't see any evil in the world. Incredibly optimistic, and is always happy. Even when life shits all over him. He can't really live on his own, and my wife and I brought him with us when we moved down here. It was that, or let him stay with his folks until they died and move him into a group home.

Best thing I ever did. Dude teaches me lessons everyday, and is just a perfect roommate. He's pleasant to be around, and will do anything to please us. We obviously don't take advantage of it, but you really couldn't ask anymore in a roommate. I'm not exactly thrilled this may be a life time thing, but he's sure doing his part to make it easy. Completely drama free, and does as he's told when he needs to be told, which is rare in itself. He's a joy to be around, and how many people can you actually say that about? There isn't much I wouldn't do for the dude.

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 9902707)

This sounds a lot like my oldest son. He's only eight, and he's definitely cognitively and physically delayed... however... he fits in pretty well (though not to the point that other kids ask him to come over to their house and hang out or anything. Peers like him, but don't want to be close friends with him). He's the sweetest, most thoughtful kid in the world, and we're so thankful that part of his genetic abnormality seems to be that he's not overly self conscious about his difference (though his little brother, extremely social and popular, getting invited to play dates constantly bothers him). It's very likely he'll be somewhat dependent on us for the rest of our lives, but it's good to think that isn't a death sentence for my wife and I and may actually be a very pleasant, positive experience as we age.

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 9902707)

This sounds a lot like my oldest son. He's only eight, and he's definitely cognitively and physically delayed... however... he fits in pretty well (though not to the point that other kids ask him to come over to their house and hang out or anything. Peers like him, but don't want to be close friends with him). He's the sweetest, most thoughtful kid in the world, and we're so thankful that part of his genetic abnormality seems to be that he's not overly self conscious about his difference (though his little brother, extremely social and popular, getting invited to play dates constantly bothers him). It's very likely he'll be somewhat dependent on us for the rest of our lives, but it's good to think that isn't a death sentence for my wife and I and may actually be a very pleasant, positive experience as we age.

Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla (Post 9902645)

Sure. The anonymity of the message board allows folks to act like who they really are without the threat of any real repercussion. This lady merely translated that into an offline artifact.