A little ticked....

[Nighthawk]

Oh yeah, think that ones bad? My mom adds extra stuff to hers to make it sound worse..
(By the way, she spelled her grandchild's name wrong to boot)


Hi I am pouring my soul out to you please stop and think about what you are doing to your reputation the children's and mine . Yesterday we were so busy the mall was packed and a man in line said to another if my son wore a dress in the mall i would cut his ----off and let him be a girl . my heart sank oh god please dint let it be nick please . no i didn't have the heart to comment to find out if it was you but about an hr later the landlord went by and said hay i saw your son in his dress down the mall . I went in the back and cry ed you are in a small town their not educated they see a man wearing a dress not a knelt and you are not Irish or Scottish and your not in a group that were it for heritage its only you . your children have to grow up here were that stuff in day to nor cine not were it could hurt you family .
The lady at Nirvana was talking about it today i cant get away from people asking me if your all their . I not sure i am worried for your future . we have hate crimes all the time i would hate to see some one cut yours off.
she also not being mean but stated you slap mark to hard and she is embraced by it when you hit mark you need to stop being so mean other people see and react you dint know who is looking and what their job is we have children service people in training at the ma all conference room i know you think you are right but honey if it was someone else child i would laugh but its mine and the laughing is about us . She said she loves to have mark and you stop in but can only take so much and said to you its time for you to leave how embracing it breaks my heart . I know you can do more with your life and find a way to help your family financially and with pride not oh the kid mark or Enos he is the one who's dad wears the dress and does work and dint pay their bills and never has the house clean and the kids clothes dint match or the baby smells because nicks to lazy to change his clothes i am over whelmed by the comments that are made and people asking me
cant you talk any sense into him . you need to help you self . a little along the way I know you dint think people are saying thing s but they do . just like sat i new you were in the mall but never seen you people have nothing better to do then talk and if they can cause miser for some one else the get a high out of it so please stop helping pepole find a way to be mean to us .
I love you but you have some issues you need to resolve like getting a job not being so hateful and not wearing a dress maybe its time you use Ruthie's insurance and seek help . I dint know how to help you but for a better quality life please concerned getting help .
love mom

Man, the terrible spelling, grammar, and complete lack of punctuation made this letter almost unreadable! Is the author a third grader? My son hasn't written this poorly in years. If it's a child who wrote this, then you're in luck- children are easier to educate than adults. Good luck with this person. (Oops... I just reread the post... It's your mom! The American education system strikes again... This letter being from a grown adult shows some serious issues in itself! It's like a third grade child, with the social anxiety of a high school cheerleader. It sounds to me like someone has growing up to do.)

[sathor]

I was just thinking the same thing! That is insane! These guys put their lives on the line, day after day, and they don't make more than retail wage?!?!? Ok, something is really wrong in this world!

Then again, I work in a technically demanding field and make retail wages...

My sister-in-law works for the local 911 dispatch, and makes more than my teacher wife and many of the local cops, and she hasn't been there a year yet. (with an associates degree)

[sathor]

Sathor I can't really comprehend what your mother is getting at. Reading her e-mail she comes over to me as confused but then I've never met the lady so it would be unkind for me to form such a judgement.

I did manage to decode part as telling me it's ok to wear a kilt in Dayton or Cincinnati, but not where it can harm my family. Perhaps there is a demon or something that hides near the border that rips kilts off and uses them to towel whip people, but I haven't seen that demon yet.

[sathor]

Man, the terrible spelling, grammar, and complete lack of punctuation made this letter almost unreadable! Is the author a third grader? My son hasn't written this poorly in years. If it's a child who wrote this, then you're in luck- children are easier to educate than adults. Good luck with this person. (Oops... I just reread the post... It's your mom! The American education system strikes again... This letter being from a grown adult shows some serious issues in itself!

That is how she writes, almost all the time. She used to be a better person, but she is turning into her mom, who lives with her, and has become an issue. Her mom kept telling her not to open a second restaurant, always for dumb reasons, and she listens. It's also bad that I installed Firefox on her computer, so I know it has auto spell check on misspelled words, it highlights them, but she still can't figure it out. I think she's within a year or so of being 50. (I know my grandma just turned 80).

[slohairt]

Wow, the whole situation sucks, doesn't it? What a mountain made out of a mole-hill. My condolences, mo chara. The only advice I can offer is to step back slowly and away. Maybe some time apart will settle things.

[sathor]

Wow, the whole situation sucks, doesn't it? What a mountain made out of a mole-hill. My condolences, mo chara. The only advice I can offer is to step back slowly and away. Maybe some time apart will settle things.

Living in Michigan didn't help any, though I miss Ann Arbor.

[Downix]

Living in Michigan didn't help any, though I miss Ann Arbor.

Michiganders are a preculiar lot. Dated a girl from there.....

[Windwalker]

I had not read this thread since it was started, checked in today and wow did it catch fire. There was lots of advice about burying the hatchet and where or whom to bury it in. I see from most of the advice, we are an indepentant and open minded group, prone to our own opinions. Good for us, I say. It kind of makes you wonder about those family members who never attended the family reunions, perhaps they would have been kindred souls, that we share feelings with. Perhaps that is why they never attended. Celtic Cowboy, well played and well done, Sir. You have a fine family and would be welcome at our table anytime. Your son is just too cute in his kilt. I am glad to see that you made your choice and stuck to it. I think that your family would do well to learn some lessons from you. I do not think that those of you who work as Police and EMT's are paid enough, in money or respect. Thank you for all you do and will do. Good Luck with all of your endeavours.

Sathor, I am not sure what to say, I have tried several times to read the letter that your Mom sent. I am sorry to say, I can not make heads or tails of it. As I grew up in Southern Ohio, I can somewhat see what she is talking about regarding the people of the area. " I grew up with some real redneck folks, I can say that "cuz i are one"! I still have family in that area. I wish that I had some sage advice to give, but I don't. Other than stay strong and be yourself. Good Luck. Although I do think that the advice to back away slowly is good advice.

[Nighthawk]

Sathor, I am not sure what to say, I have tried several times to read the letter that your Mom sent. I am sorry to say, I can not make heads or tails of it.

That's a good way to say what I was thinking. I'm not very good at diplomacy.

[MichiScot]

Michiganders are a preculiar lot. Dated a girl from there.....

My wife is a Michigander and you are right! But we have been married longer than me and my first wife were ( an Alabamian , now their is a pretentious bunch of women).