tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post532375526991472194..comments2024-03-28T05:59:04.687-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Snark of the weekPatrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-9206424505766566492009-12-20T16:50:55.848-08:002009-12-20T16:50:55.848-08:00Patrice, we homeschool our children, too. Two dow...Patrice, we homeschool our children, too. Two down, five to go. The eldest just got his B.S., and the second is about to get his A.S. When they were little we often got comments like this: "Your children are so well-behaved!" And then, in the next breath: "Aren't you worried about them?" Or a relative who says she disapproves of homeschooling, but then says that if she's asked to substitute teach at the junior high again she's going to request combat pay. Some people just don't make the connection between active, loving parenting and the behavior of their children.Ginnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-79952592227236021312009-12-05T00:13:07.265-08:002009-12-05T00:13:07.265-08:00When I first read this I thought it was stupid the...When I first read this I thought it was stupid then I felt well she has her opinion. Then I read your list an realized some peoples opinions are wrong. Like my mother who always would ask me why I couldn't be more like this friend who was always nice to her and called her a witch with a B in her bonnet behind her back. Now days she's thanking God I haven't been a Junkie for the last 25 years that's now dying of HIV like that friend who I quit being friends with in high school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-68627120741597062372009-12-03T17:16:50.480-08:002009-12-03T17:16:50.480-08:00He IS being defensive. But I would like to remind ...He IS being defensive. But I would like to remind anyone who knows football, that is a GREAT way to LOSE ! I'm with you Patrice, teach your daughters about self respect and true wisdom (biblical). I'm thinking this is a young man. Don't worry young man, just reel in a few years and you will likely change your mind as surely as the Santa Ana winds rake So.California every year.P.S. Stop watching that damb T.V.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259932556508705087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-43168533591212610432009-12-02T17:06:40.149-08:002009-12-02T17:06:40.149-08:00He's being defnsive, and only he knows why, he...He's being defnsive, and only he knows why, hence the dig at the men in your family. You presented facts as you experienced them. He presents the product of his own imagination, but YOU are out of line! He advises you not to paint with a broad brush. From now on, please include the names of all the tens of thousands of men you are speaking of, separated by commas, so paranoid readers won't think you are speaking of them.<br /><br />Bill SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-9326857604615864982009-12-02T11:38:04.557-08:002009-12-02T11:38:04.557-08:00You do seem over-ready to jump to unjustifiable co...You do seem over-ready to jump to unjustifiable conclusions Patrice. As a result of one critical but polite email you classify someone you have never met as a "Guy" (which apparently has pejorative meaning for you) and a 'snarky jerk'. <br /><br />Incidentally, the conclusion about the 'Young Man' I would have jumped to is that he is probably gay and entirely unsuitable for your daughters anyway.quedulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737971867539674984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-81556532159810809722009-12-02T10:27:41.236-08:002009-12-02T10:27:41.236-08:00I agree with you Patrice... if "pigs" co...I agree with you Patrice... if "pigs" could fly, oh wait a minute, maybe they DO! Another nice story is: Don't try to teach a "pig" to sing.... You're wasting your time and you'll only "p..." off the pig. This "guy" sounds like he wouldn't recognize a "truly honest (and brought up right) young man" if he bit him in the "a..." But then again, that young man would not do that very thing anyway!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com