I'm not sure why it was such an offensive thing. Sure, he shouldn't just stand there, but it relative terms it doesn't really matter if he's standing still or if he's an 80-year-old woman out for her morning constitutional at the breakneck speed of 0.4 miles an hour. Even if he'd still been jogging with his back to you you'd have had to go around him.

So while I can see being a bit annoyed I don't see how what he was doing in any way was worse for you than what he'd have been doing anyway.

It was the combination of the 3 (standing in lanes, on a phone, back to traffic), demonstrating a general lack of attention to what was going on around him, thus making him a greater hazard than another slow-moving individual.

That was a bit of a dick move on your part. And I would have done the exact same thing.

I hope your wife is better soon and the tests show it is nothing too serious.

And I hope you can get some rest so you can take good care of her (and you).

That is pretty much the way I use it now. The Boy has some major anger issues. I can usually tell when he is getting ready to explode. If I can't diffuse him fast enough I send him to his room until he can talk to me in a normal voice, and be rational about what is upsetting him.

Bob, wishing your wife good health.

On the topic of parental punishment... I very rarely received physical punishment, which I appreciated because my mother had rage issues and I fear for what would have happened to my siblings and I, had she not broken the cycle of physical abuse in her family. She was always very proud to have broken that cycle, and urged us to break the cycle of verbal abuse with our own children.

I rarely needed to be punished, because I very much did not want to be punished. I was frequently on the receiving end of her verbal rages (directed at whoever was nearest, during times of stress - hostessing, holiday or vacation prep especially.) Having experienced that, and having seen how she came down on my mischievous older brother, I knew how much rage she was capable of releasing when someone hadn't even done anything to deserve it. And it made me very, very eager to please. You probably see the results of this in me still today.

Once she dealt with what was causing all the rage (she's a survivor of all kinds of pretty terrible abuse at the hands of her family) she was very clear about mistakes she'd made, and very apologetic to us as adults.

Bob I hope your wife is feeling better. And that you got some rest.

My dad used to beat me with a belt.



But I don't think I was supposed to grow up to like that kind of thing. :evil:

Sore throat and trouble breathing turned out to be bronchitis. Great. But I'm on antibiotics now. I only need to take it for 3 days. Cool! I've never had that before. Usually it's 10 days or two weeks...

Azithromycin

I'm not posting this on Facebook because I think my cast mates would be pissed at me. But what did I know? I just went to the doc today.

All kinds of phlegm coming up. Yuckers.

Don't you hate it when you want to buy a gift card but you can only get values of $25 or $50, but what you really want to buy is in between? Grrr. I mean, hello, $25 doesn't buy you much at all these days.

CP ~ I love your avatar pic. Theo's look says, "Not now, Mom. I'm thinking."
:)