TOTALLY GEEKED!

Ohfour wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Well, you can all call me a bad mother or a bad person but I don't really give a flying fvck. I got no child support and I had no family to rely to help me out. I could not afford to put my younger kids with a sitter so I could work a concession stand. I helped when I could. I send snacks and/or food and drinks. But no, my BEING there was not happening. And furthermore, a lot of that chit was way overdone. 99% of it wasn't even needed. If my kid needed a t-shirt I paid for it. I bought wrapping paper for the school. But I will not sit here and feel guilty for not getting all wound up in other people's wants. I was room mother one year and the next year I offered to be room mom again. Another mom wanted to be room mom so Okay. I asked her what she wanted me to bring to the school party. She said juice. I sent grape Hawaiin Punch. She returned it the next day with a scathing note that told me it was Valentines Day and I needed to wake up and realize that we were having a color coordinated party. She would not accept non color coordinated items. I sent her the pink chit she asked for and never participated again. If you want all the control then by god have at it.

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Cry me a fvcking river.  EVERYONE has crap to do.  You aren't some VSS.   

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 Nope.  I'm not a VSS.  But just because you want to devote YOUR life to it doesn't mean you get to demand I do.

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But then don't cry if your kid doesn't get to go to the activity that they've been raising funds for.   

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 What activity?  My kids have never been in an activity where they had to do all that stupid chit.  I have always paid for the things they needed.  If the team wants to raise money to build a new gym have at it.  But that's not for MY kid.  My kids have never raised money for their uniforms or trips or any of that crap.  We PAID for them.  All that fundraiser crap my kids do goes to our school for extra stuff.

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 Maybe your kids haven't.  Lots of kids have and do.

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 WOW...I've never heard of that NJN.  We had to pay for all uniforms, all camps, all tournaments...everything.  Out of pocket for the kids to play a sport was about $2000.00 without the fundraisers.  We still had to pay about half, but that $1000.00 (x 4) made a big difference...

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 A lot of that doesn't start until high school, so if kids aren't that old, maybe I can see how one might never have encountered such things.

where we are at, it's not the sports, by and large.   it's the band trips, FFA conventions and camps, prom and post prom--stuff the school district doesn't cover.