Love some of these threads how they take surprising turns. Makes me shake my head at all those overly modded sites where threads are moved, closed, and posts deleted for being "off topic". Calguns is like that. But I have no choice but to check in from time to time to make sure there hasn't been a law change that could make me a criminal unless I destroy some of my property or ship it out of state. Yes, it happens all the time.
Back on point, just a couple days ago I sent a story to my wife about rich parents buying their kids shit but otherwise ignoring them. I try to cherish every freaking minute with my kid. It goes by so fast it makes my head spin. I grew up poor AND neglected (only by dad, mom was very active in telling me she hated me and wished I were dead (is that an overshare?)) So in my case, it would have been great if one of them had bribed me and left me alone rather than beat and berate me.
My wife always shakes her head at kids, especially girls, who seem so messed up these days. Wife says kids really need BOTH parents. I couldn't agree more.
I must confess that my wife and I do buy our kid too much shit. But we interact with our child constantly and homeschool. The toys are barely even touched. I think we can't help it because wife unit grew up poor too. In other words, we're not really buying the toys because our child wants them, we're buying them for us. Because they're things and moments we didn't get to experience growing up. Hope that makes sense and we don't look too ridiculous.
Finally, we live in the craft beer capital of America. Love to experiment, but that Ballast Point Sculpin is so good and so easy to enjoy we always roll back to it. Stone Double Bastard is still probably my favourite, but limited and seasonal availability. Where are you located Powdahound?
