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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 366955" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I remember my 16th birthday. No huge gifts or anything. A cake, dinner with the family and a couple of friends. JUST after they sang Happy birthday and I was taking a big breath to blow out the candles (my dad was standing there with the fire extinguisher so we didn't burn the house down with the candles, LOLOLOL!) the friend standing behind me screamed "Oh my G-D!! You have GRAY HAIR!!" And I did. It was about the funniest thing ever!!!! We ALL cracked up and it was really hard to blow out the candles when I was laughing so hard!!!</p><p></p><p>with-o the gray hair I probably would not have ever remembered it!!</p><p></p><p>As for car insurance, this MUST be a difficult child thing. My gfgbro spent YEARS telling me that you only get insurance a week or so before you have to get your tags renewed. Then you just don't make the next month payment and no one will ever know. This from a man who USUALLY had guard rail burn on the <em>driver's</em> side of the car as well as the passenger side! Who has owned more cars than I can even count because he is a terrible driver and spent years practicing drunken auto mechanics. And he used to wonder why I wouldn't loan him a car or let him drive my kids anywhere. Seriously, he could NOT figure it out!</p><p></p><p>As for the storage, the first time my husband met the extended family (neighbors that were grandparents by choice, and bro was finally around for a dinner) my bro made a HUGE proclamation that he was going to walk to Washington. Gfgbro ADORED making outrageous proclamations because he was pretty sure my folks would not fight with him in front of company. The ONLY response he got was my mom saying, very politely, "Oh? Where are you going to store all of your stuff?" No one even asked if he meant Washington State or Difficult Child - and he never said another thing the whole meal because he was too confused that he didn't cause a ruckus!!!! It was really funny to husband and I, though we both knew not to laugh about it them!</p><p></p><p>difficult children really do not have much grasp of reality. The only way they figure it out is through natural consequences. My bro has gone to court with insurance verifications that he has forged at least 4 times that I know of. He has told me about it after the fact each time as a way to "prove" to me that I am wasteful with my $$ because I pay for car insurance each month. He only once told me about it before because he wanted to "borrow" my up to date verification to forge his verification. I refused and sent a note to the judge. No idea what they did about it. Now my parents lump his vehicle insurance into his car payment and rent and utilities payment because THEY hold the note on his vehicle. </p><p></p><p>Just act confused on difficult child's birthday. Do what you want to do for her and if she doesn't like it let her go find someone to pay for her party by herself. I think the big sweet sixteen parties were a part of Hispanic culture and it has spread to those in other cultures with too much money and too little sense. At least that is how it seems to ME.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 366955, member: 1233"] I remember my 16th birthday. No huge gifts or anything. A cake, dinner with the family and a couple of friends. JUST after they sang Happy birthday and I was taking a big breath to blow out the candles (my dad was standing there with the fire extinguisher so we didn't burn the house down with the candles, LOLOLOL!) the friend standing behind me screamed "Oh my G-D!! You have GRAY HAIR!!" And I did. It was about the funniest thing ever!!!! We ALL cracked up and it was really hard to blow out the candles when I was laughing so hard!!! with-o the gray hair I probably would not have ever remembered it!! As for car insurance, this MUST be a difficult child thing. My gfgbro spent YEARS telling me that you only get insurance a week or so before you have to get your tags renewed. Then you just don't make the next month payment and no one will ever know. This from a man who USUALLY had guard rail burn on the [I]driver's[/I] side of the car as well as the passenger side! Who has owned more cars than I can even count because he is a terrible driver and spent years practicing drunken auto mechanics. And he used to wonder why I wouldn't loan him a car or let him drive my kids anywhere. Seriously, he could NOT figure it out! As for the storage, the first time my husband met the extended family (neighbors that were grandparents by choice, and bro was finally around for a dinner) my bro made a HUGE proclamation that he was going to walk to Washington. Gfgbro ADORED making outrageous proclamations because he was pretty sure my folks would not fight with him in front of company. The ONLY response he got was my mom saying, very politely, "Oh? Where are you going to store all of your stuff?" No one even asked if he meant Washington State or Difficult Child - and he never said another thing the whole meal because he was too confused that he didn't cause a ruckus!!!! It was really funny to husband and I, though we both knew not to laugh about it them! difficult children really do not have much grasp of reality. The only way they figure it out is through natural consequences. My bro has gone to court with insurance verifications that he has forged at least 4 times that I know of. He has told me about it after the fact each time as a way to "prove" to me that I am wasteful with my $$ because I pay for car insurance each month. He only once told me about it before because he wanted to "borrow" my up to date verification to forge his verification. I refused and sent a note to the judge. No idea what they did about it. Now my parents lump his vehicle insurance into his car payment and rent and utilities payment because THEY hold the note on his vehicle. Just act confused on difficult child's birthday. Do what you want to do for her and if she doesn't like it let her go find someone to pay for her party by herself. I think the big sweet sixteen parties were a part of Hispanic culture and it has spread to those in other cultures with too much money and too little sense. At least that is how it seems to ME. [/QUOTE]
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