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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jul 16, 2008
TRiG, trouble is, I promised my parents i'd go and visit them for a few days this year - that was before I had told them. I can just imagine what discussions to expect. It doesn't help to know they mean well. But then maybe it's still better than the usual conversations about who's going to inherit the house etc. 
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 16, 2008
Oh, dear. He's brave and mature enough to not only have realised and admitted to himself and others that more school isn't for him - it isn't for everyone - but also to have worked out what he's going to do next! Sounds like you can be proud of him for that.
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jul 16, 2008
Mala, I am proud of my osns - not for what they have achieved in terms of marks at school etc, but for how and who they are. They are wonderful sons, generous, loving, and happy if I can help it.
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 16, 2008
And that's not enough for their grandparents? 
It can't all be about status symbols - and if studying architecture and working on construction sites taught me anything, it's a deep respect for craftsmen. I really wish I'd done an apprenticeship as a carpenter or something before Uni now.
I'm sure he'll find what's right for him.
My cousin left school a month before his Abi, and - well, actually, he's not such a good example, he turned into a politician 
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Jul 16, 2008
It can take a while for us blokes to decide what we want to do when we grow up.
I still haven't decided.
RF
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bobstafford Posted Jul 16, 2008
Or even "if you can do any better I am off shopping" whatch them run 
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jul 16, 2008
Bob, that has a flaw: I hate shopping.
BEG, nice to see you're back.
RF, I think the problem is that you blokes never grow up. 
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PedanticBarSteward Posted Jul 16, 2008
I do sympathis but would be the worst to offer advice - other than 'don't worry about it'.
My papa taught me to drive and then re-insured the car so that I couldn't drive it. For my eighteenth birthday he gave me a paddle and muttered 'you know where the canoe is'.
I thought it a bit harsh - at the time - but I am grateful now.
Personally, I have absolutely NO intention of ever growing up and being 'sensible'.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 16, 2008
*skips everything but posting 1 and your last remark*
that's just it! we never grow up!
and thus couldn't care 
about what your parents and in-laws think 
follow our example and feel free 
ps: oops almost forgot: feel free to burn your bra and walk around naked
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 16, 2008
ha, easy for you to say now 
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psychocandy-moderation team leader Posted Jul 16, 2008
That's the best simulpost-thingy I've ever seen!
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Jul 16, 2008
Just click on where it says: the parent posting to which this is a reply, that proves it. 
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 16, 2008
you don't know until you've tried it
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jul 16, 2008
ah, okay, so you tried it?
and then what?
it turned out to me inflammable?
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PedanticBarSteward Posted Jul 16, 2008
Re - Post: 32
"Oh my goodness, I replied to PBS"
If I can give ONE bit of advice - NEVER reply to PBS! 
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