Parent Thread

lurkingdirk said:

He's not trying to win points. He's trying to be a better person. He's not judging anyone on their relationship with someone else, but simply on his own interaction with each person.

I feel badly for your children.

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Hateyou said:

Why do you feel bad for his kids? All he said was the girl is still doing disrespectful shit so your kid should feel the same way about her whether she is sending the pics to him or others. He shouldn’t respect her, because he knows shes willing to do it. Whether she sent them to him or not is kind of irrelevant.

He did write it in a really fucking hard to decipher way though lol

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lurkingdirk said:

Had a small moment of what I consider triumph today. I was out with my youngest son (16). We were at the hardware store, there was a list of things I needed on one of my google docs. I left my phone in the truck, so asked my son if I could use his for a minute. No hesitation, he hands over his phone. When I opened it a text conversation was up. It was with a girl in his class. A rather popular girl due to her looks. She offered several times to send my son nudes. And he responded with "Nah, I don't do that." and "We're good friends, let's keep that going." and, most ridiculously (or most awesome, IDK), "Sorry, I respect you a lot, and I don't know if I could if you sent me nudes." The short version is she wanted to send him titty pictures, he said no. Multiple times. And didn't make her feel badly in the process.

Now I know you guys. You're going to say he's gay (nope), or what is wrong with him, accept the pictures! When I gave him his phone back we went and sat in two recliners in the furniture section of the store. I asked him about it, told him I was sorry for violating his privacy, told him the word "nudes" was on the screen when I opened it, and I just could not help but look to see his reaction. I told him I'm proud of him. He said it's not uncommon for girls in his class to offer nudes, it seems to have become a thing. Some of the guys in his class appear to be collecting as many as he can get. Many of you might say what's the harm? I find this disgusting behaviour. The girls shouldn't be sending 16 or 15 year old nudes to anyone, the guys should not be collecting them as trophies.

The great part was (what I believe) his honest answer: "If I find the need to look for boobs I'm sure I can find them online. I don't, but the option is always there. I don't want to look at the girls in my class like that. I have to be in school with them every day. I think I would have a hard time respecting them if they're sending me nude pictures."

I dunno. The world is so different from when I was in high school. To me this feels like a huge parenting win.

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Gavinmad said:

I think the important thing to take away from all of this is that Dirk clearly beats his children exactly the right amount for his son to turn out that way.

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Gurgeh said:

There is something insanely wrong with these girls, they are probably already beyond repair. If they are all like that something is wrong with the school / area...

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