It’s good they can set consistent boundaries - like ones the Supernanny would like. I’ve gotten a time out and stern talkings to.
edit: not just parents. Good parents.
Wow, thanks!
Yeah, thanks!
You say that now, but what if they take away your purse, with all your belongings in it?
In your analogy JC, who serves as CYS caseworkers, though? 
Do they give you toys for Christmas?
Do they take you to the zoo when you’re good?
Do they feed you can care for you when you’re sick?
DID THEY SEE TO IT THAT YOU GOT YOUR VACCINATIONS?
Is it Regression Week around here or something?
Watch out, Dex, the OP’s about to ask if he can borrow your car and have twenty dollars to go to the movies.
Dear Daddy,
Could you co-sign on a new Ferrari for me please.
Thank you.
This is healthy.
Well I haven’t had any stern warnings or talking-tos.
The mods don’t love me as much as JohnClay.
/pouts.
Act out. They’ll turn their attention to you then.
Yeah but JohnClay acts out in a more deeply weird and weirdly interesting fashion than I ever could.
All parents have a favorite child.
Go to your room.
Better yet, go to my room. I don’t have a TV, computer, and videogames in there.
You’re adult, married, and talking about having a kid. It’s unclear to me why you are happy that the SDMB moderators are acting as parents to you.
To help me stop getting out of control and being too unpopular.
They aren’t.
Speak for yourself.
I’m a JohnClay fan. His threads are fascinating. Often in a bizarre way, true, but I’ll always click on one if I see it. I discovered that he posts on a another board, and I read his threads there too. (I don’t post there.) People often tell him to “get a blog.” If he does, I’d read it.
He’s also started a few interesting threads lately where he does not overshare about his personal life. In his thread about the phrase “you can be right or you can be happy,” I notice that YOU are the one who brought up his wife! He didn’t take the bait, either. (Good on ya’, John) Then you pop in here just to tell him he’s unpopular.
I love you to bits, Ambi, but you’re being kinda stinky. It wouldn’t kill ya to give the guy a break, and even a little support if you can manage it.