# My nineteen-year-old son went to the beach and while he was gone I moved away **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 23, 2004, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538 "2004-07-23T16:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/101 "2004-07-25T05:33:01Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > You forgot the rest: > > "You know why ??? “” > "CHICKEN THIGH !!! " Guess where? Chicken hair! ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/102 "2004-07-25T05:38:32Z")
I just want to say that I thought the OP was funny. My earlier post was just a memory triggered by the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/103 "2004-07-25T06:32:34Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Guess where? Chicken hair! Chicken hair? No, chicken’s bare! ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/104 "2004-07-25T16:29:45Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > He went to his grandmother’s place to get the address and she refused to tell him until he mowed the lawn. I’ll probably be labelled a soulless git for this, but I find this hilarious! > [@Triskadecamus](#): > > I said, “Oh well, fuck the bed.” Picked up the lamp, and walked out. This too. Brilliant, **Tris**! Thanks for sharing these stories. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![presidebt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c37758/32.png) [@presidebt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/presidebt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/105 "2004-07-25T16:38:38Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > In my house (which contains no 19-year-olds nor 3-year-olds), it’s: > > “Guess what?” > “What?” > “Chicken butt!!” > > 😃 You forgot, “Pull the string and eat the gut!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Den\_Mum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@Den\_Mum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Den_Mum)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/106 "2004-07-25T20:00:42Z")
Quote from **TeaElle** > [@](#): > > There is nothing in the world more obnoxious than someone trying to spin a complete piffle of a non-story into some scenario which makes them look like a badass when in fact, they’re just a halfass. There was no point in posting this except self-aggrandizement Come on, you have just described a largest percentage of the threads on **SDMB**!! I am rather new the the boards but I recognized Anita’s post as a light hearted one and assumed there was a backstory. My frustration was that even after Aunt **Geobabe** gave the backstory … we still got the outraged & angry posts. I enjoyed Anita’s post. It brought me back to my daughter’s venture out of the nest at 19 yrs old. I was self employed, very busy and away from home a lot anyway so we really weren’t getting into each other’s hair but she decided it was time for her own apartment. She was working her way through college,(very independent … wouldn’t allow anyone to help her financially!) had three parttime jobs and thought she could handle an apartment too. Darned if she didn’t do just fine. I would sneak groceries over occasionally, buy her a tank of gas when I knew she was getting broke and we remained best friends…then and now! I feel certain that Anita has a good relationship with her son and he probably thinks she is cool for allowing him the freedom to go be “grownup”. ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/107 "2004-07-25T20:32:09Z")
> [@TeaElle](#): > > There is nothing in the world more obnoxious than someone trying to spin a complete piffle of a non-story into some scenario which makes them look like a badass when in fact, they’re just a halfass. There was no point in posting this except self-aggrandizement. I’d say someone getting their panties bunched around their neck tight enough to cut off oxygen over what was obviously (even to those of us who don’t know **Anita** a cute joke is far and away more obnoxious. Trying to “spin a complete piffle of a non-story” into an excuse for self-righteous indignation and then failing is just sad. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nineteen-year-old-son-went-to-the-beach-and-while-he-was-gone-i-moved-away/256538/108 "2004-07-25T22:00:12Z")
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