Such language! You must really have a sucky dad!
Nah, she learned that one from her Grandma. 
And I’d like to personally curse jr8, since for the last 24 hours or so I’ve had the tune for that damned song running through my head. So in a spirit of cooperation and reciprocation:
Yes, and we all know that when you say it scares you that he is a parent, you meant he must be a good parent, right?
Look, even if you don’t think you insinuated that he is a bad parent, (which I don’t believe) you have to admit that telling someone you are scared he is a parent is still a huge insult. So don’t pretend to be surprised when he got upset with you over it. It’s tiring to see you flinging insults at people and then arguing semantics. If you want to insult someone, be a big girl and admit you insulted them. Back up your claim, don’t run away and pretend you never made it.
Wow, my last post didn’t make any sense at all. My only excuse is that it was late and I was tired and feverish. I shouldn’t post when I’m sick.
Sorry about that. Please ignore me.
Look, I said what I said. I don’t take it back. There is no need to. Besides, I am walking away the bigger person because I have NOT invited anyone to die… nor have I called anyone a bitch.
Yes, I said it scares me to think that this is the example his daughter sees; the invitations to die… and the name calling. I am allowed to have that opinion. Whether he is insulted or not, that’s his biz. Not mine.
I am allowed to have the opinion that you are a stupid fuck, too. And if you’re insulted by that, that’s your business, not mine.
You stupid fuck.
and sooooo?
Gosh. It’s surprising we don’t see more of you in Great Debates.
<still hijacking>…
MissBungle’s first three posts in this thread were relatively benign, and she didn’t start becoming blatantly offensive until AFTER Dave had already cordially invited her to bite him.
Now, Dave has shown considerably more subsequent grace, and MissBungle has indeed, though indirectly, questioned his parenting ability. However, the fact remains that she didn’t bare her teeth until she was invited to.
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Sakura is showing a hell of a lot more good grace than I would, since I am still irritated at my director’s favoritism almost fifteen years later, and I’m occasionally tempted to see if she ended up with polyps on her vocal cords as her cosmic retribution.
Hama, I can sorta see your point, but I have to disagree. Through this post, I’ve sorta gotten a handle on MissBungle’s modus operandi.
Not far into the thread, she hopped in with the comment that it should serve as a lesson that life isn’t fair. That was all, and that’s a benign, inoffensive comment.
So benign and inoffensive, in fact, that it garnered no response, even though it ran mostly counter to the majority of posts up to that time, which offered sympathy and support.
So, since she wasn’t noticed on page one, she jumped in on page two with her “there are kids with cancer” post.
Benign? I can’t really think it it. Inoffensive? Hardly. And she got what she wanted. Attention, and a quick three-or-four post exchange all devoted to HER! Wheeee!
Since I was the OP, I decided I might as well comment on her lack of class, hence my cordial invitation for her to bite me.
I would have been willing to let it go at that. Tit for tat. A relatively flippant response to a tactless post.
But she was finally getting noticed, and she had the attention of the OP. So she baited me with a “My, how touchy. What did li’l ol’ me do to get everyone so upset?” post.
Such transparently feigned naivete pisses me off, so I upped my ante. She got my goat, and rose to her bait, I’ll admit. And then, sensing that my family is a sensitive issue to me (which should be obvious), she siezed on the opportunity to run counter to the general trend in the thread (“you’re a good dad, and your daughter is a good kid”) and decided to cast aspersions on my ability as a father. Not in so many words, as Venoma has pointed out, but aspersions nonetheless.
She’s a pathetic attention-whore, IMO, and has decided that any attention, even flames, are better than being ignored. Preschoolers do the same thing when the adults around them aren’t giving them enough attention. Misbehavior guarantees you’ll be noticed.
Finally, while I’m willing to admit that some of my behavior in this thread, as it relates to MissBungle, hasn’t been my best. But ask yourself this: of the two of us, who has been acting more “out-of-character”, me or her?
So does the new kid in school when surrounded by kids who have known each other for ages. Just another POV…
Well, you have, as far as I can tell. I’ve seen her say mean things AND supportive things, but she hasn’t really posted enough for me to figure out which is going to dominate. And, honestly, even her “bad” posts haven’t been anything like the usual Pit definition of “bad.” It seems as though she’s rubbing some old-timers the wrong way, and I believe that, sometimes, people definitely are jumped on harder for being harsh to long-standing posters.
If you really do think she’s nothing but an attention-whore, you might want to rethink how much you’ve been feeding her. I understand that you feel as though she’s undermined your parenting skills…but when you have as much support here as you obviously have, how much does it matter if someone you think is a troll casts aspersions at you? Some nameless, faceless yaboo who I think is looking for attention tells me I’m a bad parent, I say “Whatever you need to believe, dollface” and drop it. I know I’m not convincing them…and if they’re trolls, I wouldn’t want to in the first place.
Just a few more thoughts.
Valid points, all. Thanks. And you’re right about a lot of things. I should know better, really, but got carried away.
In my defense, I wasn’t piling on, as I was totally unaware of her posting style until this thread. As I mentioned, for pretty much all of February, my board activity has been skimming, and I’d never read any of her posts until this thread.
Let me state again, it wasn’t what she said (which I and Sakura acknowledge is true, and good advice, to boot), it was the way she said it.
I don’t think MissBungle is a troll, I think she’s someone who would rather raise a stink and have a fuss made, as long as it means she gets noticed.
By and large, I’m going to take your advice regarding her and pretend she doesn’t exist, same as the other annoying one-trick-ponies I’ve encountered.
I just stumbled across this thread. Your statement is exactly correct. Your daughter has shown herself to be far more mature, adult and ethical than all others concerned. Had I been the teacher involved, the other girl would not only NOT have gotten the part back, she’d have been out on her butt completely.
Please tell your daughter that there is at least one other person besides her dad who thinks that she absolutely did the right thing. She should consider this a personal victory - she might not have gotten to play the part, but what she did made a much better person of her that playing the part would have.
Clothahump shouldn’t your name be Clothabump ?
But since this thread is back to light, DAVEW0071 how are your daughter’s theatrical hopes going?