Ghoulies October: us v BT (Page 5)

So I'm going to tell you a little story, because you know I do that from time to time.

If anyone of you have seen the link off of my facebook page there is a video from Ellen about bullying.

My son is 10, I can't tell you if he may be gay or not and honestly I don't care, but he has dealt with bullies a few times. In the second grade we had an incident with a kid that we ended up going to the school about twice, it didn't resolve until the third grade.

More recently my son is being bullied by a kid on the soccer team. The kid is a good soccer player, but he's pretty full of himself. He will kick other kids soccer balls away from them during practice during drills, or after practice. There are a few kids on the team he calls names I will not repeat here. He also likes to hit the bottoms of water bottles while the kids are drinking out of them. The last time he did this to my son, my son got a bloody lip, if that tells you how hard he is hitting them.

My son walked off the field after practice in tears. My son is a big softie. There are times I wish he were a little tougher, but he is what he is and I'll love him no matter what. Anyway... I asked my son what happened and he was reluctant to tell me, but I was persistent, and he finally did. I stormed back toward the field, passing the coach along the way, and decided to grab him. I told the coach what happened and apparently he has told this kid before he had to knock this crap off. There was a second kid who left the field in tears, too. I learned that while the coach was lecturing this kid. If he doesn't knock it off I'm going to find his parents and put a stop to it.

My son knows he isn't allowed to start a fight, but he CERTAINLY knows he is allowed to end it. I told my son that if the kid picks on him again he has my permission to knock him on his azz. I hope he does. I DO NOT TOLERATE BULLYING!

You may go about your regularly scheduled day now.

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I thought we were all doing out to dinner tonight and then we were going to stop and pick up a few things. The family called an audible on me, they want to go to the high school football game. Guess I'll get my shopping done quicker, and at less expense.

Hi ghouls

Bill - hope your dad gets better soon!  My grandpa was hospitalized recently with the same thing.  They were able to figure out what was going on with diet and meds and he's doing much better now.

Ann - Hope your son pops the bully a good one

Thanks Neal

So, funny story.  I asked my parents if I could borrow their p90x dvds so I'd have something other than s/b/r to do in the off season and I've completely neglected strength training since last winter.  I got a text from my mom Monday saying the dvds were on their way.  Well they came today.  I pulled the box out of the mailbox and thought to myself, "wow, she even saved the original packaging to send them to me in" since there was P90x markings on the box.  I wasn't until I got the box open and saw the invoice that I realized she had bought me a new set.  Sneaky, sneaky.

Alright, I am off to happy hour.  Hopefully it doesn't get too crazy tonight since I'm running a 5k in the morning.  I figure it will give me an excuse for my slow time

I saw my fair share of bullies growing up.  It's not something any kid should have to deal with

Way to go Neal's mom!

Good morning Ghoulies!

I am hoping to get 2 run sessions in today since my daughter's soccer game for this morning was canceled. The home fields are closed, some of them are under water, the rest are just really muddy. My son has an away game at noon, not sure about that field yet.

I hope everyone has an enjoyable Saturday.

Good morning!

I'm hungover.  Should be an interesting 5k.....

MORNING NEAL!!

Loudly spoken with laughter!

Morning Ann, Good luck with running today.

I have more yard work on tap today. A run would be nice, but we will see.

If you don't puke at the finish line you didn't go fast enough.

You could come up here and do some yard work with me this afternoon, then we can run this evening.

Better yet, you can come here and do yard work and we can run where it is sunny and dry!

FWIW, adding to yesterdays discussion

Bullying sucks. Both for boys and girls. In all forms. It is not just about being gay or weak it is about allowing a kid to abuse power- either physically or mentally, over other kids. My brother was bullied, I was for a while. If you don't fit in completely to what ever mold is held as the standard, then you can be the butt of abuse.

It is wrong in all forms.

Sorry, Bill, I don't think it has anything at all to do with "manhood", matter of fact, I think boys having to "man up" leads to some kids putting up with abuse to the point that they think that ending their precious young lives is better than facing the abuse and thinking that  the adults in their lives may think they deserve the abuse.

Stepping off the soap box now and out into the yard.

I'll be down as soon as the soccer game is over.

Goin' on down to Robin's TopPage!

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Well I didn't puke but I sure felt like I was going to.  I haven't run that hard in months

It was a small field so ended up 3rd overall and actually set a PR.

Time for football and more beer.  Hope everyone has a good Saturday!

is it too late for a former ghoulie to join in the fun?  My goal is to run 120 miles this month!