tough to find someone to watch the kids on new years.

Thanks for the reminder, I needed a new stealth pad!

I say go with the SSD. Nothing beats rebooting and being back in mumble 15 seconds later.

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I'm sorry mang

the suspense

I'm sorry but good parenting doesn't end, ever. I still have my parents in my life to be there for my kids and help make my boys become strong men. I'm sure anyone can "survive" from fairly young as long as someone is paying rent. But I want my kids to thrive even more then I did. And I've been very successful in life.

And yes it is a sacrifice, this just goes to show you still have something to learn about being a parent. I was living life to the fullest before I had kids, so I had to slow down. I really don't expect you to understand until you get to this point, but it sounds like the advice from your parents might not be normal since they left you all to your own devices at such a young age. And I don't think leaving kids under 10 alone for days is good parenting. What if someone got hurt? Choked, burned? If I left my kids on their own and one of them got burned by a pot of boiling water I would consider myself 100% responsible. It sounds like your parents just dropped the ball there, sorry to be blunt.

I'm not talking about career paths, I'm talking about what a person has to become when they have kids. Your life, your choices are all now about your kids and no longer about yourself. The things your parents had to sacrifice to raise you is something you can't understand until you're a parent yourself. Your brother could not have kids and be a good parent doing odd jobs like he is now. You're forced to find secure work and housing.

Once you have kids you grow up pretty quickly. And no longer get to improvise anything, it's all planned down to the minute now. It's a lot of work :( And I bet your parents know more than you think. It's impossible to understand what your parents went through until you have kids of your own.

It could be a jilted significant other. Any chance one of your parents is having an affair?

If it wasn't their dogs bone then they will just assume another dog or animal put it there. It's only passive aggressive if it keeps showing up and he continues to put it on the neighbors step without confronting him about it.

I'm responding because I'm probably one of the only long time home owners on this site who's had to deal with neighbors from an adult perspective in multiple locations. It can get tiring dealing with other peoples shit hounds.

You guys are assuming this is passive aggressive behavior when it's not. It's a simple message, keep your dogs shit in your own lawn. It's not passive at all. Confrontation is the next step if it continues.

DO not judge your father yet, you're still young. Wait until you're his age with his responsibilities. Things change.

This is just his "first" response. Wait to see how he reacts if it escalates.