My Son's Friend, Ashlee

[Wild Will]

This is my son's friend. She rides. That's her helmet. Yes, she wears chaps, and the view is quite acceptable. She's a model, and she likes off beat jewelry, so I gave her a sea lion incisor necklace. In the photo, she's wearing a "brass knuckle" necklace. It ain't easy keeping tabs on the young generation, but it's fun trying!



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[BobFV1]

I could be like a father to her.

[Optimus Prime]

I could be like a father to her.
If by father you mean "old dirty man"... then you're probably right.



so, err, is she available for riding lessons? :028:

[RexRiot]

It ain't easy keeping tabs on the young generation, but it's fun trying!

Yea, well if it makes you feel any better it ain't much easier when your part of it, but it's good to have things like that to remind us why we bust our asses trying :)

[BobFV1]

so, err, is she available for riding lessons? :028:

Says the "young dirty man . . ."

:eusa_drool:

[Moose]

Nice set of wheels.

[DarthRider]

Yea, well if it makes you feel any better it ain't much easier when your part of it, but it's good to have things like that to remind us why we bust our asses trying :)

RR - That sounds *exactly* what my son Bill, a long-haired R&R guitar player/vocalist/song writer, would have said !

[JCsman]

Normally I'm a strong proponent of ATGATT......but, for the photo here I believe an exception is in order.

Our three boys are spaced almost 21 years apart. I've been putting up with beautiful young women parading through the house for a long time....it's mostly good.

[fganger]

I believe I'd be happy to change with you: I have daughters who are 11 years apart. The assortment of young guys “parading through the house for a long time.... it’s mostly” bad, scary actually.

Stinkin' Frank

[DarthRider]

I believe I'd be happy to change with you: I have daughters who are 11 years apart. The assortment of young guys “parading through the house for a long time.... it’s mostly” bad, scary actually.

Stinkin' Frank

Stinkin'...just show 'em all your bullet hole scars and tell 'em going back to prison doesn't scare you one bit ! And would they like to help you clean your Uzzi ?

I had a friend in Dallas who once traded an Uzzi for a Guzzi...

[Gord]

I have 2 daughters.

I tell them to keep away from the semen spewing devils.

My wife says, "Then they would be lesbians!"

I say, "So what? I'm a lesbian."

She says, "How's that?"

I say "Love pussy. Don't do dick."

My youngest daughter (almost 16) tends to fall in love I think. She has had 3boyfriends (one of them twice!) and they always end up breaking her heart and causing her at least two weeks of miserableness and pain.

My eldest could care a rat's ass about any one guy. She seems to like to play the field (but not in some slutty way - I think!)

Where the heck was I going with this babble....

[jamming]

You guys are scaring me. My Daughter, Piper is 3. I'm not known to be a patient man, or suffer stupidity well. I get worse as I age. By the time she can date, I ought to be rather ornery. You guys will visit me in prison won't you?

[Optimus Prime]

You guys are scaring me. My Daughter, Piper is 3. I'm not known to be a patient man, or suffer stupidity well. I get worse as I age. By the time she can date, I ought to be rather ornery. You guys will visit me in prison won't you?

To hell with that. I'll help you bury the body and be your alibi so that you can avoid prison all together. :066:

[DJ Down Under]

Hey Roger..A three year old hey..Don't-cha just love kids while they're young....:003:

DJ

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[jamming]

To hell with that. I'll help you bury the body and be your alibi so that you can avoid prison all together. :066:

Thanks Jason, your a true friend.

BTW I do have a 16 year old Son that is now on the prowl. We had the "talk" and I told him" wrap that rascal," I don't care what she says. If you don't have a wrap, Smile...it's the second best you can do with your lips.
If you get my drift.

[jamming]

Hey Roger..A three year old hey..Don't-cha just love kids while they're young....:003:

DJ

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~djp1/mypic3014.jpg

Bummer!

Yea DJ, a 3 year old Daughter, 4 year old Son, 16 year old Son(see above).

[Sir Limpsalot]

Thank you, one and all, for the funniest thing I've seen in ages. You guys are a hoot :058:

Si.

[Boxerboy]

Hey Will, is there a flip side shot? :)

[Capt. Blackadder]

I have 2 daughters.

I tell them to keep away from the semen spewing devils.

My wife says, "Then they would be lesbians!"

I say, "So what? I'm a lesbian."

She says, "How's that?"

I say "Love pussy. Don't do dick."

My youngest daughter (almost 16) tends to fall in love I think. She has had 3boyfriends (one of them twice!) and they always end up breaking her heart and causing her at least two weeks of miserableness and pain.

My eldest could care a rat's ass about any one guy. She seems to like to play the field (but not in some slutty way - I think!)

Where the heck was I going with this babble....

You is one funny m.f.! But I'll tell you where you were going with this. You were gonna go back home after your extended visit with the brothers Glen... Livet and Fiddich.

:030:

[Wild Will]

Hey Will, is there a flip side shot? :)

Of course, Mate. There always is. He's away at a raggae festival up in Humboldt County now, and I'll place a request when he returns. Meanwhile, here's a shot from last year's Reggae On The River; this lass is none other than La Tigressa, of whom Dangerous Dave is particularly fond. I'm told it was fun watching this activist's mammaries brushed softly with pure ermine fur.
It always is!

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[R4R&R]

My son is currently chasing girls around and part of me is proud (the other part worries about the trouble he can get in). He's racking up his count of girl 'friends', and has gone through a few he actually calls girlfriends. A few weeks ago we went to the outer banks (vacation at the beach) and his main goal was to 'pickup girls'. Sure enough, he got two to hang out with for the week. He has a good pic on his cell phone of them hanging off each shoulder. Oh, did I mention, he's only 13!!!!

Which brings me to my daughter - 10. I'm worried I'll be too protective when those boys come hanging around our house. I'll have to be frequently 'cleaning' my guns when they 'come over'.:pot:

[Wild Will]

I think the right course of action is to make sure the kids are welcome in your house. Set the rules up front. It's better to know who's hanging around your kids than not. Too many of my pals have nothing to do with their teen kids, and it's not a good thing.
If I'd had daughters, I'd watch every boy who came around, and have a private chat with them on the side. I'd be kind but firm. One of my pals warned the boys, one by one (his daughter is 6 foot, 110 pounds, athletic and blonde; her eyes are sapphire and she is perfec...) that there was to be "nothing below the belt line, or else".
Keep the communication lines open 24-7. I was able to maintain a close scrutiny by allowing the kids into my home. They were fun, usually, and I was able to impart some 'frontier wisdom' their way from time to time. Some never came twice; others became my friends too. You get what you give.

[DarthRider]

I think you're right WW.
I never heard of your friend's approach of "nothing below the belt-line" ! I wonder if it works ?! Distract them with the boobies and they'll forget the rest...? I have my doubts !

Your viewpoint reminds me of an old quotation from, I believe General Dwight D. Eisenhower:
"It's better to have the enemy inside your tent, pissing out; than outside the tent pissing in."

[socalrob]

I've got a 17yo daughter, a 10yo daughter, & will soon have a 14yo niece living full time with us. (Also a 15yo boy, he & I are outnumbered).

The 10 yo is into horses, super aethletic, so no problems.

The 14 yo is an unknown experience. But I think we will have a "honeymoon" period where she is so happy to be out of her old situation that she will be trying to please us. How long that lasts, who knows?

The 17 yo (entering her senior year) is the interesting one right now. She is more prudish than her mom or I. Did not really have a boyfriend (maybe a crush or 2) until about 4 months ago. Her guy is a super smart Chinese boy, I think the number 3 academic student in the high school (which in turn is something like the number 3 public high school in the state). I think he has a 4.9 GPA. His parents place more restrictions on him than we do on our daughter, which BTW, is nice. Per his parents, they are only allowed to date one night per weekend.

Now understand that my 17 yo, while a motivated student, is not in her guy's league academically. But she is a serious cross country runner, horse rider, social, likes her life, wants to live "the good life" and is willing to work for it. She also is very good at "working the system".

About once every 2 weeks my wife & I will question our daughter about her potential need for birth control, discuss the various pros & cons of different things, & express somewhat disbelief that she doesn't need it. She tells us no way, SHE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. Its really pretty entertaining. Its almost like we have a reverse psychology thing going.

Wife & I figure that the fact our daughter picked a "nerdy" "nice" "intelligent" "success driven" boy speaks volumes about her mental health, and that is all that really concerns me right now. I think that & the fact that I can discuss birth control/drinking in a casual manner bodes well for her. BTW, she also does not drink alchohol, although we have told her at parties it is ok to nurse one beer all night as long as she does not drive. She, in her prudish ways, won't do it.

We are not hung up on double standards, & to tell the truth I'd rather she not have her first drinking & sexual experience away at college where kids have so much stuff to deal with, I'd rather have those things happen somewhere about now so that she is "fully experienced" as a college freshman & not one of those repressed kids who goes bonkers.

Ah, the joys of raising kids in a very conservative Morman influenced town.