o/t (mini vent) suppose it'll sink in? lol

Young fella who works here's 19 and had the same girlfriend for 2 and a half years.He and his family spend to no end on her because she's from a socially assisted broken home and feel sorry for her.They bought her a car so she wouldn't quit high school to get a job to buy one,helped pay her tuition for colledge,appartment rent and so on.They two of them fight like cats and dogs over stupid things,like kids do,than last week he finds out she's been texting this other kid and he spent the night at her apartment and she says "nothing happened" and he believes her.Beats up the other kid who has 2 other girlfriends,one of which is expecting his child.Anyways the two of them were at it again last night,he kept me "informed" of her angry texts while we were milking.I said "I can say somthing if you like,or not anything,so he said go ahead.I said when people who date fight all the time,and they get married the fighting usually gets worse.When married people fight,they use phrases like I'm calling my lawyer,I want half the house,I want spousal support and child support, and they USUALLY get it."He than tells me his best friend who's 22 got dumped by his girlfriend for the 12th time since the summer.Also another friend,who's a young fella of a man I know,and it's true,is living with his girlfriend of 5 years,they are engaged and she admits to cheating of him steadily with the same man.He apparently asked her to stop and she refueses so they are still living together and getting married lol.I think my children should become family law lawyers,may be lots of business for that sort of thing in these parts in the future lol.Sorry for the vent,just kidds need to respect one another abit more.

Oh man,I hear you. These pain in the @ss young girls these days! My youngest son was dating an absolutely spoiled rotten brat like that for several years. She was from a broken home too.(try to find one that's not) Everybody felt SO sorry for her. Had to spoil her. That kid was the devil as far as I'm concerned. I just told him flat out,don't get ehr knocked up. He didn't. He had to live with her for a while to finally see her for what she was,but got out with his life anyway.

These are the same people who waste our tax dollars using the police and courts to settle petty personal issues.

Sorry no sympathy here.

I'll throw in my 2 cents. Kids only mimic what they see at home and nowadays the baby sitter or parental image is that box called the tv. Get rid of the tv or put the filters on and watch society improve.

The sad truth is too many of the parents are no better than the kids.

You called it right. The kids are only aping what they see at home.

Yep,in that little brats case,mommy was a spoiled little daddys girl,parents had money,so the rotten little grandaughter was spoiled by grandpa. Her dad was a drunk. Mommy kicked him out. He tried to over compensate when he was sober. Like I said,TRY to find a young girl nowdays who ISN'T from a broken disfunctional home.

Apparently, kids today thrive on drama. If you wanna live in a soap opera, go for it; if you want a real life without the drama, WALK AWAY. That's the advice I always gave MY kids; whether they listened or not was their choice.

You are 100% right.
I know not every has the chance to grow up on a
farm.But I have all ways said that if you can
keep the mind and body busy and do some thing
that is worth doing and respect others for who
they are and give a helping to some one in
need it will make you a better person and you
will be respected, Also it is better to say
nothing, than to say some thig that you should
have never have said had and tough love has always been the best teacher

You are so right! The parent's attitude rubs off on the children. When I see a good responsible young person, I can betcha the parents aren't the type who sit around and moan and groan about how badly they're being treated in life. They look at the good side of others instead of the bad. Jim

It's not just the girls. There's a lot of guys that are real jerks as well. My sister's going to court for a week at a cost of $5000/day because of the idiot she was with! They had 2 kids together, who are great, and he admitted cheating to at least to other women. He tried to fire my sister from her own business. He embezzelled at least $65,000 from the business. After a meeting with lawyers, he was finally kicked out of the business because my sister still owned over 75% of the shares. He sat around and did nothing for over a year and a half saying he was either over qualified or under qualified for ANY job. Then he signed up for a Gov't. course on starting a business but because he had no money by this time, the Gov't. is after my sister to pay as spousal support! He's taking a photography course with the $2000 camera he took from my sisters business(a high end hair salon). The only thing he's done right is not bring the kids into it. The real sad thing is that he's still going to get a big chunk of money when all is done. I think he should be ordered to pay back all the money he stole from the business or go to jail. He almost ran the business into the ground. They bought a house together just before all this happened and even though he hasn't lived there for almost 2 year's and hasn't paid a dime of the mortgage or utilities, he still gets his percentage of the equity based on current appreciated market value. If you want a definition of a first class loser, it is him! Dave

If you really like this kid, take him to town and buy him some Foo Foo, let him know that this gal is not the only game in town!

To keep it tractor related, there is a local guy who is very good at working on farm equipment. Lives with his parents who appearantly didn't teach him the value of saving money. He now wants to get married and can't get a loan to buy a mobile home or the land on which to put it because he dosen't have a credit history and parents aren't going to give him a lot to put the MH on.

Money management dosen't cause as many problems as personal relationships, but it's sure not insignificant.

Personal note. Finance and I were going to buy an engagement ring and the other rings and the jewelor, a personal friend, advised me to buy the ring on credit from him so I could have some credit history when time came to buy a house. Best financial advice I ever had, other than to save money.

KEH

Sure does make me appreciate my 3 daughter-in-laws, they're darn good women.
Paul

I would tell the kid if he doesn't leave the cell phone home don't bother coming to work. You don't need a 19 year old drama queen boy working on a farm. I have to get away from people even on cell phones anymore. Pretty hard to do in this Jerry Springer world. You should see the 40 ish year old p@ssywhipped men I work with that are tethered to a cell phone by their demanding wives. Pretty pathetic.

Send them to me I want them on my show! I can make money showing these types on National TV.

You actually allow cell phone use in the work area?
I banned the use of them on the production floors on my shift unless it was a bonafied emergency. Breaks and lunch no problem.
Full time employees will receive progressive disciplinary action upto and including termination of employment. Temporary people are ordered to leave. In as much as they are not paid to gab on the phone or text, if they are not paying attention to what they are doing serious production errors occur and even more serious safety issues arise.
Wasn't long before the other shifts followed suit on this. And yes more than a few temporary employees got a re-affirmation of why they are temporary.