tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post6799333421595734912..comments2023-10-19T06:11:01.600-05:00Comments on A Bag of Olives: First snow of the summer and other nonsenseKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05301635466561126804noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post-30199124066379361122008-12-19T20:50:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:50:00.000-05:00How sad that your mother-in-law treats you that wa...How sad that your mother-in-law treats you that way. Stay strong.~ Phyllis ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12469317811031836145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post-13157381626764331992008-12-17T12:13:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:13:00.000-05:00Life presents us with interesting lessons for sure...Life presents us with interesting lessons for sure. My first in-laws I didn't feel were so accepting of me. I married the baby, youngest of five children, AND only son. I didn't believe I was ever going to match up! My new in-laws I am more accepting of.<BR/><BR/>The lessons that age has taught me! Much of what I spoke of was true in the first case. But I am also much more comfortable now in my own skin, and don't have to please others so much now.<BR/><BR/>It must be a difficult environment indeed. I would have problems with the alcohol part, having had to deal with that in my first marriage.Iron Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848627330939129750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post-82298975682798200322008-12-16T10:33:00.000-05:002008-12-16T10:33:00.000-05:00Hope your dog is done shedding by now. It is too b...Hope your dog is done shedding by now. It is too bad about mother-in-laws, I think they suffer from some syndrome about having their son or daughter taken away from their household. this is what I think. I am sorry about O's father.Margaret Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193782261129586110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post-22980429609292343072008-12-14T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-14T21:21:00.000-05:00Oh, and be sure the kids are close at hand so they...Oh, and be sure the kids are close at hand so they can go buy more beer when the adults are too drunk to make it to the corner store. Disgusting.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301635466561126804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post-37750793211733105982008-12-14T21:20:00.000-05:002008-12-14T21:20:00.000-05:00I honestly think that it has become so ingrained i...I honestly think that it has become so ingrained in the culture that no one thinks much about the consequences of drinking, socially or otherwise. Only recently did it become illegal to drive drunk, and that is almost never enforced. <BR/><BR/>I was shocked at first and now am simply disgusted at the fact that the adults turn every occasion into an opportunity to get drunk and they do it with their kids playing there in front of them. So the kids grow up thinking that getting drunk is the thing to do when company comes over. <BR/><BR/>Appalling. If I were to have done that in the US, I would have been arrested and my child taken away from me for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Here, it's just the most fashionable thing you can do.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301635466561126804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284868442252200576.post-7335506184560088472008-12-14T20:15:00.000-05:002008-12-14T20:15:00.000-05:00incredibly interesting topic... as far as diabetes...incredibly interesting topic... as far as diabetes is concerned, it's my understanding that it's really common amongst salvadorans and mexicanos too.<BR/><BR/>i have often thought, on my trips to el salvador, that it must be next to impossible to get away from alcohol if you have a problem with it, even if you *want* to... i don't drink beer often, as i prefer wine, and my husband's family always wondered what my problem was... and there was a bit of teasing that went along with it. last time i was there i was in a rare mood and actually drank with them... which was even more a cause for celebration in their eyes... <BR/><BR/>...it got me thinking thinking though: with a culture with so many alcohol related issues, why is there such a pressure to drink?<BR/><BR/>i have no clue.aighmeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213006618752792495noreply@blogger.com