Barbaloot rocks!!!

Considering the short amount of time he was even aware this child was his, I don't really know how much of a "fatherly" connection truly exists. I can honestly step back and say, yes, if it were me, I would play, too.

If you have any issue with my statement above, feel free to kiss my ass. Here are my credentials. I was essentially abandoned by my "mother" at 6 months old, I was raised in a stable, loving environment by my paternal grandparents. I have not heard from my "mother" in any way, shape, or form since a birthday card when I turned 6. My grandparents raised me as if I were their own son, as I grew up, I watched, and continue to watch my father be an irresponsible jackass. The best thing he ever did for me was move home with me. I find the fact that I got married in my "mother"s home town, without their knowledge or presence slightly funny.

As far as who has the right to give an opinion, I find the idea that whether someone does or does not have children should not be a basis on whether or not they have the right to give said opinion. That counts for Darko's marriage theory, too. We all have different backgrounds and experiences that lead to our belief system. That opinion probably will change based on a new experience, but they have every right to not get killed for expressing said current opinion.

The idea that this thread exists is not remotely surprising, but completely ridiculous anyway.

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Thanks for sharing.

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I didn't say they didn't have a right to an opinion.
I said that opinion was lacking context.
Boyd, you're recently married... Do you find that your relationship feels different now than it did 4 weeks ago?
I remember the sex on our wedding night. It was so completely different than it was before our marriage. Its been different since. Our relationship instantly changed that night. Not better or worse, just different. A wholly different experience, each day married, than it was before the vows.
I don't begrugde anyones opinion on how they'd react to a dead child. I just don't buy the opinions because I believe that they lack context.
Yall can say what you want. Don't bother me none.

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Nope.

The context can be taken from the observations made from seeing married couples, though, no?

Like a single guy or gal can still have an opinion based on marriages around them, be it parents, grandparents, friends, etc?

I think that context can come from different points of view, not just a first person marriage...just my opinion. That's all.

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I'd have to disagree. Would you find football analysis from former football players more truthful and compelling than analysis from someone who, say like Hub, never played a down?

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I agree with Darkside. Your views of things change dramatically once you live it. I think most parents would say the love for their kid(s) is different than their love of anyone else.

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Depends on which football player we're talking about. I find Hub more insightful than say Tony Siragusa or Pam Oliver, who we all know used to be Curtis Enis.

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I think you said a hell of a lot more than that.

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I don't have any issue with AP playing yesterday. I wouldn't have had any issue had he chose to sat out.

Its his life, it was his child. Who the hell is anybody here to give him a DBag nomination or a shoutout either way?

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you could say after the tragedy he was quick to recover

How long did he know this child existed?

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I would have guessed a barn.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Where'd you get your marriage license?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I wish that a marriage license
Was just like a driver's license
That expired every two years
With an option to hold
Just in case, love doesn't grow cold
Grow cold, grow cold, grow cold

Does that really matter?

After knowing my son for 10 minutes, I would be inconsolable if something had happened to him.

But as I said, everyone grieves differently. There is no right or wrong way.

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Chi-Lites! A friend of mine that I worked with in my first post-college job was in a band called The Chosen Few that backed up the Chi-Lites on several tours. They also played with Walter Jackson and maybe Tyrone Davis and Major Lance too.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

No my angle was how much time did he have to take action? Like if he just found out a couple of days ago. Or a year, six months? You'd think the mother would have told him ASAP.

I find it more disturbing that he knew he had a son (for at least some time) and did (apparently) nothing to take care of him, though he easily could have.

But I find a lot of things disturbing. That's why I have such a hard time making it through the day. I needed a drink by 8:30 this morning.

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I not gonna call him a douchebag for it, but if my 2 year old son had been murdered, I'm not playing football the next day.

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Let's do it for Johnny!

Ah.

From my understanding he found out a few days ago.

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"Son," he said, "have I got a little story for you."

All kidding aside, thanks for sharing. Completely side with you on the Peterson issue as well.

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You think my opinion is wrong? Fine. I've been wrong before and I'll be wrong again, I have absolutely no issue with that. With that being said, save please save the "who are we to" bullshit. We give our opinions about everything and most of the time we have little to no first hand knowledge about any of the topics.

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In my opinion, you are nobody to be able call a man a douchebag for how he deals with this situation. Nobody here is. Its not bullshit at all. I think its pure bullshit to start this thread. There is no right or wrong way to deal with death. The fact is that its different for everybody.

That is my opinion, and I'll continue to give that opinion unless I get more knowledge on the subject.

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I'm not sure if you're serious or not but yes that would absolutely be on the table

That's what I meant by crazy shit

I'm pretty sure that if you go to the actual CSFMB homepage, that's the subtitle for this place.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Well as much sleep as I'll lose over you questioning my mind set , I think if you research this a little bit you'll find many people feel this way


I remember a guy I work with saying something like that when his 7 yr old daughter had a near death experience. I didn't have my daughter yet. I thought it sounded extreme. Once I had my daughter I sorta understood where he was coming from

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You sure seem to or think you know a lot.

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Except, the whole "a child dying before his/her parent" goes completely against anything we're taught. I think you're off your rocker on this one, IMU.

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I think you're wrong about that. I think there are studies that would prove that suicide contemplation is more common than you think.




"Some bad shit" is losing your job unexpectadly or your wife cheating or even a deadly disease. Sudden death of a child is a little different.

If you're saying that some parents (including myself) live too much for their kids or their happiness is too dependant on their children, then I'll just say, I'd rather care too much than not enough.