My son has finally joined our family!

Hiya monkey head...errrrrrrr CaptHowdy! Welcome to mylot where the crazier you are the better off you'll be.

hello howdy, it doesn't matter what kind of life you have outside mylot as long as you don't hate or hurt other members here, that would be fine for us. am glad she persuade you to join in this site, you won't regret joining in here but i hope you won't get bored since a lot has been and a few come back. probably some had trouble really getting along to this site and earning but just focus on fun and you may never know if you're earning big or not. have a great day

monkey head?! MONKEY HEAD!?!? WHYYY I AUGHTA! * shakes fist at you* ;)

LOL @ Capt.

THERE'S my little boy! Hiya keedo! Glad to see you've joined us here! Voldrox, I won't be any more shy than I am normally (which is not very shy, I must say) because my son is here. He and I have pretty much identical mindsets, as you can probably see by his response here. LOL

whoa... that smileys tongue is going crazy!!!

ha ha ha ha ha... try looking for the plugin in Photoshop. I think they have the demo for free that you can use for a few photos.

I know about that uphill task, ahgong! I have 4 referrals and only one of them was active for a little while but has disappeared. This son who just joined didn't join under me and he's more active than the others! Figures, huh? I'm not sure if I'll want to see all his discussions, though. It might scare me to know exactly what's in his mind. But, we've always had very open communication so the most I'll probably be is embarrassed. He's done that to me since he was a baby. My avatar is just a thing I was playing with, I cartooned myself, kind of. I'd love to find a program that allows us to turn real photos into drawing-like pictures. I had one once but it disappeared. This is just the closest I was able to come to myself. My hair isn't that red but it's the closest they had. Also, I don't look quite that young anymore.

nice to hear that marti. well, so far, zayzay is fine. but still, there is the snoring at night and my wife still has to monitor him every hour. so, bebie still don't get enough sleep at night. i hope to hear the good news soon and we pray for you.

Hi Neil. Yes, I know janebeth and I'm happy to call her a friend. She's a very interesting person and has some great discussions that I always look forward to reading. My other son joined awhile ago but has not posted once. He's not much of a "people-person". My youngest, now, he loves interacting with people. I hope he gets to know you and your family as well as I have. I feel like your family is part of my family and, to me, nothing is more important than family! How's that little nephew of mine? (I called yesterday and was assured that I'll be receiving very good news very soon!)

LOL I can't blame you about the in-laws! I only have 2 sister-in-laws and a brother-in-law but am only in touch with one sister-in-law. I wouldn't want her becoming a member here, nor would I want my husband to become a member! Oh, man! Well, most of what I've said here about him, I've also talked to him about so he wouldn't be surprised. But, my sister-in-law isn't high up on the I.Q. chain so I doubt I have to worry about her joining. My husband is pretty anti-social, so I don't think he'll ever join. Well, that's not quite true. He did join because he was trying to get in touch with me when he was in Chicago and I didn't have messenger on. He had no cell phone reception so he was trying to find me here. His username here is "mentalforward" (mental for ward, corny, huh?) but he's not active. I'm sure his account will be deleted soon if it hasn't been already.

my hubby is on here but i dont even think he signs in 1 every 6 months if that

The scary thing is that he's very much like me! He wears his own jeans, though. He's close to 6 feet tall and I'm a puny 5'2". My jeans would look like extreme highwaters on him. The only major difference between him and me is that he's of the younger generation and THEY SCARE ME! He's always open to try new things, even if us old fogies would think they were dangerous or just plain stupid. I have no doubt that I'll be embarrassed by him here once or twice but that's nothing unusual. I'm used to being embarrassed by him. It started when he was maybe 2 years old and has continued, non-stop, since then. Still, I'm proud of him. He has an incredibly inventive mind with quite an imagination. When he was 3, he drew a kind of stick man, then took scissors and cut up between the legs and down both sides of the head. He showed me why. His stick man could then "walk" and "nod" his head. That's pretty cool for a 3-year-old! (I still have that stick man drawing in my cedar chest.) My oldest son likes the tried and true method of getting through life. My youngest always has his head somewhere light years away trying on new thoughts or ideas. In a short story I wrote about him ("Living With A Young Tornado") one line said, "His speed-of-light ideas are always getting tangled up with his feet..." He's always been kind of clumsy (like his mom) and I'm convinced it is because he's thinking so far ahead of himself. I'm happy to see him here. I'm so proud of him! Thanks for the welcome. I'll warn... err... tell him all about you!

I appreciate the comeback, er waring, and look forward to your youngest's ideas. One only hopes though, that he doesn't TYPE faster than the speed of light. Old "fogie"? (ahem) Indeed. cdrxo

I think it is more that he wants to play video games lol

That's wonderful news, winterose! I'm so happy for you! I know how it feels when we don't see loved ones for awhile and how good it feels when we do see them. I hope you and your grandson grow a deep, loving relationship and that he's always close enough for you to see him often. I keep telling my sons that I want grandchildren but I guess they're not ready yet. Well, it would help if they found the right women first, too. They're taking after their mom, I guess. I had my kids when I was 29 and 31. My kids are 28 and 25 now and have no kids of their own (that they know of, anyway). Enjoy the time with your grandson. I'm so glad that he wants to see his grandmom so often!

^^High five^^... so we are in the same clan then..

I know all about the addictive aspect of myLot! I spent waaaaay too much time here when I first joined. Luckily, with the support of family and friends, I've been able to tone down my addiction some but I'll never give it up completely. Gotta have that daily "fix".

I agree, they're missing out. But, I suppose not all people are "people people". I mean, they don't care to interact with others in their time off. My other son joined here awhile ago but he has never been active.

It's more then just interacting, it's making extra money but it's just fun too... Yea even my referrals that I don't know... they haven't been active!

They have lived with me off and on for the past 5 years. Right now, both of my sons are living together in a house on the other side of town, only about 12 miles from here. Unfortunately, the dummy signed up on his own and not from my referral link so he's not one of my referrals. Oh, well. At least he's making a little bit of money. He got so excited on his second day here because he earned 20 cents his first day. I don't know how well he's doing now because I haven't asked but he tells me he is still active, just not a lot. He's really into video games. I've tried to tell him that they don't earn him any money but, well, he's young yet. He'll learn the value of earning money, especially once he's paying all his own bills if he ever gets his own place.

HAHAHAHAHA! Actually, thea, he knows I talk about how annoying children can be. He knows he's annoying sometimes! We've always had a very open relationship. They've always been able to talk to me about anything and I've rarely hid anything from them... only the most private stuff. My son will take anything I might say with a grain of salt and vice versa. Actually, we think a lot alike so, if I join in a discussion about how annoying kids are, he'll probably be there saying pretty much the same things. LOL Yeah, he's on my friends list. He and I have had some very interesting discussions. As a matter of fact, more than once we were driving somewhere together and I've completely missed a turn because we were enjoying the conversation so much. I have no doubt that he will embarrass me from time to time but he's done that since he was about two years old so it's nothing new. He keeps his old mom on her toes! I also agree with you about the age thing but I guess it's because most 10-year-olds aren't as mature as some. Since your son posted 2 discussions and no one noticed that he was a 10-year-old, I'd have to assume you have a very mature son! Of course, we could always argue the point that some adults aren't mature at all. I've seen my share of that type here!

As you've recommended him so highly I'll pop into your profile and send him a F/R Marti. It's good that you can get on so well. Mine is at the age where he can come out with some incredibly insightful things and witty conversation, but can still be boyishly annoying, which he loves to be. The other thing mine did whilst I was away from the computer was add all his favourite interests which I had to then remove again, not sharing his interests in computer games, Jackie Chan and football. He knows not to touch it anymore or Mama will get banned but he did get some responses to his discussons and then had to dictate the answers to me.

I think it's going to be fun seeing what my son has to say. Well, HOPEFULLY it will be fun and not embarrassing. LOL I just hope he thinks I've been a good mom to him all these years! I've slowed down since I first joined here, mostly because there are just too many other things to do, but I have to check in at least once a day. I know that not everyone is as into myLot or other social networking places as I am so I don't expect anything. I just hope he enjoys it here. There's so much to learn and so many great people to meet!

"Hopefully it will be fun and not embarrassing" - haha. Well I'm sure you two would have fun here. Seems like you get along pretty well :-) Have fun mylotting, my friend :-) and enjoy the rest of your day

This is my youngest son, fragilevessel. My oldest son is 28. I'm old! LOL I see that you are pretty new here yourself so, on behalf of everyone here, welcome to myLot! I hope you enjoy it as much as most of us do.

Yes, that's so true. I'm very interested to see what goes on in my son's mind when I'm not around. Of course, he knows that I can read anything he writes here so he might be careful about what he says. LOL But, it's nice being able to interact with him here as well as in real life. I'm very happy that he joined.

I have a friend like your daugher, gabs. He was active for just a little while, then stopped altogether. My other son joined about a year ago but has never posted a thing. He's not much on talking, though. My youngest son, now, he's a lot like his momma. LOL He should create some interesting discussions and have some eyebrow-raising comments before long.

You do have a point, Pam. I might be less inclined to say some things but, for the most part, I feel comfortable saying just about anything with my son here. We've always had a very open communication. Still, I'll probably hold back on some things, maybe word them a little differently.

Cool, dragon! You are very correct about the horror movie thing. Yep, he loves them. I think I may have started that. When my boys were young, we'd watch horror movies on TV and I'd explain how fake everything was so they wouldn't be scared. He's been pretty hooked on them his whole life. He went to see that new movie, Paranormal Activities, and told me that it's a good thing I didn't go because it's pretty scary. I took his word for it. LOL He most definitely has my sense of humor. That's one thing I'm very proud of. His brother, my oldest son, we've always said was born "an old man". He had very little of a sense of humor. He's gotten better, thank goodness, but he's just not in the same category as my youngest son and me. He'll give you some controversial things to think about, that's for sure. He just told me (via IM) that he thinks he's really going to like it here. I'm glad!

I know just how you feel, LK. I have 4 referrals and not one of them is active. I was very surprised when my son told me that he had joined and has been active! It's so hard to get referrals. Even when we do, it's hard to get them to be active. I can't understand why anyone would not want to become active here. I was addicted to it the very first day I joined! LOL

Hahahaha! I'm sure I'll be embarrassed but I'm embarrassed by him in real life so it's nothing new. It took me a good year to get him to join. My oldest son joined awhile ago but has not been active at all. This son just told me that he really likes it here. He usually has plenty to say so I'm sure he'll enjoy himself. I know he'll like the money part... earning some spending money for just talking. MyLot has helped me to keep my sanity, too. If everyone we knew realized just how much myLot helps us and keeps us from having to see a shrink, maybe they'd join, too.