I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle? What? I don't know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?
What? I don't know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her
with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly

Never been in those shoes. But I will give you what I think.

1. You have not been involved in her life as her dad, but you are
genetically.
2. Since you haven't been, then talk to her as another adult
3. Only offer guidance, advice and opinions when she asks is receptive to
that and you will know because she will prompt you
4. Be there for here as any adult with someone they care about and make sure
to listen and refrain from trying to fix anything
5. Treat her like a new friend that you want to be on better terms with

Last of all do not set any rules, but you can set boundaries (what/how you
live your life and what you will or definitely will not do)

Don't know if this is any good. I imagine over time with the development of your relationship with her you can development a structure of father and daughter wherein she recoginizes you as such. But she has to acknowledge
that role, you can't impose it.

Best wishes.

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Hello Steve.

10 Apr 16 08:56, Ruben Figueroa wrote to you:

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We
haven't seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding
myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A
friend? Her uncle? What? I don't know much about her so I don't
want to overwhelm her with questions. How should I procede? Any
advice would be greatly

Never been in those shoes. But I will give you what I think.

I have been in those shoes several times in my life. I have found
several of my children after 20-30 years of not seeing them or knowing
how or where they were. Several were about five years old the last time
I saw them.

1. You have not been involved in her life as her dad, but you are genetically.

This is true.

2. Since you haven't been, then talk to her as another adult

Yes, you are her father. But don't automatically assume that there will
be a normal father-daughter bond or relationship. Your first impulse might
be to smother her with all the feelings and emotions that you have stored up inside. I KNOW that feeling and I know that it might be hard to resist but
try not to overwhelm her.

3. Only offer guidance, advice and opinions when she asks is receptive
to that and you will know because she will prompt you

Talk to her. Show your interest in her and her life. But respect her and
the thoughts and the feelings that she has about life and about you.

4. Be there for here as any adult with someone they care about and
make sure to listen and refrain from trying to fix anything

Be there for her to talk to or see. In many ways you and her are strangers
to each other. It will take time to build a relationship that is acceptable
to you both. Be willing to accept that your relationship with your daughter might not end up being exactly what you wanted it to be.

5. Treat her like a new friend that you want to be on better terms
with Last of all do not set any rules, but you can set boundaries (what/how you live your life and what you will or definitely will not
do)

Setting minimum and/or maximum limits on the type of relationship that
you want with her is only likely to push her away. You may not have your
own limits on what you are willing to do for her. But you need to set limits
on what you will actually do. It is important to be honest with her when talking to her.

Don't know if this is any good. I imagine over time with the
development of your relationship with her you can development a
structure of father and daughter wherein she recoginizes you as such.
But she has to acknowledge that role, you can't impose it.

True. Again the relationshp that you and her end up having has to be based
on honest feelings that both of you have for each other. Regardless of how
deep or complete that relationship actually turns out to be.

My relationship with one son that I haven't seen in in over 30 years is starting
to grow nicely. While my relationship with another son after not seeing him for
25 years has reached a point that is not nearly as close as _I_ would like it to be. But it is a relationship that we both can accept. They both know that I have
both an ear and a shoulder for them if they ever should need one.

Best wishes.

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Re: Daughter Advice
By: Ruben Figueroa to Steve Wolf on Sun Apr 10 2016 08:56:00

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle? What? I don't know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her
with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly

Never been in those shoes. But I will give you what I think.

1. You have not been involved in her life as her dad, but you are genetically.
2. Since you haven't been, then talk to her as another adult
3. Only offer guidance, advice and opinions when she asks is receptive to that and you will know because she will prompt you
4. Be there for here as any adult with someone they care about and make

sure

to listen and refrain from trying to fix anything
5. Treat her like a new friend that you want to be on better terms with

Last of all do not set any rules, but you can set boundaries (what/how you live your life and what you will or definitely will not do)

Don't know if this is any good. I imagine over time with the development

of

your relationship with her you can development a structure of father and daughter wherein she recoginizes you as such. But she has to acknowledge that role, you can't impose it.

Best wishes.

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This sounds spot on to me also. Also be able and ready to answer any question
that she might bring up as to why you have not been in contact with her. But at
the same time be very careful of how you talk about people that has been in her
life all this time if there are hurt feelings between them and you. Now is not the time for her to see or hear about them from you. This is the time for rebuilding between you and her and those feelings could hurt that if talked about to early.

Michael Deig
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-=[ On 04-10-16 04:02, Steve Wolf wrote to All below: ]=-
-=[ Re: Daughter Advice ]=-

Hi Steve Wolf!

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?
What? I don't know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks

If she is emotionally mature, I hope that she can find forgiveness in her heart
to accept you as her father. :)

Cheers,

Bryan
Email: bhandfield(at)me(dot)com

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This sounds spot on to me also. Also be able and ready to answer any question that she might bring up as to why you have not been in
contact with her. But at the same time be very careful of how you
talk about people that has been in her life all this time if there
are hurt feelings between them and you. Now is not the time for her
to see or hear about them from you. This is the time for rebuilding between you and her and those feelings could hurt that if talked
about to early.

Agreed. However any excuses you give for not being in contact other than regret and it is your mistake would not go well. Just start with wanting a
new beginning.

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Re: Daughter Advice
By: Steve Wolf to All on Sun Apr 10 2016 04:02:01

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle? What? I don't
know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Well, Steve, congrats, first, on reconnecting with your daughter. I hope things go as smoothly as something like this can go.
The closest thing that I've had to an experience like this was with a little girl whose mother I was dating while she was pregnant from a guy before me. I ended up raising her as my own, pretty much, for the first several years, and maintained close ties with the family after I was no longer with her mother. We all remained friends, though this eventually changed due to the husband getting jealous at a later point. At that point, probably around 7 or 8 years of age, I think, I lost contact with her until she was about 16 or 17.
I was very much in the same situation as you at that point, I think. I didn't know how to talk to her, how to relate to her, how to treat her... I tried to just be a friend, to talk to her openly and honestly about whatever she wanted to talk about, at the level of an equal, trying to respect her maturity.
I never did get to see her too much after that point because of circumstances
being what they were, and I don't really have contact with her any more. She wanted to stay in better contact, but things made it impossible.
I guess I don't really know much what to tell you other than just go overboard with communication about what is going on from your side of things, if nothing else. I mean let her know that you don't know because this is all new to you, just like it is to her. It's hardly going to be a routine situation for her, either, so she should respect it and understand it. Also understand that misunderstandings and misconceptions will arise, just try to deal with them maturely. She'll be looking to your opinion on things, no matter what may have transpired in the interim.
I don't know if that helps at all, just my $.02. I hope you find more time with her than I was able to with the little one that I helped raise for so long.

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Re: Daughter Advice
By: Ruben Figueroa to Steve Wolf on Sun Apr 10 2016 08:56 am

seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in
"Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?

1. You have not been involved in her life as her dad, but you are genetically.
2. Since you haven't been, then talk to her as another adult
3. Only offer guidance, advice and opinions when she asks is receptive to that and you will know because she will prompt you
4. Be there for here as any adult with someone they care about and make sure to listen and refrain from trying to fix anything
5. Treat her like a new friend that you want to be on better terms with

Last of all do not set any rules, but you can set boundaries (what/how

you

live your life and what you will or definitely will not do)

Don't know if this is any good. I imagine over time with the development of your relationship with her you can development a structure of father and daughter wherein she recoginizes you as such. But she has to acknowledge that role, you can't impose it.

Best wishes.

Excellent advice! Thanks very much!

Steve
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Re: Re: Daughter Advice
By: Damon A. Getsman to Steve Wolf on Mon Apr 11 2016 11:04 pm

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in

Well, Steve, congrats, first, on reconnecting with your daughter. I hope things go as smoothly as something like this can go.
The closest thing that I've had to an experience like this was with a little girl whose mother I was dating while she was pregnant from a guy changed due to the husband getting jealous at a later point. At that didn't know how to talk to her, how to relate to her, how to treat her... I tried to just be a friend, to talk to her openly and honestly about whatever she wanted to talk about, at the level of an equal, trying to

Thanks for your input. I am taking it slow with my Daughter. We are only communicating via Facebook but I'm fine with that. I like being able to review my messages before hitting the send button. She actually asked me for some advice the other day regarding her job. That blew me away. I'm just going to take it nice and easy and see where it all goes. Thanks again.

Steve
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Re: Re: Daughter Advice
By: Steve Wolf to Damon A. Getsman on Wed Apr 13 2016 07:29:31

Thanks for your input. I am taking it slow with my Daughter. We are only communicating via Facebook but I'm fine with that. I like being able to review my messages before hitting the send button. She actually asked me for some advice the other day regarding her job. That blew me away. I'm just going to take it nice and easy and see where it all goes. Thanks again.

No problem. You know, now that I'm sitting down and thinking about it again,
I'm realizing that I've had more than a bit of experience on the _other_ side of this coin, as well. Namely, I've [within the last 5 years] only just met my
biological mother and half-sister due to the fact that I was the child of a closed adoption. Upon realizing this, I think there's a little bit more that might be able to offer. Not that what you're doing right now doesn't sound good or anything; I think I'd be trying to take it slow and reviewing everything, as well.
So what I was thinking is that I did have a huge burp in communications with my biological family after meeting them... It should probably go without saying, but one of the worst problems that I had during my period of getting to
know them, and learning about them, was dealing with a large amount of [seemingly pathological] lying that was coming from them. I think that on the part of my biomom this probably came from a desire to step back into my life with some bravado, or at least some decent/maybe even grandiose stories to tell. Either which way, though, it turned out doing nothing but eating away my
respect. I didn't want to learn about my history and have it be glorious or full of [fake] famous people or anything like that; all that I wanted was to know the truth about my origins and to form a relationship with them. Unfortunately, one of the primary things that I've ended up realizing about them is that they're seemingly pathological liars.
Moral of this story is, quite simply, just tell the truth about things, and let it stand where it stands. It may not always be the most elegant way to deal with things, but it's a lot better than destroying a trust or confidence even with a seemingly white or inconsequential lie. I'm sure you already knew that stuff, but I wanted to mention it just in case. There's no way to take back those first impressions.
Hope everything is going good for you with her!

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Thanks for your input. I am taking it slow with my Daughter. We are only communicating via Facebook but I'm fine with that. I like being able to review
my messages before hitting the send button. She actually asked me for

some

advice the other day regarding her job. That blew me away. I'm just going to
take it nice and easy and see where it all goes. Thanks again.

Steve

That's a good start. God Blessings upon your renewed relationship.

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Quoting Steve Wolf to All on 04-10-16 04:07 <=-

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?
What? I don't know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks

Good to see you sparking some conversation in this echo... :) I've been running behind on answering messages, so am just now getting to this...
so, a belated welcome... ;)

How lovely to reconnect with your daughter.. :) As she is on the verge
of adulthood herself, you can talk with her pretty much adult to
adult... I'd encourage you to encourage her to tell you about herself,
however she wishes to proceed, and ask what questions that come up for clarification... She's probably curious about you, and what makes you
tick, too... :) Did she initiate the contact...?

ttyl neb

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Quoting Ruben Figueroa to Steve Wolf on 04-10-16 08:56 <=-

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in "Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?
What? I don't know much about her so I don't want to overwhelm her
with questions. How should I procede? Any advice would be greatly

Never been in those shoes. But I will give you what I think.

Hi, Ruben... :) Nice to see that you've been lurking here, too... :)
I always did think there were more people around than usually pipe
up.... ;)

Don't know if this is any good. I imagine over time with the
development of your relationship with her you can development a
structure of father and daughter wherein she recoginizes you as such.
But she has to acknowledge that role, you can't impose it.

She probably does see him as biological father, but the relationship
would still have to be developed again after all these years... :)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Michael Deig to Ruben Figueroa on 04-10-16 13:17 <=-

Another new voice heard from.... :) It's great to see the flurry of activity... :) (No, I'm not the moderator, just a long-time
"resident", and token Mom... [g])

This sounds spot on to me also. Also be able and ready to answer any question that she might bring up as to why you have not been in contact with her. But at the same time be very careful of how you talk about people that has been in her life all this time if there are hurt
feelings between them and you. Now is not the time for her to see or
hear about them from you. This is the time for rebuilding between you
and her and those feelings could hurt that if talked about to early.

Good point. :) Better to leave old hurt feelings behind, and not have
them confuse a new relationship being built... Just like it's always
best not to confuse a child by bringing up the hurts one has with the
other parent, or play one against the other... :) Much better to (try,
at least) keep things just to the relationship at hand. :)

Michael Deig
Bufkin Ridge Ranch -Sysop

Are you new to Fidonet (or newly returned)...? I don't think I
recognize the names... :)

ttyl neb

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Hi, Ruben... :) Nice to see that you've been lurking here, too... :)
I always did think there were more people around than usually pipe
up.... ;)

I know a little something about raising daughters. The first daughter, her mother handled everything and I was clueless. Sorry to say my involvement as very little, but in her adulthood we have become close in our father daughter relationship.

The second daughter, I was divorced from the first daughter's mom, is from a 2nd marriage. I was more intensely invovled for a number of reasons, first I was no longer building a career and establising my earnings. I married a
very young woman and I was much older (22 yrs) and we had a daughter, Sarah.

Sarah's mom passed away when she was 6 years old and she is now 17 going on
18 this August. So I was intrinsically involved in her upbringing. Many things I found out how little I knew about little girls, girls maturing (puberty) girls and their hearts, and I could go on and on. I did have some help from my eldest daughter, that's when our relationship began to develop.

Now Sarah is a Senior, ready to graduate, driving and ready to go to college
to start her life and so I am entering into another phase with her, her independence of dad is lessening more and more. Her love is strong, I can
see it and feel it but she no longer my little girl. Kind of hard to take
but understandable. I am 65 if you are wondering, she was born when I was 47.

So the advice I gave was based on both of those experiences and my daughters thing and respond. I found out it is very important that I stop what
doing and concentrate what they are wanting my attention. It tells them they are always first and of utmost importance to me, which they are.

Anyways Sarah is close to graduation and she has one more report card to show me from High School. I guess I was feeling a little something. I am so
proud of her. Don't know how she turned out to be such a good person. So
much like her mom who showed me many things even as young as she was.

Well see you later Nancy. Have a good day.

Ruben Figueroa
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Re: Re: Daughter Advice
By: NANCY BACKUS to MICHAEL DEIG on Wed Apr 20 2016 09:35:00

Quoting Michael Deig to Ruben Figueroa on 04-10-16 13:17 <=-

Another new voice heard from.... :) It's great to see the flurry of activity... :) (No, I'm not the moderator, just a long-time
"resident", and token Mom... [g])

This sounds spot on to me also. Also be able and ready to answer any question that she might bring up as to why you have not been in

contact

with her. But at the same time be very careful of how you talk about people that has been in her life all this time if there are hurt feelings between them and you. Now is not the time for her to see or hear about them from you. This is the time for rebuilding between you and her and those feelings could hurt that if talked about to early.

Good point. :) Better to leave old hurt feelings behind, and not have
them confuse a new relationship being built... Just like it's always
best not to confuse a child by bringing up the hurts one has with the
other parent, or play one against the other... :) Much better to (try,
at least) keep things just to the relationship at hand. :)

Michael Deig
Bufkin Ridge Ranch -Sysop

Are you new to Fidonet (or newly returned)...? I don't think I
recognize the names... :)

ttyl neb

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Re: Re: Daughter Advice
By: NANCY BACKUS to STEVE WOLF on Wed Apr 20 2016 09:11 am

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in
"Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?

Good to see you sparking some conversation in this echo... :) I've been tick, too... :) Did she initiate the contact...?
ttyl neb

Yes she did Nancy. She found me on Facebook. Thanks for your input. I'm taking it slow with my Daughter. She attend college and works on the weekends. She is a very busy young lady. She also has a BF on campus so I consider myself lucky just to get a few "tweets" in. Thanks again.

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Quoting Ruben Figueroa to Nancy Backus on 04-21-16 09:40 <=-

Hi, Ruben... :) Nice to see that you've been lurking here, too... :)
I always did think there were more people around than usually pipe
up.... ;)

I know a little something about raising daughters. The first
daughter, her mother handled everything and I was clueless. Sorry to
say my involvement as very little, but in her adulthood we have become close in our father daughter relationship.

I know less about daughters in particular, having only had a son... but
as the oldest of 8 siblings (5 younger sisters), I know something about
raising kids in general... and a little about girls... ;)

The second daughter, I was divorced from the first daughter's mom, is
from a 2nd marriage. I was more intensely invovled for a number of reasons, first I was no longer building a career and establising my earnings. I married a very young woman and I was much older (22 yrs)
and we had a daughter, Sarah.
Sarah's mom passed away when she was 6 years old and she is now 17
going on 18 this August. So I was intrinsically involved in her upbringing. Many things I found out how little I knew about little
girls, girls maturing (puberty) girls and their hearts, and I could go
on and on. I did have some help from my eldest daughter, that's when
our relationship began to develop.

That makes sense.... and it was good that your older daughter could and
was willing to help... ;)

Now Sarah is a Senior, ready to graduate, driving and ready to go to college to start her life and so I am entering into another phase with her, her independence of dad is lessening more and more. Her love is strong, I can see it and feel it but she no longer my little girl.
Kind of hard to take but understandable. I am 65 if you are wondering, she was born when I was 47.

They do grow up... and have their own lives... ;) My son is 42... The relationship changes, but still can be a strong and good one... ours
is... :)

So the advice I gave was based on both of those experiences and my daughters thing and respond. I found out it is very important that I
stop what doing and concentrate what they are wanting my attention. It tells them they are always first and of utmost importance to me, which they are.

You've learned very well from your daughters.... :) And I'm sure that
you've also been a good influence in their lives... :)

Anyways Sarah is close to graduation and she has one more report card
to show me from High School. I guess I was feeling a little something.
I am so proud of her. Don't know how she turned out to be such a good person. So much like her mom who showed me many things even as young
as she was.

She obviously has some of each of you in her... :) Is she going on to college...? Or does she have other plans....

Well see you later Nancy. Have a good day.

Sorry it took so long to answer, I've been caught up in Real Life with a vengeance the last couple of weeks... :) Hopefully I'll be able to
catch up soon, and then stay on top of things for a while... ;)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Michael Deig to Nancy Backus on 04-21-16 18:56 <=-

Michael Deig
Bufkin Ridge Ranch -Sysop

Are you new to Fidonet (or newly returned)...? I don't think I
recognize the names... :)

New here for both me and my BBS that I am putting back online.

In that case, welcome... ;) Always good to see sysops returning,
too... ;) How long have you been away...? And were you in Fidonet
before...? :)

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Quoting Steve Wolf to Nancy Backus on 04-25-16 10:13 <=-

Re: Re: Daughter Advice
By: NANCY BACKUS to STEVE WOLF on Wed Apr 20 2016 09:11 am

I have recently connected with my 18 year old daughter. We haven't
seen each other since she was 8 years old. I'm finding myself in
"Un-Charted Waters". Do I act like her father? A friend? Her uncle?

Did she initiate the contact...?

Yes she did Nancy. She found me on Facebook.

Then she obviously is interested in developing some sort of contact and relationship with you... that's a very good start to things... :)

I'm taking it slow with my Daughter. She attend college and works on
the weekends. She is a very busy young lady. She also has a BF on
campus so I consider myself lucky just to get a few "tweets" in.

Taking it slow is good... as long as you don't end up going too slow for
her... ;) You'll get a feel for it as things go on, I'd guess... It's
good that she's making time in her life for you, too... :)

ttyl neb

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NB You've learned very well from your daughters.... :) And I'm sure that
NB you've also been a good influence in their lives... :)
NB
NB RF> Anyways Sarah is close to graduation and she has one more report card NB RF> to show me from High School. I guess I was feeling a little something NB RF> I am so proud of her. Don't know how she turned out to be such a good NB RF> person. So much like her mom who showed me many things even as young NB RF> as she was.
NB
NB She obviously has some of each of you in her... :) Is she going on to
NB college...? Or does she have other plans....

Well influence in many ways, yes. But since she was raised by me, her
dad, I am afraid she has more male like behaviors than she would have if
her mother lived. She's direct, has no problem competing with boys in
burping contests, etc. I noticed that when she was hanging with her
male buddies and saw that she was accepted as part of that group. She
isn't dainty to say the least. She does have the manners I taught her
but she also picked up some of my bad habits when no one else is around.

Yes, she is going on to college and hopes to be able to develop a career
in working with handicapped children. She had a great experience and
develop a love for that in her junior year of high school.


NB Sorry it took so long to answer, I've been caught up in Real Life with a
NB vengeance the last couple of weeks... :) Hopefully I'll be able to
NB catch up soon, and then stay on top of things for a while... ;)

Well I hope you beat back those Real Life thing and came out on top.
Glad to see you around. I see you login to C.G. Learn bbs (gap side)

See you around.
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NB RF> Yes, she is going on to college and hopes to be able to develop a
NB RF> career in working with handicapped children. She had a great
NB RF> experience and develop a love for that in her junior year of high
NB RF> school.
NB
NB That sounds wonderful... Did she do volunteer work...? or have a
NB part-time job with it...?

It was part of her curriculum at the High School


NB Not necessarily a bad thing... ;) I picked up some of those male "bad"
NB habits from my son and husband... shocked one of my son's friends by not
NB being apologetic about a burp... ;) As long as she knows when it's less
NB appropriate to indulge in such, she should be ok... ;)

I think she does, thought I did put my two cents in to be sure (:-)


NB RF> See you around.
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NB
NB Ah, I see you've got a GAP board too, then... ;)
NB
NB ttyl neb


Yep sure do. Telnet is ezypb.darktech.org:2323

All the boards I float here can be reached at telnet rdfig.net
Also you can use web browser ftelnet to: http://www.rdfig.net/public/ftelnet/bbsflash.htm
and you can access all the boards.

See ya around.
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NB RF> Yes, she is going on to college and hopes to be able to develop a NB RF> career in working with handicapped children. She had a great
NB RF> experience and develop a love for that in her junior year of high NB RF> school.
NB
NB That sounds wonderful... Did she do volunteer work...? or have a
NB part-time job with it...?

ruben, your quotes are missing the ">" character and they are hard to read... note that the NB above should be NB> that you quoted...

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Quoting Ruben Figueroa to Nancy Backus on 12-May-2016 18:27 <=-

Just discovered that I hadn't replied to this... been a crazy month,
that Real Life stuff didn't let up much... and somehow I managed to only
save this message but not mark it for answering later.... oh, well.. I'm
back now... <G>

Yes, she is going on to college and hopes to be able to
develop a career in working with handicapped children. She had
a great experience and develop a love for that in her junior
year of high school.

That sounds wonderful... Did she do volunteer work...? or have a
part-time job with it...?

It was part of her curriculum at the High School

Ah... Sounds like a special sort of school, to be making it a regular
part of the curriculum... :)

As long as she knows when it's less
appropriate to indulge in such, she should be ok... ;)

I think she does, thought I did put my two cents in to be sure (:-)

Doesn't hurt to clarify stuff... ;)

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Ah, I see you've got a GAP board too, then... ;)

Yep sure do. Telnet is ezypb.darktech.org:2323
All the boards I float here can be reached at telnet rdfig.net

Someday I might stop by and check things out... How many different
boards are you running, then....? I've noticed you showing up in a
number of different forums.... ;)

Also you can use web browser ftelnet to: http://www.rdfig.net/public/ftelnet/bbsflash.htm
and you can access all the boards.

I'm strictly telnet, not web, by and large...

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NB Just discovered that I hadn't replied to this... been a crazy month,
NB that Real Life stuff didn't let up much... and somehow I managed to only
NB save this message but not mark it for answering later.... oh, well.. I'm
NB back now... <G>

Glad to see you!


NB Someday I might stop by and check things out... How many different
NB boards are you running, then....? I've noticed you showing up in a
NB number of different forums.... ;)

Let's see: Wildcat, Mystic (my main and feeds the following bbs's)
EzyCom, GAP. VADV. Also have a WWIV Board.

You can telnet to each of them individally or connect to my Gamesrv at rdfig.net and you can see all the boards available and connect to them
and you will also see by TradeWars Server there also.

Oh, just for info, my daughter graduated last week from High School, and
my grandson did this weekend. He's six month older than she is! But
she rags on him now that she graduated first. And he refuses since the
day he knew what an aunt was to call her Aunt Sarah. That's my
grandson, stubborn like his dad and grandfather.

Attending two graduations was timeconsuming but welcomed.

See you later.
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Quoting Ruben Figueroa to Nancy Backus on 05-Jun-2016 17:41 <=-

Just discovered that I hadn't replied to this... been a crazy
month, that Real Life stuff didn't let up much... and somehow I
managed to only save this message but not mark it for answering
later.... oh, well.. I'm back now... <G>

Glad to see you!

Thanks... :)

Someday I might stop by and check things out... How many different
boards are you running, then....? I've noticed you showing up in a
number of different forums.... ;)

Let's see: Wildcat, Mystic (my main and feeds the following bbs's)
EzyCom, GAP. VADV. Also have a WWIV Board.

I've seen you show up occasionally on the WWIV board I check... IIRC,
you were a user (as I was) of Frank Vest's board, before he took it down
some years ago... what were you running as your board back then...? I
think I remember him running Synch... or was it Wildcat...?

You can telnet to each of them individally or connect to my Gamesrv at rdfig.net and you can see all the boards available and connect to them
and you will also see by TradeWars Server there also.

Dunno... I think I'd probably just pick one... I'm more a messages
person than a game-player... Except for Scrabble and KOTB... ;)

Oh, just for info, my daughter graduated last week from High School,
and my grandson did this weekend. He's six month older than she is!
But she rags on him now that she graduated first. And he refuses since the day he knew what an aunt was to call her Aunt Sarah. That's my grandson, stubborn like his dad and grandfather.

When they're of an age, it's hard to maintain the distinction,
anyhow.... ;) My son is only about a decade younger than his youngest
aunt and uncle (my two youngest siblings), and always seemed to treat
them more as siblings than as next generation up... About 9 years
younger than my brother, and about 12 years younger than my sister...

Attending two graduations was timeconsuming but welcomed.

It's an important milestone... :) Congratulations to the both of them
(and to the families, as well)... :)

ttyl neb

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