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Pvt.Scott: Feb 16, 2007; What God wants, God gets, God help us all

My first concert was Garbage with Lit as the opener. There were less than a thirty people in the audience which was weird as gently caress since it was a free concert (I think so, at least), in a college town. This was when Lit was kinda popular. Garbage was amazing, obviously.

E: I�m not counting the Christian praise bands I was dragged to see when I was younger, because they were all terrible

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kru: Oct 5, 2003

I'm genuinely sad that I do not remember what my first concert was :gonk:

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Biplane: Jul 18, 2005

My first concert was power metal band Dragonforce :hehe:

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Knight: Dec 23, 2000; SPACE-A-HOLIC; Taco Defender

First concert was Sesame Street :cool:

# ? Dec 29, 2019 14:10

purple death ray: Jul 28, 2007; me omw 2 steal ur girl

Knight posted:

First concert was Sesame Street

I got lost from my class in the parking lot, on the way back to the school bus and my teacher freaked out

# ? Dec 29, 2019 14:16

hyperhazard: Dec 4, 2011; I am the one lascivious
With magic potion niveous

CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

My first concert was the Dresden Dolls at 16. I went with a girl I fancied who ended up being a holocaust ~~denier~~ revisionist.

I dragged my younger sister to a DD concert when I was an idiot teenager (I don't even remember why, she'd never heard of them and she didn't live close by), so now she gets to tell people this too.

e: The first concert I chose to go to with my own money and poo poo was Weird Al, and I stand by that.

hyperhazard fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Dec 29, 2019

# ? Dec 29, 2019 16:07

Rockbear: Sep 11, 2001; Milady, 'tis the clobbering hour.

hyperhazard posted:

e: The first concert I chose to go to with my own money and poo poo was Weird Al, and I stand by that.

Weird Al puts on a great show! He's low key an excellent live performer.

# ? Dec 29, 2019 17:59

Veni Vidi Ameche!: Nov 2, 2017; by Fluffdaddy

I saw Weird Al a few months ago. Money well spent, including paying a chunk for a meet-and-greet. Also, 95% sure the fangirl in front of me handed Al a fat envelope full of nudes.

# ? Dec 29, 2019 18:59

Groke: Jul 27, 2007; New Adventures In Mom Strength

First real concert? Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Summer of 1988. Big stadium show, they went without an opening act and just played for like three hours straight. Good stuff.

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Tunicate: May 15, 2012

Shoji Tabuchi :colbert:

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Geomancing: Jan 8, 2004; I am not an egghead. I am well-read.

Stomp, the percussion troupe that do stuff with brooms and trash cans and basketballs and stuff.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:01

BaronVonVaderham: Jul 31, 2011; All hail the queen!

Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:

I saw Weird Al a few months ago. Money well spent, including paying a chunk for a meet-and-greet. Also, 95% sure the fangirl in front of me handed Al a fat envelope full of nudes.

, his shows are awesome and I love that he comes out with something new to do every year. I've been playing violin since I was 7, so this year's gimmick was totally my jam.

Tunicate posted:

Shoji Tabuchi

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cinnamon rollout: Jun 12, 2001; The early bird gets the worm

First concert was Wierd Al with my Grandma, love you Grandma!

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Pththya-lyi: Nov 8, 2009; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Green Day

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Pigsfeet on Rye: Oct 22, 2008; I'm meat on the hoof

Jethro Tull, North Sea Oil tour

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The Breakfast Sampler: Jan 1, 2006

Uh, it was Gary Morris I think. I was at this outdoor recreation show when I was like 12 and my parents made me work this booth they set up. Anyway, he was like the guest of honor and I got goaded by adults into asking him for his autograph and he was a complete dismissive rear end in a top hat, although in fairness I didn't know who the hell he was. I saw the concert part later, he's famous for covering "Wind beneath my wings." Or was. He was probably bitter because Bette Midler covered it much more famously later (and during that time, I guess.) All of my later concert experiences were much better, gently caress that guy.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 02:59

gamingCaffeinator: Sep 6, 2010; I shall sing you the song of my people.

Pththya-lyi posted:

Green Day

Me too. Funnily enough to tie in here, my estranged mom refused to drive me to the Pepsi Center because I had a boyfriend who wouldn't help her set up her Internet and I didn't have a driver's license because she refused to allow me to get it!

That was a loving great show though. Crowd booed Jimmy Eat World off the stage.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:30

i am harry: Oct 14, 2003

Sleeveless posted:

Telling your kid their feelings aren't valid and then going out of your way to roast them in front of complete strangers online for your own amusement, I can't imagine why you would have such an investment in immersing yourself in parental misery porn online so you can feel better about yourself by comparison.

Sounds like someone doesn't have children.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 03:45

trickybiscuits: Jan 13, 2008; yospos

hyperhazard posted:

e: The first concert I chose to go to with my own money and poo poo was Weird Al, and I stand by that.

My first concert as well! Unless you count going to see Peter Schickele with my family, but that was more of a recital.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 17:42

Scarodactyl: Oct 22, 2015

trickybiscuits posted:

My first concert as well! Unless you count going to see Peter Schickele with my family, but that was more of a recital.

The Weird Al of the classical world. Based on my dvds he seems to put on a real nice concert anyway.

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boar guy: Jan 25, 2007

billy joel river of dreams at the palace of auburn hills. we had seats behind the stage which i thought was weird but he turned around and played most of the second set to the back of the house which was cool

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SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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My mom took me to see The Headstones after I won tickets in a radio call-in contest when I was 13. Some people were smoking weed nearby and she asked if I knew the smell. I thought she was weird because my dad smoked crack and I thought it was like a less gross form of that so I said yes. I didn't know about drugs or the different types, I just sat in my room playing video games and reading books as a kid and just knew it as the gross stuff dad smoked.

She was actually trying to find out if I was smoking it yet because she did when she was in her teens and assumed I was going to do the same thing. I didn't actually try it until I was like 26.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 18:53

trickybiscuits: Jan 13, 2008; yospos

Scarodactyl posted:

The Weird Al of the classical world. Based on my dvds he seems to put on a real nice concert anyway.

Yeah, it was pretty fun.

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BadSamaritan: May 2, 2008; crumb by crumb in this big black forest

Great, my estranged, no-contact mother-in-law just sent our baby a holiday present. Guess somebody gave her our address, thanks. It�s getting brought to Goodwill and my partner and I reviewed and refreshed our approach to not engaging with her up to and including calling the cops if she shows up at our house.

Happy holidays :byewhore:

# ? Dec 30, 2019 21:15

Proteus Jones: Feb 28, 2013

trickybiscuits posted:

Unless you count going to see Peter Schickele with my family, but that was more of a recital.

I�m kind of jealous. I would have loved to see a performance of Sneaky Pete and the Wolf.

# ? Dec 30, 2019 21:48

Batterypowered7: Aug 8, 2009; The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

BadSamaritan posted:

Great, my estranged, no-contact mother-in-law just sent our baby a holiday present. Guess somebody gave her our address, thanks. It’s getting brought to Goodwill and my partner and I reviewed and refreshed our approach to not engaging with her up to and including calling the cops if she shows up at our house.

Happy holidays

You working on finding out who told her?

# ? Dec 30, 2019 22:24

ohnobugs: Feb 22, 2003

Picnic Princess posted:

My mom took me to see The Headstones after I won tickets in a radio call-in contest when I was 13. Some people were smoking weed nearby and she asked if I knew the smell. I thought she was weird because my dad smoked crack and I thought it was like a less gross form of that so I said yes. I didn't know about drugs or the different types, I just sat in my room playing video games and reading books as a kid and just knew it as the gross stuff dad smoked.

She was actually trying to find out if I was smoking it yet because she did when she was in her teens and assumed I was going to do the same thing. I didn't actually try it until I was like 26.

That's an amazing disconnect there needling you about pot smoke at a concert and ignoring crack use at home.

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A Wizard of Goatse: Dec 14, 2014

that's fair I don't want my kid smoking no pussy drugs either

# ? Dec 30, 2019 23:55

BadSamaritan: May 2, 2008; crumb by crumb in this big black forest

Batterypowered7 posted:

You working on finding out who told her?

Yeah, but we�re not going to obsess over it since the cat�s out of the bag. Unfortunately there�s been a lot of legal stuff this year where her request could�ve sounded extremely reasonable to someone who would�ve normally kept mum. Just hoping she�ll stay on the other side of the country.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 00:42

purple death ray: Jul 28, 2007; me omw 2 steal ur girl

ive cut people out for giving out my address/phone #, poo poo

# ? Dec 31, 2019 01:12

trickybiscuits: Jan 13, 2008; yospos

Here's this lady again. I tried to clean up the spelling but gave up pretty quickly.

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I will keep this short as possible. My Estranged Daughter from day one had a tumultuous relationship with now m in law. They were on a strained speaking terms when the chiild. was born. Her mother in law and SILs bonly sibling. , only brother was not permitted to come to the hospital at birth. He was 6.weeks old after much pleading from me to allow them to cone visit him. My daughter allowed a oncexa week visit. We were all a now one bug happy family fir shirtvtime when another disagreement erupted. Wherecdaughters MIL and brother were cut off for three months. The other grandmother bonded with her grandchild so did the uncle No begging or pleading woukd allow them back in my daughters good grces. No pleading from me worked. MIL at herxwirs end reported my daughter to Children�s Aid. Being an immigrant from South American , she was completely unaware of what could have been secevere repercussions. My daughter went hysterical , then ballistic. That was 9 years ago. The MIL was completely severed from the child�s life from there on end. The uncles relationship Was semi severed. All depended on his behaviour on any. given day. . MIL went the legal route that failed. Every avenue act her disposal was exhausted. To gain access. My daughter put roadblocks everywhere. SIL was no match for my daughters wrath. In my conversation with MILs lawyer, he told me he actually seen evil in my daughters eyes. Same lawyer we hired when we were punished.

Fast forward. To now after a year and three last minute cancelations of visits, we got access to the child through SIL, Since birth We were very much hands on grandparents who was ripped out of the child�s life .
We picked up the child by a oreviously predermindedc datecand timec after our punishment was lifted . He was not the same child we were barred from a year ago. His demeanour showed a distant, cool , suspicious , mistrustful angry and sullen child where once he would hug , kiss us over and over. Crycwhen we would leave. Polar opposites. Yes he�s a year older , but feeling doesn�t change of this magnitude in a year.

His uncles name was bought up by accident by my husband. The child s response was I don�t know anything about my uncle , I haven�t seen him in a long time. We then spoke about me, his gradma , when he openly offered I have another grandma. I dont remember what she looks like but I�m not allowed to see her firvyears. . He became sonewgat agutated and exasperated. Why can�t people just get Along? This child is showing some deep rooted problems. Thayptbim convinced. One minute he�s happy. , next minute he acts sad . One minute he�s. Cuddling, next minute he�s distant. . The grandfather who was once his hero in every sense ,now he�s completely disconnected . We know he�s heard some pretty begative and petty things about him as our ED and SIL despises him. Here was a child who moved his chair and his placemat tight to his granddad at the dining table , a child that mimicked his grandfathers mannerisms , a child who followed him arround like a puppy with adoring eyes now to a child whose disconnected.

I want to tell the oarents to stop with the demonizing the grandfather in front of the child has they had done so openly , so often about the other grandma and uncle and now my husband, The child blurts out the disrespectful comments made by his parents. directed towards my husband. There just too much he�s told us , unpromoted. By us that a child would conjure up on his own. He�s
Had behavioural issues since a toddler. An overly indulged child whose parents parenting style. Buy buy buy. But not giving him the basics. A United family.
I see clearly a damaged child in the making. I consider what his parents do , borders on abuse . They do not possess any self awareness to see what they are doing. Both SIL and ED both enjoyed grandparents relationships that were hapoyv and healthy well into adulthood. . But they are denying their child the same.

To start I want the demonization of my husband and myself to stop. Since we�re blocked by every avenue to our daughter , I only have contact with SIL who thinks I�m nuts and refuse tontake anything seriously. Advice how ges to oarents thus child. from two different. child psychologist was scoffed at by him. , so how can I m a simple mother m grandmother. put a stop to this in a way it wont come. to another complete alienation , another punishment Which will cause even more damage. I want to see my GC to look at his Grandad. with that love written all over his face that used to be.. I don�t want to see suspicion and mistrust written all over his sweet face again. I want that gone. What can i do to heal him? I�m truly alarmed at what I seen in a child after a years alienation. Any ideas. , any advice. It woukd truly be appreciated.

And a couple short ones:

quote:

We�ve found all of your threads and websites too, estranged children. Your Reddit threads, where you state how utterly ridiculous we all are for not taking 100% of the blame for your actions.

I hope that everyone the rest of your entire life is perfect. I hope they make no mistakes. I hope they never go through difficult periods in their lives while they know you. I hope you are flawless with them. Lord knows your brutally harsh judgment allows for nothing else, and forgiveness or maturing beyond is a concept too pathetic to ever consider.

Good luck.

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What is really going to hit them is the OLD part of life!

Yes, their eyes sag, face will droop, hair thins, dick drops, hands wrinkle, their kids dump them, forced out of a job because�they are old! Hope they saved their money!!

Age has no favorites. Wonder who they are going to blame for that aging thing??

Even booze will work against them in the form of cancers and those darn divorces..

Hey adult �children� that condemn and estrange us parents, Good Luck with that hate.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 20:05

purple death ray: Jul 28, 2007; me omw 2 steal ur girl

quote:

eyes sag, face will droop, hair thins, dick drops, hands wrinkle, their kids dump them, moms spaghetti

# ? Dec 31, 2019 20:15

Peg Sliderskew: Jan 4, 2010

trickybiscuits posted:

Here's this lady again. I tried to clean up the spelling but gave up pretty quickly.

Genuinely suspect the issues between this woman and her daughter are caused by alcoholism.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 20:40

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Booze doesn't cause cancer.

I mean, it does but you'll probably die from liver disease before that happens.

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Grimdude: Sep 25, 2006; It was a shame how he carried on

That was like typo overload holy poo poo. I've never struggled that much to read something.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 20:51

MAKE NO BABBYS: Jan 28, 2010

Can someone tell me what the gently caress just happened there? I cannot read that

# ? Dec 31, 2019 21:03

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

MAKE NO BABBYS posted:

Can someone tell me what the gently caress just happened there? I cannot read that

My guess is trying to type on a smart phone and being really bad at it.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 21:10

Rent-A-Cop: Oct 15, 2004; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

MAKE NO BABBYS posted:

Can someone tell me what the gently caress just happened there? I cannot read that

Reads like a joose post.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 21:14

SulfurMonoxideCute: Feb 9, 2008; I was under direct orders not to die
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AuntBuck posted:

That's an amazing disconnect there needling you about pot smoke at a concert and ignoring crack use at home.

He would have beat the poo poo out of her if she tried to so anything about it. My home was extremely broken and I'm amazed I made it this far and as well as I have, honestly. I was a good kid but presumed bad because my mom was bad and thought I was going to end up just like her. She never paid enough attention to get to know the real me, and that never changed, which eventually grew into a lot of our modern problems. Everything I say is a lie, only she knows what's really going on. And she just pushed everyone away.

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Nettle Soup: Jan 30, 2010; Oh, and Jones was there too.

That post reads like the way my mum would type when she had almost no sight left and a really bad tremor.

# ? Dec 31, 2019 21:19

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