Small Talk

I’m a mother of a fifteen year old boy. The first eleven years of his life, we adored each other. We spent Saturdays and Sundays doing fun things, movies, parks, swimming, etc. For the last four years of his life the extent of his conversation to me has been, “I hate you. You make me sick, I wish you were dead.” My words have been, “Because I said so. You don’t pay any bills around here. Because, I’m your mother and I HAD you. This is MY house and as long as you live under my roof you will do as I say.” He recently made a bad choice and the consequences were dire. I called him on his cell and started talking about random things not the “bad choice”. I told him about when he was younger and he would say, “Skrimp” instead of shrimp. We talked and laughed for the longest time. When I was about to hang up the phone he said, “Mama we haven’t talked like this in a long time.” I said, “I know.” Of course I cried when I hung up the phone.

Lesson learned: Relationship without fellowship is a sinking ship.

Submitted by: Torria

Don't Get It Twisted

I refuse to compromise my values. I'm old enough that I can't play naive - I'm old enough to take responsibility for my choices (good or bad).

Submitted by: Anonymous

Other Cheek

Besides my ethics? Not much. Why be a little b*tch about one issue when you can be cool about it instead?

Submitted by: Anonymous

Priceless

I refuse to compromise my celibacy. It's too precious. It's too expensive and not worth a thirty second thrill.

Submitted by: Torria

Just the facts

I refuse to compromise data. It is what it is.

Submitted by: You know who i am

Keep the faith

I refuse to compromise my faith in God.

Submitted by: YJH

Happyness

It has taken me a while to get to this point, but I refuse to compromise my happiness or my sense of adventure. It is pretty hard for me to make a decision but when I do it pisses me off when someone tries to talk me out of it. I don't want to leave this place with regrets about things that I never got a chance to do or places that I never got to see. There have been things that I've wanted to do that my boyfriend (of 9 years) could care less about. At first, I would just say "ok, never mind" and pout. Or I'd talk him into doing something and he would complain the whole time and ruin the whole experience. So now I know that its ok to do things by yourself. If no one wants to join you, so what!

Lesson Learned: When you're part of a couple its very easy to get caught up in "we". Live YOUR life. Fulfill YOUR dreams. And don't let anyone convince you otherwise.

Submitted by: Nicole

I Am Woman

I feel I am a very proud person. I refuse to compromise my dignity.

Submitted by: Desiree

What's in a name?

I'm frugal. I'll admit it. Some might even say I'm "tight with a dollar". I like to think I'm just efficient with my money. Call it what you want. But thanks to my fiscal practices I have discovered the wonderful world of generic brand groceries. You get the same quality as name brand for a fraction of the price. It's gotten to the point where the Target brand is second-nature in my kitchen cabinets. But as great as the private labels have been to me, there is one ailse where I refuse to go generic-- cereal. Call me crazy but I'm just not buying that "Honey Oat Clusters" tastes the same as Honey Bunches of Oats.

Lesson learned: If breakfast is the most important meal of the day why take any chances.