Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
We're not talking about your demographic at all, anon. This is aimed at the teen and twenty-somethings with no motivation whatsoever to start their own lives without any real reason to stay in their parents' home. These are the kids who spend all day in their bedroom, coming out to eat meals and hardly lift a finger to help their parent(s) around the house.
What your son is doing, what many of us moving close to our parent(s) in their elderly age to help out, myself included, have done is admirable and the right thing to do. I was blessed to have spent so much time with my surviving parent (the other passed too young) at a time when they needed help.
Rest assured, while I'm sure it's a tremendous help to have your son with you at this stage of your life, he's just as happy to be able to be with you, to spend time with you, to help you. For those of us who honor and cherish our parents we recognize and are appreciative of all the time and sacrifices our beloved parents made for us throughout the years. God bless.