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[DanaC]

Oh fuck. Sounds you like you done walked into a minefield.

I have zero advice to offer on this one. Families are weird.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

In the schoolyard we had a number of aphorisms regarding playing with the big dogs, or in those days we said "jumping bad" as in "You wanna jump bad with me motherfucker?" at which point there would be a beat-down or a back-down.

The other expression is something along the lines of if you want to run with the big dogs you've got to be able to piss in the tall grass (or if you don't want to run with the big dogs, stay on the porch)

Little dog is 100% at fault for being a knuckle head.

So far it's big dog 2 to little dog 0.

Even if all of you said the little dog was responsible and my mother should pay, I don't think I would make her. I would just suck it up and pay it. If I were the one watching the animals. I would also feel horrible for my mother, regardless who was at fault. I can't change my feelings about the rightness and wrongness of it. Since I cannot, I have become the enemy. I am not taking sides, perse. I just would not question paying for it myself.

Originally Posted by DanaC

Oh fuck. Sounds you like you done walked into a minefield.

I have zero advice to offer on this one. Families are weird.

Weird is right. I am totally blown away.