By: valletta
I’d like to say a couple of things. First, I would like to apologize for my use of snark at #158. I did not mean to insult, nor did I suggest you need psychotherapy. Tone in the written word is...
View ArticleBy: Lenore
Trent, I was about to unsubscribe until I read #182. Although you still have not apologized or responded to some sincere and salient points, at least you seem to be in a more rational and centered...
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“Although you still have not apologized” Please see comment #167. “I do not begrudge anyone making the choice not to have children. If that has been taken in any way from my comments, I apologize,...
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“Do you really think that the daycare workers that spends hours and hours with your kids, are NOT passing on sets of behaviors. Those daycare workers are “non-parents” in your world.” Of course they...
View ArticleBy: Lenore
TRENT APOLOGIZED. EVERYBODY BE NICE NOW! ^ | That’s my way of saying that I’m sorry for overlooking your apology and appreciate it very much! I thought there was a “punchdrunk” quality to your writing...
View ArticleBy: Courtney
I really wonder what this world is coming to when so many people become unglued and hysterical over something this silly. Really, people, toughen up. It can’t be that fun to spend your life playing the...
View ArticleBy: Nancy
So I’m a lesser person by being childless? I’m insulted by the comment that by not having children I am a candle in the wind. Some of us aren’t lucky enough to be married or have a partner with whom to...
View ArticleBy: cv
Trent, I think you finally got to a good spot with the last paragraph of comment #188. You dropped the defensiveness and showed some humanity – it was late, you were tired, and this wasn’t your best...
View ArticleBy: Sarah
Trent, I’m happy to see that you apologized, and sincerely, for not expressing exactly what you meant in a clear manner. I think that is reasonable — stick by what you said, but maybe not the exact...
View ArticleBy: Rob
Personally, I thought the Billy Madison quote was hilarious, but I’ve heard it before and always thought it a fitting riposte. About the only palatable thing I’ve read from Trent in this ridiculously...
View ArticleBy: Greg
Trent- My girlfriend’s car will cost $2000 to repair and it’s only worth around $5000. She will graduate in 7 months and has a $70k/year job lined up with a $6k signing bonus. She also has about $10k...
View ArticleBy: HireMe4TheHolidays
So you were tired and wrote a crappy article because you didn’t want to disappoint your readers? I hate to burst your bubble, but our lives can and do go on without a daily sermonette from you. Trent,...
View ArticleBy: teri
I would recommend reading this article. http://highcallingblogs.com/blog/4612/our-life-with-shelby/
View ArticleBy: Andrea
I was getting more and more disappointed in trent until the last comment in #188. It still isn’t great, but a far less defensive step in the right direction. Trent’s entitled to his views, but he, like...
View ArticleBy: kirstie
Has nobody noticed that Trent was responding to a rather hurtful comment when he wrote this post? He didn’t pull the subject out of the air, it was a reply to a reader. He was responding not to...
View ArticleBy: Johanna
kirstie, what are you talking about? Kevin’s comment doesn’t say any of those things at all.
View ArticleBy: kirstie
Actually you are right Johanna. On closer inspection I have no idea what Kevin is trying to say. Grammatically it seems that he is saying that Trent’s blog reaches millions of people and his children...
View ArticleBy: Chris C
BNP = Breeder Not Parent BNW = Breeder Not Writer Trent, I hope we do not have to hear your complaints about financial difficulties resulting from your decision to replicate. On second thought, I hope...
View ArticleBy: kristine
“If I do it right, I can turn out a child that has the potential to cure cancer or breed a better crop that can feed starving children or create art that can truly uplift the human race or, perhaps...
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