and happy GuyDay Eve!
Recently, I made a purchase of the sort I don’t normally make. Last week, I was talking about books and I recalled a book I was given for Christmas the year I was 8. It was a silly book, aimed towards the young girls of a popular rock group at the time. I read it many times and somewhere in the moves, it got lost. I’d forgotten about it until I was retelling my love for the book Little Women – which I also got for a Christmas present that year.
I looked the book up on Amazon and found it for a disgustingly cheap price. Shipping and handling cost more, but it arrived yesterday and when I opened it up, I felt like that 8 year old girl again who was in severe puppy like with Davy Jones. He was my first celebrity crush and he made my little adolescent heart go pitty pat.
A silly thing to be sure, but it got me through many car rides and trips! I’ll have to see where I can fit a reread in.
And last, after a horrid day, I got a ping on other social media from my son’s cousin on his father’s side. There has been VERY limited (nonexistent, save one phone call between them) contact with them and a lot of misconceptions and incorrect information on their side. The air was CLEARED and I’m praying a bridge is being built. Spawn and his family up north on his father’s side (they don’t like my son’s father either) are planning a get together over the summer.
They cook too. Spawn is VERY happy about that! It’s a whole new culture of food! WHAHOO!!!!
Here! Have some Richard!
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Love love love the MONKEES!! Davy Jones was my fav also!!! My sister and I used to watch their tv show!!
Thank you for putting Harry in the mix. Love Harry and needed some Harry this week!!!
Love harry almost as much as Gary!
Yeah I know Gary is your guy but I needed some Harry and to be honest if that is as close as Richard is in real life I’ll take Harry all the time.
Oh fingers crossed that the family relations will improve! It’s important to know one’s own tribe.
Spawn is VERY family oriented and it appears they are as well.
My ex told them Spawn wasn’t his so they were concerned when he contacted them. She and I had a great chat last night!
OMG, I haven’t got words to react to that – denying he is the father? What an …!!!!!! I am glad that the relations are more reasonable than that – and that M will hopefully become closer to his paternal family.
They know he’s a jerk and told him and me that if we’re looking for my ex, don’t come asking them!
He was in another relationship within 2 weeks after I left. He was complaining about how much money he was spending between insurance, unpaid medical and child support. Told the judge he thought 200.00 a month child support and 200.00 a year towards medicals was enough. That didn’t fly.
He got snarky with me as he was ‘moving on’ and I told him he could move on, but Spawn WAS his FIRST responsibility and every time he thought he had money to take his new squeeze out, think again. The next time we went to court, he stated he didn’t believe Spawn was his and wanted me to refund all of his child support, medicals, co pays, insurance… The judge laughed at him and asked him why he didn’t think he was his and his response was – well, he doesn’t look like me.
Which is true. At the time he was also curly top blonde and neither one of us are blonde. Blondes DO run in his and my family, so it wasn’t unheard of. (You’ve seen how dark Spawn’s hair is now!)
Days after I presented him with updated bills, his attorney called and said he would ‘go away and never bother us again’ if I would agree to walking away from the child support and the rest of the aggravation. So at that point, I set legal precedence on having rights revoked.
There’s a LOT more to this, but I’m going home right now, so if you want the whole story, ping me!
The whole story is absolutely upsetting. I have never understood how anyone can deny his own offspring. No issue with grown-ups splitting up. It happens. But denying your child? Asshole move.
There, I said it. No, don’t tell me more. I don’t want you to go through all the negativity for the sake of updating me. It is what it is – but if the rest of the family know the truth, then that is what counts.
It hasn’t bothered me in years. Spawn had a healthy upbringing and healthy relationships to grow up in. Just wonderful role models. I’m glad the man is gone from my life, we turned out okay. I’m sorry that side of the family was tossed a losing hand with this, but hopefully, we can all heal.
ah, yes the Monkees. Talk about taking you back in time! Second part is horrid, how indeed can someone behave so abhorrently. Oh, second picture is marvelous, has to be Lucas by the way he pants fit (that you can see with the thick black belt) adore him.
I LOVED the Monkees. My first poster was of Davy Jones over my bed. I was 8.
yes, a lot of teens though he was it. i remember watching their TV show and yeah Davy was definitely the one out of that group.
I loved how Davy talked sooooo British!!! ❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘
I was in 3rd grade. Mom let me put their posters up all over my wall!!