Update on my knife situation.. (confiscation)

textoothpk said:
I've suggested before, GarageBoy... 'bring' your mom here to the forum. Let us introduce ourselves and let her read our opinion of you (high, for the most part) and knives.

Just a suggestion.
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No, that wouldn't be a very good idea, as I'd probably try to hit on her, and ask her out on a date.:D.:D.
 
GB, I feel bad about your problem, but I think the only thing you can really do is wait a while longer. I'm thinking that once you're 16 (not too long I hope), you can make a better case since you'll then be older. It may only be a few months but I think there could still be psychological change of attitude when 15 turns to 16. If you are old enough to to be trusted to even learn to drive a car, then you ought to be trusted with knives. A car is far more dangerous than a pocket knife.
 
Why don't you post your mailing address. I would love to ship you a knife and I bet there are alot others. Maybe if 100 knives arrived in the mail, one or two would slip thru!!!
 
Keith has a point, I know that when I turned 16, I started hearing a lot of "ever since you turned 16 you've been giving me no end of lip" :D My behavior hadn't changed, just their perception. That little bit of extra age seems to have a huge effect on a parents mindset.

Besides, once you've got a licence it's a lot easier to do things behind your parents back... like rent a PO box and start taking donations. I wouldn't suggest you start gettings knife donations mailed to your home, that's asking for trouble.
 
Is this the same thread where we commended him for being honest and not taking the knives back? I didn't think he wanted to undermine his mother's authority, and I don't think anyone should be pressuring him to betray her trust like that. I find it concerning that he's being offered knives when he has made it pretty clear that he wanted to get them back with his mom's say-so. C'mon, I love knives as much as the rest of you, but I like to think that I could wait a few years until I move out rather than to be sneaky about it. Whether it's a silly rule or not, it's her rule, and that should mean something.
 
Maybe Glockman could sex her up a bit and loosen her up and then discuss the ways of the knife to help this kid out and further "educate" her. I'm sure he'd have no problem doing that favor ;)

Maybe some of us locals (close to the city) could make a field-trip to his house and sit mom down for a talk.

GB, a few years ago my mom once took a knife I had just ordered away from me, it was my first real "tactical" folder and I loved it, then she even sent it back, I was devistated. On atleast a few other occasions she's takin away all of my knives and had my father put them away in his gun safe, trust me, I know what you're going thru, and it ain't easy. I feel your pain :(
 
Ok, I'm ready to explain.
Things went ugly last night. My mom and my dad would get into arguments. She slammed a butcher's knife into the wall to make a point. Well, last night, my dad came home late w/o calling and w/o fixing her bed that he promised to in time. (Hardware store was closed)
My mom went in with my LST and threatened to cut up his prized stereo system around 11PM. I intervene and tell her to put that away. She was like, I can do whatever the hell I want to with my stuff and goes back to her room. I try to calm her down and I tell her to put it down before she hurts herself. She kept ranting, screaming, making references to Jesus and crying, so I took action, grabbed the LST (it was dull, so..) and the rest of my stuff. I told my dad to take them away. She then accuses me of siding with my dad and demanded that I return them before midnight. No way was I gonna trust her with my stuff. She was like, you love your knives more than me, etc...
She's not coming home tonight and she turned off her cell. Probably at some hotel or her friend's
 
Well, I was going to post something funny, but now I can't because that was pretty heavy stuff.

Dude, I don't think this thing in your family has ANYTHING to do with you OR your knives. I suggest you take those knives, keep them out of sight, zip your lip, don't draw attention to yourself and stay out of things between your parents.


(Been there. Done that.)
 
GB,

Man, I feel for you, and I KNOW what you are going through! I grew up in an alcoholic family, and when week-ends rolled-around I NEVER knew what kind of HELL to expect or "look forward to", as my mom and step-dad(s) were ALWAYS yelling and fighting. There were many times when one (or both) of them would leave, toss eachother's things out into the yard, and stay away for a few days at a time.

You'll be ok, and make it through this crap ok...I did.

BTW...You did the right thing by taking your knives and giving them to your dad.

Hang in there.
 
I'll hang low for now. Hopefully, my mom's friend will talk some sense into her. (Worked the last few times)
 
gb, I don't know what to say. but I think now that the knives per se were not the issue (even right from the beginning). I'm not a trained behaviour analyst or counsellor or shrink, so I'm at a loss for words...

but I think taking away the knives for that moment was good thinking. I think you guys really need to sit down and talk, maybe with your mom's friends around or something...

I hope that there's a solution somewhere on the horizon....I'm sure more people will chime in here....
 
UH, GB, I hate to get personal but all knives need be to out of that house.
 
I relocated it to my basement. My dad is not the violent one, he just doesn't know when to control his mouth.
 
GarageBoy said:
Ok, I'm ready to explain.
Things went ugly last night. My mom and my dad would get into arguments. She slammed a butcher's knife into the wall to make a point.
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???....Argument about your knives? If mom was stickin a knife in the wall cause dad was leavin his dirty drawers on the floor, I'd put a deadbolt on my bedroom door. Your mom sicilian? ;)
 
Hang tough good buddy you will be grown and outta there soon. All of us here are in your corner.
 
Smegs, my dad came home late because he went to have dinner with his sister and didn't call. We were waiting for him to bring home dinner as usual. Me and my dad also took apart her bed to replace some of the broken bracings, but the hardware store did not open yesterday. So my mom complained that she gets yelled at during work, comes home, has no food, has no bed and that she'd be better off somewhere else. When my dad came home, she yelled at her, but my dad was like, I expected you to order take out since it is so late and called my mom a whiny b**** etc.
 
Change your name to "BasementBoy" and, what ever you do, don't let them know about or read this forum!

I was there when I was 17. I moved out an lived with my best friend and his family for about 9 months before I got my own apartment. Neither of my parents blamed me for the decision and it was better for everyone.

Can you go to an aunt's, uncle's, friend's house?

One more thing...
Never be afraid to call the police. They're there to help. ;)
 
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