I felt very uneasy at my best friends house for a variety of reasons, but I'd always go anyway because she was my best friend. This doesn't even compete with your issues:
1) It was a tiny house, with 5 people and 2 little dogs - the little dogs were treated like family members.
2) She used to kiss her dogs on the mouth, dogs used to lick/ kiss her mouth.
3) Dogs sat on sofas with us, and had their own space. They made stinky farts.
4) In the kitchen dogs used to sit right beside us begging for food while we ate.
5) Her father had anger issues - many other family problems.
6) When I spent the night at her house, often times I had both dogs sleeping with me come morning time - one right on my pillow, one literally on my feet - dont know what they were thinking.
Ofcourse its your choice to meet/associate with people you don't like or not visit their homes if you don't feel like, but so much ado about farting by a 10-year old?
Sheesh!
In a way, I think cat-woman may have more reasons for staying away from house of her friend, though seems like she choose to go there still, probably because the pros brought by her friendship over-shadowed the cons of her household. You should make the same analysis. If pros don't outweigh the cons, stay away.
he is being a typical boy. boys that age usually dont care who is around. maybe he does it on purpose because he knows it grosses you out. I dont think he would do it in front of any aunties and uncles.....or would he?
Get a life musicmaniac! Sheeeesh... that is just being prissy.
There are worse things you are going to encounter in the real world. Get over it and bond with your friend despite her brother's farts. It aint the worst thing in the world.
I would have to agree with the ladies on this one. Its an absolutely disgusting habit and it shows alot about the thinking and upbringing of the family. NO class. Khair, plain and simple: tell them (or I think you already did) that the kids habit bothers you and they'll do him a favour by teaching him some tameez.
But again, really funny story (I needed a good laugh :)).
Mr. Anil Khan, we are talking about ten yrs old kid over here. The age at which boys don't seem to care about anything. And how can you just go on and judge the for-so-called Class of his family based on whether he burps around his own house or farts? That just tells about u being a narrow minded person.
and Musicmaniac stop acting like a blonde and get over it. I think you are a kind of person to whom friendship matters less than the kind of behaviour you go on andexpect from ten yr old kid. I don't know how you would go on and face the real world on your own when you gonna work among men who will fart and will act as if they dont know what just happened!
When i was like four, a friend of mine was over and my uncle farted loud thinking we are just stupid lil girls who wouldn’t notice but I was so embarrased I started crying
Anyways, I dont find the burping part surprising cuz my brothers do it all the time and just say sorry Its still disgusting. My youngest brother did it with my fiance sitting right there
Are you kidding? Would you say a family has class if the older children in the house just laugh off batameezi by their little brother? News Flash: Burping and Farting is not condoned in a classy family.
Yes, he is 10 years old but that doesn't justify the sisters acting like its no big deal.
Calling this narrow mindedness tells alot about your upbringing.
i dont like spoilt children and he's a prime example...i assume he must be the only boy and the youngest.....and they must be treating him like he's gods gift to the world...and they let him do whatever he wants....and are not telling him off about anything. they may find it funny now but when he grows up and does stupid spoilt things, they'll regret it.
you're not being paranoid...even i wouldnt want to go to a house where someone does something gross like that....and he's old enough to understand now.
For once, I completely agree with Anil Khan. This sounds like a classless family. For all the males on this thread condoning such behavious, I’d like to apologize on behalf of my gender. I don’t think that burping/farting in front of company, even if you’re 10, is appropriate. Hell I was 10 once too, and I just knew that that was wrong. It’s how you’re brought up, it’s what your parents teach you.
Musicmaniac, if your friend can’t listen to anything negative from you, she’s not a very good friend, is she? People who think they’re perfect, are idiots.
He’s the youngest in the family and probably the only boy, this family is going down a dangerous road. This kid is going to grow up very spoiled with absolutely no social skills. I went to college with a guy like that, he got everything he wanted when he was a kid and had absolutely NO social skills. He was so sure that one of the girls that we used to hang out with was into him that he started becoming possessive of her, claiming she was his girl friend, she had no clue. He was so used to getting what he wanted that he just wouldn’t take no for an answer, couldn’t even fathom that someone would say no to him. He went to jail for stalking her. True story, Pakistani guy, 23 years old, nut job.
If your friend ever finds her senses, tell her that this kid is going to become a social misfit if they continue like this, beyond that, if she doesn’t want to hear it, just tell her to go jump in a lake.
Sara:
I would have to disagree. Saying that burping and farting is ok in private implies that the action is not significant; when in reality, both are forms of "ghandagi" no matter if people are around or not.
We're all humans and the occasional fart will occur but in no way should this behavior be tolerated (I don't mean to sound like a military officer but I really feel tameez should be instilled in children from a young age :)).
Its still disgusting. My youngest brother did it with my fiance sitting right there