And The Update On Vid’s Quirky Aquarian Friend… With His Moon Conjunct Saturn

13 Responses to “And The Update On Vid’s Quirky Aquarian Friend… With His Moon Conjunct Saturn”

1. October27 says on 6/10/08 at 12:01 pm:
   

   I am so glad this kid has your kid.

2. Jessica says on 6/10/08 at 12:06 pm:
   

   Oh, that makes me so sad.

3. Elsa says on 6/10/08 at 12:13 pm:
   

   Yeah, it was sad but I wouldn’t judge this mother so quickly. I am getting the whole story but I can tell you right now that abused kids… kids who are really abused don’t ever, ever bring kids to their house and my son is at this kid’s house 8 hours a day at least 3-4 times a week.

   That said, the look on his face… it was horrible and I have never seen him like that before. He is a really good kid. Never once has he caused a problem or conflict of any kind at my house (or my ex’s).

   I did investigate and apparently the little sister told on him… said he did something (that he probably did) and he got slapped. Then he yelled at the sister who tattled some more and he got slapped again.

   My son doesn’t know exactly wtf because they were speaking Spanish but he is sure not used to seeing this.

   The aquarian is the oldest kid in the house and I guess it shows.

   In whatever case, Vid is over there again. Dropped him off at 10 to be picked up at 5… yesterday the kids were here.

4. Jessica says on 6/10/08 at 12:23 pm:
   

   Good. I didn’t think anything about the mother yet actually, just was getting all heartbroken over the look of shame on Aquarian’s face as you described it. Vidroid’s pretty loyal, eh?

5. shell says on 6/10/08 at 12:28 pm:
   

   Wow that is a real shocker (to me at least). Most hispanic moms revere their sons and let them get away with waaaaaayy too much.
   Wish there was a happy medium because that breaks my heart too

6. Elsa says on 6/10/08 at 1:11 pm:
   

   Yeah, Vidroid is as steadfast as they come. And yeah, the look on his face was pure agony but of the shame type. I was startled by it… just had never seen him that way.

   He is a masculine kid (Aquarius and Aries) in a very easy way. He seems comfortable in all circumstances… is very respectful of me which I don’t see that often anymore. He’s not a peacock but he is also not shy. If I ask him if he is hungry and what he might like to eat, he answers the question and is nore than willing to have me cook, LOL. And that’s okay because we do machismo around here because everyone knows IF THE MOTHER AIN’T HAPPY, THEN NOBODY IS GOING TO BE HAPPY.

   Quirky Aquarian loves the soldier too, of course. Basically they just act like 3 men and I ignore them… until and unless someone is hungry in which case I feed them then go back to ignoring.

   This is a great life!

7. Loonsounds says on 6/10/08 at 2:23 pm:
   

   Reading tales about the soldier and Vid makes me see the Taurus in myself more and more. He is hanging in there for the friend he likes the most, when so many other kids, offended or not offended, or thinking nothing of it, would have run off and found different friends. We like what (and who) we like.

8. Elsa says on 6/10/08 at 5:30 pm:
   

   And now an update on the update.

   I was called again today to pick up the boys - this time due an emergency.

   Quirky Aquarian’s father is in the emergency room, and his sisters are with his cousins. Not sure what is going on because they are not telling the 10 year old, other than it’s his head and he may need an operation and again - the language barrier.

   The mother has to go to work… the father plans to pick up Aquarian after the emergency room assuming he is released. if not I guess he’s spending the night, I am not sure how late his mother works.

   Sure hope his dad is okay. Man oh man.

   The boys are calm which tells me the parents did a good job of protecting.

   ::sigh::

9. Rox says on 6/11/08 at 6:51 am:
   

   Hmm “some” kids that are abused dont bring other kids home. My husband was abused horribly his entire childhood.. and he did indeed bring people home. The abuse never ever happened in front of “outside” people, they all played the perfect little family.
   So in this boys case, I would bet - like you did - that he isnt being abused (Im guessing its a cultural thing with mom) because it happened in front of your son. Abusers like to hide it.

10. michelle says on 6/11/08 at 7:27 am:
    

    well if the boy is anything like me (aquarian too)
    It wasn’t the slapping in itself that was shaming,
    it was the being slapped in front of a friend.

    in response to shell…now my husband’s family hispanic (and very very large), none of the kids are allowed to get away with much, not even the boys. We also live in a very diverse city, with a decent size hispanic community, I never noticed that they let the boys get away with that much more than the girls.

11. Elsa says on 6/11/08 at 7:29 am:
    

    michelle - that’s how I saw it as well.
    Embarrassed in public - Saturn hates that

12. kashmiri says on 6/11/08 at 7:44 am:
    

    Rox, I think there’s some truth in that. I was the so called ‘chosen’ friend for a few severely abused kids growing up. You know, no friends in the house except for kashmiri.

13. Heather says on 6/11/08 at 8:00 am:
    

    Sounds like there’s some stress in the family….glad he has you and Vid for refuge and goodness knows you both are familiar with stress and how to cope.

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