DiurnalVampire
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Joined: 1/19/2006 From: Nashville, TN Status: offline
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When it comes to time with FAMILY, the answer is default yes regardless of whether permission is actually asked or not. Personally I do not come between family and my pets. Were it friends, that might be a different matter. However, she shuld not be punished for actually going with her grandfather when she was unable to reach you. She made a judgement call that you, as a caring owner, would not have said no. If you already know that reception is a problem on her phone (which you obviously do) my suggestion would be to set permission rules incase someone cannot be reached. For Angel and I, there are certain friends only which he has to ask permission for, since I do not necessarly like their influnece on him. ASide form that, he knows who he is and isnt allowed to be with. When we were distance, and working around a time difference, it was necessary. Working around poor reception is much the same. You assume she will not be able to get in touch rather than she will. And another suggestion, since she is obviously local... use a REAL LAND LINE PHONE if al else fails. If texts dont arrive, instead of dealing with the silence, drop a quarter into a payphone and make a real cal. Leave a message if you have to. People's dependance on the cell phones has blinded them to those neat little devices still plugged into the wall. You dont need punishment, you need a sit down discusion of contact rules, not centering on just the cell phone. Putting al your faith in that device is already causig trouble, so find a way to circumvent it. DV
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I will be your Dominate if you will be my submit - Fox Snarko Ergo Sum If you cannot change your mind, how are you so sure you still have one? -proverb *Owner of Fox - collared 10/13/07* VampiresLair
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