Bogeyman (Serb. Babaroga) is a word used for a creature that scares children. No one has ever seen him (in Serbian HER, always of female gender, derivated from baba (grandmother) and roga (archaic word for horns), but everyone is scared of him. When we were kids our parents and everyone else threatened that if we misbehaved THE BOGEYMAN WOULD COME AND TAKE US AWAY! Where? No one has ever known!
I have been living in the same building since 1989, so you could say that I have spent my childhood growing up and playing in front of my building. There were some neighbors who yelled at us, forcing us to move away from the building and go to the playground. One guy even slapped one of my friends on the face, cause he didn`t listen. A huge scandal broke out, my friend`s dad beat the shit out of the guy, and at that time, well, we hardly ever called the police.
Why am I starting this thread?
There is a new generation of kids growing up. They, like we used to do, spend their time in front our building, wacking the tennis ball (Fuck you tennis players for being new idols!!!! :biggrin1, yelling and shouting and fighting...they do what kids do! But, I spend a lot of my time in front of my computer, writing tons of papers and sometimes translating for hours, and I need my concentration. Some of you who have seen me on cam, know that my computer is next to my window, so i can hear it all!!!
I have never said a bad word to those kids in my life, but sometimes I have to bite my tongue!!! And yesterday, an another neighbor started yelling at them making them leave, so they called him the BOGEYMAN!
Tbh, I had a different approach. I talked to my neighbor, the mother of two kids, and I have told her that her children hit the ball so hard that it sometimes hits the glass on the building`s door. That they might break it and injure themselves or someone else. I was very polite and very honest! She started yelling at me saying all kinds of shit, and she said it`s not my job to teach her how to raise her kids!!!! I gave up!
I honestly don`t know what to do.
But I ain`t gonna be called a Bogeyman! :biggrin1:
Tell me, are you one? :smile:
I have been living in the same building since 1989, so you could say that I have spent my childhood growing up and playing in front of my building. There were some neighbors who yelled at us, forcing us to move away from the building and go to the playground. One guy even slapped one of my friends on the face, cause he didn`t listen. A huge scandal broke out, my friend`s dad beat the shit out of the guy, and at that time, well, we hardly ever called the police.
Why am I starting this thread?
There is a new generation of kids growing up. They, like we used to do, spend their time in front our building, wacking the tennis ball (Fuck you tennis players for being new idols!!!! :biggrin1, yelling and shouting and fighting...they do what kids do! But, I spend a lot of my time in front of my computer, writing tons of papers and sometimes translating for hours, and I need my concentration. Some of you who have seen me on cam, know that my computer is next to my window, so i can hear it all!!!
I have never said a bad word to those kids in my life, but sometimes I have to bite my tongue!!! And yesterday, an another neighbor started yelling at them making them leave, so they called him the BOGEYMAN!
Tbh, I had a different approach. I talked to my neighbor, the mother of two kids, and I have told her that her children hit the ball so hard that it sometimes hits the glass on the building`s door. That they might break it and injure themselves or someone else. I was very polite and very honest! She started yelling at me saying all kinds of shit, and she said it`s not my job to teach her how to raise her kids!!!! I gave up!
I honestly don`t know what to do.
But I ain`t gonna be called a Bogeyman! :biggrin1:
Tell me, are you one? :smile:
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