Good headline.

I Love Rooster: I'm more appalled at the mother's attitude of having such little faith that her daughter will ever have normal moments in her life like dating, getting married or going to prom than I am by anything said in this thread. I mean...wow...

Yeah, huh? Farkers I can pass off as having warped senses of humor and generally coming off as more insensitive than they probably are in real life, however...

Actually, the girl looks pretty much okay, and the guy decent enough. Mom looks like she fell in a vat of potato chip oil, leaving me to wonder who's got the more severe chromosome damage in the family. Mom's comments make me think she was busy telling her poor daughter "Now you know nobody's going to ask you to the prom, because you're 'special' and special girls don't go to the prom or get married, so we'll have our own fun night at home..." and being genuinely shocked when an actual human being thought it might be fun to go to the prom with a girl in his class like any other kid.

In fairness, there's not really much of a difference between "Down's syndrome" and "Texan".

(She's cute as hell. I'd hit it.)

ecmoRandomNumbers: You're all going to hell.

All. Of. You. Page me in the chain-smoking section of the mezzanine when you get there. We'll get drinks.

I always say, if I'm going to hell anyway, may as well take the express train.

I laughed. Hard.

/but seriously, good for that kid

I laughed out loud at the headline and then cried inside when reading the article

Hope his prom ended better than mine. My date got too retarded and threw up in the limo.

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,
or listened to rain slapping the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight,
or gazed at the sun fading into the night?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,
time is short, the music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly,
when you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,
with the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,
time is short, the music won't last.

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow,
and in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch, let a friendship die,
'cause you never had time to call and say hi?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,
time is short, the music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,
it's like an unopened gift thrown away.

Life isn't a race, so take it slower,
hear the music before your song is potato.

DonkeyDixon: Spazmojack: I Love Rooster: I'm more appalled at the mother's attitude of having such little faith that her daughter will ever have normal moments in her life like dating, getting married or going to prom than I am by anything said in this thread. I mean...wow...

I agree that it struck an odd tone, but she may have been just awkwardly expressing her gratitude.

I think part of her realized the social problem she'd created by homeschooling someone with a manageable disability

I didn't even think about that. And yea, that's a big problem.

ultraholland: FirstNationalBastard: FTFA:

1) don't ever interrupt me when I'm hating on Great Britain
2) why does the Daily Fail love reporting on worthless stories from across the pond?

I don't mind you hating on Great Britain for a good reason.

But Texas deserves hate, too.

peg_leg: Did he get to potato base?

Oh god, I'm going to hell. I laugh so hard that I almost peed myself.

I think the coolest thing about the whole article is that it sound like the guy asked her
out because he was good friends with her and thought they'd have a good time if they
went together. He didn't do it to be known as the guy who was decent enough to ask
out the DS girl.

It was the parents who made it into such a big deal.

That being said, I think what he did was wonderful. They look sweet together and I bet
they had a great time.