Parenthood

[Takeda Shingen]

Most of us have either been through it, are going through it or are about to go through it. This thread is for some amusing anecdotes about raising our young.

My wife is currently in California for a fighting game tourney, so I am watching the girls alone. It is mostly fine, except for bedtime. Both of them have strong preferences for mommy at bedtime. My eldest is a bit more understanding than my youngest, who absolutely refused to sleep. I fell asleep alongside her, only to wake up two minutes later with her making a break for it down the hall. It was like running a prison, and we had a jailbreak.

It is pretty common for a child to have a particular preference for a specific parent in certain situations. I, for example, have the dubious distinction of being my older daughter's favorite "wiper" after the bathroom. Yes, several times a day I get the call "Daddy, I'm done!" My wife thinks that is hilarious.

[Tchocky]

That is hilarious.

Otherwise I have nothing to add :D

[Red October1984]

I could give you the other point of view.... :03:

[Platapus]

Nothing beat the 14 year old coming up to us and saying

"Mom, I am in a polyamorous relationship."
:o
:o:o
:o:o:o
:o:o:o:o

"Uh, so what does that mean?"

"It means that my best friend and I have a crush on the same guy!"

(phew)

When I was 14, I did not even know the word Polyamorous :oops:

Kids say the darnedest things.

Which is why it is important to ask them, what does that mean?, before getting upset. :yep:

[Armistead]

My two girls grown, still have my 15 year old son to deal with..

Not that I thought it was funny, but the neighbors did. I guess my son was around 3, liked to help me work on things. He loved beating on boards with hammers. One day I gave him a reg size hammer and some boards outside garage. I got busy, then heard hammer on metal and he was beating on my brand new chevy truck. I yelled "STOP" so loud it scared him, neighbors across street laughing like heck.

I'll skip the time he went through our bedside drawer and came walking in the living room with what he thought was a flashlite....:oops:

[Red October1984]

I'll skip the time he went through our bedside drawer and came walking in the living room with what he thought was a flashlite....:oops:

:rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Btw.... *Flashlight :har:

[Jimbuna]

My two (son 24 and daughter 20) always had a preference for their mother and I supported that. She stayed at home and raised them whilst I semi regularly worked abroad initially then performed the hunting role back in the UK.

As they grow older I have witnessed a shift towards me for advice on life matters and in particular those of a financial nature.

I doubt many fathers can resist the twinkle in a daughters eye when she asks for some money to go shopping etc. but having said that, it is the boy who used to ask for the larger sums for house deposits etc.

[Takeda Shingen]

My eldest has begun to learn that she can play her parents off each other. She knows that daddy will be more lenient about matters than mommy, so if mommy says no, she comes to see me. Teenage years are going to be fun.

[Rockstar]

When our daughter hit puberty all hell broke loose. Thank god thats over with.

[u crank]

Two things I have learned as a parent. Diligently watch out for their safety but give them room to learn from their own mistakes.

When my son was a teenager he did the exact opposite of what I wanted. No sports, poor grades and weirdness. I thought the worst. The only bright spot was music. Today at 33 he is a well adjusted, very intelligent man who is working in the entertainment industry, a major concert ticket provider. He gets to travel and knows a lot of people. He also plays in a band and DJ's on the side. I'm happy cause he's got a good job and he's doing what he wants. I'm proud of him. There's no wife or children in the near future but you can't have everything. We just spent a week together as a family on vacation in the DR. We had some good talks. It's cool when your son is cool.:D

Patience dads, patience.

[Oberon]

My eldest has begun to learn that she can play her parents off each other. She knows that daddy will be more lenient about matters than mommy, so if mommy says no, she comes to see me. Teenage years are going to be fun.

They learn that far too quickly. Apparently back in my shorter days my response to being told that something was too expensive for me was 'Daddy get cheque book' :har:

[Armistead]

When our daughter hit puberty all hell broke loose. Thank god thats over with.

I think some sort of demonic possession takes over at puberty.

[Wolferz]

I think some sort of demonic possession takes over at puberty.

Yup, it's called hormones.:03:

[Wolferz]

He can blurt out an opinion that gets him in trouble.

So I come home from work one evening and my fifteen year old son walks into the living room where I'm watching TV on the couch and he says "What's up faggot?" Within a nanosecond I was off the couch and he was in the floor with me on top of him. With his eyes now as big as saucers I told him in no uncertain terms that that sort of intolerance toward others was unacceptable and if I ever heard him call anyone that word again, he would find himself waking up in the hospital. Especially so if it was directed at me.:shifty:
No, I didn't hit him even though I wanted to. My military training was instrumental in subduing him without causing him injury.
To say that the boy was highly surprised about how quick his old man could move would be gross understatement.:timeout:

[WernherVonTrapp]

My military training was instrumental in subduing him without causing him injury.
To say that the boy was highly surprised about how quick his old man could move would be gross understatement.:timeout:
I have two sons approaching their 30s and two daughter reaching puberty. I've never had the necessity to get to that point with either of my sons, and good thing too. One is 6'2" and about 265 lbs and the other is a weightlifter with arms as big as my thighs.
My two daughters are a totally different story. I'm not certain how their futures will evolve (due to their neurological disabilities) and worry about them constantly. Don't know if they'll ever have a normal life, get married, relationships, etc..
Still, I remain positive and teach them as best as I can. Special schooling fills in the gaps, I guess.

[CaptainMattJ.]

He can blurt out an opinion that gets him in trouble.

So I come home from work one evening and my fifteen year old son walks into the living room where I'm watching TV on the couch and he says "What's up faggot?" Within a nanosecond I was off the couch and he was in the floor with me on top of him. With his eyes now as big as saucers I told him in no uncertain terms that that sort of intolerance toward others was unacceptable and if I ever heard him call anyone that word again, he would find himself waking up in the hospital. Especially so if it was directed at me.:shifty:
No, I didn't hit him even though I wanted to. My military training was instrumental in subduing him without causing him injury.
To say that the boy was highly surprised about how quick his old man could move would be gross understatement.:timeout:
Oh man my father would've left quite the mark if i called him that or anything near it. But its not like he had to tell me that. Its just intuitive that when you connect how mad he can get about much less serious incidents, how hell react to being called that, especially by his son.

Put an unwavering fear of your retaliation into him and chances are they wont do it, at least not after the first time. :yep:

[CaptainHaplo]

My son was 2 and a half, I was separated from his mother and had him full time. One morning about 2 AM, I start hearing noises coming from the kitchen area. Since it wakes me, it is like instant awake. I take a moment to listen, arm myself and head through the house. As I near the kitchen, I hear my son, singing to himself. Of course, at that point I know its not serious so I safe my handgun and peek around the corner.

He had gotten a chair, got up on the counter and gotten a plate. Moved down, over to the fridge and secured the Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. After squirting a huge amount into the plate, he had been scooping it up with his fingers and singing as he "ate" it. I really wish I could have gotten a picture.

As it was, I came around the corner and stood there, arms crossed. Well, my Makarov was in my right hand, so it was in plain view (I admit - I didn't think about his reaction). He looked at me, saw that and his eyes got big as saucers and he started crying. He was blubbering "Dada, I sorry, don't shoot me!"

A hug and reassurance that I first thought there was "someone bad" in the house because of the noise and all was well. Then a warm bath to get all the syrup off of him.

Another one to share.

My daughter, before she was born, got used to hearing my voice. Every night, I would talk and sing to her through her mom's belly. She would kick and wiggle and such, be we never knew how much she really would connect with that. When she was born we found out.

She was delivered by C-section (her mom had a tilted pelvis, making natural childbirth extremely risky). When they got her out and cleaned up and under the heat lamps, of course she was screaming bloody murder. I told her mom that I was going to go see her and as her mom was kinda out of it, she had no objections. I walked over and it was just me and my new daughter in that part of the room. She was still screaming like crazy. I had my camera, but didn't want pictures of her yelling her brand new lungs out. I don't know why, but as I stuck my hand in to the little "tray" thing where she was, I started to sing to her like I always did. Her little hand grabbed my pinky finger as she heard the sound of my singing, and she immediately quieted down. No screaming at all. It was so sudden that 3 nurses came running over thinking something bad had happened. I even was able to take a picture of my daughter, not even 5 minutes in this world, holding her Daddy's hand and content. That first picture (and its associated memory) is worth more to me than any amount of money. 8 years later, she is still a "Daddy's girl".

There are some things you just can't "get" until your a parent. Threads like this help remind us that all the struggles are worth it. Thanks, Takeda!

[Wolferz]

Put an unwavering fear of your retaliation into him and chances are they wont do it, at least not after the first time. :yep:


Mine never committed such an egregious act again, toward me or anyone else as far as I know. The boy is grown now with a wife and two kids of his own.

[u crank]

When my daughter was about 5 years old we had our friends over for a meal. They also had a little girl about the same age and these two were best pals. We lived out in the country and it was summer so they wanted to go exploring. They walked across a hay field that had been cut and over to the next fence line. We could see them and they seem to be searching for something. Then they came back holding something in their hands. They came into the house and screamed with delight,"look we found some baby kittens!" They were babies all right, black with a white stripe on their backs! My buddy and I had to take them back, find the nest and hope that the mommy skunk wasn't around. Of course the little girls were very sad and disappointed. Now when these two get together and tell this story they stress how much their dads were freaking out... and rightly so.:yep:

[magic452]

My daughter was about 3 or 4 and she hated to go to bed before her older brother.

One night we had some friends over and were playing cards and it was her bedtime. "I don't want to sleep in my bedroom" she said.
"Where do you want to sleep"
"I don't know"
"How about on the front porch" "OK"

A few minutes later she came out with her blanket and pillow. " Where is the front porch?" I showed her out the door.

MY friend asked if I was going to let her stay out there, it was pretty cold.

"I Sure was"
She stayed outside for about 20 minutes and than came running in and said. "I'm going to sleep in my bed, it's cold out there."
Stubborn as a billy goat was she. Had much less trouble getting her to bed after that.
Sometimes you just gotta let them learn form experience.

Magic

[Lord Justice]

It is with good order I return my friend :salute: ( come up for some air ). I never trust air I cant see. :03:

[Stealhead]

I think every child plays the favor between parents game to some extent.If you cant get mom to allow something then you try dad or vice verse.The success of such a tactic can vary greatly.For example a keen child might take advantage of a quarrel between the parents.

The thing I find most entertaining about my daughter is when she gets caught breaking the rules or not doing something.She seems surprised that she got caught.She does try clever schemes.

One good example.When she was in 1st grade a few years ago her teacher would send these reports home with each kid at the end of the week the reports would say how well or poorly the student behaved in class that week.Well my daughter got the clever (almost:D) idea when she received a bad weekly report she would throw it away and bring home an art project claiming that only the good kids got to take part in the activity and bring it home to show their parents.

When it happened one week we did question it.But then after a few weeks we noticed that some weeks she brought the good reports and others she had the art project.So I asked her why only on certain weeks they did the art projects....she did not have any logical explanation for this.So my wife called the teacher and asked about the reports and found out the truth.

When I was young my parents always wanted us to respect them.Honestly my parents never did anything beyond spanking the idea of disappointing them was worse.My father only one time did he ever do anything physical any of us kids.

Once my mother was telling me to do something and I did not want to do it and said "**** off". My father was in another room but he heard me say that to my mother and he stormed into the room and grabbed my shoulders and pushed me down into a chair.

I was really scared because he looked very angry and my dad never had a temper but he had been in Vietnam and had seen some pretty nasty things and he was a very strong capable person he could really hurt someone with his bare hands no problem for a second I thought he had lost control of himself and was about to beat the dog crap out of me. He just looked at me and said, "don't ever talk to you mother like that again" and walked away.I was 17 at the time.

[NeonSamurai]

In this day and age I would be very careful about getting physical with your child (particularly if it is not defensive) or threatening physical harm. You can get in a whole lot of trouble if you are not careful, and there are court mandated reporters all over the place. I can't count the number of times I have overheard parents talking about things that could be reported in places like grocery stores and other public locations.

I have personally done many Child Protective Services reports (somewhere over 20), in the last 7 months. In worst case scenarios you can have criminal charges filed (threatening grievous bodily harm is generally considered a serious crime, particularly against minors), and lose custody of your children.

[Jimbuna]

In this day and age I would be very careful about getting physical with your child (particularly if it is not defensive) or threatening physical harm. You can get in a whole lot of trouble if you are not careful, and there are court mandated reporters all over the place. I can't count the number of times I have overheard parents talking about things that could be reported in places like grocery stores and other public locations.

I have personally done many Child Protective Services reports (somewhere over 20), in the last 7 months. In worst case scenarios you can have criminal charges filed (threatening grievous bodily harm is generally considered a serious crime, particularly against minors), and loose custody of your children.

More or less identical situation in the UK :yep:

[WernherVonTrapp]

In this day and age I would be very careful about getting physical with your child (particularly if it is not defensive) or threatening physical harm. You can get in a whole lot of trouble if you are not careful, and there are court mandated reporters all over the place. I can't count the number of times I have overheard parents talking about things that could be reported in places like grocery stores and other public locations.

I have personally done many Child Protective Services reports (somewhere over 20), in the last 7 months. In worst case scenarios you can have criminal charges filed (threatening grievous bodily harm is generally considered a serious crime, particularly against minors), and lose custody of your children.As a matter of fact, the same goes for NJ. Once a child turns 18 YOA, it's no longer considered an act of discipline, but Domestic Violence. Another new NJ mandate requires that police notify DYFS (Div. of Youth and Family Services) whenever an act of Domestic Violence occurs in a household where children reside, even if the children are not directly involved.
There's also a little known law in NJ that gives authorities the right to remove children from a home (where Domestic Violence has been reported) and the only requirement needed is that the children heard the parents using profanities. It's not in the regular Criminal Code and I've never (personally) heard of anyone (police, etc.) applying it. But even I was surprised when I learned about it in a training course I took about 10 years ago.

[Takeda Shingen]

So my eldest has now taken to full envy and decided that it was better being the baby. As such, she is now wanting to do away with regular food and return to the Gerber veggie cuts my youngest eats. The past 30 minutes has been an endless sequence of her shoving the plate away and me putting it back; each waiting for the other's will to break.

[u crank]

So my eldest has now taken to full envy and decided that it was better being the baby. As such, she is now wanting to do away with regular food and return to the Gerber veggie cuts my youngest eats. The past 30 minutes has been an endless sequence of her shoving the plate away and me putting it back; each waiting for the other's will to break.

:har:

Good luck with that. :O:

[Platapus]

I'll skip the time he went through our bedside drawer and came walking in the living room with what he thought was a flashlite....:oops:

Electric toothbrush?

(innocent look)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice thread : )

We have three boys and I'll post something about them later.

[Armistead]

As a matter of fact, the same goes for NJ. Once a child turns 18 YOA, it's no longer considered an act of discipline, but Domestic Violence. Another new NJ mandate requires that police notify DYFS (Div. of Youth and Family Services) whenever an act of Domestic Violence occurs in a household where children reside, even if the children are not directly involved.
There's also a little known law in NJ that gives authorities the right to remove children from a home (where Domestic Violence has been reported) and the only requirement needed is that the children heard the parents using profanities. It's not in the regular Criminal Code and I've never (personally) heard of anyone (police, etc.) applying it. But even I was surprised when I learned about it in a training course I took about 10 years ago.

Ah, the future, where we befriend our kids, compromise, plead and let them decide what is best......then they hit puberty and it only gets worse.

[Stealhead]

In this day and age I would be very careful about getting physical with your child (particularly if it is not defensive) or threatening physical harm. You can get in a whole lot of trouble if you are not careful, and there are court mandated reporters all over the place. I can't count the number of times I have overheard parents talking about things that could be reported in places like grocery stores and other public locations.

I have personally done many Child Protective Services reports (somewhere over 20), in the last 7 months. In worst case scenarios you can have criminal charges filed (threatening grievous bodily harm is generally considered a serious crime, particularly against minors), and lose custody of your children.


Just curious why did you post this after my story? My dad never hit me or any of my brothers or sisters or my mother.All he did was push me down into a chair to get my full attention it did not cause me any physical harm.It just surprised me a little but honestly I was pretty much out of control he could easily have felt that I was going to to do something violent.

I do not agree with the idea of fear as discipline perhaps you misunderstood me to have felt this way.If anything fear and the idea of angering a parent is not a good thing at all in my opinion.

Some of the stories before mine not to to be specific sound more to me like a person who had/have a temper and people that feared that state.That would be the polar opposite of my father I never was afraid of my father but I did 99% of the time respect him simply because that is what he expected.He never once implied violence or physically or verbally as a punishment for disobeying him.

You never know these days.A woman in my unit in USAF one of her sons broke his arm and at the military hospital they implied that her or the father had harmed the boy it was not the case of course.But it was awkward and it took the word of a our SNCO who lived next to the woman to convince the people wanting to investigate that the boy had not been harmed by the parents.

I don't know some of the child abuse stuff it is so sketchy and they some how miss truly evil violently abusive people sometimes and accuse innocent people other times.One of things that has good intentions but can sometimes do more harm than good.

You don't have to worry about me I don't do any of that my wife does even allow corporal punishment and I was not crazy for it because it never seemed to stop kids anyway judging from how often the same people got paddled by the deans in school of course those kids parents most likely where freaking horrible .Of course like I said with the USAF squadron mate some people consider nearly any child injury as suspect which perhaps is partly reasonable but you have to or should be very careful about who you what evidence you get.

I think what you see more of these days are parents that simply do not discipline their kids in any way at all hell some are hardly involved in their kids lives.People see these kids and assume that the parents must not use corporal punishment when the reality is the kids have little or no control form the parents at all.

[NeonSamurai]

Just curious why did you post this after my story? My dad never hit me or any of my brothers or sisters or my mother.All he did was push me down into a chair to get my full attention it did not cause me any physical harm.It just surprised me a little but honestly i was pretty much out of control he could easily have felt that I was going to to do something violent.

Some of the stories before mine not to to be specific sound more to me like a person who had a temper and people that feared that state.That would be the polar opposite of my father I never was afraid of my father but I did 99% of the time respect him simply because that is what he expected.He never once implied violence or physically or verbally as a punishment for disobeying him.

Beause that was when I read the thread and posted something. It wasn't in specific reference to what you wrote or I would have quoted it. Some of the posts in this thread did have content that could potentially get a parent in trouble in today's terms. Also FYI your father grabbing you like that, which was fairly innocuous, could potentially generate a report. It depends on the reporter. But it wouldn't go very far. CPS wouldn't be likely to follow up unless there were bruise marks or other physical evidence, even then they can be notoriously difficult to get moving. About the only times I've ever seen CPS move real fast is if there is some really heavy duty abuse or statutory rape/incest.

You never know these days.A woman in my unit in USAF one of her sons broke his arm and at the military hospital they implied that her or the father had harmed the boy it was not the case of course.But it was awkward.

I don't know some of the child abuse stuff it is so sketchy and they some how miss truly evil violently abusive people sometimes and accuse innocent people other times.One of things that has good intentions but can sometimes do more harm than good.

This is also why I said parents should be careful in getting physical with their children, unless it is self defense. I've worked with kids who have assaulted parents. The advice I always give is try to avoid taking it into your own hands. Try to disengage and call the police, as kids tend to be favored more in our legal system, and this stuff is frequently followed up by CPS.

[Stealhead]

Beause that was when I read the thread and posted something. It wasn't in specific reference to what you wrote or I would have quoted it. Some of the posts in this thread did have content that could potentially get a parent in trouble in today's terms. Also FYI your father grabbing you like that, which was fairly innocuous, could potentially generate a report. It depends on the reporter. But it wouldn't go very far. CPS wouldn't be likely to follow up unless there were bruise marks or other physical evidence, even then they can be notoriously difficult to get moving. About the only times I've ever seen CPS move real fast is if there is some really heavy duty abuse or statutory rape/incest.

That is fine I was not sure some people quote when they respond directly others do not and with others its 50/50.

It just bugs me when I read a story about some child that got locked into a cage and starved as punishment and some how no one notices that case until it is too late.

I think I recall one that got talked about here a year or so ago in Arizona I think.

The little girl even walked around the neighborhood and no one thought it was odd that see was gaunt and obviously malnourished swell neighborhood apparently.


Your second response still does not really address the situation that my USAF squadron mate experienced though you really have no recourse if a child is injured and you take them to receive medical aid and they(the staff) report it except to hope that when they investigate the situation they realize that it was an accident.I do not think that this kind of situation happens every day but it does happen.

[NeonSamurai]

It just bugs me when I read a story about some child that got locked into a cage and starved as punishment and some how no one notices that case until it is too late.

I think I recall one that got talked about here a year or so ago in Arizona I think.

The little girl even walked around the neighborhood and no one thought it was odd that see was gaunt and obviously malnourished swell neighborhood apparently.

That stuff happens all the time, it is also really hard if the child denies abuse. A lot of people also will make it somebody else's problem, plus if you do not have direct contact with the person and have details (name, address, parents names, etc.) you can't make a successful report. She also may not have had any contact with mandated reporters (social workers, teachers, other professions that work with kids) if she was home schooled (or they may not have been paying attention).

Even if there is evidence, CPS is not always quick to react.


Your second response still does not really address the situation that my USAF squadron mate experienced though you really have no recourse if a child is injured and you take them to receive medical aid and they(the staff) report it except to hope that when they investigate the situation they realize that it was an accident.I do not think that this kind of situation happens every day but it does happen.

It depends on the injury. Remember it is not unusual for kids who are being abused to come to an ER with injuries, and claim it was an accident. If the injury looks suspicious at all, as a mandated reporter, you must report it, as it is not your call to rule on the situation. Generally CPS is pretty good at clearing things fairly quickly if there are no ongoing suspicions. For secrecy I swear they are like the CIA, you can't even find out if there already is an active case or not when trying to report something. Of course stuff happens and the system is imperfect. Personally I often feel they are too inactive from my perspective.

[Stealhead]

That stuff happens all the time, it is also really hard if the child denies abuse. A lot of people also will make it somebody else's problem, plus if you do not have direct contact with the person and have details (name, address, parents names, etc.) you can't make a successful report. She also may not have had any contact with mandated reporters (social workers, teachers, other professions that work with kids) if she was home schooled (or they may not have been paying attention).

Even if there is evidence, CPS is not always quick to react.




It depends on the injury. Remember it is not unusual for kids who are being abused to come to an ER with injuries, and claim it was an accident. If the injury looks suspicious at all, as a mandated reporter, you must report it, as it is not your call to rule on the situation. Generally CPS is pretty good at clearing things fairly quickly if there are no ongoing suspicions. For secrecy I swear they are like the CIA, you can't even find out if there already is an active case or not when trying to report something. Of course stuff happens and the system is imperfect. Personally I often feel they are too inactive from my perspective.


Sounds like a flawed system in more way than one.I assume there is some variation from state to state.It is strange to me that you can not know if a person is already being investigated that would be very useful to know and would certainly help.

Like you say you can never really know for certain.

How does the report process work anyway? One of my friends told me that he took his son to a doctor after he got hurt playing with his 80 pound dog. His son said that the doctor asked him if he was sure that he got hurt by his dog and his son explained to the doctor that the dog was a German Sheppard and explained that he was wrestling with the dog and walked away but the dog wanted to keep playing and jumped up and knocked the boy down he pulled a muscle in his chest as he fell down.The doctor must have believed the boy because no one ever inquired further after that.In this case the doctors question was vague and he just happened to ask a kid that gives articulate answers of course the boy was also aware of the implication.

Out curiosity at least in your state would the doctor have reported that?

[Takeda Shingen]

So, regarding stories of parenthood, we were at the park with the girls a week or so ago. My youngest, who is now starting to get around pretty well, is zipping in and around the area where we are sitting and suddenly stops transfixed on this butterfly on the ground, doing the little opening and closing of the wings that butterflies do. She doesn't know what to make of this thing, but then it takes of and very gently flies around her head. So there is my daughter, standing transfixed watching this beautiful little creature. A Kodak moment if I ever saw one.

[GoldenRivet]

i dont have any kids... but my fiance has a 7 year old girl. She already calls me step dad, unfortunately her real dad only comes around when its convenient for him and sometimes he doesn't come at all and instead offers some excuse which is usually the same excuse he used the last time. :down:

she is a ball of fun.

last night we were bickering back and forth playfully while playing mario brothers together - i looked at her and said that old "Im rubber your glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" line

its amazing how that logic is so darn serious to a seven year old

she kinda wrinkled her face up and was kinda like "dang... i cant say anything to that"

:haha:

but the funnier one is this....

we were sitting at the dinner table talking and had finished eating and we were discussing various things.

the kiddo was sitting quietly thinking of how to work her way into the adult conversation but then there was a minute or so of silence and my fiance said

HER: "I read on the news that they are going to have a study to prove that eating your own boogers improves your immunity to diseases"

ME: "Thats disgusting, i mean who would participate in a study like that, i sure wouldnt!"

HER: "Well man... if it ends up curing cancer or something!!! hahaha i would do it!!!"

ME: "........."

THE KID: "That must be why i dont have cancer... i eat a LOT of boogers."

i literally just about fell out of my chair :haha::har:

[Takeda Shingen]

i dont have any kids... but my fiance has a 7 year old girl. She already calls me step dad, unfortunately her real dad only comes around when its convenient for him and sometimes he doesn't come at all and instead offers some excuse which is usually the same excuse he used the last time. :down:

she is a ball of fun.

last night we were bickering back and forth playfully while playing mario brothers together - i looked at her and said that old "Im rubber your glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" line

its amazing how that logic is so darn serious to a seven year old

she kinda wrinkled her face up and was kinda like "dang... i cant say anything to that"

:haha:

but the funnier one is this....

we were sitting at the dinner table talking and had finished eating and we were discussing various things.

the kiddo was sitting quietly thinking of how to work her way into the adult conversation but then there was a minute or so of silence and my fiance said

HER: "I read on the news that they are going to have a study to prove that eating your own boogers improves your immunity to diseases"

ME: "Thats disgusting, i mean who would participate in a study like that, i sure wouldnt!"

HER: "Well man... if it ends up curing cancer or something!!! hahaha i would do it!!!"

ME: "........."

THE KID: "That must be why i dont have cancer... i eat a LOT of boogers."

i literally just about fell out of my chair :haha::har:

:rotfl2:

That's all I've got to add about those two stories. Very cute and funny.

[swamprat69er]

We weren't a particularly pious family when I was growing older. We never went to church. We never prayed before meals or after. (The only praying after meals was when we had something other than the usual fare for supper and then we prayed we wouldn't get the 'runs' from it.
The first time I ever heard my Dad swear was at the Legion one day and he said, 'damn'. I was in my 20's at that time. I was into my 30's before he ever dropped the 'F' bomb in front of me.
He also was NOT the one to hand out the corporal punishment. That was Moms' job. Remember, I am in my mid 60's and a good butt tanning never did me any harm.

[Jimbuna]

i dont have any kids... but my fiance has a 7 year old girl. She already calls me step dad, unfortunately her real dad only comes around when its convenient for him and sometimes he doesn't come at all and instead offers some excuse which is usually the same excuse he used the last time. :down:

she is a ball of fun.

last night we were bickering back and forth playfully while playing mario brothers together - i looked at her and said that old "Im rubber your glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" line

its amazing how that logic is so darn serious to a seven year old

she kinda wrinkled her face up and was kinda like "dang... i cant say anything to that"

:haha:

but the funnier one is this....

we were sitting at the dinner table talking and had finished eating and we were discussing various things.

the kiddo was sitting quietly thinking of how to work her way into the adult conversation but then there was a minute or so of silence and my fiance said

HER: "I read on the news that they are going to have a study to prove that eating your own boogers improves your immunity to diseases"

ME: "Thats disgusting, i mean who would participate in a study like that, i sure wouldnt!"

HER: "Well man... if it ends up curing cancer or something!!! hahaha i would do it!!!"

ME: "........."

THE KID: "That must be why i dont have cancer... i eat a LOT of boogers."

i literally just about fell out of my chair :haha::har:

That second one in particular cracked the wife and I up John :D