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| Not sure how I feel about this...; parents weigh in | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 7 2011, 10:46 AM (769 Views) | |
| jon-nyc | Dec 7 2011, 11:23 AM Post #26 |
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Cheers
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I can't see this one living beyond our next vacation. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 7 2011, 11:23 AM Post #27 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Let me add that this is a constant theme -- well meaning outsiders introducing objects to your child you would rather they not have. I always politely decline those Nerf guns. This year Aunt R2 showed up with a few at Thanksgiving (this was at my in-laws house). After she got hit in the face a few times with Nerf bullets, and we had a few close calls with some glass objects, I think she understood my feelings on the toys. My issue now is that I am firmly against my boys having Internet in their bedrooms. With the cost of devices like the Kindle fire coming down, I have to be more vigilant about no one buying these for my sons. I only want them to have access to the Internet on our family computer. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Dan | Dec 7 2011, 11:27 AM Post #28 |
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Senior Carp
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Yep. One one of our Hanoi back street meanderings this summer, there was a whole skinned dog on a spit at a sidewalk eatery. Bout the size of an Australian Shepard. I wanted a pic, but the wife and daughter were not slowing or stopping, no way, no how. |
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| Axtremus | Dec 7 2011, 11:33 AM Post #29 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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You sure the grown-ups didn't swap it while you weren't looking? |
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| jon-nyc | Dec 7 2011, 11:36 AM Post #30 |
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Cheers
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| The 89th Key | Dec 7 2011, 11:39 AM Post #31 |
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Sorry guys...my reaction? It's just a goldfish, no big deal. The boy will enjoy having a pet and will learn responsibility with feeding it and will learn how to cope with |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 7 2011, 11:46 AM Post #32 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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You've never had a kid with a goldfish, have you 89th? You toss this off so blithely.
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| kenny | Dec 7 2011, 11:55 AM Post #33 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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... but it's an opportunity to introduce their kids to the brilliant, useful, and comforting idea of heaven. "Oh don't cry. It's just all part of God's plan, Honey . . . even when YOU die." |
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| The 89th Key | Dec 7 2011, 11:58 AM Post #34 |
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Never dated one long enough to have had the chance. They were always forgetting my name. |
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| Kincaid | Dec 7 2011, 12:00 PM Post #35 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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At his age you can probably set the fish free in the toilet because it all goes to the river. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| sue | Dec 7 2011, 12:01 PM Post #36 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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yeah well maybe that was my problem. didn't have that happy story to fall back on. my kid took the death of Goldfish Goldfish pretty hard. It was one of those fancy goldfish that were supposed to live longer. |
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| kenny | Dec 7 2011, 12:04 PM Post #37 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Now that you are a parent you really should rethink this atheist thing. Listen closely . . . ![]() ![]()
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| PattyP | Dec 7 2011, 12:07 PM Post #38 |
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Senior Carp
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Those are two of my favorite things.
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A tired dog is a good dog. "Dogs' lives are too short...their only fault, really." A.S. Turnbull | |
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| sue | Dec 7 2011, 12:12 PM Post #39 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I saw a sign like that in a children's area of a library once. I love it, gets the point across well, but with humour. |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 7 2011, 12:17 PM Post #40 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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You're a real asshole sometimes. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| kenny | Dec 7 2011, 12:18 PM Post #41 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Mik, kids are where the rubber meets the road. |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 7 2011, 12:19 PM Post #42 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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How the hell would you know? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| brenda | Dec 7 2011, 12:28 PM Post #43 |
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Oh my. It would be hard not to laugh inappropriately when she got hit.
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| brenda | Dec 7 2011, 12:30 PM Post #44 |
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We've done the same here. The grandmas don't always think about these things. In fact, they hardly ever do. Stories, stories, stories ........ |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| brenda | Dec 7 2011, 12:33 PM Post #45 |
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89, he's TWO, not ten. OK, yes, I'm in momma mode. |
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| Kincaid | Dec 7 2011, 12:38 PM Post #46 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Well, I think Kenny was a kid once. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Kincaid | Dec 7 2011, 12:40 PM Post #47 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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When I was very young, probably between ages 4 to 6, we spent a Christmas at Grandma's. I got a nerf ball. There was discussion about how it was soft so could be thrown in the house. Pretty soon one of Grandma's delicate figurines was on the floor in pieces. My fault. I felt terrible. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 7 2011, 12:44 PM Post #48 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think more than one Hummel figurine perished to my nerf toys. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 7 2011, 12:45 PM Post #49 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Nahhhhh. |
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| KlavierBauer | Dec 7 2011, 12:47 PM Post #50 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Kenny simply manifested when he was made up and agreed upon. |
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"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper "He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple | |
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