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Post by Regis on Feb 16, 2016 15:30:22 GMT -5
Not that I asked, but DS5 was excitedly telling me about a new online game he was playing. "... and now I've got lots of henchmen to do everything for me. I don't have to do anything. It's awesome!" I see an MBA in this kid's future. Or the federal penitentiary.
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Post by billisonboard on Feb 16, 2016 15:33:07 GMT -5
I see an MBA in this kid's future. Or the federal penitentiary. Those two aren't mutually exclusive.
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Post by alabamagal on Feb 16, 2016 15:44:56 GMT -5
One time I was gone on business trip for a week. Left DH with 3 elementary age kids. So when doing the laundry I found a rolled up ball with 2 pairs of underwear, 1 pair of pajama pants and 1 pair of school pants that had obviously been worn together. I asked DS and he just decided to keep adding on layers of clothes rather than changing them. Then I found a pair of school pants that had one pant leg missing below the knee. I asked DS and he had no clue what happened? . I asked him just to make sure he was not missing the bottom part of his leg.
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Post by andi9899 on Feb 16, 2016 15:46:56 GMT -5
Not really a conversation but a text. Me: I'm at Sam's Club so you need anything? Thing 1: Condoms I chose to believe that they were for her friends. I know this isn't the case, but it works for me. LOL!! So you bought the MEGA pack -- how many? -- 500?? ROFL!!! Yes! I tell her to feel free to share them with her friends. It serves two purposes. The girls who can't talk to their parents about sex can have access to them without embarrassment, and I can bury my head in the sand and pretend it's them using them and not my kid. In my book if I can just save one kid from getting pregnant and dropping out of college, it was money well spent. As far as how many are in there, I don't know and would have to look. I may or may not have another box in my bedroom.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 16, 2016 15:52:03 GMT -5
My favorite story is when my nephew asked where babies came from when he was five. My BIL is a science teacher so he gave the whole scientific talk. My sister asked my nephew if he understood everything Dad said, and he pondered for a moment and told my sister "the mommy swallows the daddy's sperm and a baby grows in your stomach!" Uh, that's the how not to get pregnant talk!
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Post by quince on Feb 16, 2016 16:00:06 GMT -5
I kind of agree with being smart causing problems- I think people closer to average tend to be happier.
On the other hand, a life partner who was measurably less intelligent than me would drive me fucking batty, and I know that despite advice from his step-father on how to pick a woman, my husband is with me in part because of the brain thing.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 16, 2016 16:22:11 GMT -5
One of the things DH said about me vs ex was that he could have an intelligent conversation with me. Smart men like smart women. Smart women like smart men. I find stupid people to be not worth my time. You don't have to be brilliant but talking to a nine year old in an adult body gets old. What's with 59 year old guys high fiving? Seriously? This guy started talking to me in the dog park and I thought he was on drugs he was so immature. I'm sorry but if someone asks you how old you are, you're acting like the village idiot. Ugh
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 16, 2016 16:34:05 GMT -5
As far as I can tell, most men don't like smart women until they are at least 30. Just my experience, lol. I was weird. i found the "slower" ones excruciating.
that said, i know some mismatched couples, and they seem happy together.
You might think they're mismatched. I'm sure most people felt DH and I were mismatched because people assume I'm a dumb blonde.
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Post by whoami on Feb 16, 2016 17:28:18 GMT -5
Gwen was taking a really long time in the bathroom. I finally asked her what she was doing and she goes "I am pooping!" and proceeded to go into excruitiating detail about the process. Okay okay I am sorry I asked! You only have girls, right? Parents of boys learn very early on not to ask what they're doing in the bathroom. Unless it's too quiet for too long. Or you smell smoke. You also learn not to *touch some things except by the very edge. Most of the laundry just got dumped in the washer on hot.
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Post by beergut on Feb 16, 2016 17:48:07 GMT -5
On the plus side, at least he didn't answer 'big tits'.
If he's young enough to be in a car line, I don't know why you're already projecting this as his lifetime opinion on women. He still has plenty of time to grow up and learn.
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Post by milee on Feb 16, 2016 17:54:58 GMT -5
If he's young enough to be in a car line Car line goes through HS graduation. He's 15, turning 16 next month.
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Post by giramomma on Feb 16, 2016 17:58:39 GMT -5
DS and I were talking about sex.
He proceeded to tell me that one of his friends downloaded a meme with the word "boner" in it. His friend had no idea what a boner was, so DS and another friend had to fill the kid in.
I was glad that DS was feeling comfortable enough to tell me this. I happen to know the kid (and mom) who didn't know what a boner was. I was a little skivved out about knowing this about another person's kid.
But, oh, to be a fly on the wall during that conversation.
My 3yo regaled me with an unsolicited story of her puke being different colors after she got sick on Sunday. And she told me her poop looked like an animal this morning. I do enjoy three year olds.
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Post by giramomma on Feb 16, 2016 18:00:48 GMT -5
Son, then 8, where were his dirty underwear, as I was doing wash. Answer: he hadn't been wearing any that week. The answer we got to a similar question was: Oh, I just forgot to change my underwear..
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Post by milee on Feb 16, 2016 18:05:51 GMT -5
And she told me her poop looked like an animal this morning. A few weeks ago, my two boys were having a debate (technically an argument, but they were doing it very politely and calmly) about who exactly had been the culprit who left something awful in the toilet. Part of that debate included phrases like, "it can't be mine because mine looks like ______ and this was ________" to which there was a pause and the other replied, "Oh, OK. Fair enough."
I dream of the day when I can live in a house where I do not ever have to know what anybody else's doodie looks like.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 16, 2016 18:06:52 GMT -5
You all have fascinating children.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 16, 2016 18:07:26 GMT -5
And she told me her poop looked like an animal this morning. A few weeks ago, my two boys were having a debate (technically an argument, but they were doing it very politely and calmly) about who exactly had been the culprit who left something awful in the toilet. Part of that debate included phrases like, "it can't be mine because mine looks like ______ and this was ________" to which there was a pause and the other replied, "Oh, OK. Fair enough."
I dream of the day when I can live in a house where I do not ever have to know what anybody else's doodie looks like.
Omg.
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Post by milee on Feb 16, 2016 18:09:00 GMT -5
Son, then 8, where were his dirty underwear, as I was doing wash. Answer: he hadn't been wearing any that week. The answer we got to a similar question was: Oh, I just forgot to change my underwear.. When we first moved here the boys were 7 and 3. We'd just made some new friends who had us over to their house to play. There were about 8 boys total and they'd played in the mud all afternoon, so were a mess. The host mom suggested we just have them all strip to undies and rinse off in their outdoor shower before putting them in the car. All the boys stripped down to their tighty whities and were showering off except my older son. When I encouraged him to get in there, he finally whispered that he couldn't - because he wasn't wearing underwear. Him: Me: When I asked him why he wasn't wearing underwear, he shrugged and said he "didn't think he'd need it" that day.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Feb 16, 2016 18:13:25 GMT -5
And she told me her poop looked like an animal this morning. A few weeks ago, my two boys were having a debate (technically an argument, but they were doing it very politely and calmly) about who exactly had been the culprit who left something awful in the toilet. Part of that debate included phrases like, "it can't be mine because mine looks like ______ and this was ________" to which there was a pause and the other replied, "Oh, OK. Fair enough."
I dream of the day when I can live in a house where I do not ever have to know what anybody else's doodie looks like.
Wait until they have dueling swords while peeing together.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 16, 2016 18:14:45 GMT -5
And she told me her poop looked like an animal this morning. A few weeks ago, my two boys were having a debate (technically an argument, but they were doing it very politely and calmly) about who exactly had been the culprit who left something awful in the toilet. Part of that debate included phrases like, "it can't be mine because mine looks like ______ and this was ________" to which there was a pause and the other replied, "Oh, OK. Fair enough."
I dream of the day when I can live in a house where I do not ever have to know what anybody else's doodie looks like.
Well, to be fair, knowing what healthy poop looks like is good!
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 16, 2016 18:25:48 GMT -5
A couple weeks ago I asked my 5y/o how his day was and he told me that a girl on his bus (who he's known since age 3), went under her seat and crawled into his and gave him a kiss on the lips. He then proceeded to tell on her to the bus driver because she was being "unsafe". I got engaged to one of my classmates in my kindergarten class. I even gave her a diamond ring - one of my mother's diamond rings. We knew we were a bit young but no sense waiting another 20 years to get engaged. All was going smoothly with the engagement until my fiancée showed her engagement ring to her mother. The engagement was suddenly called off and the ring was returned to my mother.
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Post by beergut on Feb 16, 2016 18:29:02 GMT -5
If he's young enough to be in a car line Car line goes through HS graduation. He's 15, turning 16 next month. Like I said, plenty of time. This is way too early to be worried about this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 18:48:25 GMT -5
Well he didn't say dumb, he just said not as smart as him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 19:08:51 GMT -5
DS and I were talking about sex. He proceeded to tell me that one of his friends downloaded a meme with the word "boner" in it. His friend had no idea what a boner was, so DS and another friend had to fill the kid in. I was glad that DS was feeling comfortable enough to tell me this. I happen to know the kid (and mom) who didn't know what a boner was. I was a little skivved out about knowing this about another person's kid. But, oh, to be a fly on the wall during that conversation. My 3yo regaled me with an unsolicited story of her puke being different colors after she got sick on Sunday. And she told me her poop looked like an animal this morning. I do enjoy three year olds. I have kids who are not afraid to say anything in my presence. It's exactly what I wanted. But some days, I do wonder why it was something I prioritized ... So, never one to take a caution, I used this as an excuse to ask kids what they think is important to look for in a life partner. Daughter said, I'm 14. I am no way looking for a life partner. Son said, Is this one of those essay ideas you got out of that book you have? I hate that book...
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Post by swamp on Feb 16, 2016 19:36:52 GMT -5
DS told me he could not have been the one that farted. This fart smelled like rotten eggs. His farts do not smell like that.
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Post by geenamercile on Feb 16, 2016 20:06:33 GMT -5
I work in an alternative school with high school kids mostly boys. I considered them all my kids. Do we really want to go there..... I'm not sure there is anything my girls will ever surprise me with.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 16, 2016 20:34:48 GMT -5
You only have girls, right? Parents of boys learn very early on not to ask what they're doing in the bathroom. Unless it's too quiet for too long. Or you smell smoke. You also learn not to *touch some things except by the very edge. Most of the laundry just got dumped in the washer on hot. So true!!
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Post by alabamagal on Feb 16, 2016 20:45:53 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, my two boys were having a debate (technically an argument, but they were doing it very politely and calmly) about who exactly had been the culprit who left something awful in the toilet. Part of that debate included phrases like, "it can't be mine because mine looks like ______ and this was ________" to which there was a pause and the other replied, "Oh, OK. Fair enough."
I dream of the day when I can live in a house where I do not ever have to know what anybody else's doodie looks like.
Wait until they have dueling swords while peeing together. That was when I realized that having a floor vent next to the toilet was a bad thing when you have boys. The bathroom always smelled bad even after cleaning and I realized it was due to misses going down the vent. I also remember explaining to my son that even though he was not having accidents in his underwear and they may not look dirty they had to be changed every day. When you take them off for a bath was a good time to put on a new clean pair.
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Post by geenamercile on Feb 16, 2016 20:49:28 GMT -5
You also learn not to *touch some things except by the very edge. Most of the laundry just got dumped in the washer on hot. So true!! Be careful with picking up plastic cups too.
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Post by zibazinski on Feb 16, 2016 21:04:53 GMT -5
I used tongs with DS's underwear.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Feb 16, 2016 21:11:16 GMT -5
I used tongs with DS's underwear. Tongs were too "short" I used his golf clubs and let him know how the clubs were used.
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