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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 16, 2016 23:38:56 GMT -5
I used tongs with DS's underwear.
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 16, 2016 23:41:01 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.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 17, 2016 1:05:39 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.
Fess up. It was yours wasn't it.
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Post by yogiii on Feb 17, 2016 7:00:04 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. He was married last year to a different girl in his pre-K class. I guess they had the ceremony while at school. There is another girl a grade older than him who always draws him pictures with hearts. I'm not sure where he gets all his game!
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Post by geenamercile on Feb 17, 2016 7:51:06 GMT -5
You know we are picking on boys, but girls can be just as bad. DH has said many times that when the girls start to menstruate they will need to do their own laundry. Of course I then remind him how much of my daughters they are, and he has forbidden me to do laundry due to how I can screw it up. So we will see what happens.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Feb 17, 2016 9:23:49 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!" #lifegoals
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Post by MJ2.0 on Feb 17, 2016 9:34:47 GMT -5
So true!! Be careful with picking up plastic cups too. I'm so glad I only have one and that I have (hopefully) 8 more years until I have to worry about this...
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Post by Tennesseer on Feb 17, 2016 10:34:02 GMT -5
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. He was married last year to a different girl in his pre-K class. I guess they had the ceremony while at school. There is another girl a grade older than him who always draws him pictures with hearts. I'm not sure where he gets all his game! I'm betting your son is thumbing his nose at all those who said his marriage wouldn't last. And what's up with all these young, single women throwing themselves at a married man.
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Post by teen persuasion on Feb 17, 2016 13:28:44 GMT -5
I see an MBA in this kid's future. Or the federal penitentiary. DS5 is 10, it was more of Lego movie "everything is awesome!" with him. DS4, however was telling me all about his Alliance's conquest in Grepolis. They were using well timed attacks to take out cities, timing when players would move out of protected status, telling rival alliances that one member's reckless moves made their whole alliance the next target, etc. Then he was relaying a story one of his allies told: he had been pulled over for a traffic stop, and in his car was his dry cleaned suit, Rolex, $15k in cash, a 25 lb block of chocolate, and rubber bullets. . Why so much cash? He was going to buy an exotic pet. Ok. Maybe we should rethink what we've been watching with him: Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, the Vikings.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Feb 17, 2016 15:46:19 GMT -5
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. H's ex refers to me as the 'trophy wife'. Yes, I'm young(er) and decently attractive but usually the trophies don't have Ph.Ds....
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Feb 17, 2016 15:58:15 GMT -5
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. H's ex refers to me as the 'trophy wife'. Yes, I'm young(er) and decently attractive but usually the trophies don't have Ph.Ds.... I tell DH I am his trophy wife. He just .
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Post by JustLurkin on Feb 17, 2016 16:04:26 GMT -5
Be careful with picking up plastic cups too. I'm so glad I only have one and that I have (hopefully) 8 more years until I have to worry about this... I take it your son hasn't yet peed in a cup for a doctor...the following week is pleasant...yeahhh...not so much....that ain't ginger ale in the cup...
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Post by 973beachbum on Feb 17, 2016 17:02:12 GMT -5
My son was doing his homework online last night. I always check to make sure he is doing everything that needs to be done. I know everyone else's kid set their own alarm at 5 and promptly got up, showered and dressed themselves, and got packed up and left for school on time. Well my kid is 12 and still needs prodding. So I ask what the assignment is. He says it is to explain why they would vote for the pres candidate of their choice. So I asked who he was supporting and his answer was Hillary Clinton. I didn't drop my drink, but it was pretty close. We don't talk about politics much. The TV is on the regular local news or CNBC and once in a while CNN not politic type news if I can help it. So I asked why. He said she was the only one in the race that had been Sec of State. I asked why that was important. He said that she had the most experience to be the pres. He went on to say that he wouldn't want a surgeon who hadn't been in the actual operating room either. He didn't care how smart they were, how many books they read or how smart their friends were. He feels the person with the most actual experience is the most qualified.
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Post by geenamercile on Feb 17, 2016 20:49:23 GMT -5
I'm so glad I only have one and that I have (hopefully) 8 more years until I have to worry about this... I take it your son hasn't yet peed in a cup for a doctor...the following week is pleasant...yeahhh...not so much....that ain't ginger ale in the cup... It was peeing in the cup they were talking about.... something with plastic bags, wet sponges and lotion. I try not to listen to hard to the lunch conversations.
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