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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Oh my fucking god.
My partner's youngest daughter kept everyone up until past midnight last night. She and her mom had spent a day together and then she just didn't want it to end. After 9 (her weekend bedtime is 9:30) she would come out every couple minutes to complain to her mom about something, who would patiently explain that all the adults needed sleep and that she had to let us all sleep, otherwise we'd have a tough time in the morning.
The neighbors were too loud.
Then she got constipated.
Then she got sick from being constipated.
And my partner was a saint through the whole thing. Unfortunately I was the last one awake and was in no mood to put up with her shit at well past midnight. The door crept open and I snapped.
"What are you doing? Get your ass in bed, now!"
First off, I'm irate. Second, I'm the only adult in the house and I haven't got the tools to handle this kid in any kind of healthy manner. I think I'm just going to tell her to stay in her room until her mom gets home.
She has three daughters who live with us. She also has a 20 year old son who doesn't. Unfortunately, her ex husband and the father of her youngest was extremely abusive and pretty much wrecked the family. So, you know, this stuff is just way over my head what with my never having had any kids of my own
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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
Have you considered basing all your parenting decisions on Mrs. Doubtfire?
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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
Have you considered basing all your parenting decisions on Mrs. Doubtfire?
So, dress several years older than I really am, invite kids to view me urinating standing up, attempt murder on my exes boyfriend and do some felony stalking, trespassing, and harassment?
Suddenly punching a little kid in the face seems like the lesser of two evils.
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
Have you considered basing all your parenting decisions on Mrs. Doubtfire?
So, dress several years older than I really am, invite kids to view me urinating standing up, attempt murder on my exes boyfriend and do some felony stalking, trespassing, and harassment?
Suddenly punching a little kid in the face seems like the lesser of two evils.
My friend's daughter is always excited to see me and gives me hugs and when she was little she used to take both my hands and walk up my legs and do a backflip...
Sometimes when doing that she would kick me in that nads though so I'm kinda glad she is too big for that now.
dude looks like a lady has been one of my favorite songs since I was a little boy
but knowing what I know now about transpeople and gender issues and whatnot I feel kind of... weird? maybe guilty? about it
I can relate. One of my all time favorite books is Andrew loomis's Fun With A Pencil. It was made in the 1920s and near the end of it are some of the most racist caricatures I've ever seen.
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
Have you considered basing all your parenting decisions on Mrs. Doubtfire?
So, dress several years older than I really am, invite kids to view me urinating standing up, attempt murder on my exes boyfriend and do some felony stalking, trespassing, and harassment?
Suddenly punching a little kid in the face seems like the lesser of two evils.
Well, when you put it like that...
You are a cool person with a good head on your shoulders, your decisions about parenting do not have to follow the patterns you saw when growing up. Try not to worry too much, do what you think is right, and any bigger decisions your partner will help you with I have no doubt.
You'll do just fine.
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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
you can't just treat them with respect like you would any other human being?
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TrippyJingMoses supposes his toeses are roses.But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered Userregular
edited January 2013
I just had a dream in which I was teaching Michelle Rodriguez how to make pizza in a microwave for some reason.
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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
you can't just treat them with respect like you would any other human being?
So far I haven't done anything disrespectful to her. I told her to stay in her room until her mom gets home. I'll have a talk with her mom and she'll have a talk with her daughter about how extremely irate three adults are that they were kept up to well past midnight with her bullshit pleas for attention.
Now, like I said, the only thing I have to go on is what my parents would have done had I tried these little attention getting tactics. Punching a kid in the face is completely unacceptable as a disciplinary tactic and "well that's how I was treated as a kid" is even less so as a justification for it, which is part of the reason why I'm worried. The other, much larger part, is that this shit became normal to me, and part of me is completely terrified that I'm doing something absolutely terrible under the guise that its not really a big deal. It's fucking hard to look at a situation objectively, especially when you don't really have a good frame of reference.
Well, to be fair, nothing really prepares you for taking care of kids. I'm sure you're doing a better job than you realize.
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
you can't just treat them with respect like you would any other human being?
Yo, this is a really fucking ignorant and flippant thing to say.
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HacksawJ. Duggan Esq.Wrestler at LawRegistered Userregular
edited January 2013
So glad I'm never having kids. Being an only child ruined me for children. Never ever ever ever ever.
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Quoththe RavenMiami, FL FOR REALRegistered Userregular
I read somewhere that you should treat kids as if you're a CEO and they're a prized employee
Graduated uni with a good grade and a dissertation I was proud of. Finally made attempts to deal with brain things. Not got a job yet, didn't get on teacher training course.
So thats about half and half. With a bit of luck 2013 will see things finally take off! Positive state of mind and all that!
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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Partner came home.
Kid got one hell of a lecture and told why we're all so pissed.
And she's cleaning the bathroom now.
Correction. I just leaned over and she's doing her hair in the bathroom while her mom isn't looking. Well she's 8.
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WeaverWho are you?What do you want?Registered Userregular
Signs that I stayed up way too late playing far cry 3, besides that part where I just woke up. Having a nice dream that's starting to go into sexy mode, when whoa what the hell who left the window open
and all of these fucking komodo dragons and giant carnivorous birds start climbing through
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MetalbourneInside a cluster b personalityRegistered Userregular
Signs that I stayed up way too late playing far cry 3, besides that part where I just woke up. Having a nice dream that's starting to go into sexy mode, when whoa what the hell who left the window open
and all of these fucking komodo dragons and giant carnivorous birds start climbing through
One of my friends was jealous because I had a dream that all the animals at the zoo mutated and the world went nuts and I had to beat a gorillagator to death with a table leg.
Signs that I stayed up way too late playing far cry 3, besides that part where I just woke up. Having a nice dream that's starting to go into sexy mode, when whoa what the hell who left the window open
and all of these fucking komodo dragons and giant carnivorous birds start climbing through
I didn't know what a cassowary was but now I fear them forever
Got promoted and now the resultant stress means my job is slowly killing me (but in a good way!)
Two of my sisters had children, both are adorable. One has Down's and it's been hard on them but I am incredibly proud of my family and the way we reacted upon discovering this. He is never gonna feel unloved, I can guarantee that much.
And I started doing an exponentially larger amount of cooking which has helped reduce the stress from the increased responsibilities at work.
So, 2012 = good year. 2013 has a lot to live up to.
WATCH THIS SPACE.
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KwoaruConfident SmirkFlawless Golden PecsRegistered Userregular
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My partner's youngest daughter kept everyone up until past midnight last night. She and her mom had spent a day together and then she just didn't want it to end. After 9 (her weekend bedtime is 9:30) she would come out every couple minutes to complain to her mom about something, who would patiently explain that all the adults needed sleep and that she had to let us all sleep, otherwise we'd have a tough time in the morning.
The neighbors were too loud.
Then she got constipated.
Then she got sick from being constipated.
And my partner was a saint through the whole thing. Unfortunately I was the last one awake and was in no mood to put up with her shit at well past midnight. The door crept open and I snapped.
"What are you doing? Get your ass in bed, now!"
First off, I'm irate. Second, I'm the only adult in the house and I haven't got the tools to handle this kid in any kind of healthy manner. I think I'm just going to tell her to stay in her room until her mom gets home.
how many kids does your partner have, anyhow?
She has three daughters who live with us. She also has a 20 year old son who doesn't. Unfortunately, her ex husband and the father of her youngest was extremely abusive and pretty much wrecked the family. So, you know, this stuff is just way over my head what with my never having had any kids of my own
I just hate not having the tools to deal with this, you know? I'm like, okay, what would my mom have done if I acted this way? Oh. Right. Bloody nose.
Every time? Let's try to think back here. Well, no, there was that time she just slapped me and called me stupid.
So, you know, not much to go on.
Have you considered basing all your parenting decisions on Mrs. Doubtfire?
So, dress several years older than I really am, invite kids to view me urinating standing up, attempt murder on my exes boyfriend and do some felony stalking, trespassing, and harassment?
Suddenly punching a little kid in the face seems like the lesser of two evils.
Look at their cute little faces.
Plotting your destruction...
Also: Aerosmith
My friend's daughter is always excited to see me and gives me hugs and when she was little she used to take both my hands and walk up my legs and do a backflip...
Sometimes when doing that she would kick me in that nads though so I'm kinda glad she is too big for that now.
but knowing what I know now about transpeople and gender issues and whatnot I feel kind of... weird? maybe guilty? about it
I can relate. One of my all time favorite books is Andrew loomis's Fun With A Pencil. It was made in the 1920s and near the end of it are some of the most racist caricatures I've ever seen.
I still like Dream On a lot.
Well, when you put it like that...
You'll do just fine.
One of my favorite songs of theirs.
I like a lot of what they've put out, minus dude looks like a lady, walk this way, and the other side, as well as most of their get a grip album.
So far I haven't done anything disrespectful to her. I told her to stay in her room until her mom gets home. I'll have a talk with her mom and she'll have a talk with her daughter about how extremely irate three adults are that they were kept up to well past midnight with her bullshit pleas for attention.
Now, like I said, the only thing I have to go on is what my parents would have done had I tried these little attention getting tactics. Punching a kid in the face is completely unacceptable as a disciplinary tactic and "well that's how I was treated as a kid" is even less so as a justification for it, which is part of the reason why I'm worried. The other, much larger part, is that this shit became normal to me, and part of me is completely terrified that I'm doing something absolutely terrible under the guise that its not really a big deal. It's fucking hard to look at a situation objectively, especially when you don't really have a good frame of reference.
Yo, this is a really fucking ignorant and flippant thing to say.
In terms of tone, I mean
So hookers, 3 martini lunches, and expensive steak dinners? :P
Set them up to take the fall when your ponzi scheme is discovered, and fly off to Belize in the resultant chaos?
The one guy stands up out of the water with an alligator over his shoulder
OMG SO HOT
I just saw Beasts of the Southern Wild
Man that is probably the critically-acclaimed film of the year that I just did not like one little bit
Graduated uni with a good grade and a dissertation I was proud of. Finally made attempts to deal with brain things. Not got a job yet, didn't get on teacher training course.
So thats about half and half. With a bit of luck 2013 will see things finally take off! Positive state of mind and all that!
Kid got one hell of a lecture and told why we're all so pissed.
And she's cleaning the bathroom now.
Correction. I just leaned over and she's doing her hair in the bathroom while her mom isn't looking. Well she's 8.
and all of these fucking komodo dragons and giant carnivorous birds start climbing through
One of my friends was jealous because I had a dream that all the animals at the zoo mutated and the world went nuts and I had to beat a gorillagator to death with a table leg.
I didn't know what a cassowary was but now I fear them forever
I got married.
Got promoted and now the resultant stress means my job is slowly killing me (but in a good way!)
Two of my sisters had children, both are adorable. One has Down's and it's been hard on them but I am incredibly proud of my family and the way we reacted upon discovering this. He is never gonna feel unloved, I can guarantee that much.
And I started doing an exponentially larger amount of cooking which has helped reduce the stress from the increased responsibilities at work.
So, 2012 = good year. 2013 has a lot to live up to.
is dragon age 3 ready yet
No and if you keep asking, it'll -never- be ready.
Just stuck it in an airtight container cause I'm job searching but man I can't even go outside without people giving me free stuff sometimes.
that
just sounds so difficult
we're all here for you if you need to talk about it
these hash joints, for instance