General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by TexLex
I am so very amused that you know this.

I am a meta-nerd. I can also recite elvish poems in Klingon and tell you some poker odds. I do not go to spin class, or own plaid pants however. There are some lines that men shouldn't cross.

[bold_n_brazen]

TV is on. The announcer says "Coming up next... Sesame Street." The Brazenette looks at me and screams at the top of her little lungs "I hate Sesame Street! Elmo sucks!"

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
TV is on. The announcer says "Coming up next... Sesame Street." The Brazenette looks at me and screams at the top of her little lungs "I hate Sesame Street! Elmo sucks!"

I've posted this before, but it is a special holiday story.......

My wife was a La leche league devotee- my oldest at 2 was a beautiful (dtb she is beautiful-no?) still being breast fed curly haired little blond girl. She called breasts "nursies."

Anyway, we are all shopping at http://www.bronners.com/ world's largest Xmas store. We were in north michigan in july and just stopped in. It's a place of wonder and peace- all your worries fade away as you walk along aisles of mechanical angels and every Christmas ornaments you might imagine. There is an AISLE of dog ornaments, as an example.

Anyway, our guard is down, Little Kate is walking ahead of us. Coming at us is an enormous fat trailer trash woman. Kate stops and turns to us- pointing "look at her nursies- they're funny!"

Time stops- everyone freezes- they Kate delivers the death blow "She's fat!"

Nice! Be happy your kid is off punching blow up snowmen.

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
TV is on. The announcer says "Coming up next... Sesame Street." The Brazenette looks at me and screams at the top of her little lungs "I hate Sesame Street! Elmo sucks!"

This was in public?

Mr. Lex blew his back out a few weeks ago picking up the Lexling at a bad angle from his crib (and then bending back down to grab something else). He yelled, "Fuck!" And so did the baby. Repeatedly. We had to convince him, "Daddy said, 'Stuck!'" Fortunately it worked - not one for the grandparents to hear.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by TexLex
Mr. Lex blew his back out a few weeks ago picking up the Lexling at a bad angle from his crib (and then bending back down to grab something else). He yelled, "Fuck!" And so did the baby. Repeatedly. We had to convince him, "Daddy said, 'Stuck!'" Fortunately it worked - not one for the grandparents to hear.

The Brazenette's dad taught her to say "Lying makes the baby Jesus happy". I am so glad I will not be anywhere near the ex-in-laws for Christmas.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
TV is on. The announcer says "Coming up next... Sesame Street." The Brazenette looks at me and screams at the top of her little lungs "I hate Sesame Street! Elmo sucks!"

I love your kid. Elmo does suck. Whiny, high-pitched little narcissist. Elmo Elmo Elmo.

My husband loves the "cocksucker" story. Something similar is surely in our future.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I love your kid. Elmo does suck. Whiny, high-pitched little narcissist. Elmo Elmo Elmo.

Careful -- complaining about Elmo to people who lived through Barney is a little bit like complaining about HIV to someone who lived through the 13th century. Yes, it sucks, but if you're allowed to pick your poison you'll pick Elmo ten times out of ten.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Careful -- complaining about Elmo to people who lived through Barney is a little bit like complaining about HIV to someone who lived through the 13th century. Yes, it sucks, but if you're allowed to pick your poison you'll pick Elmo ten times out of ten.

The way I get ignored on this board, it's hard to believe I was voted MOST BELOVED POSTER on FB.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
The way I get ignored on this board, it's hard to believe I was voted MOST BELOVED POSTER on FB.

Relax. When I said "lived through Barney," I meant Dinosaur. When Sebby called you the "Barney of the Board," I'm pretty sure he either meant Gumble, Frank, or Fife.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Relax. When I said "lived through Barney," I meant Dinosaur. When Sebby called you the "Barney of the Board," I'm pretty sure he either meant Gumble, Frank, or Fife.

W-A-T-E-R

He meant Barney Pennypacker, the namesake of the dorm i lived in Freshman year.

Hank Chinaski
'88 Law '91

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I love your kid. Elmo does suck. Whiny, high-pitched little narcissist. Elmo Elmo Elmo.

My husband loves the "cocksucker" story. Something similar is surely in our future.

My oldest daughter's very first curse word (over a year ago) was "motherfucker." Said it twice in a row. Fortunately, I sucessfully distracted her and she has never said it again (and the wife never heard it).

For quite a while, she would pop out with "Oh, crap!" or "Oh, Christ!" at very appropriate times. We have mostly got rid of that, though.

S_A_M

P.S. I agree with Atticus that Elmo is far preferable to Barney -- and I think Dora, Diego, the Wiggles, and Little Einsteins all beat the heck out of the Smurfs or Stawberry Shortcake. We are blessed.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
My oldest daughter's very first curse word (over a year ago) was "motherfucker." Said it twice in a row. Fortunately, I sucessfully distracted her and she has never said it again (and the wife never heard it).

For quite a while, she would pop out with "Oh, crap!" or "Oh, Christ!" at very appropriate times. We have mostly got rid of that, though.

S_A_M

P.S. I agree with Atticus that Elmo is far preferable to Barney -- and I think Dora, Diego, the Wiggles, and Little Einsteins all beat the heck out of the Smurfs or Stawberry Shortcake. We are blessed.

Our task was to morph the oldest son's appropriation of the word "fuck" into something more benign. "Fiddlesticks" was chosen, pretty successfully.

People still stare, but usually due to wonder at why the child selects a word not in current usage for the past 3 generations.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Our task was to morph the oldest son's appropriation of the word "fuck" into something more benign. "Fiddlesticks" was chosen, pretty successfully.

People still stare, but usually due to wonder at why the child selects a word not in current usage for the past 3 generations.

The baltspawn know that fuck is not an acceptable word. They do not use it in ordinary conversation. However, they love to steer any conversation to include a discussion about a kid at school who uses the word extensively, at which point one can expect a lengthy diatribe as to why the kid is bad for saying "fuck" and a listing of the times he said "fuck" (and "stinky poopy head" - a curse which seems to have much more real meaning to everyone involved), an assurance that no one else says "fuck" in class, etc., the result of which is hear the word "fuck" or "fucking" from the mouth of a three year old about 50 times in a three minute period. A couple of times a day. All in a way that's difficult to argue with.

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Originally posted by baltassoc
The baltspawn know that fuck is not an acceptable word. They do not use it in ordinary conversation. However, they love to steer any conversation to include a discussion about a kid at school who uses the word extensively, at which point one can expect a lengthy diatribe as to why the kid is bad for saying "fuck" and a listing of the times he said "fuck" (and "stinky poopy head" - a curse which seems to have much more real meaning to everyone involved), an assurance that no one else says "fuck" in class, etc., the result of which is hear the word "fuck" or "fucking" from the mouth of a three year old about 50 times in a three minute period. A couple of times a day. All in a way that's difficult to argue with.

Send them to me for re-education.