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dtb · 10-30-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Which class has the better looking moms and teacher? you have sons, they'd accept that reason.

You make a good point, Hank. There is a mom in one kid's class who I have a total crush on. She looks like Julia Roberts, only not as horsey.

Kindergarten it is!

Hank Chinaski · 10-30-2007, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
You make a good point, Hank. There is a mom in one kid's class who I have a total crush on. She looks like Julia Roberts, only not as horsey.

Kindergarten it is!

translation: I nominate Hank for most helpful, lifetime achievment award.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-30-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
My kids go to two different schools, and tomorrow, each has his Halloween parade/party at the same time -- WHAT DO I DO?!? My cloning machine is broken!

I'm leaning towards "go to neither", but that seems like a bummer.

I think you must choose one.

Probably best to skip the one for your favorite kid. Go to the one for the kid you're giving more of a complex to - it will mitigate the damage. When they ask why you went to Hubie's party, just say, "because Hubie's my favortie". Lolita will give you a wry smile, knowing it isn't true, and Hubie will smile confusedly, thinking, hoping, just for a second, that it might be true.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-30-2007, 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
They're not far apart (less than a 10-minute drive), but the parades are at exactly the same time.

How long are the parades? Less than 10 minutes?

dtb · 10-30-2007, 11:33 AM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I think you must choose one.

Probably best to skip the one for your favorite kid. Go to the one for the kid you're giving more of a complex to - it will mitigate the damage. When they ask why you went to Hubie's party, just say, "because Hubie's my favortie". Lolita will give you a wry smile, knowing it isn't true, and Hubie will smile confusedly, thinking, hoping, just for a second, that it might be true.

See? I knew this was the place to come for sterling advice.

Anyone got some platinum advice for me?

barely_legal · 10-30-2007, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
See? I knew this was the place to come for sterling advice.

Anyone got some platinum advice for me?

Do both your sons actually want you to come to the parades? Isn't one of them old enough now to be embarrassed about the fact that he actually has parents?

andViolins · 10-30-2007, 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
My kids go to two different schools, and tomorrow, each has his Halloween parade/party at the same time -- WHAT DO I DO?!? My cloning machine is broken!

I'm leaning towards "go to neither", but that seems like a bummer.

I believe the decision should hinge on which parade/party will have the better food/candy.

aV

bold_n_brazen · 10-30-2007, 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
My kids go to two different schools, and tomorrow, each has his Halloween parade/party at the same time -- WHAT DO I DO?!? My cloning machine is broken!

I'm leaning towards "go to neither", but that seems like a bummer.

How's your time machine running?

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-30-2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by barely_legal
Do both your sons actually want you to come to the parades? Isn't one of them old enough now to be embarrassed about the fact that he actually has parents?

Here's your platinum advice. You can compound this by dressing up in a Holloween costume; the oldest will definitely not want you then. If he still does, change the costume - will he be more upset by the too childish or the ultra-vixen?

Not Bob · 10-30-2007, 11:59 AM

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Originally posted by dtb
My kids go to two different schools, and tomorrow, each has his Halloween parade/party at the same time -- WHAT DO I DO?!? My cloning machine is broken!

I'm leaning towards "go to neither", but that seems like a bummer.

My advice is that you should go to the younger son's parade/party -- all things being equal, a mom's attendance at a school function is more important to a first grader than it is to a fourth grader.

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-30-2007, 12:00 PM

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Originally posted by dtb
They're not far apart (less than a 10-minute drive), but the parades are at exactly the same time.

Go to the beginning of the younger one's parade, wave to your kid, drive to the other one in time for the end of his, give him a hug and then go home and have a stiff drink.

TM

Hank Chinaski · 10-30-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Here's your platinum advice. You can compound this by dressing up in a Holloween costume; the oldest will definitely not want you then. If he still does, change the costume - will he be more upset by the too childish or the ultra-vixen?

d. didn't you say one kid was public school and one private?

the problem with wearing a costume is that if she's at the private school she'll be around the moms from her tennis/country club brackets, and if she wears the costume to the public school she'll be around the moms who wait on her at the tennis/country club.

I would go to the administrator for the public school and tell him that if he wants the diversity of a millionaire's kid he needs to be flexible and check YOUR schedule. Tell him you need the parade time changed.

the rest of us are working to achieve economic power. it confuses us that you wouldn't use it.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-30-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
My advice is that you should go to the younger son's parade/party -- all things being equal, a mom's attendance at a school function is more important to a first grader than it is to a fourth grader.

We now know Not Bob was the baby of the family.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 10-30-2007, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
d. didn't you say one kid was public school and one private?

the problem with wearing a costume is that if she's at the private school she'll be around the moms from her tennis/country club brackets, and if she wears the costume to the public school she'll be around the moms who wait on her at the tennis/country club.

I would go to the administrator for the public school and tell him that if he wants the diversity of a millionaire's kid he needs to be flexible and check YOUR schedule. Tell him you need the parade time changed.

the rest of us are working to achieve economic power. it confuses us that you wouldn't use it.

Hank makes an excellent point, but isn't the private school more likely to change the schedule if they know that their new stable is in jeopardy?

dtb · 10-30-2007, 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Go to the beginning of the younger one's parade, wave to your kid, drive to the other one in time for the end of his, give him a hug and then go home and have a stiff drink.

TM

You all have such good ideas, but this one has the appeal of the happiest ending.

I wore a costume to a family-friendly party this weekend, and no offspring seemed too embarrassed by me. My Foxxy Cleopatra wig was too awesome a spectacle (and too high on my head) for there to be room for shame.