polishgenius Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Aussies and English giving a Pole drinking advice. Cute. Luzifer's right hand, 3CityApache and Kalbear 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Our 13yo stole a bottle of her mother's rum two weekends ago [got caught] and last weekend my 15yo came home drunk from a party and she spent most of the next day in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, 3CityApache said: Needless to say every attempt to try and talk to her about it results in accusations of being an oppresive parent and so on. Welcome to adolescence. Sounds joyful. As mentioned in my post above my girls are younger and still experimenting, but alcoholism runs in the maternal family so I'd be lying if I said there weren't background concerns. Your daughter shuts down conversation completely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, JGP said: Your daughter shuts down conversation completely? Let's just say such a conversation never ends well, unless this is what you consider shutting the door to her room in front of your face. Having said that, I still hope I'm overreacting here a bit, she hasn't passed out as far as I know, always comes back roughly when promised and still manages not to fuck the school up completely. JGP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, 3CityApache said: Let's just say such a conversation never ends well, unless this is what you consider shutting the door to her room in front of your face. Having said that, I still hope I'm overreacting here a bit, she hasn't passed out as far as I know, always comes back roughly when promised and still manages not to fuck the school up completely. Yeah, that'd be hard for me. Being a parent and encouraging healthy autonomy can be a tough row to hoe sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, polishgenius said: Aussies and English giving a Pole drinking advice. Cute. i have long semi seriously advocated for drink drive rules for polish people to be different, some of the readings i've seen from someone who appears stone cold sober, would have a normal person sobbing on the floor in their own shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 I had a harder time with the not-sleeping kiddos than the experimenting-with-alcohol teens, but my two were quite reasonable about the latter and only got vomiting drunk once or twice, and that was when they were at their mother's, so not my cleanup :p On the other hand, just wait till they're adults and start dating unsuitable partners. That's fun. JGP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: i have long semi seriously advocated for drink drive rules for polish people to be different, some of the readings i've seen from someone who appears stone cold sober, would have a normal person sobbing on the floor in their own shit. I've been to Polish weddings and I've been to English weddings and the difference between both how much drinking is done and how the guests handle that drinking is genuinely hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, polishgenius said: Aussies and English giving a Pole drinking advice. Cute. I am insulted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: used to come home wasted every weekend night from 13 Woo -- how ... differently were the lives and community standards for us and where we grew up -- meaning for my age cohort. I never even had a drink until after leaving home for college*. And I was far from the only one, at least among the girls. Guys among the cohorts generally thought of as not well brought up (the bad kids), it was different for some of them. But every weekend? Nobody! Maybe it was the weather that made the difference? 6 - 7 month winters with weeks of below zero and tons of snow? * I made up for it then, probably. But the weather was so much better in New Mexico . . . . Edited October 20, 2023 by Zorral Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGP Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, JGP said: Being a parent and encouraging healthy autonomy can be a tough row to hoe sometimes addendum: Just got a text from Tyrion that she needs money for her Halloween costume [no school today] and that her and all her friends are going as the Magic Mike guys, and... I need a personal pocket dimension where I can go and just scream lol Edited October 20, 2023 by JGP Madame deVenoge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 0320. Little arsehole. Derfel Cadarn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 I have put my foot down and said my wife has to share the nighttime load. We've moved a mattress into his room and take turns sleeping on the floor next to him to settle him. She looks like a smackhead,. I thought it would make her appreciate me more for what I've been doing by myself for the last few years, boy did I misjudge that one. baxus and Derfel Cadarn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Wife made mistake of letting 5 year old know: a: there are games on her phone b: her phone’s pin So now my wife (or rether her phone) is daughter’s preferred choice to sit with her aftrr bath before bed. She also told my wife to ‘calm yourself’. Previously, on my wife asking for phone back, it was, ‘be patient. You need to share.’ Spockydog, kissdbyfire and HexMachina 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 17 minutes ago, Derfel Cadarn said: Wife made mistake of letting 5 year old know: a: there are games on her phone b: her phone’s pin So now my wife (or rether her phone) is daughter’s preferred choice to sit with her aftrr bath before bed. She also told my wife to ‘calm yourself’. Previously, on my wife asking for phone back, it was, ‘be patient. You need to share.’ She’s 5? I bet you guys are really looking forward to 15… or 11! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 5 hours ago, Derfel Cadarn said: Wife made mistake of letting 5 year old know: a: there are games on her phone b: her phone’s pin So now my wife (or rether her phone) is daughter’s preferred choice to sit with her aftrr bath before bed. She also told my wife to ‘calm yourself’. Previously, on my wife asking for phone back, it was, ‘be patient. You need to share.’ I truly love this. From afar, I'd find her insufferable if I had to look after her myself. That said, I was also this brand of obnoxious child when I was younger. Have you raised her in the vicinity of 70s/80s/90s TV and film with an emphasis of Britcoms with lots of innuendo by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 44 minutes ago, HexMachina said: I truly love this. From afar, I'd find her insufferable if I had to look after her myself. That said, I was also this brand of obnoxious child when I was younger. Have you raised her in the vicinity of 70s/80s/90s TV and film with an emphasis of Britcoms with lots of innuendo by any chance? Her programs of choice at the moment are Bluey, Peppa Pig, Coco melon, and Blipppi. God help us when she’s a teenager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I dunno if it's still the case or if there's been some change in the writing in the last few years, but about 6-10 years back nearly every English-speaking parent I knew who had let their kids watch Peppa banned them from doing so, because imitating the way she talks made them so rude. Weirdly that problem didn't translate over to German so much. The whole 'German is more direct' thing I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luzifer's right hand Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 German kids are exposed to such soft stories nowadays? No more mutilations, child abuse and children dying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 (edited) I think there is a specific strain of ‘anerican wise ass’ kid in a lot of US kids shows that can be insufferable, and that is the point of them. The joke being that they are basically a 40 year old trapped in a 12 year old’s body. Luckily my kids don’t watch that stuff, they are more into Bluey, Peppa etc whose main characters are at most, a little cheeky, but still pleasant. Having said that, they have come from school having picked up some phrases that make me shake my head, but that is all part of growing up I guess. Edited February 29 by Heartofice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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