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clavus · 12-13-2003, 09:20 PM

Tonight I told my young son, "I'm so happy that you are a big guy now."

He looked up at me sadly, tears welling in his eyes and said, "You were not happy when I was a baby?"

*SIGH*...Is there ANYTHING that I can't fuck up? Anything at all?

Holo · 12-13-2003, 09:38 PM

He just took it wrong. As long as he is talked to and understands you didn't mean it that way. You didnt' fuck up. Just tell him you're so proud he's on his way to becoming a man like his daddy and you loved him as a baby just as much.

SecretMethod70 · 12-14-2003, 03:41 AM

heh, kids are so funny

Like holo said, just be sure to explain what you meant and that you loved him just as much when he was little too. Kids are pretty smart if you're just open with them

ratbastid · 12-14-2003, 05:37 AM

Heh. Lifelong emotional scarring is so funny!

Kids are great. That's why I don't want any. I'm going to be an unkle in a few months and I can't wait to have a new little brain to play with!

oberon · 12-14-2003, 05:45 AM

Uh oh, I can just imagine what ratbastid will do to his nephew's poor little brain.

clavus, don't worry about it... your kid still loves ya.

skier · 12-14-2003, 08:02 AM

I love how children are able to think so differently than the set patterns that adults do. You can gain so much from the fresh responses they give you.

bermuDa · 12-14-2003, 01:07 PM

just cuff him on the ear and say "take the damned compliment, son!"

present_future · 12-14-2003, 08:58 PM

Just do what any self-respecting parent would do in your situation. Go out and buy your son a $50,000 SUV.

Journeyman · 12-14-2003, 09:35 PM

Sigh, if it's not siblings asking "Which one of us do you love the most?" it's a single child asking "Did you love me the most before or now?"

Harshaw · 12-14-2003, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by ratbastid
Kids are great. That's why I don't want any.

*sprays water all over his keyboard*

Thats how I am going to phrase it next time someone asks me why I don't have kids.

clavus · 12-15-2003, 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by bermuDa
just cuff him on the ear and say "take the damned compliment, son!"

Really, that's a very insensitve thing to say. For your information, I sat him down and had a little father-son chat. It went something lie this -

Look, kid. When you were a baby, you were nursing. And because you were nursing, your mom had HUGE, FIRM tits. So of course I was happy. I'm a tit-man, forchristsakes. I was fucking exstatic.

It's important to recognize these "teaching opportunities" and use them.

mb99usa · 12-15-2003, 11:44 AM

clavus that is just too funny. I have 2 little ones and I just laugh whenever a comment like that is made. Its interestign to see how they interpret things.

Just remember you haven't done any damage that candy, ice cream or pizza can't fix.

skysooner · 12-15-2003, 01:09 PM

Kids are a constant source of fun and stress. You just never know what is going to happen. Good story.

StormBerlin · 12-15-2003, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by clavus
Really, that's a very insensitve thing to say. For your information, I sat him down and had a little father-son chat. It went something lie this -

Look, kid. When you were a baby, you were nursing. And because you were nursing, your mom had HUGE, FIRM tits. So of course I was happy. I'm a tit-man, forchristsakes. I was fucking exstatic.

It's important to recognize these "teaching opportunities" and use them.

heh. problem solved

Rodney · 12-15-2003, 02:15 PM

You just never know how kids are going to take things. I've been student teaching -- I want to teach lower-grades, 1-3, but in this program they start you out for a few weeks in the grades you don't want, for experience. So I was in a fifth grade class for a couple of months. I let slip that I really wanted to teach younger kids, and it was a huge problem. The fifth graders took it personally, some of them, thought I didn't like them. Caused no end of trouble. I sure learned a lesson.

12-13-2003, 09:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Honey, I blew it again Tonight I told my young son, "I'm so happy that you are a big guy now." He looked up at me sadly, tears welling in his eyes and said, "You were not happy when I was a baby?" SIGH...Is there ANYTHING that I can't fuck up? Anything at all? __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

12-13-2003, 09:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Holo A Real American	He just took it wrong. As long as he is talked to and understands you didn't mean it that way. You didnt' fuck up. Just tell him you're so proud he's on his way to becoming a man like his daddy and you loved him as a baby just as much. __________________ I happen to like the words "fuck", "cock", "pussy", "tits", "cunt", "twat", "shit" and even "bitch". As long as I am not using them to describe you, don't go telling me whether or not I can/should use them...that is, if you want me to continue refraining from using them to describe you. ~Prince

12-14-2003, 03:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	heh, kids are so funny Like holo said, just be sure to explain what you meant and that you loved him just as much when he was little too. Kids are pretty smart if you're just open with them __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

12-14-2003, 05:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
oberon Quadrature Amplitude Modulator Location: Denver	Uh oh, I can just imagine what ratbastid will do to his nephew's poor little brain. clavus, don't worry about it... your kid still loves ya. __________________ "There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught." -- Irish proverb

12-14-2003, 08:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
skier Rawr! Location: Edmontania	I love how children are able to think so differently than the set patterns that adults do. You can gain so much from the fresh responses they give you. __________________ "Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim

12-14-2003, 05:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Heh. Lifelong emotional scarring is so funny! Kids are great. That's why I don't want any. I'm going to be an unkle in a few months and I can't wait to have a new little brain to play with!

12-14-2003, 01:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	just cuff him on the ear and say "take the damned compliment, son!" __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

12-14-2003, 08:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
present_future Take my hand Location: Everywhere, but nowhere	Just do what any self-respecting parent would do in your situation. Go out and buy your son a $50,000 SUV. __________________ The only thing I'll ever ask of you... you gotta promise not to stop when I say when.

12-14-2003, 09:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
Journeyman Like John Goodman, but not. Location: SFBA, California	Sigh, if it's not siblings asking "Which one of us do you love the most?" it's a single child asking "Did you love me the most before or now?"

12-15-2003, 11:44 AM	#12 (permalink)
mb99usa Keep on rolling. It only hurts for a little while. Location: wherever I am	clavus that is just too funny. I have 2 little ones and I just laugh whenever a comment like that is made. Its interestign to see how they interpret things. Just remember you haven't done any damage that candy, ice cream or pizza can't fix. __________________ So, what's your point? It's not an attitude, it's a way of life.

12-15-2003, 01:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
skysooner Registered User Location: Oklahoma	Kids are a constant source of fun and stress. You just never know what is going to happen. Good story.

12-15-2003, 02:15 PM	#15 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	You just never know how kids are going to take things. I've been student teaching -- I want to teach lower-grades, 1-3, but in this program they start you out for a few weeks in the grades you don't want, for experience. So I was in a fifth grade class for a couple of months. I let slip that I really wanted to teach younger kids, and it was a huge problem. The fifth graders took it personally, some of them, thought I didn't like them. Caused no end of trouble. I sure learned a lesson.