Parenting
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@antipodean said in Parenting:
"wrestling"
Yup covers all positions possible ππ
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@antipodean said in Parenting:
"wrestling"
Yup covers all positions possible ππ
Which one is the "mum" or "dad"? My wrestling techniques obviously need a bit of work as I'm not launching myself off bedroom furniture enough.
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@R-L tell him he's welcome.
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@R-L said in Parenting:
@antipodean said in Parenting:
"wrestling"
Yup covers all positions possible ππ
Which one is the "mum" or "dad"? My wrestling techniques obviously need a bit of work as I'm not launching myself off bedroom furniture enough.
I donβt think I want that move in my bedroom, either as the bottom or top!
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@R-L said in Parenting:
@antipodean said in Parenting:
"wrestling"
Yup covers all positions possible ππ
Which one is the "mum" or "dad"? My wrestling techniques obviously need a bit of work as I'm not launching myself off bedroom furniture enough.
I donβt think I want that move in my bedroom, either as the bottom or top!
Don't knock what you haven't tried...
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@R-L said in Parenting:
@antipodean said in Parenting:
"wrestling"
Yup covers all positions possible ππ
Which one is the "mum" or "dad"? My wrestling techniques obviously need a bit of work as I'm not launching myself off bedroom furniture enough.
I donβt think I want that move in my bedroom, either as the bottom or top!
Don't knock what you haven't tried...
You've been in his bedroom too huh?
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It's been an interesting spring / summer here for obvious reasons, and not all of them have been negative.
A lot of us have kids, and we all know that when they are young, it's extremely special, but it's not necessarily what you want to be doing. This summer though, is when the two started to merge. My son, whose now 8, is not massively into team sports - in part because he's like his old man in that he's quite shit, but generally because of a lack of confidence. So that leaves Dad to push him. We bought him a mountain bike for his 8th birthday in Feb, and after some initial teething he's taken to it like a duck to water. Will regularly head out and cover 15-20km on trails with a few uphills / downhills. It's something I've not done for years and it's fantastic. My 6 year old daughter got a new hand-me-down bike from her cousin recently so we quite often do it as a 3 now. A bit slower with her along, but still a huge amount of fun.
My son's golf has also come a long way. He's regularly hitting the ball 80 yards off a tee and has maxed out at around 120. Needs a bit of work (who doesn't) on consistency, but is not too far off being an actual golfer, as opposed to a kick with a ball and stick. Has a nice little swing on him too. We've had a couple of father son rounds on a short par 3 course which is just awesome. He's had a couple of 4's and has missed some par putts, so has had some good results to keep him motivated.
I guess what I'm saying in summary is that parenting has saved me from what should go down as one of the shittest summer's in my life, to one of the best.
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OK so I'm not sure if my 7 year old set me up or not, but he came up to me the other day and said "this Christmas I want a diamond from Santa".
Not completely out of the blue, he has a bit of interest in gems and rocks in general, and without thinking I replied "diamonds are expensive'. His response was "well Santa would make it not pay for it, unless it's just you buying it and Santa is fake!!!".
I wriggled my way out of it by saying a diamond isn't a toy so I don't think Santa's elves could make it, but I think it's clear the jig is up now.
So, how old are your kids and have they figured out Santa yet? If so, how?
I suspect a kid in his class is giving it away.
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@No-Quarter my eldest must know at 9. But he plays along just in case the prezzies dry up. I am sure classmates with older siblings give the game away first
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@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
Fuck Santa. He never existed in my house. Iβm not having some fat prick take credit for presents I bought.
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
Fuck Santa. He never existed in my house. Iβm not having some fat prick take credit for presents I bought.
Yeah. He decides who's good or bad? Fat judgemental fluffybunny.
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@No-Quarter my eldest must know at 9. But he plays along just in case the prezzies dry up. I am sure classmates with older siblings give the game away first
Yeah I'm pretty sure he's going to play along this year at least to ensure he gets the outrageous presents he's asking for...
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
Fuck Santa. He never existed in my house. Iβm not having some fat prick take credit for presents I bought.
It's OK, most of them do actually figure it out in the end and realise it was you that was paying for the presents and creating a bit of magic at Christmas.
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
Fuck Santa. He never existed in my house. Iβm not having some fat prick take credit for presents I bought.
Oh man. Were you brought up without Santa too?
I worked with a Christadelphian doctor who refused to lie to her children about Santa, and when they told other kids he doesn't exist and their parents complained she couldn't see the big deal.
It's a special part of childhood to me, but whatever is special to your family is up to you ay. -
@Catogrande said in Parenting:
@R-L said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
Fuck Santa. He never existed in my house. Iβm not having some fat prick take credit for presents I bought.
Yeah. He decides who's good or bad? Fat judgemental fluffybunny.
Probably a fair point, the poor kids already have one fat judgemental fluffybunny to deal with.
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@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
@Catogrande said in Parenting:
@R-L said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter I'm dreading the day we no longer have Santa. A couple of weeks ago we had some work done on our chimney, some sort of thing that goes on the top of the pots needed replacing and she was very interested in what was going on (because the only reason chimneys exist is for a certain someone). The guy that did it was brilliant he was telling her that he's checking the chimneys for Santa and will let him know she's being good.
Fuck Santa. He never existed in my house. Iβm not having some fat prick take credit for presents I bought.
Yeah. He decides who's good or bad? Fat judgemental fluffybunny.
Probably a fair point, the poor kids already have one fat judgemental fluffybunny to deal with.
I'm not that fat but the other points are more than fair.