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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. Iām 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.
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@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. Iām 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. Iām 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.
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@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
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...
So you are actually going to get your son a diamond for Christmas?
What happened to a rugby ball, or a matchbox car or even a bike (not the town bike)?
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@No-Quarter get him a bit of coal and tell him to start working on his grip strength šš
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@Paekakboyz or a pencil
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Santa stil gets play in our house, because i fucking love christmas.
My kids clued on ages ago, but are smart enough to play dumb. I don't care, they will still get spoiled.
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@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
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...
So you are actually going to get your son a diamond for Christmas?
What happened to a rugby ball, or a matchbox car or even a bike (not the town bike)?
Haha not a chance, as I already explained it's not a toy.
One challenge we have is he sees toys on YouTube and wants them, but they're not available in NZ. He really wants the Cloverfield toy this year (from the Cloverfield movie) but it's damn near impossible to get and costs a small fortune. "But Santa can just make it" he says. Little shit knows exactly what he's doing.
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The Government won't let Santa in because of Covid-19.
or
Santa got sued for copyright infringement.
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@antipodean nah, Christmas gifts from Santa delayed until 7/8 Jan to allow for quarantine
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@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
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...
So you are actually going to get your son a diamond for Christmas?
What happened to a rugby ball, or a matchbox car or even a bike (not the town bike)?
Haha not a chance, as I already explained it's not a toy.
One challenge we have is he sees toys on YouTube and wants them, but they're not available in NZ. He really wants the Cloverfield toy this year (from the Cloverfield movie) but it's damn near impossible to get and costs a small fortune. "But Santa can just make it" he says. Little shit knows exactly what he's doing.
Bro you need to reach out on the fern helpline to anyone returning in time for xmas from cloverfield country!
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@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
@No-Quarter said in Parenting:
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...
So you are actually going to get your son a diamond for Christmas?
What happened to a rugby ball, or a matchbox car or even a bike (not the town bike)?
Haha not a chance, as I already explained it's not a toy.
One challenge we have is he sees toys on YouTube and wants them, but they're not available in NZ. He really wants the Cloverfield toy this year (from the Cloverfield movie) but it's damn near impossible to get and costs a small fortune. "But Santa can just make it" he says. Little shit knows exactly what he's doing.
How old is he? Baby Yoda is in stores now and Mando S2 will be here in a couple of months...
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Have taken my son through Die Hard, Predator and now First Blood.
Next is either Alien or Commando.
Father of the year.
What's the generally accepted age for such a christening?
I am very much looking forward to stealing the thunder, and being Uncle Of The Year.It depends on the kid, mine is 13 and we are very clear about the difference between movie violence and real world violence.
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Have taken my son through Die Hard, Predator and now First Blood.
Next is either Alien or Commando.
Father of the year.
My boys and I did Alien and Aliens ( youngest fell asleep on the couch for this though haha ).
At this stage not up there with SW/Bond/Indy but they definitely enjoyed it. My issue now is the inferior sequels and where exactly in the timeline to fit Prometheus/Covenant
I do need to get some Arnie ( which I suspect they'll love ), and more importantly Clint in their lives. I hope the 60's/70s cheese doesn't detract from how timelessly cool the motherfucker is, it does a bit with Bond unfortunately as they love the Daniel Craig ones on the whole much more than Connery/Moore.I'm already fighting an uphill battle as they've decided Westerns are boring without having seen one to my knowledge. Apart from Cowboys and Aliens......
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@Kirwan yeah TR Jnr has realised that fairly early on too, as with most boys, loved dinosaurs, so loved JUrassic Park when he was 4 or 5, even my mother-in-laws partner asked him if he got scared of the movies, he looked at him like he was a moron and flatly replied: It's not real!
TR Jnr has watched Mad Max's, Kill Bill, Resovoir Dogs, Most of the Rambos, Terminator etc but I have always watched them with him, cos well who wouldnt, but also I get to watch them with him.
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you guys reach that point where your kids just do your fucking head in?
Two boys, and they are just going all the time. And they are loud. Inappropriate. Squabble all the time. generally act like fuck heads. And i can't handle them at the moment. I have zero patience with them, so i go from zero to snap in a second.
and i say some shit i really shouldn't. but holy shit they just wind you up and wind you up
fuck i need a break.
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@mariner4life said in Parenting:
you guys reach that point where your kids just do your fucking head in?
Two boys, and they are just going all the time. And they are loud. Inappropriate. Squabble all the time. generally act like fuck heads. And i can't handle them at the moment. I have zero patience with them, so i go from zero to snap in a second.
and i say some shit i really shouldn't. but holy shit they just wind you up and wind you up
fuck i need a break.
Reminds me of Denis Leary: I know fuck is a bad word, but you're fucking making me say it