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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: McGirr on November 26, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
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Just confirming that my kids being 18 and 20 are on par with most other teenagers out there.
Where do I start....
They drive your car and think fuel appears in it over night.
They think their beds are made up automatically
They will eat your fridge out but leave the empty wrappers etc in the fridge so as not to let you know they ate it.
Your wallet is their mobile eftpos machine
Bath towels were designed to be used as floor mats
Unless your on Facebook you cannot understand them and the stress they are under
They know everything and I don't understand
Bills are things dad pays as I have more experience paying them
There car needs service and you stand there at the counter and they say you pay and I will pay you back.....by 2019
They forget to tell you things and expect you to drop everything to take them somewhere, pay for something or pick them up
They ask for your advice but then say you don't understand , yes I was born at the age of 40 and never went through what they are going through
I am sure I have missed a lot but you get the idea.
You have to love them......Well most of the time.
Mark
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I have a hormonal 10 year old boy. He's not going to last until teenager....and apparently this goes on for about 5 years! Going to buy shares in Jack Daniels seeing as that's the only thing that is going to stop me from KILLING HIM!!!!!
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Our Number 1 just survived schoolies........don't ask how the driving lessons are going......
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.......... and the classic "I didn't ask to be born!" gets the response ".....and we didn't know we where going to get YOU"
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I forgot to add I said to them once , "that times are tough and I will have to let one of you go, I will let you both decide" well didn't that cause some looks from them.
Mark
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The good news for those of you who still have teens, they start turning into humans again by their mid 20's.
My 25 yo is is finally getting a social conscience and is at CFS training this evening. If only he could take his 13 yo sister with him......
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Mark
Mines 32 and has 5 kids and I'm still waiting to be paid back the $50s+ she has borrowed over the years. Russell
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I forgot to add I said to them once , "that times are tough and I will have to let one of you go, I will let you both decide" well didn't that cause some looks from them.
Mark
That is classic,wish I had of used that in the past. ;D
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Mark
Mines 32 and has 5 kids and I'm still waiting to be paid back the $50s+ she has borrowed over the years. Russell
Bummer I better keep saving ;D
Mark
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mine are boy 25 moved out for a short period then moved back home, now brings the girl friend over, the girl is 23, she has never left home but got married and husband now lives with us as well.
get the hint,not much changes as they get older.
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Having 3 daughters the eldest turning 14 ( going on 20)next week. When being told off which is nightly she would storm off to her bedroom and slam the door shut. So I took the door off and was quite entertained for a while as she stormed off to her bedroom and I could shout out "and don't slam your door"
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Burn the Bed.R
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........of course, WE were all just perfect as teenagers, weren't we??....... ;D ;D
(Well, I was, anyway.........)
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Mine are only 5 and 7 but jeez its just as bad...........
Only after the 14th time asking and shouting louder than a 747 do they actually do what they're told....................
In reply to the whole leaving thing, mine are more than welcome to stay home as long as they like.
I'll be hitching a van / camper / winnebago or the like, introducing them to the new rental tenants and arranging to meet somewhere for christmas..... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Well, well, well, that 3 minutes of fun is coming back and biting you all on the arse now, isn't it....... ;D
But no, some of you lined up for seconds and thirds...... BAH HA HA HA
We don't have any kids, rugrats, children, sprogs, call 'em what you will.
But we do have a lovely boat, that goes out when i say it can, stays put when i want it to, doesn't mess up the house, doesn't eat my food, doesn't drive my car, but sometimes, drains my wallet now that i think about it.... hmmm.
That reminds me, $5,500 of marina fee's are due next month... bugger.
Thinking, thinking..... no, would rather the boat than a brat...... ;D
And no, I'm not worried about who will look after us in old age, we've told each niece and nephew, separately of course, that they get the lot when were dead...... :D
I've got news for them, the lot gets split between 3 charities... BAH HA HA HA.
Would love to see the looks on their faces when the solicitor tells them that. :cheers:
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Ah but a charity can't inherit your name
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Would be a boring life without kids
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I'll keep it short. 3x girls, 17 to 11, missus, even the bloody cat was female...... I have a 400lt beer fridge in the garage... The end.
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We tell out kids 'we brought you into the world, we can take you out'
We're doing a 'wait and see' with number 3 (yes we do know how babies happen lol), but I'm beginning to think that then we'll be out numbered and completely f*cked lol
ohhh I love the taking the bedroom door off idea!!!
Brian, sounds like you were at our house tonight lol
Cory, yep be very bloody boring with out our little cherubs.
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Get yourself a dog man, quick before it's too late
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Lots of boys/nephews to carry on the surname.... covered.
Bored without kids.... ya gotta be kidding.
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Ahh, appreciate it while you can. It ends too soon. All part of life and in the scheme of things ...
As long as they are healthy.
Guidance, not telling them what to do and how to do it. Easier said than done though. :cup:
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yeah, im hearing ya!!! who else gets the
'whatever' when asking them something.
the other day i asked my nearly 12yr old son if he wanted some chocolate, his reaction..." whatever", so i said ok, more for me then ;D ;D ;D its not like i am forcing to have something nice.
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Thinking, thinking..... no, would rather the boat than a brat...... ;D
Lucky for you that your dad didn't have the same view......... ;D ;D
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I'll keep it short. 3x girls, 17 to 11, missus, even the bloody cat was female...... I have a 400lt beer fridge in the garage... The end.
I am having a minutes silence for you :'(
Mark
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I have a 400lt beer fridge in the garage... The end.
I'm hearin Ya Brodder ;D
Miss 14, Miss 12 and Fysh, (http://www.hairfysh.com/images/Icons/Smileys/shocked.gif)
Little Hairs(10) and myself are spending more & more time in the Man Cave ;D
It's the safest place to be one week in four :angel:
So very true Estelle,
Hmmm As I say to the kids, I know it's not easy being a kid hey?
Well, it's not easy being a parent either ;D
One thing that does my head in, With all three, when asking who did that, who's is that, Who's turn is it to wash up, who left the rubbish on the floor, IT IS ALWAYS the two that it doesn't concern answering for the one that needs to answer. GRRR
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And you thought that the fishing was better one week a month due to the Lunar phase?? B%LLSH$T, why the bloody hell do you think I bought a bigger boat ??!!
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My Grandkids have moved to Grafton along with their Parents so now we miss out on the weekends. so treasure them while you can. Russell
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You lot are too soft.
Facebook Parenting: For the troubled teen. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRidmU#ws)
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A keen country lad applied for a salesman's job at a city department store. At the end of his first day on the job his boss fronted up and asked, "How many sales did you make today?"
"One," said the young salesman.
"Only one," blurted the boss, "Most of my staff make 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale worth?"
"100,000 dollars," said the young man.
"How did you manage that?" asked the flabbergasted boss.
"Well," said the salesman "this man came in and I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium hook and finally a really large hook. Then I sold him a small fishing line, a medium one and a huge big one. I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast. I said he would probably need a boat, so I took him down to the boat department and sold him that twenty foot schooner with the twin engines. Then he said his Volkswagen probably wouldn't be able to pull it, so I took him to the car department and sold him the new Deluxe Cruiser."
The boss took two steps back and asked in astonishment, "You sold all that to a guy who came in for a fish hook?"
"No," answered the salesman "He came in to buy a box of Tampons for his wife and I said to him, 'Your weekend's shot, you may as well go fishing.'"
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I'll keep it short. 3x girls, 17 to 11, missus, even the bloody cat was female...... I have a 400lt beer fridge in the garage... The end.
Bullfrog, I feel your pain mate..... 2 girls, 16 and 11, the wife of course, and the dogs a bitch( ;D)........
Buddy, the budgie, is a bloke (well, he's blue, so i'm assuming he is), but he can't hold a stubbie, so he's no fun :'(
Thank god for sheds and Myswag :cup:
And on the subject of teenagers, they also make you miss Myswag meets cos they reckon its their right to use your house to have 60 of their closest ( ???) friends over just to celebrate the fact that they are 16. No respect.............
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My mate wins, his teenage son wouldn't get off his Xbox for any reason
So he grabbed a sledge hammer, asked him politely to do a simple task, gave him 10 min, said firmly "I won't ask again"
10 min later, Xbox in 10 million pieces
Didn't solve anything but he fealt good
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My four contributions to this thread:
1) When some of the guys at work got together to film a video for http://www.itgetsbetter.org/ (http://www.itgetsbetter.org/) I thought "that's a bloody good idea for dads too!".
2) One thing I've found about being a dad is that, whenever you're with the kid(s) and you meet someone, they (almost invariably) say "ah! yes, [insert age here], that was a good age, it's all downhill from there!". Would be nice to get some positive reinforcement from time to time.
3) When my first was only a couple of months old, the family took the dog for a walk down to the local shops. I stayed outside with the kid in a sling and the dog while SWMBO went inside ... the Optometrist closes her shop and then comes over and pats the dog, obviously a "dog person", chatting away (mainly to the dog) and then notices the sling ...
"what have you got in there? another critter?" ...
"yes," I say, "a little human critter". I open the sling ...
she recoils ... and then says ... "well, there went your life" and with that she gets up and walks away!
4) Irrespective of the above, I love spending time with my 5 y.o. ... looking forward to when the 1 y.o. is a bit older (can walk, talk, and doesn't require a nappy) ... good times ahead (I hope ... please don't disillusion me!)
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Our 18 year old only child daughter, has sort of moved out of home and comes back a couple of times a week with big basket of "BOY' clothes to be washed. She has left me with her father, two dogs and a cat, all males. Now how did that happen???
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It's not all bad, jnik...by all accounts they all do turn into humans again at some stage.
Mine is going on 20, has been working in EnZed for the past 5 months as part of his business management degree and is returning shortly to Australia.
I'm wondering how I'm going to take that, considering how nice and quiet it has been here. ;D
I've always taken the stance of "My house, My rules." but it still hasn't stopped him from using the place like a drop in centre. ::)
There is a fine line between having them not home at all and using and abusing the house...but end of the day, if the lad is under my roof, I know he is safe.
Classic line there McGirr...don't think it will work on only one kid however. ;D :cup:
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I need to believe there is hope :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
LB
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ok, ok, it's not all bad. bit of a jeckle and hyde :)
from the same boy who "whatevers" me...(as per previous post)
My 11yr old son just came to me and said he appreciated me making his dinner and the work I did for it, but do you mind if I have a ham sandwich cause he didn't like it.. too spicy for him ;D
The little boy in him came out tonight, LOL, I really appreciate him at times like this :cup:
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I need to believe there is hope :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
LB
I live with fear,
And sometimes she lets me go camper, 4wdriving and drinking
:cheers:
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ok, ok, it's not all bad. bit of a jeckle and hyde :)
Reminds me of a couple of years ago, when I was restoring my boat.
Shitty job, grinding off some really rough/mouldy crap from the inside of the boat. I come inside, all covered in white powder (except for where the filter/goggles/muffs were), daughter (~2 at the time) is quite stunned to see me like that. I go to the fridge and get a beer.
Next day, same thing, but this time I go straight past the fridge and get into the shower. Two minutes later the shower curtain is pulled back ... and there's my darling daughter, offering me a beer!
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I have 4. 3 boys, 1 girl. 14, 13, 5 & 3. Love them all to death. Mostly well behaved 95% of the time. I never get back answered, never have the fridge raided, they go to bed when they are told, but they don't help at all with any housework. None of them will inherit anything from me.
Kit_e
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Just confirming that my kids being 18 and 20 are on par with most other teenagers out there.
Where do I start....
They drive your car and think fuel appears in it over night.
They think their beds are made up automatically
They will eat your fridge out but leave the empty wrappers etc in the fridge so as not to let you know they ate it.
Your wallet is their mobile eftpos machine
Bath towels were designed to be used as floor mats
Unless your on Facebook you cannot understand them and the stress they are under
They know everything and I don't understand
Bills are things dad pays as I have more experience paying them
There car needs service and you stand there at the counter and they say you pay and I will pay you back.....by 2019
They forget to tell you things and expect you to drop everything to take them somewhere, pay for something or pick them up
They ask for your advice but then say you don't understand , yes I was born at the age of 40 and never went through what they are going through
I am sure I have missed a lot but you get the idea.
You have to love them......Well most of the time.
Mark
Mark you have it spot on I just read this out loud to the wife while laying in bed. She pissed herself laughing saying all that happens to us so don't worry you are not alone. Empty packets in the fridge, cupboards just Shits me. Use to have one water jug in the fridge got sick of filling it when I wanted a cold drink and it was always empty. Seems that was all I was doing plus I ended up with the Luke warm tap water every time. A second jug was added with a request to fill them when half full. Now three jugs same stuff happens unbelievable.
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Not mine or original but a classic
" when I was 16-17 years me old man was hopeless. Knew absolutely nothing and could not be told anything.
But as the years have passed and now I am 24 he makes quite a lot of sense.
I can't believe how much the old bastard has learned in 7 short years."
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Here's my take on kids or parenting, its only my opinion but it is based on my experience as a kid and as a parent!
One thing I am sure we all agree on, is even though they try our patience when they are teenagers for all the reasons already mentioned in this thread we all love our kids and wouldn't give them up for the world........would we? LOL
I have 4 of the buggers, g22, b18, b15, g10, they are not bad kids really. They haven't given us any trouble through school, or with police and are generally pretty well behaved at home. But like everyone elses kids they can think the world owes them a favour, putting things away after they use them is a struggle, they cant be told anything because they know best, electricity and water and food is their right and their friends have everything handed to them on a silver platter so they should have everything they want when they want it also!
So Mark yep your kids are on par with most teenagers!
But what I wanted to really say is in our case we as parents have got better at it as we have learnt from our mistakes. I dont want to single out the older two kids but I pretty much blame us as parents for any downfalls they may have in life and likewise we pat ourselves on the back for how the younger two are turning out......I contribute this pretty much because of our parenting....or to be more precise our ability to learn from our mistakes as parents. Have others found this to be the case also or is it just coincidence that our kids have got better behaved the more we had?
Is it only us that probably spoilt their first born a bit too much so therefore the first born is a different creature to say the youngest who has been parented better? LOL
Anyway we wouldn't change a thing, we are lucky compared to many parents, even when they drive us mad I would still prefer that than not have them at all. No one said parenting was easy, the important thing is that we are around for our kids.
I also agree that they start coming back to being a human as they get into their 20's, my daughter even though she will never be a financial whiz has become a fine young lady and we are very proud of her. Unlike her teenage years, she is now respectful, polite, well spoken and highly regarded by everyone that she deals with......so there is hope for the rest of them :)
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Doctor told us we would never have kids.......... A week later after throwing caution to the wind and you guessed it.
Have tried sueing the doc but no good there.
Now she is 20 and has had the best education as she now knows everything. Not keen on leaving home as it is too good here.
Think we might have to sell up & move to another town while she is at Uni one day. Change all our contact numbers too.
Jim Beam & I have become good mates.
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Not mine or original but a classic
" when I was 16-17 years me old man was hopeless. Knew absolutely nothing and could not be told anything.
But as the years have passed and now I am 24 he makes quite a lot of sense.
I can't believe how much the old bastard has learned in 7 short years."
PMSL
I reckon kids are easy compared to wives. I can't look at mine for more than a minute without my heart threatening to break out of my chest, though the tween and teen years do look like they'll be challenging.
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I'll keep it short. 3x girls, 17 to 11, missus, even the bloody cat was female...... I have a 400lt beer fridge in the garage... The end.
I know exactly where you are coming from except as well as three girls and the cat we also had a dog that squatted to wee so my guess was a female. And then the four of them gang up and try to take me shopping . I totally know the true meaning of depression. Now where did I hide that noose .
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Lucky for you that your dad didn't have the same view......... ;D ;D
Mate, no way was i planned for anyway.......
Dad 42 and Mum 38 when born and get this, my birth date, is one day short of 9 months after my Mum's birthday. >:D
I guess Mum got more than she bargained for that year.
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the first born is a different creature
First borns are always a different creature, our first born is totally different to the other two. I am getting a glimer of hope that he will improve. No signs yet but he is only 20, maybe in another 5 years?
Bunyip
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Slightly off topic, but given the time of the year and the subject matter what better time to tell this story.
A few year ago my wife and I were at a Xmas dinner with her work colleagues at the Coopers Ale House here in Adelaide.
Shortly after arriving, a drunk in a Santa suit walked through the door and was stumbling towards the bar.
One of my wives work colleagues leaned over towards my wife and I and whispered 'Salisbury Santa' to which I replied, 'My wife and I live in Salisbury'. Profuse apologies followed and the subject matter shortly moved onto our kids.
My wife and her friend who made the 'Salisbury Santa' comment discovered we shared something in common, we both had children 11 years apart.
I decided to pipe up at that point and stated 'That's nothing, I grew up in Elizabeth and there is only 11 years between me and my mum'.
Wife thought it was hilarious.
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my 12yr old is becoming a bigger nightmare by the day.. **** teenagers.
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Wife and 2 daughters, 17 and 14.
Just my luck, I get 1 stress free week a month.
Always seem to mow more lawns on the other 3 weeks.
Rod
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I've got 3kids.
The eldest (step son) is 21 and eats all day, I mean all day.
My eldest daughter is 16 and is learning to drive, she is already drives better that her mother. She is very smart, I just can't workout where she got it.
The youngest daughter is a real terror, to smart for her own good. She is 15 and loves shoes. Shops on line.
Bert
P.S None of them like camping.
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Our nearly 25yo has just driven out the driveway in Daddys pride & joy (ute) as she returns back to Cairns to move from one place of abode to another.
She already had Daddy do a quick stint around to the Girl Guide hut dressed as Santa for the annual christmas party, and then borrowed some money as well.
He always reckons the girls could only spell dad as ATM ;D
cheer rellbell
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We have no kids but everytime I suggest adopting a 17yo blonde with plenty of "assets", she says NO! Can't say I haven't tried.
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Why do they leave the margarine out, lid off every morning?
Why do we run out of plates, cups, cutlery?? Its because their bedrooms have them!
Towels dont need to be hung up, just grab a new one for those 3 showers a day you seem to have son! Oh and mum loves washing your clothes after you put them on fresh, straight away take them off again and leave them laying on the bathroom floor because you chose to wear something else.
I want the lawns mowed.....can you mow them this week please son ...... "I dont need any phone credit this week dad" grrrrrrrr
Thats just todays gripes LOL
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We dont just have two girls, But two fighting kicking screaming whirling banshee's that clash on a regular basis .... Apart from me wanting to hide in the garage when its on ... It is kinder funny to see the 20 yro get soundly trounced by the 4 yro ...
My little Puffin doesnt back down and she's off to school next year.. Can hear the phone ringing from the principal already ..LOL ..
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My little Puffin doesnt back down and she's off to school next year.. Can hear the phone ringing from the principal already ..LOL ..
Good luck with that :laugh:
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I want the lawns mowed.....can you mow them this week please son ...... "I dont need any phone credit this week dad" grrrrrrrr
Hey Danny, mow them yourself for a while. He'll run out of credits and come looking for cash........."sorry son, lawns are OK".......
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Hey Danny, mow them yourself for a while. He'll run out of credits and come looking for cash........."sorry son, lawns are OK".......
Thats exactly what I do! I usually find something Shitty that needs doing to make him earn the cash.
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My baby has 4 legs, doesn't argue, does his own washing up, is always in a loving mood and doesn't piss in the pool! Yep get a dog.
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Why do they leave the margarine out, lid off every morning?
Why do we run out of plates, cups, cutlery?? Its because their bedrooms have them!
Towels dont need to be hung up, just grab a new one for those 3 showers a day you seem to have son! Oh and mum loves washing your clothes after you put them on fresh, straight away take them off again and leave them laying on the bathroom floor because you chose to wear something else.
OMG Danny,
That describes our place perfectly. I also love the complaints about us running out of towels by the one who uses a minimum of two towels a day! We send him to the rag cupboard, there are some old towels that HIS dog has chewed off the cloths line in there that he can use.
Bunyip
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OMG Danny,
That describes our place perfectly. I also love the complaints about us running out of towels by the one who uses a minimum of two towels a day! We send him to the rag cupboard, there are some old towels that HIS dog has chewed off the cloths line in there that he can use.
Bunyip
I had to laugh as number 1 son who is on holidays just walked inside (his room is a converted garage outside) and said "dad do you have to use that grinder at this hour of the morning, im trying to sleep"............................its 1pm!
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I had to laugh as number 1 son who is on holidays just walked inside (his room is a converted garage outside) and said "dad do you have to use that grinder at this hour of the morning, im trying to sleep"............................its 1pm!
This is getting strange, our no 1 son also has a bedroom converted from the garage. He would also sleep until 1pm if we let him, but he has a dog that has to be looked after.
To be fair to him he does work nights (running poker tournaments in pubs) so usually gets in around 2:00am but by my reakoning that means he could be up by 10:00am :)
Bunyip
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We dont just have two girls, But two fighting kicking screaming whirling banshee's that clash on a regular basis .... Apart from me wanting to hide in the garage when its on ... It is kinder funny to see the 20 yro get soundly trounced by the 4 yro ...
My little Puffin doesnt back down and she's off to school next year.. Can hear the phone ringing from the principal already ..LOL ..
Our girls names are Nitro & Glycerine ;D ;D ;D ;D cheers rellbell
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Number 1 son just suprised me again..........
Next year we are having a fantastic trip up the top end for around 6 weeks and number 1 son being 18 simply didnt want to come. We tried our best to convince him its a trip he may never get to do again in his life etc etc but all to no avail. He claims he hates camping and everything to do with it......truth is he hates missing out of socialising with his mates.
Anyway, his girlfriend recently moved to Sydney and as a xmas and birthday present (they are only a week apart) he asked if we would shout him up there with some cash etc......hmmm we said we would think about it.
Well he just walked inside and said if you let me go and up there Ill come on the family holiday......AND we said how about next weekend when we have to go away with the mother in law (he was dead against this too) as she is down here visiting.....Yes no problems he said!!
We are going to get some mileage out of this one LOL
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Eldest son got home from CFS training last night, during which he was kitted out with his protective clothing, all of which had previous owners. Walked in the door, proudly showed his mother his kit, then asked her to clean it for him.
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Ask him to wear his new uniform and go out the back and stand in front of the garden for a few photo's ..... Then hose him down ... There all done nice and clean ..
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Some recent funny things.....
Last Sunday morning at 7.00am daughter calls , jack is stuck in town and she is too tired to pick him up after he had a night on the town so dad , the taxi, naturally has to drive in and pick him up.
Today received my Optus bill. Normally about $180, as I have a business plan and also pay for my daughters plan. Scrolling down the page and the bill is $517.00 ???
After shedding tears and saying WTF I checked the daily calls. Daughter calls boyfriend and stays on the phone for hours.
Call daughter WTF were you doing on the phone for hours. You owe me a lot of money. All good dad, I thought it would be a lot but the boyfriend will pay.
I told her to let me know next time if there is a big bill coming as dear old dad nearly had a heart attack. :'(
Mark
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I told her to let me know know next time if there is a big bill coming as dear old dad nearly had a heart attack. :'(
You got of lightly. One account got hid from me for 2 months. Over $2k. >:(
Can laugh about it now ;D, but it took a long time.
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Took my 17 y.o. son to Bali. He managed to stay inside most of the 10 days playing on Facebook. Aaaarrrrggggghhhhhh
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...........as I have a business plan and also pay for my daughters plan...........
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.........but the boyfriend will pay.
Wait and see on that one, Mark...... ;D
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Overheard my 2 youngest having a conversation while playing in their room and thought it was worth telling..
Henry 4 to Clancy 8 " is God big ? " :angel:
Clancy " yer..his finger is a dinosaur..." :angel:
Henry " is he in the sky ?"
Clancy "yer.. he lives up near space...you'll see him when you die "
Henry "I,m to scared to die "
Clancy "dont worry...you wont die until your as old as Dad " ??? ???
Hoping they dont know something I dont ... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Hahaha haven't laughed so much in a long time. Some of these replies could be written about my place. 3 sons (all left home now) but we can relate to the replies. Oh by the way, they may have left home but they call in - raid the fridge - leave the margarine on the bench and the bread open - have a shower and leave the wet towel on the floor - oh dear it never ends. Oh and I forgot - when they do leave they their the crap they don't want to take in their room for it to be "minded" and currently we are "minding" a dog - big as a small pony - that has meant we have had to spend the money and time reinforcing fences so he can't get out AGAIN - AND PAID THE POUND FINES !! Oh and years ago we got sick of 3 boys not being able to "aim" properly in the toilet and peeing on the toilet seat all the time - answer - remove the toilet seat for a couple of weeks - their "aim" got better
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Hi sonny
we are "minding" a dog - big as a small pony - that has meant we have had to spend the money and time reinforcing fences so he can't get out AGAIN - AND PAID THE POUND FINES !!
Our 20 year old had to pay to have his dog at our place including 50% of a side fence to stop the dog getting out, when he didn't train it and it continued to chew up valuable stuff I arranged for the dog to be re-housed for a while. Hopefully he will decide that he does not want the responsibility of a dog and it can be rehoused permanently (as much as this will hurt me as I love the stupid animal). Funnily enough since I organised for the dog to leave (only last Sunday) the son has not objected to anything I have organised.
Son still owes us for the kreepy krawly that the dog ate as well as the dust boots for the camper trailer shocks. Grrrr. Come to think of it he still owes us for the damn side fence as well.
Having said that, I love him to bits and would not swap him for anything in the world, just wish he would move out of home and develop a sense of responsibility.
Bunyip
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Love my kids to bits, they're both sons, 31 & 29. The youngest & I sadly don't have a very good relationship, this might change when he loses the chips on his shoulders.
I recall when they were teenagers, the old bloke in the house next door, a day or so after we moved in, telling me that my boys were pouring petrol in the gutter and setting it alight.
The little angels looked angelically at me as they shook their heads, and I told the old fellah, I didn't think MY boys would do something like THAT. Only to find out half an hour later that they had! :o
Then another time, mother in bed not feeling well, boys (12 & 10) & I watching Bill Cosby's Ghost Dad, and Mstr 12 says midway through, "hey dad, how come some penises look different to others?" ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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We currently have our 13 (at the end of the month) yr old niece down from QLD for a 3 week stay (shared between inlaws next door & here). After 24hrs in Nanna's house we're balling on the phone to Dad wanting to go home. Phone ran out of credit and Nanna has no internet & crappy phone service. Looks like someone's coming to Aunty Kris sooner rather than later.....that's gonna be fun! There was a reason god only gave me boys ;D
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Half an hour or so to kill before doing another late night run to pick up the not quite a teenager any more daughter from another Christmas party.
Thank heavens for my swag and being able to kill a bit of time.
Roll on February, Uni is back in and she will be back in Melbourne, and l will be out of range.
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Gave my daughter $520 in pound sterling for her trip to UK next week and she lost it!!! aaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh! May as well give it away!
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Have 13yr old hormonal boy. Love him to bits, but doubt he will make it out of his teens....
He has low ks and is in relatively good condition, all offers considered!!
(Just kidding)
:cheers: Cracka
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Teenage son has just moved to Brisbane to do an actors course. He texts me " course is great and some hot girls" ....I text back "fantastic about the hot girls focus on the course"
The course costs $10,000. :'(
Mark
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Just out of the teen's, female, acts like a 12 yro that knows every thing but knows nothing ...Comes with attached male err umm boy friend thingy... Job lot two for the price ...OOOHHHH thats right " FREE " Give away to any one ...any one ? Any one !!!!
Why do I hear criquettes
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Two boys 7 & 8. They sure can be challenging at times, but Every year with them gets better and better. The eldest loves nothing more than camping and fishing with me. The little one enjoys it but gets car sick from time to time.
Took my eldest on a Simpson crossing last year, and it was just me and him for about 5 days a great time, really good chance to get to know him even better, oddly enough i found a real level of respect for him. one particular day was a big one. we slept in our swags in an underground campground in Coober Pedy called rivas. good fun but noisy as all get out. we were both awake at 5 am so rolled the swags and hit the road. that drive from coober to adelaide that many of you will know which is pretty desolate was a really nice time, made it all the way to renmark without one complaint from him. We stayed in a motel there with a very basic breaky, and he thought it was great. Can't wait to take them both back this year.
Wouldn't change a thing. Funny thing I've found since I've had them is that the things that seemed important to me pre kids, just don't seem to matter anymore.
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Heath
I can relate to you. Me eldest son turns 10 tomorrow. There is not enough time in the day to hang out with him.
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He is a smart arse. But in the good way, not the teenager way.
I Iove my 7 yo daughter for different reasons. But mostly because she is larger than life and tough as nails.
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Cheers
JB
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hang on... my 17 y/o daughter is in Brisbane... doing an acting course.........
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hang on... my 17 y/o daughter is in Brisbane... doing an acting course.........
;D ;D
Mark
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Whatever! ::)
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Mr 19 did a "live stream" today. Used 10Gig in a day and our billing cycle just started.
Went into him with a WTF? Got the response, "Oh, I thought it would only be around 5Gig".
Again WTF, why would you think this is reasonable. We have a 200Gig limit per month and there are five of us in the house.
About to disable his network card and see how long it takes him to figure it out. He is lazy and I have done all the work on his computer.
Bunyip
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Bugger, only 190Gb to go? How will you manage? :-D
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You would be surprised. I know what you are saying but with two teenagers and a 20 year old it really doesn't take that much :D
I am also a little paranoid at the moment as I am looking for a job and cannot afford for the internet to be throttled.
Isn't it sad that we are that reliant on the internet tese dazes.
Bunyip
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Yeah we are reliant, but I'm a network engineer so I think it's fantastic! Hehe
I have our internet throttled for anyone except myself or my wife, kids and visitors get 1Mbps
;-)
Mean.... Yes, but we pay the bill!
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I am in IT Ops and project management and just need to get a new router (damn Apple Airport is very limited) so that I can throttle as well as put some time of day restrictions on.
Found my 12yo daughter online after midnight on a school night.
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Hey Bunyip
Found the Draytek routers great for this. Used to use them for VPN connections to my remote customers but also have time restrictions, throttling etc all built in. Also has vlan so you can separate them off if you want.
Can well recommend them but are a bit hexy.
It was well used to control my teenagers till it got hit by a lightning strike. Now using a cheap as chips TP-Link which doesn't have as many goodies. Teenagers now gone wild & maxxing out my connection. Might have to get a new router or throw the kids out onto the street. Latter sounds the go.
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Mr 19 did a "live stream" today. Used 10Gig in a day and our billing cycle just started.
Went into him with a WTF? Got the response, "Oh, I thought it would only be around 5Gig".
Again WTF, why would you think this is reasonable. We have a 200Gig limit per month and there are five of us in the house.
About to disable his network card and see how long it takes him to figure it out. He is lazy and I have done all the work on his computer.
Bunyip
Welcome to our world! 200 gig and they can still go over if they are not watched.
Me "who is downloading stuff the internet is really slow"
All 3 Kids "not me I'm only face booking"
Me "are you sure something doesnt seem right"
I walk around the house to find all kids watching movies on youtube.................................
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throw the kids out onto the street. Latter sounds the go.
I'd take that one if I were you ;D
Bunyip
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Welcome to our world! 200 gig and they can still go over if they are not watched.
Me "who is downloading stuff the internet is really slow"
All 3 Kids "not me I'm only face booking"
Me "are you sure something doesnt seem right"
I walk around the house to find all kids watching movies on youtube.................................
You tube is not classed as downloading man how old are you ;D
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You tube is not classed as downloading man how old are you ;D
And neither is watching tv shows online apparently!
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Welcome to our world! 200 gig and they can still go over if they are not watched.
Me "who is downloading stuff the internet is really slow"
All 3 Kids "not me I'm only face booking"
Me "are you sure something doesnt seem right"
I walk around the house to find all kids watching movies on youtube.................................
Mine have also chewed thru 200Gig. They have learnt how to speed their Internet up by slowing mine down, cheeky buggers. I put a stop to that real quick. I think?
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Welcome to our world! 200 gig and they can still go over if they are not watched.
Me "who is downloading stuff the internet is really slow"
All 3 Kids "not me I'm only face booking"
Me "are you sure something doesnt seem right"
I walk around the house to find all kids watching movies on youtube.................................
That's were bandwidth shaping is the best, give the kids x kbps and the rest is yours, and you preserve your allocation!
I play with enterprise routers so this sort of stuff is built in but....
I've never played with them but you can install custom firmware on certain consumer wifi routers that will control usage / bandwidth per user, and give you an easy to monitor gui too!
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
Check it out!
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Gave my daughter $520 in pound sterling for her trip to UK next week and she lost it!!! aaaaaarrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhh! May as well give it away!
Nope, we found it, she dropped it between the couch. Phewwww!
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200G of internet?!?! What's that like? We've got 4Gb peak, and 3Gb off peak lol
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Mine have also chewed thru 200Gig. They have learnt how to speed their Internet up by slowing mine down, cheeky buggers. I put a stop to that real quick. I think?
....change the network logon details.......that should fix it...... ;D ;D
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Do what I do. Threaten the 16 year old with a dial up connection >:D
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Do what I do. Threaten the 16 year old with a dial up connection >:D
would a 16yr old even know what dial-up was?
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would a 16yr old even know what dial-up was?
It was met with a blank stare until I told her to Google it.
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It was met with a blank stare until I told her to Google it.
........ ;D ;D ;D..........what was the reaction?
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........ ;D ;D ;D..........what was the reaction?
Another blank stare then "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
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Another blank stare then "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
.......OMG, OMG, OMG.........a fate worse than death........
I love it..... ;D ;D ;D
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200Gb isn't enough with three teenages (or close to teenagers) in the house. That and I love watching iview, SBS on Demand etc...
Bunyip
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As my mother was often want to say- 'I never had any grey hairs before I met you son'
and with twenty somethings nowadays I can understand exactly how she got them.