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There are no words - parenting edition

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BurnsWhenIPee, Apr 19, 2015.

  1. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Absolutely - and I would usually say "hey, what's your kid like? Or have my kid -- the one going to the party - find out what he/she wants or likes."

    Because you want to buy something they will appreciate.

    That, however, is not "you WILL go to THIS store and BUY this and if you don't you WILL give me a receipt so I can go get something else...
     
  2. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Just be grateful, people.
     
  3. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Your wife's mother is now my one of my heroes, and I have never even met her!!
     
  4. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Goodwill. Salvation Army. Toys for Tots. No need to stuff the gifts in a closet forever.
     
  5. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Oh, let's not go crazy. She disliked that daughter-in-law so much that, had the daughter-in-law been of opposite sensibilities, I think mother-in-law would have started typing up down-to-the-SKU wishlits!
     
  6. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    I'd be interested in what these parents named their spawn. I'll lay money they ruined his life by naming him Parkre or Jordynn or Chadd.
     
  7. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Of course I'll always be happy that so many people love my son and want to lavish him with gifts.

    But, I view it as a courtesy to notify potential giftbuyers that certain things would be a waste of their money. Why would anyone have a problem with that?
     
  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Did you never have to grin and tell Grandma how much you love that plaid shirt?

    You take the gift, return it (usually for full price regardless of what this biotch says) or re-gift it.
     
  9. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    There is a mall in Orange County, Calif., where people bring their dogs. Almost all the dogs are wearing sweaters (it's 72 degrees after all) and I saw a couple dogs being pushed in strollers. You'd love it, Zag.
     
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  10. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    And if it's a righteous party, an open bar for the adults.
     
  11. Monday Morning Sportswriter

    Monday Morning Sportswriter Well-Known Member

    I now feed people for a living. More than half are children in a summer camp environment. The number of kids whose parents declare them to have gluten-dairy-nut allergies is staggering.

    I have seen most of them eating peanut butter cup ice cream cones.
     
  12. RecoveringJournalist

    RecoveringJournalist Well-Known Member

    I would guess that at least 9 times out of 10 it's complete bullshit.
     
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