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08-13-2019, 01:19 PM #51Registered User
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Offer your daughter $200 instead of a party and see what she says, most likely it'll be a "fuck yeah I'll take the money". You're ski pass for the week will only cost you $200 and FUCK the ex's thoughts on the matter. Go skiing and make an effort to create a special date with your kid another day and she'll be fine. At 14 your kid already knows that skiing is important to you and should understand. If she has issues with you going this is the least of your problems as a parent.
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08-13-2019, 01:34 PM #52
Check in: Am I being an asshole to skip a kid’s bday for skiing?
Are you sure that math applies to when they are < 3 and 13-19? Sometimes separation makes the heart grow fonder and all that.
Edit- my vote Mustenon is you talk to her about it. Ideally you find some event that she really wants to do and offer to go do that and celebrate her birthday then instead of cake at the ex’s.
I’ll fourth the sentiment that adults who still think their birthday is a big deal are generally terrible humans. A buddy’s new wife just posted like 14 insta posts all with the hashtag #birthdayweek and on the birthday she went to her parents and then his parents and they had cake at both. Then just the two of them went out to a $500 sushi dinner and he gave her a handbag. This was for a random mid thirties birthday. My reaction, “dude you are so fucked, she’s going to expect this shit every year and your future kids are going to have massive parties every year”.
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08-13-2019, 02:23 PM #53
Mine wouldn’t
Go skiing - good idea to talk to daughter
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08-13-2019, 02:33 PM #54
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08-13-2019, 02:34 PM #55Banned
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Go skiing. From about the age of 12 onward, anytime my birthday rolled around and "happy birthday" wishes were bestowed in my general direction, my default response was to shrug and quote Pink Floyd: "shorter of breath, and one day closer to death." Still my go-to reply to "happy birthday."
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08-13-2019, 02:45 PM #56
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08-13-2019, 02:50 PM #57I drink it up
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08-13-2019, 03:04 PM #58
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08-13-2019, 03:08 PM #59
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08-13-2019, 03:22 PM #60Registered User
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Does she tend to overdo Christmas, as well?
When I was a kid, everyone in my family would give each other one gift, and that was pretty much it, besides eating together and watching football on TV.
When I got married, though, I found out that my wife’s family put a LOT more effort into this gift giving thing. Multiple gifts were given, and expected. One of her sisters gave me 5 gifts one Christmas! They also have this tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve. Kinda blows any hope of getting by with just 1 gift.
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08-13-2019, 03:28 PM #61Good-lookin' wool
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Glade has been on some sort of edgy initiative this last month. Nothing is safe - men’s shorts and birthdays among them.
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08-13-2019, 03:29 PM #62
Seems like a wonderful opportunity to bond with your daughter and teach her about what is important like spending time together regardless of what day is on the calendar. Learning to be flexible, moderate expectations and get to the root of what really matters are important life lessons.
but if he takes the time to speak with his daughter first (and spend time with her) she will see her mother for what she really is when and if the trash talk starts.“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something." Rep. John Lewis
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08-13-2019, 03:37 PM #63
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08-13-2019, 03:50 PM #64indentured servant
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Take the daughter with on the ski trip?
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08-13-2019, 03:57 PM #65
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08-13-2019, 04:13 PM #66
Hmmm
First congrats on the “ex” part. She sounds like a terrible individual.
Second just talk to your daughter. I’m sure you’ll get the green light.
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08-13-2019, 04:39 PM #67I drink it up
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08-13-2019, 06:04 PM #68
She's going to be 14. The only chance you have of remaining cool in her world is to go on a subsidized ski vacation. Make her proud.
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08-13-2019, 06:31 PM #69
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08-13-2019, 06:36 PM #70
Seriously, you are asking such a question on a dirtbag ski forum? That sad part is there are answers other then "go skiing". What is this place coming to?
First off, fuck the ex (which apparently you already did, hence the conundrum). If she is the bitch she sounds, she already trashes you, so no worries on that point. Unless birthdays are the begin all and end all of your family celebrations go skiing. My daughters never gave a shit about b-days. Still dont. Just arent a priority in our family. Missing a wedding? That you should go to, unless it's an all expenses paid heli trip, then a silver tea set might be appropriate.
Take the money you save on this trip and use it for a father daughter get away. A week or even a lo g weekend with just one on one dad/daughter time will make life long memories. A birthday...not so much.
Father/daughter trips are the best, if for no other reason then the looks you get checking into a hotel
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08-13-2019, 06:39 PM #71
Hmmmm, yeah, you're on to something there. We may have something to learn here. You know how all the tiger Mom's try to schedule the birth so that the kids are the oldest in the class? Bigger and better? Maybe we should have dirtbag scheduling, so the kid pops out in mud season.
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08-13-2019, 06:49 PM #72Banned
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08-13-2019, 06:49 PM #73
Might as well get the kid used to the idea that the only people who will care about her birthday as an adult are her dentist and her insurance agent.
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08-13-2019, 08:07 PM #74
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08-13-2019, 08:13 PM #75Registered User
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