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05-27-2020, 10:06 PM #1401
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05-27-2020, 11:15 PM #1404Registered User
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05-27-2020, 11:21 PM #1405
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05-28-2020, 06:28 AM #1406
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05-28-2020, 11:24 AM #1407
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05-28-2020, 11:32 AM #1408Registered User
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To be more articulate, you guys are giving me dad advice based on logic. I live in a 3+6 year olds world were nothing is logical, my daily life with them is a string of absurd events, and they are agents of chaos where a simple sandwich is not a simple sandwich. Now add a dog who eats all their food if they look away for a second, bolts out the door to bite the mailman (when the kids open the front door when they know they shouldn't) and this same dog occasionally munches down on a dirty diaper if given the opportunity, all while i just neeed ONE FUCKING MINUTE to concentrate. I don't need advice on kids, I need advice on how to go with the flow and accept this absurd life.
Gotta go, there is a poop in the bathtub to clean up.
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05-28-2020, 11:44 AM #1409Funky But Chic
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Well you can always turn on some video for them, that usually worked for me when I was in that boat.
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05-28-2020, 01:41 PM #1410"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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05-28-2020, 01:49 PM #1411Registered User
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05-28-2020, 02:12 PM #1412
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05-28-2020, 02:20 PM #1413
Thank you for the reminder of how grateful I am to be through those years. I used to say the 3 Things were like the bear cubs at the zoo. Horsing around, wrestling in a rolling ball of energy x 3 that destroyed everything in its path. There was screaming too. I will tell you it gets better, and in spite of the fact that it feels like it will never end, it will, and you'll wonder where the time went!
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05-28-2020, 02:27 PM #1414
^^^Amen. Been through it as well. I raised girls, was raised in family of boys, not sure which is worse.
And muted, I paid the 6YO to take care of the 2YO. It works for about an hour, then comes the meltdown. But if you only need 30 minutes...
The dog seems to be its own problem. Kennel?
Vibes though. Parenting young ones by yourself can be draining
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05-28-2020, 02:30 PM #1415
When ours were teensy, we did a lot of long distance trips, like 1000 miles each way 2-3 times a year.
We eventually stocked up on earplugs for the drive, not from their fighting, but from their laughing and screaming joy.
They're teenagers now, so it's more like volleys of disdainful reproofs going back and forth in an approximation of civilized behavior.
So I recommend earplugs with a background veil of AC/DC, Led Zep, Stones or the Who. But then the problem is like when it's too quiet and you know you'd better go check on them. So set a timer.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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05-28-2020, 02:32 PM #1416
Man, I found evidence of poop atop the toilet lid the other day. Carefully cleaned (with TP only) by the 3yo and matter-of-factly explained as "totally handled".
WTF happened, kid? Didn't quite make it in time? Forgot the lid?
muted... you got a trampoline? I zip my kid into the enclosure and get a few minutes to work.
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05-28-2020, 02:45 PM #1417Registered User
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Yes, the screaming and whining is really what kills me too. Add screaming + hangover = hell
Norse, all tramps are sold out around here last I looked, I would love a smaller one we can wheel away. Don't want a big year-round one.
We have tons of things of them to do in the backyard though. I know what to do to get a minute break guys. I'm not totally useless I just need to bend in the breeze more. I don't know how this thread turned into all about me whining, I'll shut up now.
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05-28-2020, 02:49 PM #1418
Teenage boys beating the motherloving shit out of each other is such an unspeakable joy. 17yo has height weight advantage for now. 15yo has more muscle and is more athletic.
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05-28-2020, 02:54 PM #1419
Lol
Well it is the complaint thread. I see these little points as lighthearted distraction from the real shit of it. I'm glad to be with my kids this much even if it is hard to work.
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05-28-2020, 03:09 PM #1420
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05-28-2020, 03:14 PM #1423Registered User
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05-28-2020, 03:14 PM #1424
That was a trying time too. They can be downright cruel. Just remember, before you'll know it they'll be rolling by for drinks, beers and smoked ribs (like tonight) and clearly loving each other regardless of occasional disagreements and eye rolling. And two of them live together. I'm kind of amazed that works as well as it does, but hey.....!
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05-28-2020, 03:28 PM #1425
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