Flame me, but I don't think it matters. My kids don't have any toy guns but that doesn't stop my kid from picking up any stick, broom, etc. and turning it into a gun. He aims his sticks and yells "bang bang bang!"
We have guns in the house because DH competes in sporting clays (sort of like skeet and trap shooting) but I'm pretty sure my kids have never actually seen one of his guns. He carries them in and out of the house in cases that don't indicate what is inside. When he comes home, they are immediately locked up in a gun safe that is inside a locked room in our basement. DH and I make it a practice to never even open the safe if our kids are in the basement.
We also don't watch violent programming with our kids.
And yet our kids know all about guns and how to simulate using them. I don't think have toy guns or not having them in the house really matters because they get exposed to it anyway.
Post by laceylaplante on Oct 29, 2014 13:14:39 GMT -5
I'm really jealous of my cousin. She is such a snobby bitch and it sucks to be jealous of someone you just don't like. Having your whole family gush about her all the time doesn't help. "Isn't she so beautiful? Doesn't she live such a wonderful life in Hollywood." Fuck off.
She has been in CA for 10+ years to be an actress. Tomorrow she'll be on Big Bang and I'm almost positive it's because of her fucking annoying voice. But she is beautiful and semi talented.
I just had a series of huge financial windfalls, which actually shouldn't have been windfalls at all. There was no reason for me not to know about the money other than my extreme lack of attention to most details. It could have easily gone the other way and had negative financial reprecrussions, so I just feel kind of weird about it all. I was even embarrassed to tell my H, and I of course can't mention it to anyone else IRL. It's a good problem to have, but since it's a direct result of a fundamental personal flaw, I feel all conflicted.
Now that J is in school I wish he was a girl. I bet he would behave, listen and not act like a fool all the time if he was a girl. Trying to get J to follow public school norms seems so futile somedays. And of course it only the boys who act up in class.
Lol. I was the worst behaved kid in my class just about every year.
I think they are bad in a different way. Girls will scream that they hate you or whatever. My brother was great when talking to my parents and then did stuff he wasn't supposed to and got in trouble.
lol, that was my sister.
LOL, I remember when my brother got in trouble as a HS freshman, my mom came to me and said, "What is wrong with him? You didn't do this shit in HS!" And I told her, "YES I DID! I was just smart enough not to get CAUGHT!" LOL
My confession is that lately I've been going to bed way earlier than normal. I blame pregnancy, but really I just want to lounge in bed, in the quiet, with whatever I want on tv.
Post by deanlicker78 on Oct 29, 2014 13:24:56 GMT -5
I leave for New Orleans tomorrow. I am so damn excited. No husband, no children. This is the first time I have been anywhere alone without a family member present in years. I may never come back.
We have weapon toys and I am anti real life weapons. What can you do.
Yep, same here. Also, my kids (and probably any others who have been exposed to toy weapons) have the ability to turn just about any toy into a "weapon" - I'm trying to remember what it was that DS turned into a gun the other day. But it was something very innocent.
DH is painting the family room and took the curtain rods down. DS (2) picked one up, pointed it at me and said "pow" last night. No clue where that came from. I'm assuming daycare.
And HOW MANY SHADES OF PINK ARE THERE? You think you've got socks that will match that dress, but nope, they're a hair more magenta instead of true coral.
It is xmil's weekend to have dd so she will be taking her trick or treating. I don't plan on taking ds trick or treating...he could care less. This makes me ridiculously happy that I don't have to leave my house.
We have weapon toys and I am anti real life weapons. What can you do.
We have banned weapon toys in our house, but realized that was futile when we have all manner of forks, knives, sticks, etc. Even the dinosaurs in our house shoot things, apparently. I guess I should be grateful that the boys have active imaginations?
My confession: I hope my son's football team loses tonight. The coach is awful and has told a group of 9 year old boys that he is only playing his best 11 kids for the whole game. When the kids were like "Whyyyy?" He said "because don't you want to win" wtg coach. way to build up the kids. so if they lose a.) the season is over and b.) I can tell off the coach.
We have had some pretty shitty coaches thus far and I am so over it. Youth sports shouldn't be like this
And HOW MANY SHADES OF PINK ARE THERE? You think you've got socks that will match that dress, but nope, they're a hair more magenta instead of true coral.
(Eye twitch)
no one cares about the colour of your kids socks.
Oh, I know it's totally self imposed. I can't stand when things allllmost match but clash horribly instead. It's a pet peeve. She mostly wears white or ivory socks now because I gave up.
And, I only care about matching because they're visible when she wears Mary Janes and t straps.
This makes me lol and lol and lol. The parents of girls I know spend shitloads more on other things. Having girls is no cheaper than boys.
I'm pretty sure even if ds had every game console known to man, dd would still be more expensive.
Where the FUCK do all of the hair bows go? There has to be a window to another dimension somewhere in this house.
She also has like 10 pairs of shoes. I don't even get off on buying her shoes. It's just that I don't want her to look stupid and girl shoes are just as outfit specific as women's shoes.
Yes! I have bought a cookie jars worth of bows, and at any given time, I can find, like, five. Where do they go?!