Scale of 1-10 how disappointed would you be?

[MWOS]

go into a computer program and make fake tickets in bright colors

walla!

[mrssandro]

I would be disappointed but I would just print him up a "special" ticket and bedazzle it or something.

[verypunny]

How old is he? Print out fake tickets and tie them to a balloon!

[karmasabiotch]

Just print out a picture of a mister truck and dummy tickets. He won't care that it isn't that the actual tickets.

[hopecounts]

I'd mock up a pretty/fancy (use crop art pics of monster steucks cool font, so on) certificate to go with his truck.
He won't care that they aren't the real thing and will probably like the fake one better since he can hold on to it, unlike the real tickets.

[janegold]

Not a big deal at ALL. Make up a voucher or fake tix.

[hopecounts]

Dec 16, 2013 12:46:28 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 12:43:40 GMT -5 MWOS said:

go into a computer program and make fake tickets in bright colors

walla!

This is a good idea. Except H would never do this, it would have to be me.

I'd either bitch until he did it or just do it myself. 
Probably the secnd because i'd have fun doing it while he did vacuuming/errands with the kiddo/some other pain in the butt task, his choice of making the tick or doing other shit.

[MWOS]

Dec 16, 2013 12:46:28 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 12:43:40 GMT -5 MWOS said:

go into a computer program and make fake tickets in bright colors

walla!

This is a good idea. Except H would never do this, it would have to be me.

threaten him with GMOs and vague germs

[CrazyLucky]

I agree with the fake ticket idea. But I also understand your DH frustration. My DH keeps talking about how stressed he is because of everything that has to be done. But here we are, 90% done, and the only thing he did was bake one kind of cookie and buy stocking stuffers.

[snipsnsnails]

He's 3! He wouldn't even care if the real tickets were there! Just make it exciting! Wait, he is 3, right?

[leeann]

Just print out the ad/flyer for it, he'll be just as happy.

[aussiecrush]

My H has a habit of procrastinating, so I feel your pain. I'd be irritated but I'd just make the fake tickets and koko.

[cuddlyevil]

I like the ticket/voucher idea.

If it were my son, he'd want to sleep with it under his pillow (because it's a safe place dontyaknow) and I wouldn't let him put actual tickets under his pillow.

[revolution]

I wouldn't be bothered by this at all - are they getting there before the event? yes? I'm good.

Also, I would rather my 3 year old not hold and have possession of any type of ticket. Slobber, feed to the dog, spill a drink on it, throw it away in the craziness of Christmas morning - too many things to go wrong and lose it! I'd make a fake one regardless of having the real tickets in my house or not.

[cuddlyevil]

Dec 16, 2013 13:12:32 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 13:07:33 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

I like the ticket/voucher idea.

If it were my son, he'd want to sleep with it under his pillow (because it's a safe place dontyaknow) and I wouldn't let him put actual tickets under his pillow.

lol. This is so cute.

Yeah, but we learned the hard way to not let him keep the real thing under his pillow after he lost his little $3 off coupon from the TRU birthday club.

There is a Christmas toy catalog that we are not allowed to throw away because he loves looking at it so much. He made me read it to him for a bedtime story a few times LOL.

[malibu]

I'd be annoyed because my H procrastinated, but I'd just do what PP suggested and print the fakes.

[thebuddhagouda]

Dec 16, 2013 13:15:00 GMT -5 revolution said:

I wouldn't be bothered by this at all - are they getting there before the event? yes? I'm good.

Also, I would rather my 3 year old not hold and have possession of any type of ticket. Slobber, feed to the dog, spill a drink on it, throw it away in the craziness of Christmas morning - too many things to go wrong and lose it! I'd make a fake one regardless of having the real tickets in my house or not.

Yeah, this is what I was just about to say. Even if I was in possession of the real tickets, my 3yo would still be getting a fake one. That shit would get destroyed otherwise.

[MixedBerryJam]

Dec 16, 2013 13:06:40 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 13:02:22 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

He's 3! He wouldn't even care if the real tickets were there! Just make it exciting! Wait, he is 3, right?

Yeah, he's 3. But he does know what tickets are and what they're for (from various plays, concerts, movies, etc), and since it's from "Santa" I think it would be weird to need Mom and Dad to interpret the gift. I'll do up some fake tickets though.

Now see, this is how we're different. Santa gives smallish things, but the big stuff, the heroic stuff, I want the credit for that!

[snipsnsnails]

Dec 16, 2013 13:06:40 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 13:02:22 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

He's 3! He wouldn't even care if the real tickets were there! Just make it exciting! Wait, he is 3, right?

Yeah, he's 3. But he does know what tickets are and what they're for (from various plays, concerts, movies, etc), and since it's from "Santa" I think it would be weird to need Mom and Dad to interpret the gift. I'll do up some fake tickets though.

Well, even if you had the tickets there, you'd still need to interpret, right? He can't read yet, can he? And he's never been to a Monster Jam before, has he?

[Gato]

Dec 16, 2013 12:46:28 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 12:43:40 GMT -5 MWOS said:

go into a computer program and make fake tickets in bright colors

walla!

This is a good idea. Except H would never do this, it would have to be me.

I would tell him that he HAS to do this, and if he argued/didn't do it, THEN my disappointment level would be at 10, and he would never hear the end of it.  I don't care if my H isn't into presents (he isn't).  This is not about him, and he would need to get over himself.  Kids like actual stuff under the tree.

[DotAndBuzz]

Dec 16, 2013 13:06:40 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Dec 16, 2013 13:02:22 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

He's 3! He wouldn't even care if the real tickets were there! Just make it exciting! Wait, he is 3, right?

Yeah, he's 3. But he does know what tickets are and what they're for (from various plays, concerts, movies, etc), and since it's from "Santa" I think it would be weird to need Mom and Dad to interpret the gift. I'll do up some fake tickets though.

Santa isn't giving him fake tickets.  Santa's giving him real tickets that he can keep forever.  That way when you surrender the actual tickets at the show and they get stamped/ripped in half/whatever, it doesn't matter because he has the "keep forever tickets" anyways at home.

[Deleted]

To be honest I thought you were going to say it's sold out or only crappy seats were left, so I wouldn't be TOO upset. I'd be annoyed and get some housecleaning out of it though