It doesn't matter what you tell your kids, they never listen. :(

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St. wrote:
> It doesn't matter what you tell your kids, they never listen. :( 

Sorry, what did you say?

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>> It doesn't matter what you tell your kids, they never listen. :(
>
> Sorry, what did you say?

 I said: "Get yourself through college first son, get a good job, and then 
find yourself a nice girl".

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>> Sorry, what did you say?
> 
>  I said: "Get yourself through college first son, get a good job, and then 
> find yourself a nice girl". 

Hmm. I'm having trouble with the "get a good job" part. :-/

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> Sorry, what did you say?
>>
>>  I said: "Get yourself through college first son, get a good job, and 
>> then find yourself a nice girl".
>
> Hmm. I'm having trouble with the "get a good job" part. :-/

    Don't worry about it, you'll find one because you're clever enough to. 
Just thank your lucky stars that you ain't gonna be a dad.

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>> Hmm. I'm having trouble with the "get a good job" part. :-/
> 
>     Don't worry about it, you'll find one because you're clever enough to. 
> Just thank your lucky stars that you ain't gonna be a dad. 

Ah, the infinite joys of parenthood: stress, self-doubt, and being 
unappreciated. Yay. :-.

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> Hmm. I'm having trouble with the "get a good job" part. :-/
>>
>>     Don't worry about it, you'll find one because you're clever enough 
>> to. Just thank your lucky stars that you ain't gonna be a dad.
>
> Ah, the infinite joys of parenthood: stress, self-doubt, and being 
> unappreciated. Yay. :-.

   Oh, don't get me wrong, it's great when they're pre-teens, and then all 
of a sudden they think they're a 'man' when they get to 18. How wrong they 
are. :/

    BTW, you're getting warmer Andrew.

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>> Ah, the infinite joys of parenthood: stress, self-doubt, and being 
>> unappreciated. Yay. :-.
> 
>    Oh, don't get me wrong, it's great when they're pre-teens

Oh I don't know, I'm not sure I'd enjoy being woken up every 2 hours. ;-)

("I slept like a baby last night." "...what, you woke up every 2 hours??")

And in general, being around kids just tends to annoy me. Rapidly.

> and then all 
> of a sudden they think they're a 'man' when they get to 18. How wrong they 
> are. :/

At this point I'd come up with some speech about how people are 
different and not everyone is like this or something... but then, that's 
not really much help, is it?

(Just as one data point... I'm 28, not 18, and I doubt I'll *ever* be a 
"man".)

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"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> Ah, the infinite joys of parenthood: stress, self-doubt, and being 
>>> unappreciated. Yay. :-.
>>
>>    Oh, don't get me wrong, it's great when they're pre-teens
>
> Oh I don't know, I'm not sure I'd enjoy being woken up every 2 hours. ;-)

    Well, I enjoyed it.


>
> ("I slept like a baby last night." "...what, you woke up every 2 hours??")

 Heh, well, I can't ever remember it affecting my work day, so it wasn't 
that bad.


>
> And in general, being around kids just tends to annoy me. Rapidly.

     Maybe because they're not your own. I think it's different when you 
have your own and they're at that age when you can play-fight, and they 
*always* win!  :)


>
>> and then all of a sudden they think they're a 'man' when they get to 18. 
>> How wrong they are. :/
>
> At this point I'd come up with some speech about how people are different 
> and not everyone is like this or something... but then, that's not really 
> much help, is it?

  Not really. It hasn't actually sunk in properly yet for me, but last 
night, *my* life changed, (yet again). <sigh>

   I've got some serious thinking to do, and quite honestly, I'm done with 
thinking.


>
> (Just as one data point... I'm 28, not 18, and I doubt I'll *ever* be a 
> "man".)

     Well, to be honest, I would agree with that. I'm not really sure what 
would constitute as a 'man', but I guess getting through life's struggles 
'yourself' is a good start.

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>> Oh I don't know, I'm not sure I'd enjoy being woken up every 2 hours. ;-)
> 
>     Well, I enjoyed it.



>> And in general, being around kids just tends to annoy me. Rapidly.
> 
>      Maybe because they're not your own. I think it's different when you 
> have your own and they're at that age when you can play-fight, and they 
> *always* win!  :)

Mmm, possibly. Jamie keeps telling me how cool it is. (Then again, Jamie 
has two beautiful little girls with long gold hair and a smiling 
addiction...)

>   Not really. It hasn't actually sunk in properly yet for me, but last 
> night, *my* life changed, (yet again). <sigh>

Damn. And to think my problem is that my life *doesn't* change... o_O

>> (Just as one data point... I'm 28, not 18, and I doubt I'll *ever* be a 
>> "man".)
> 
>      Well, to be honest, I would agree with that. I'm not really sure what 
> would constitute as a 'man', but I guess getting through life's struggles 
> 'yourself' is a good start. 

OK, great. Now I have that God-awful poem by Mr Kipling in my head... >_<

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