Mundane facts about your day: Part Deux.

Glam

Glam

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littleme said:
Grandsons 5 , the 'parents' choose to gentle parenthood' the child, I'm litterally tearing my hair out by the time they leave, climbing furniture, trying to pull down blinds, teasing the cat, walking round with food & drink...tell me I'm not the only person?


I feel like a really bad nan. BUT, there seem to be NO rules.
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My sister in law believed in 'Gentle Parenting' Her two were the littliest shits you've ever met. No manners, and would try to destroy everything in sight.
Mine on the other hand, had a wallop when needed (only when needed mind) and we could take them anywhere and they'd behave, please, thank you etc etc. Unless it was shopping in Iceland, when the eldest two would break dance in the entrance bit. No idea why, they just did it everytime.

staffordjas said:
:ohno:

I once smacked my nephew as he belted my mum in the face. She'd been telling me he'd done it often ,so I gave him a quick slap when he did it while I was there (my brother & sister in law laughed at the time he did it) and all hell broke loose .I was the evil one, even mum , who'd been moaning turned on me! :roll:
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Did he ever do it again?
The sister in laws big threat, was that her little shits would be sent to mine for a fortnight, she always reckoned if I couldn't sort them out, no-one could. Thank fark they never did.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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Having a bloody good afternoon and evening out , disco playing all our oldies from our day.But getting my self depressed watching all these people younger than myself having fun with years in front of them, thinking I'm getting on and hubbys on borrowed time.
First time I've felt like that but....

And the dance floor is full of youngsters dancing to motown with no motown moves in sight...

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staffordjas

staffordjas

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Glam said:
My sister in law believed in 'Gentle Parenting' Her two were the littliest shits you've ever met. No manners, and would try to destroy everything in sight.
Mine on the other hand, had a wallop when needed (only when needed mind) and we could take them anywhere and they'd behave, please, thank you etc etc. Unless it was shopping in Iceland, when the eldest two would break dance in the entrance bit. No idea why, they just did it everytime.


Did he ever do it again?
The sister in laws big threat, was that her little shits would be sent to mine for a fortnight, she always reckoned if I couldn't sort them out, no-one could. Thank fark they never did.
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I was banned from visiting my parents for ages, so never knew if it happened again.
 
Glam

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
staffordjas said:
Having a bloody good afternoon and evening out , disco playing all our oldies from our day.But getting my self depressed watching all these people younger than myself having fun with years in front of them, thinking I'm getting on and hubbys on borrowed time.
First time I've felt like that but....

And the dance floor is full of youngsters dancing to motown with no motown moves in sight...

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I had a morbid moment a few weeks ago. Nattering with the youngest sister, as you do. And I worked out that the average death of women on both sides is 75. (Aunties, Nanny) Mum was 83, her own younger sister is 93, exceptions, pair of them. Anyroads, by the law of averages, it means I have just 8 years after I retire at 67, roughly.
It's a sobering thought. I'm probably wrong, but it means I have only 16 years left. I'm too young!
 
proactive

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Glam said:
I had a morbid moment a few weeks ago. Nattering with the youngest sister, as you do. And I worked out that the average death of women on both sides is 75. (Aunties, Nanny) Mum was 83, her own younger sister is 93, exceptions, pair of them. Anyroads, by the law of averages, it means I have just 8 years after I retire at 67, roughly.
It's a sobering thought. I'm probably wrong, but it means I have only 16 years left. I'm too young!
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50 years ago you'd retire at 65 and be lucky to make it to 66. That's how pensions work.

Now, by the time you make 67, you'll likely have another 20 years ahead of you, god willing. Progress isn't always for the best, but in this case it is.
 
staffordjas

staffordjas

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I'm 67 now so hope ypu
proactive said:
50 years ago you'd retire at 65 and be lucky to make it to 66. That's how pensions work.

Now, by the time you make 67, you'll likely have another 20 years ahead of you, god willing. Progress isn't always for the best, but in this case it is.
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I'm 67 now , so hope you're right.

Hubby on the other hand (65 now) nearly snuffed it 9 years ago before an emergency heart op and Fantastic Korean surgeon saved him. His meds have kept him going and doing the job of a pacemaker til now , but with a downward turn recently its a case of waiting for results/ action needed on Wednesday...

Scary , especially as he's was running under 3 hour marathons before, then suddenly bang!

Had a bloody good few afternoons/ nights out though lately :)
 
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Glam

Glam

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Trumpet said:
Who was she threatening? You or them?
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Either. She threatened the little shits that they would be sent to mine for 2 weeks, reckoned I'd knock some manners into them one way or another.
I've had 4 of my own. Neither of us were going to have the sort of children that run riot anywhere, screaming their heads off, ruining things for others.
 
Thehooperman

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staffordjas said:
Having a bloody good afternoon and evening out , disco playing all our oldies from our day.But getting my self depressed watching all these people younger than myself having fun with years in front of them, thinking I'm getting on and hubbys on borrowed time.
First time I've felt like that but....

And the dance floor is full of youngsters dancing to motown with no motown moves in sight...

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I had a similar conversation with a friend I met in London this afternoon and she was concerned about her age.

I just asked her what ladies who were her age now were like when she was 18.

The response was "oh they were little old biddies with walking sticks and no life".

Times have moved on and people are fitter and have more fulfilled lives these days.
 
Trumpet

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Glam said:
Either. She threatened the little shits that they would be sent to mine for 2 weeks, reckoned I'd knock some manners into them one way or another.
I've had 4 of my own. Neither of us were going to have the sort of children that run riot anywhere, screaming their heads off, ruining things for others.
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She's not ill behaved, I just don't like having babies about the place. Boy gets it I think and Mrs T only tried to put her on my knee once yesterday.
 
PeterD

PeterD

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Kids are cnts, they are. My grandson is without question but he isn’t an evil cnt. That’s the best you can hope for. He lives with us every other week, it’s great when he gets here but when he goes off on a Friday till the following Friday it’s marvellous.
 
PeterD

PeterD

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Trumpet said:
Wouldn't go that far, she's pretty well behaved taken as a whole. Just not my thing. I can manage without them in my life.
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Oh don’t get me wrong they are lovely and bring us all joy etc, but by the same token they can be utter assholes. Obviously this is not to be taken seriously and when I say kids I mean the little shits I have to deal with yet he still thinks I am the best grandad.
 
Cue

Cue

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Childless millennials chiming in, also known as “a cat’s favourite parent type” according to TikTok. I can’t disagree, ours is treated like a king.

There’s very few kids in the world I have any patience for, a friend of ours has a kid who was the only one permitted at our wedding - he was an absolute angel, and at the home reception he didn’t try to harass our cat or manhandle him (he’d have left with less skin that he came with if he did tbf). That kid I have time for, but the majority of kids I would rather just not be around, frankly.

The kids being described in this thread wouldn’t be allowed to step a foot in my house… it’s a very common topic on “Am I the Asshole?”, family members being upset that you won’t tolerate their untrained rugrats. I get enough of that from next door’s tbh, one of them is so badly behaved we regularly hear him screaming, swearing at the mother, all sorts.
 
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tek-monkey

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
Glam said:
I really hope I do, cos there's a lot I still want to do with my life.
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Can you do any of it now? Cos that's the best time!

I'm both glad I waited very late to have kids and afraid I won't be active enough for him. I'll be in my 60s when he's 16!
 
Bob

Bob

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That government alert thing just frightened the life out of me, I had no idea my phone could make that noise 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
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