Neighbours, their kids, the things you hear......
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Lemmonie said:
Leave her alone, sounds like she is doing a good job.
Eh? Spending the morning having a screaming/door slamming/foot stamping contest with a three year old is doing a good job? And I'll happily leave her alone when their three year old's antic no longer intrude quite so much in to our lives. I know, I know......how very selfish of me 
As others have suggested, plan is to have a chat with the dad, probably over a beer.
Have you got kids, OP?
I would take round a lasagne or something similar. FFS she has a 3 month old baby, and a 3 year old who's probably confused as hell. It'll calm down.
As for 'taking the dad out for a beer to address his non-coping wife', tread carefully - said wife may end up killing you.
I would take round a lasagne or something similar. FFS she has a 3 month old baby, and a 3 year old who's probably confused as hell. It'll calm down.
As for 'taking the dad out for a beer to address his non-coping wife', tread carefully - said wife may end up killing you.
I cannot contribute anything useful, but I do find these parenting threads interesting.
I'm not a parent so it's hard for me to understand all this, but I can't tell if its pot luck or parenting style that determines the mischief level of children.
I asked my mum about it recently and she said that on the whole, myself and my brother were extremely well behaved and there were very very few 'go to bed early' type incidents over the years.
Yes, we cried and threw the tantrums over things when really young, but she said we never went though any of that "if you slam that door one more time you are going to bed.... RIGHT THAT'S IT! BED!".
If we were told to stop doing something we stopped doing it right then and there for fear of "when your father gets home".
Maybe our parents just got very lucky with us.. And then again maybe they were those old fashioned parents that you just didn't f
k with?
I guess I'll find out when I have children
I'm a bit of a softie, but I'll tell you what, my girlfriend would run the house like a motherfking German prison guard 
I know one thing though, I've watched friends have children recently and they are bloody hard work even when they do behave all the time. So my hat is off to anyone raising children.
I'm not a parent so it's hard for me to understand all this, but I can't tell if its pot luck or parenting style that determines the mischief level of children.
I asked my mum about it recently and she said that on the whole, myself and my brother were extremely well behaved and there were very very few 'go to bed early' type incidents over the years.
Yes, we cried and threw the tantrums over things when really young, but she said we never went though any of that "if you slam that door one more time you are going to bed.... RIGHT THAT'S IT! BED!".
If we were told to stop doing something we stopped doing it right then and there for fear of "when your father gets home".
Maybe our parents just got very lucky with us.. And then again maybe they were those old fashioned parents that you just didn't f
k with?I guess I'll find out when I have children
I'm a bit of a softie, but I'll tell you what, my girlfriend would run the house like a motherfking German prison guard I know one thing though, I've watched friends have children recently and they are bloody hard work even when they do behave all the time. So my hat is off to anyone raising children.
phil1979 said:
Have you got kids, OP?
How does that make an iota of difference? Never understand it as a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario.As my neighbours don't have a motorbike, I take it I can tell them to do one if and when I rev the b
ks off mine outside their front door? After all, what would they know....they haven't got one.Crossflow Kid said:
How does that make an iota of difference? Never understand it as a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario.
As my neighbours don't have a motorbike, I take it I can tell them to do one if and when I rev the bks off mine outside their front door? After all, what would they know....they haven't got one.
It's not a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario; it's about empathy and how you would approach a stressed new mother.As my neighbours don't have a motorbike, I take it I can tell them to do one if and when I rev the b
ks off mine outside their front door? After all, what would they know....they haven't got one.phil1979 said:
Crossflow Kid said:
How does that make an iota of difference? Never understand it as a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario.
As my neighbours don't have a motorbike, I take it I can tell them to do one if and when I rev the bks off mine outside their front door? After all, what would they know....they haven't got one.
It's not a defence in the unruly/noisy/pesky kids scenario; it's about empathy and how you would approach a stressed new mother.As my neighbours don't have a motorbike, I take it I can tell them to do one if and when I rev the b
ks off mine outside their front door? After all, what would they know....they haven't got one.AnonSpoilSport said:
chrisp84 said:
AnonSpoilSport said:
phil1979 said:
chrisp84 said:
She is
Hang on a mo... how do you have a 5 month old and a 1 year old? Now, which to choose..?
ds. I may need to write a strongly worded letter about this.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff