I love my kids, but.....
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dave_s13 said:
I've got 2 girls, 6 & 4 and a 2yr old boy.
I too love 7pm.
I also have very little patience so find looking after them solo very hard sometimes. Three seems to be some weird biochemical number where together you can guarantee one of them will be kicking off. Remove any of the three then the remaining two are good as gold.
To summarise..... Only have a maximum of two kids.
Sorry, that works with two kids as well. I actually think my pair have had a secret rota for 'getting the arse' since day one. I too love 7pm.
I also have very little patience so find looking after them solo very hard sometimes. Three seems to be some weird biochemical number where together you can guarantee one of them will be kicking off. Remove any of the three then the remaining two are good as gold.
To summarise..... Only have a maximum of two kids.
With mine, it doesn't matter which one you remove from the melee... It just calms down. Weird.
My boy has recently learnt to vomit on demand and uses it as a tactic to get attention when he's tired or wants something. I'm slowly trying to beat this one out if him as it's f
king grim, the little bugger.
My boy has recently learnt to vomit on demand and uses it as a tactic to get attention when he's tired or wants something. I'm slowly trying to beat this one out if him as it's f
king grim, the little bugger. 
My lad has just started his 2nd year at university. Yes we went through the "we can control the bedtime, no tv till homework finished" stage to the "I know what I am doing so leave me alone" stage.
Him and the wife are night owls whereas I am an early bird so being woken at 11pm and being asked for help did annoy me especially when he was told weeks / days / ours ago if he needed help ask then not at the last minute.
Still he put the hard work in, got better results than he was predicted and having seen some of the films he was produced / directed / written for his university course I am proud of what he is doing.
He has my adventurous side of life as he has completed his International (Duke of Edinburgh) Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro last summer and is off to Machu Picchu next summer. Oh and he still likes Iron Maiden so all is not lost......
So yes at times he drove the wife and I mad but has matured, is doing very well and the wife and I are both proud to say he is our son. So stick at it as the results are worth the effort.
Of course if we ask our parents what we were like as kids and I am pretty sure they would say the same as most of the comments posted.
Him and the wife are night owls whereas I am an early bird so being woken at 11pm and being asked for help did annoy me especially when he was told weeks / days / ours ago if he needed help ask then not at the last minute.
Still he put the hard work in, got better results than he was predicted and having seen some of the films he was produced / directed / written for his university course I am proud of what he is doing.
He has my adventurous side of life as he has completed his International (Duke of Edinburgh) Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro last summer and is off to Machu Picchu next summer. Oh and he still likes Iron Maiden so all is not lost......
So yes at times he drove the wife and I mad but has matured, is doing very well and the wife and I are both proud to say he is our son. So stick at it as the results are worth the effort.
Of course if we ask our parents what we were like as kids and I am pretty sure they would say the same as most of the comments posted.
Cotty said:
Kermit power said:
If prospective parents were shown exactly what parenthood really involved in all of its gritty detail, the human race would die out!
I had a pretty good idea what it was all about, which is why I decided not to go down that route.We have my wife's 7 year old half brother for the weekend and I swear he's some kind of evil genius.
Aside from the fact he's the most selfish, spoilt and just generally not a nice kid. He really knows which buttons to push. Currently sat here watching him talk my wife to death so he gets away with eating as little of his dinner as possible after we've told him he doesn't leave the table until he's finished all his food (a tiny portion imo) but anyway he's sat there and she's playing right into his hands it's actually hilarious to watch.
I borderline can't stand the kid as I mentioned he's so spoilt and his attitude stinks, he does the absolute opposite to everything you ask and really really pushes you. All my friends have kids and fair enough kids are sts sometimes but their kids are lovely, never back chat. This one though he's the reincarnation of the devil.
I blame the parents.
Aside from the fact he's the most selfish, spoilt and just generally not a nice kid. He really knows which buttons to push. Currently sat here watching him talk my wife to death so he gets away with eating as little of his dinner as possible after we've told him he doesn't leave the table until he's finished all his food (a tiny portion imo) but anyway he's sat there and she's playing right into his hands it's actually hilarious to watch.
I borderline can't stand the kid as I mentioned he's so spoilt and his attitude stinks, he does the absolute opposite to everything you ask and really really pushes you. All my friends have kids and fair enough kids are s
ts sometimes but their kids are lovely, never back chat. This one though he's the reincarnation of the devil.I blame the parents.
Well, speaking from personal experience, loving your kids equates to watching the plane you should have been on take off from an airport thousands of miles, three day's travel and fifteen hundred quid's worth of tickets away from home, because your wife's in a nearby hospital cuddling your three hour old granddaughter. The little tyke didn't understand delivery dates and arrived a fortnight late, but not a penny, nor a minute of the nightmare journey home again was begrudged.
NordicCrankShaft said:
We have my wife's 7 year old half brother for the weekend and I swear he's some kind of evil genius.
Aside from the fact he's the most selfish, spoilt and just generally not a nice kid. He really knows which buttons to push. Currently sat here watching him talk my wife to death so he gets away with eating as little of his dinner as possible after we've told him he doesn't leave the table until he's finished all his food (a tiny portion imo) but anyway he's sat there and she's playing right into his hands it's actually hilarious to watch.
I borderline can't stand the kid as I mentioned he's so spoilt and his attitude stinks, he does the absolute opposite to everything you ask and really really pushes you. All my friends have kids and fair enough kids are sts sometimes but their kids are lovely, never back chat. This one though he's the reincarnation of the devil.
I blame the parents.
I feel your pain. See my post further up this thread.Aside from the fact he's the most selfish, spoilt and just generally not a nice kid. He really knows which buttons to push. Currently sat here watching him talk my wife to death so he gets away with eating as little of his dinner as possible after we've told him he doesn't leave the table until he's finished all his food (a tiny portion imo) but anyway he's sat there and she's playing right into his hands it's actually hilarious to watch.
I borderline can't stand the kid as I mentioned he's so spoilt and his attitude stinks, he does the absolute opposite to everything you ask and really really pushes you. All my friends have kids and fair enough kids are s
ts sometimes but their kids are lovely, never back chat. This one though he's the reincarnation of the devil.I blame the parents.
What is it about step kids?
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