A bit council Vol 2

[Type R Tom]

DaveGoddard said:

I've had fallings out with friends who insist on calling their offspring "little man" or "little princess" especially on social media when they insist on sharing yet another stream of photos of them.

Maybe I just hate parents.

That alongside the entire set of unedited photos from that days activity, usually includes dozens of near identical shots. Why the fk do you not just pick one or two of the best ones!

[V8mate]

DaveGoddard said:

I've had fallings out with friends who insist on calling their offspring "little man" or "little princess" especially on social media when they insist on sharing yet another stream of photos of them.

Maybe I just hate parents.

Yeah, a friend of mine only ever refers to his son as 'the boy'. Drives me mad.

I think that's how his father used to refer to him; what he can't see is just how much psychological damage he sustained by being his father's son.

[ChemicalChaos]

Type R Tom said:

Having your children sent home from school for the wrong hair/clothes/shoes etc. is definitely on the list.

Indeed. Plus bonus points for failing to understand the difference between cultural dress and merely looking like a clown:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/27/schoolg...

[Zoon]

"but friend of Jamaican heritage is allowed"

Isn't that a bit like complaining that you aren't allowed in the girls toilets but your female friend is?

Thick as two short planks.

[Gunk]

V8mate said:

DaveGoddard said:

I've had fallings out with friends who insist on calling their offspring "little man" or "little princess" especially on social media when they insist on sharing yet another stream of photos of them.

Maybe I just hate parents.

Yeah, a friend of mine only ever refers to his son as 'the boy'. Drives me mad.

I think that's how his father used to refer to him; what he can't see is just how much psychological damage he sustained by being his father's son.

Even worse IMO is "little 'un"

[PurpleTurtle]

DaveGoddard said:

I've had fallings out with friends who insist on calling their offspring "little man" or "little princess" especially on social media when they insist on sharing yet another stream of photos of them.

Maybe I just hate parents.

Speaking as a parent of a 20 month old toddler, I loathe 'Little Man'. My own twin brother (a moneyed type from the Channel Islands these days) and my mate next door use it about my son, I always cringe inwardly when they say it but have to let it go.

Somebody very generously bought us a top for him, only problem is it has 'Daddy's Little Man' emblazoned across the front. Yesterday morning was quite chilly and it was the only clean long-sleeved top in his drawer. I picked it up, looked at it, put it back and chucked a t-shirt on him, pausing momentarily to think, "oh well, that will at least make a bit more of a man of him"

[andymc]

mini me

[Jimmy Recard]

PurpleTurtle said:

Speaking as a parent of a 20 month old toddler, I loathe 'Little Man'. My own twin brother (a moneyed type from the Channel Islands these days) and my mate next door use it about my son, I always cringe inwardly when they say it but have to let it go.

Somebody very generously bought us a top for him, only problem is it has 'Daddy's Little Man' emblazoned across the front. Yesterday morning was quite chilly and it was the only clean long-sleeved top in his drawer. I picked it up, looked at it, put it back and chucked a t-shirt on him, pausing momentarily to think, "oh well, that will at least make a bit more of a man of him"

My cousin is fking awful for this. She also constantly makes excuses for her son's bad behaviour. It's clearly because she feeds him a diet of chicken nuggets and chips washed down with Tango. We fell out when I mentioned this after he broke my laptop in a rage

[eldar]

ChemicalChaos said:

Indeed. Plus bonus points for failing to understand the difference between cultural dress and merely looking like a clown:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/27/schoolg...

The Telegraph. Getting even more council.

[ChemicalChaos]

eldar said:

The Telegraph. Getting even more council.

They do seem to be trying to out-Daily Mail the Daily Mail recently

[Harry H]

V8mate said:

Yeah, a friend of mine only ever refers to his son as 'the boy'. Drives me mad.

I think that's how his father used to refer to him; what he can't see is just how much psychological damage he sustained by being his father's son.

I know what you're saying but Alex Ferguson, said by some to be one of the top man managers in football referred to all his players as "the boy" when talking about them.

[mattyn1]

Gunk said:

Even worse IMO is "little 'un"

I prefer that to...... the munchkin(s)! Double so when the rug rat (sorry- had to add that one) is nearly big school age.

[DJFish]

mattyn1 said:

I prefer that to...... the munchkin(s)! Double so when the rug rat (sorry- had to add that one) is nearly big school age.

I wince when parents refer to their toddlers as "mate".
They're not your mate, they are offspring who must be taught to obey!

[Gunk]

mattyn1 said:

Gunk said:

Even worse IMO is "little 'un"

I prefer that to...... the munchkin(s)! Double so when the rug rat (sorry- had to add that one) is nearly big school age.

Call me old fashioned but I gave my son and daughter nice normal names and that's what I've always addressed them as.

[bob-lad]

mattyn1 said:

I prefer that to...... the munchkin(s)! Double so when the rug rat (sorry- had to add that one) is nearly big school age.

"big school" is that when they transition from pre-prep to prep school ?

[Trabi601]

Gunk said:

Even worse IMO is "little 'un"

North Korean dictators. Council.

[WD39]

Type R Tom said:

Having your children sent home from school for the wrong hair/clothes/shoes etc. is definitely on the list.

Agreed, but adding: Doing this and clearly knowing the rules.

[talksthetorque]

Zoon said:

austinsmirk said:

can't resist this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3877806/Fa...

"Chenise".

Why? Spending £140 for your daughter to look like she's had a fight with a ball of wool.

Dreadful

Nicely done

I thought

very intense looking dad said:

'I'm not racist in any shape or form - but this is like racism against their own'

Was worth a chuckle.

[Jezzerh]

Gunk said:

Haha that's what my wife calls my, well, never mind.

Also ' powered by fairy dust' stickers.

[motco]

mattyn1 said:

Gunk said:

Even worse IMO is "little 'un"

I prefer that to...... the munchkin(s)! Double so when the rug rat (sorry- had to add that one) is nearly big school age.

Nothing is worse than the bloody American "Big Guy"