OT:Thank God for teenage sons!
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I came home from work this morning only to have my teenage son announce to me that the car he was driving around, looking for trouble in, "broke down" last night. Upon further questioning, I discovered that it did not break down, he admitted to me that he was in the process of making a U-turn near the tracks, came upon a large "curb," which he proceeded to use as a wrecking bar on the under carriage of the car. So far, I know that the oil pan is gone and the steering linkage is probably trashed. It is not yet known what further damage has been done and if the car is salvageable. Isn't it wonderful being a father?
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Feel blessed you do not have a teenage daughter...
At least it was only a car that was damaged...
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WOW, i cant wait for those days. NOT!!!
i remembered when i totalled my mom's Ford LTD Landau when i was 14. i didnt even have a license yet, and was sneaking my moms car out to 'cruise the drag'. that car was sooo mint, and i wrapped it around a pecan tree. my dad beat the hell out of me, and i was pretty much grounded for the whole summer.. but, i remember feeling the MOST horrible about how my mom felt towards me. i was no longer her obedient young son.. in her eyes, i had become the lying, dishonest, untrustworthy punk kid that lived in her home. not that she didnt still love me, but that event changed my relationship with my parents forever.
we laugh about it now, but i know it hurt my parents, and especially my mom, pretty deep.. hopefully your son will see this and realize there is a lot more hurt here than just a car... i know i did..
whatfurrer- and to add to what you said.. i was once told by someone, and i cant remeber who..? when my wife was pregnant, i had said i wished we could have a little girl. someone told me, "be careful what you wish. if you have a little boy, all you have to worry about is one penis.. if you have a little girl, you have to worry about them ALL".
someone was giving me good advice
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Good point WhatFurrer.
I often think back to my father, and wonder how the hell he raised 5 children. Growing up he had a very unique sports car called a Sunbeam Tiger. It was a car about the size of a MGB with a 289 V8. The thing would flat out HAUL ASS. Alas, I never got to drive it, two of my older brothers took care of that.
On four different occasions while the parents were out of town, they had decided to take it out and impress their friends (with keys they had made on the sly). Each time the car came back wrecked. The last time, dad was so upset he just sold the thing. Being the youngest, I RARELY got to drive mom or dads cars. Go figure.
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Oh no!! I have an 7 yr. old son, and a 5 yr. old daughter! I guess I am doomed!
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Yep! Two sons aged 12 & 10, and now a 1yr old daughter. So about to hit the teenage years with the boys, but will still have the daughter to look forward to in the future.
Kind of hoping the boys stick around long enough to ward off potential suitors for their sister, but the age gap may be too large to do any good!
Oh well...
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Well. I'm going to have one of each -- just found out the 'bump' is a girl -- so I'm doomed both ways.
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LIFE IS SHORT. DON'T BE A DICK.
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Great news Peter!
Now you can quit while you are ahead (or behind).
Friend's of mine kept having girls (they stopped trying for a boy after the 3rd girl)
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There is an old saying:
"when you have a boy, you worry about one (insert favourite male genital term), when you have a girl, you worry about them all"
My apologies if that offends.
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Paraphrasing what Tom Clancy once said. "Daughters are God's revenge."
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Oh My GOSH!.
I have an 8yr old son and 3yr old twins (boy and a girl).
I am going to get this 3 times....and the latter will be 2 at a time.
OUCH.
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Thanks guys! We would have stopped at two regardless of the sex of #2. But this does put a nice balance on things.
One of my co-workers has 4 girls and gets really annoyed whenever someone else has a boy, so he was happy at our news.
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"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." C Hitchens
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Congrats, Peter ! Does this mean we need to start a pool as to who is the real father ? Or don't they do that joke in your neck of the woods ...
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Do we have a story to tell?
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Sneaking back to the original thread for a bit; I think I understand about Teenage sons.
I am(along with my wife)raising three sons, aged 11,9,and 7, and a daughter of 4.
But yet I'm extreemly familiar with the problems associated with teenagers and their driving habits!
Yeah!! Really!!
Our oldest daughter is 35; our son is 29 and our youngest daughter is 27.
It's our youngest daughters' children that we're raising, since she "gave" them to us five years ago!(We got them in two installments-the three boys, then she delivered us a daughter a year later)
So our Grandkids are now Our Kids, and the boys are already looking real close at my Jeep! The same old Jeep that the three kids before them learned to drive in!
Our Son cost us the most, the worst case was when he had one foot on the gas the other on the brake and tried real hard to shift into first! He would have done it too, but the gears decided to let go at the last moment!! It wasen't that he didn't know how to drive it; he used to sneak it out of the garage at night and go four-wheeling quite often til I discovered what he was doing!
Actually, the Jeep was new when the first kid was learning to drive! I hope it's still running by the time the last one gets to it!(Hell: I hope I'M still Running!!)
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Good news, Peter, but how will you resolve the problem of the avatars for next year?
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That will be the least of my worries, John.
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Congrats! My boy is now about 7.5 weeks. One of each is great, but man o man, it's a bit of work. I barely even have time to post!
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We've got the one kid routine down pat, but I've heard two kids are more than twice the work. Hopefully all the people who tell me the second kid is easier are correct.
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Hopefully all the people who tell me the second kid is easier are correct.
Nope their wrong Peter it is twice the work .Truefully I think parenthood is one of the best things I have ever done in my life.I have loved it.
Rick
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Wait until you get to 3 kids: then you've got to go from man-to-man to playing zone!
(Trying to incorporate the sports thread, too)
Rich
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I missed this response to the "Who is the real father" joke ... There is an old tradition to have a pool where everyone tosses in, say, $20 into a pot with a guess as to whom the REAL father is. Guesses like "Mick Jagger" or "Wilt Chamberlain" are tossed about.
If you guess right, you win all the money, if NOONE guesses right, the money goes to the new parents. Of course, noone EVER guesses the real DAD. Come to think of it, that would take the fun out of it ...
It is a way to have fun while getting to the new parents a few hundred needed $$$$.
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