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Old 2008-12-22, 04:54 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by SirMoby View Post
If you want to make her feel needed then leave the place a mess

Don't tell her I said that though.
I'm going to have the house as clean as my abilities allow, but I'm also going to tell her that you said that.
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Originally Posted by sue-fl View Post
Well I'm done shopping and have everything wrapped
Fuck! I forgot to buy wrapping paper. I suck as a single parent. Thanks for the reminder.
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UW, I found that same problem the last couple of years - with the boys all wanting electronic stuff (games, videos etc) the pile of gifts looks decidedly meager compared to the big fisher price type stuff they used to get lol. Plus it's harder now to keep things even between them, cuz you bet your ass they keep score
Yeah, I wish those $40-$60 a pop video games came in bigger boxes. I told Sandy that was going to put them in big boxes anyway, to make the tree look full and make it more of a surprise when they open them. As it stands, I may as well leave my daughter's gifts unwrapped because she'll know exactly what she has the moment she sees them. I think every parent wants to give their kids as much as possible and it's troublesome to spend all that money and have that tree look empty on Festivus morning. You feel like you've somehow failed as a parent and as a capitalist.
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