20 years of parenting, paid in full

January 30, 2018, 03:07 PM

1KPerDay

My 10-year old girl wrote this note to me yesterday.

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My hovercraft is full of eels.

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

January 30, 2018, 03:13 PM

RETTOP

Your daughter's letter would have made any Dad feel fantastic. It's pretty cool when they let you know what they have enjoyed learning from us.

But, shouldn't the Title be "...paid in full."?

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January 30, 2018, 03:15 PM

Balzé Halzé

I can see why you're so distraught. That grammar! Goodness. It's as if a ten year old wrote it.

Seriously though, getting a note like that from my daughter would make my decade...

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January 30, 2018, 03:37 PM

ScorpionBoy

quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:
I've raised two daughters, and as heartwarming as it is, my first question would be "Okay, what do you want?"

haha, as a non-parent and a one time 10 year old my first question was 'what did she break?'

great treasure you have there, good job on the great kid.

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January 30, 2018, 04:29 PM

1967Goat

Meanwhile, at the Goat family household...

I will add that I taught him how to catch and clean fish last year (age 6). I also bought him an air rifle this Christmas (age 7).

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread.

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My hovercraft is full of eels.

January 30, 2018, 04:31 PM

1KPerDay

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I can see why you're so distraught. That grammar! Goodness. It's as if a ten year old wrote it.

Ha haaa!
I encourage fearless spelling and writing. As they read more, the spelling and grammar improves. But I'm not shutting her down for anything on this note. <3

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My hovercraft is full of eels.

January 30, 2018, 04:47 PM

Hamden106

Only 20 years????

My kid is 38 and still writes stuff like that. Makes me feel good. Kid is now 2years from Doctor Kid.

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January 30, 2018, 06:16 PM

Dbltap

quote:
Originally posted by 95flhr:
Put that letter in a safe place. You will need it in 5 or 6 years when you ask what happened.

5 or 6 years is very generous.
We got only 3 after 10
Them hormones is hell my brothers.

January 30, 2018, 07:10 PM

95flhr

quote:
Originally posted by Dbltap:
quote:
Originally posted by 95flhr:
Put that letter in a safe place. You will need it in 5 or 6 years when you ask what happened.

5 or 6 years is very generous.
We got only 3 after 10
Them hormones is hell my brothers.

Mom caught hell from the daughters at about 13, I was good until almost 16 and the poin I started scaring boyfriends away.

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan

Retired old fart

January 30, 2018, 08:44 PM

JALLEN

quote:
Originally posted by 1KPerDay:
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
Auto correct in the subject line maybe?
fixed. Thank you!

Danged autocorrect is my worst enema!

January 30, 2018, 09:45 PM

1KPerDay

quote:
Originally posted by 95flhr:
quote:
Originally posted by Dbltap:
quote:
Originally posted by 95flhr:
Put that letter in a safe place. You will need it in 5 or 6 years when you ask what happened.

5 or 6 years is very generous.
We got only 3 after 10
Them hormones is hell my brothers.

Mom caught hell from the daughters at about 13, I was good until almost 16 and the poin I started scaring boyfriends away.

I have a 16-year-old girl also. She shoots handgun matches with me, makes any suitors ask me for permission to take her on dates, and just won region in the American Legion oration competition about the value of the constitution. Hopefully my younger girls will take after their sister.