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  • KirwanK Offline
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    #587

    @nta said in Parenting:

    @taniwharugby said in Parenting:

    when you text the little feckers they take an age to reply.

    "I didn't see the notification"
    And
    "I had my phone on silent because I was doing something important!"

    😐

    "Send Notification Anyway" IOS override FTW.

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  • NTAN Offline
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    replied to Kirwan on last edited by NTA
    #588

    @kirwan said in Parenting:

    @nta said in Parenting:

    @taniwharugby said in Parenting:

    when you text the little feckers they take an age to reply.

    "I didn't see the notification"
    And
    "I had my phone on silent because I was doing something important!"

    😐

    "Send Notification Anyway" IOS override FTW.

    I think they're just ignoring it 🤷♂

    Which is fine. I can ignore their requests to get a lift or whatever as well 🙂

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    #589

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

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    replied to NTA on last edited by
    #590

    @nta said in Parenting:

    @catogrande said in Parenting:

    and if necessary some underhanded manipulation.

    I have a shovel, a chainsaw, and a working knowledge of all State Forests within an hour of my house.

    Invest in a wood chipper or get yourself some pigs. Graves in forests are too easily found.

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    Kirwan
    replied to Crazy Horse on last edited by
    #591

    @crazy-horse said in Parenting:

    @nta said in Parenting:

    @catogrande said in Parenting:

    and if necessary some underhanded manipulation.

    I have a shovel, a chainsaw, and a working knowledge of all State Forests within an hour of my house.

    Invest in a wood chipper or get yourself some pigs. Graves in forests are too easily found.

    No they aren't.......never mind.

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    replied to Paekakboyz on last edited by
    #592

    @paekakboyz I have blanked out those times, so no advice sorry!

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    replied to taniwharugby on last edited by
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    @taniwharugby fuck, that doesn't bode well ha ha

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  • canefanC Online
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    replied to Paekakboyz on last edited by
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    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

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    Machpants
    replied to canefan on last edited by
    #595

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

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    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

    Our school won't allow parents on the grounds as I understand it. Which is great because I prefer to keep the motor running

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    replied to canefan on last edited by
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    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

    Our school won't allow parents on the grounds as I understand it. Which is great because I prefer to keep the motor running

    They don't have the right to stop you, if it is legitimately for your child's education. But goo dexcuse to drop and run!

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    #598

    Sometimes we don't even bring the car to a complete halt...

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  • canefanC Online
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    canefan
    replied to Machpants on last edited by
    #599

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

    Our school won't allow parents on the grounds as I understand it. Which is great because I prefer to keep the motor running

    They don't have the right to stop you, if it is legitimately for your child's education. But goo dexcuse to drop and run!

    And the kids don't have time to pretend to lose their shit in front of the teacher

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    Machpants
    replied to voodoo on last edited by
    #600

    @voodoo said in Parenting:

    Sometimes we don't even bring the car to a complete halt...

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    replied to canefan on last edited by
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    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

    Our school won't allow parents on the grounds as I understand it. Which is great because I prefer to keep the motor running

    They don't have the right to stop you, if it is legitimately for your child's education. But goo dexcuse to drop and run!

    And the kids don't have time to pretend to lose their shit in front of the teacher

    That's a good point, after the intro/onsite days. Drop the kid, and go. Let the teacher deal with the tantrums/tears, if any. Within seconds of parents going they're fine, 99% of the time. Staying around just prolongs it

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    canefan
    replied to Machpants on last edited by
    #602

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

    Our school won't allow parents on the grounds as I understand it. Which is great because I prefer to keep the motor running

    They don't have the right to stop you, if it is legitimately for your child's education. But goo dexcuse to drop and run!

    And the kids don't have time to pretend to lose their shit in front of the teacher

    That's a good point, after the intro/onsite days. Drop the kid, and go. Let the teacher deal with the tantrums/tears, if any. Within seconds of parents going they're fine, 99% of the time. Staying around just prolongs it

    It's all an act to make parents feel guilty

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    Machpants
    replied to canefan on last edited by
    #603

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @machpants said in Parenting:

    @canefan said in Parenting:

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    Polish bitches assemble. Ms 5 starts school next week. What should we expect lol? I know any change in routine will have ripples, but any advice on how it has been navigated in other households would be welcome.
    Doesn't help Mr 2 is being weaned against his wishes lol. He is well and truly making his displeasure known... during the day, at 2am, 4am, sometimes we even get a 5am titty tantrum!

    Hard to know mate. If she is a daycare baby it will be smooth because they are used to long days. Otherwise wanting to sleep early is a nice benefit. No in class drop offs in NZ primary schools I don't think, or maybe they make an exception for year 1?

    Nah you're allowed to go into class to support your child's learning under red, you just can't act as a volunteer unless you're vaxxed, boosted by march. It's not level lockdowns.

    Our kids were kindy kids so school was no issue, just the next step

    Our school won't allow parents on the grounds as I understand it. Which is great because I prefer to keep the motor running

    They don't have the right to stop you, if it is legitimately for your child's education. But goo dexcuse to drop and run!

    And the kids don't have time to pretend to lose their shit in front of the teacher

    That's a good point, after the intro/onsite days. Drop the kid, and go. Let the teacher deal with the tantrums/tears, if any. Within seconds of parents going they're fine, 99% of the time. Staying around just prolongs it

    It's all an act to make parents feel guilty

    From seeing it hundreds of times I think it is more kids have goldfish brains 'waaaaaaa Mum is leaving... oooooh shiny/interesting rock/kid/toy/etc'

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    #604

    Parenting failure...

    Stay till the end ...

    So, have brought Miss Boo Jr down to the Sunny Coast to sign up (not quite move in) to her new Uni accommodation.

    Got her to drive, me in car with her, Mrs Boo following, as she had never done motorways etc. Did awesome with minimal Dad input.

    Win!

    Got to student flat place: privately run shared accommodation, it's not like when I went to uni, it's a bunch of 4 kids in a complex of what I'd call flats. But fuck, right outside her door is the fucking swimming pool ...

    Win!

    And she meets one on her flat mates, who she used to play netball against back in the day ...

    Win!

    Made up room. Would quite like to live there myself

    Win!

    Head off mid arvo to where we had booked for overnight (x2) apartment. Huge fucking apartment, overlooking Cottontree Beach in Maroochydore.

    Fucking huge Win!

    Miss Boo Jr exhausted, finds spa bath looking out over beach, and watermelon cruisers (Dad had purchased), with the weather closing in. Sat in bath and enjoyed a drink ...

    Meanwhile, as I ensured we were appropriately supplied, Mrs Boo finds Karate Kid on Netflix.

    Win!

    And takeaways at the awesome Indian down stairs ...

    Win!

    Sleep ... and Mrs Boo and I do brunch from the cafe downstairs... and she finds another movie on Netflix... Absolute Power ... (hold that thought ... )

    .. then later MBJ goes meeting with fast food joint that she's been able to transfer employment ...

    Win!

    Head home. Set MBJ jobs based on requirements of accommodation complex and fast food employment joint. MBJ joins Mrs Boo and I in awesome apartment living room.

    "You should watch this. Awesome movie! 'Absolute Power ... Clint Eastwood! ..."

    "Who's Clint Eastwood?"

    ..

    ...

    Complete loss as a parent...

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    @booboo can't wait till @MN5 arrives to berate you for poor parenting. I expect he'll take it quite personally!

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    MN5
    replied to Paekakboyz on last edited by
    #606

    @paekakboyz said in Parenting:

    @booboo can't wait till @MN5 arrives to berate you for poor parenting. I expect he'll take it quite personally!

    How do you block someone on here ? I’m disgusted at @booboo, DISGUSTED I tell you !!!

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