Dear Forker Parents,

[mr_j]

is the best part of being a parent invoking the 'BECAUSE I SAID SO' rule?
listening to this woman in the library deal with her unruly kid, i'd kind of think so

also, how do you feel when you watch TV and there's a kid that looks like your own that's a victim or has something bad happen to them? does it freak you out?

[squeezle]

also, how do you feel when you watch TV and there's a kid that looks like your own that's a victim or has something bad happen to them? does it freak you out?

that is a seriously creepy question! after that i would never let you around my boys (i know they are cats, but that really creeped me out!)

[monet2u]

also, how do you feel when you watch TV and there's a kid that looks like your own that's a victim or has something bad happen to them? does it freak you out?

that is a seriously creepy question! after that i would never let you around my boys (i know they are cats, but that really creeped me out!)

I like how you pretend you just now for the very first time ever were creeped out by mr j.

[mr_j]

that is a seriously creepy question! after that i would never let you around my boys (i know they are cats, but that really creeped me out!)

well, it wasn't meant to *be* creepy. i was watching something last night and there was this kid who looked like a relative of mine, and i was like, 'whoa, if i were her daddy, i'm not sure how i'd feel about watching a kid like her being kidnapped...'

and the curiosity led me to wonder if parents feel such things....

ps. i think your cats could hold their own!

[monet2u]

mr j, I think that people without children can still respond.

I think the "because I said so" is a pretty good phrase for 5 and under...after that they start getting wise....best to come up with new one. I quite like "Who's in charge here????" or something along those lines.


as far as seeing someone that looks like a loved one being hurt or something...wouldn't bother me because being smart...I know it's not them. and it was a weird question...you have too much time on your hands.

[Phyllis]

my mom used to always use the 'BECAUSE I SAID SO, STUPID' phrase on me. she still does. but i don't think she ever called me stupid until i got older.

[ifihadahifi]

I never use the "because i said so." If I ever revert to it... it means that I don't have a sincere reason to back up my demand. I've always tried to explain the reason behind my decisions if they are truely interested.

But I have reverted to the "because I'm your dad." line.

And as far as the creepy question.. no. I can seperate reality and fiction. There are enough worries out in the world without having TV create a few more for me.

[froggorino]

last night i asked dolan if he was stupid as he set the table for dinner and it was covered with dust (formal dining room don't get used much, but my parents were coming for dinner...) he unset it and wiped it down, and i almost started crying for the fact that i said that to him. that is why i had to buy him a yacht that he will receive for his 16th birthday. but seriously, that was pretty stupid. and i was pretty brutal.

that being said, i don't think kids that are abused or whatever have to LOOK like any certain person for me. just having a kid and having to put someone else before me (on that rare occasion) has made me more sympathetic and stuff. less self centered.

frog"yeah. you shoulda met me BEFORE"gy

[Kristen]

i still get the "because i said so" line all the time.

actual conversation:

"dad, can i get this part of my ear pierced"

-no.

"why not?"

-because i said so.

"okay, if youre going to say no, give me actual reasoning"

-because you'll look like a skank.

gee, THANKS DAD.

my mother has also almost left me somewhere by myself (like, somewhere where there werent any other people) to wait for who i was waiting on to show up because she was going to be late for a dr's appointment. not very motherly if you ask me.

though, my family is far from ordinary. (my cousin wishes she lived at my house since you dont get in trouble for cussing at my house, isn't that nice? haha)

[Sybil]

is the best part of being a parent invoking the 'BECAUSE I SAID SO' rule?

Well, duh.

Damn kids always wanting a REASON. The reason is I'm your mother and I said so!

Sy "being the one with a checkbook also means you are the one who determines what gets pierced on whom" bil

[Phyllis]

(my cousin wishes she lived at my house since you dont get in trouble for cussing at my house, isn't that nice? haha)

doesn't your mom still get mad when you say fuck?

[ifihadahifi]

doesn't your mom still get mad when you say fuck?

Mine does.

[Kristen]

(my cousin wishes she lived at my house since you dont get in trouble for cussing at my house, isn't that nice? haha)

doesn't your mom still get mad when you say fuck?

nah, not really, i mean yesterday in the car she told me to "SHUT THE FUCK UP" aaand she is just like "krrrrristen" when i say fuck sometimes because some days shes trying to quit cussing and some days she's.. not? but overall, she doesn't really care.

oh yeah and it wasnt going to be her checkbook paying for the piercing it was going to be my money but i just needed her signature on the papers

[Sybil]

oh yeah and it wasnt going to be her checkbook paying for the piercing it was going to be my money but i just needed her signature on the papers

Yeah, sucks to be a minor sometimes dunnit?

Sy "youth is SO wasted on the young" bil