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Post by Vortex on Jun 12, 2023 8:06:15 GMT
Ha! Nice plan. The trenches, battlefields and graveyards would be really nice, but in reality I'd have drunk a load of belgian beer and eaten loads of vlamse frites or waffles anyway, so it's probably just as well i'm not there!
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Post by simple on Jun 18, 2023 8:30:01 GMT
Wife has taken son out to meet a friend so I’m celebrating Father’s Day as best I can. Watching Beavis & Butthead and eating chocolate alone.
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Post by sport✅ on Jun 18, 2023 8:49:21 GMT
I would go out, but you get arrested for being a white middle-aged man these days.
Happy Fathers Day Us!
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 18, 2023 12:39:37 GMT
Happy father's Day dads.
I got some Bumbu rum from sons. Looking forward to some of that a little later.
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Post by Youthist on Jun 18, 2023 13:11:46 GMT
My 16 year old wrapped my present with some wallpaper from under the stairs
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Post by deekyfun on Jun 18, 2023 13:22:30 GMT
I was presented with some chocolate cake mix and frosting, so that I could make my daughter some cakes...
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Post by deekyfun on Jun 18, 2023 14:00:20 GMT
The funny thing is that I'm still not sure whether to feel a bit curmudgeonly for receiving a present that feels like it is more a present for the other two people in this household, or offended because I've won baking competitions and I don't need no goddamn premix.
I think, on balance, I'll probably just shut up and make the cakes.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jun 18, 2023 14:08:37 GMT
I'm having a nice day in the garage knocking up some trestles for my table saw, my kind of father's day! 🙂
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Post by minimatt on Jun 18, 2023 14:50:09 GMT
fred, forgive me for, erm, sounding like your dad, but please do be careful with that table saw - i hate those things and thats all down to my witnessing an accident with one. I still remember the screams. And the chunks. Last I saw him he had about 10% use of his thumb, and that in itself is a medical miracle i will now stop being your patronising parent
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jun 18, 2023 14:55:52 GMT
Thanks, yes I'm pretty careful I think, hence the need for some additional trestles for those long bits of work that overhang the table when it comes out the other side.
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Post by Rich on Jun 18, 2023 15:25:12 GMT
To give my missus a break I've selflessly taken the boy to the pub for a father's day pint. 🍻
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Post by khanivor on Jun 18, 2023 16:08:09 GMT
I selflessly gave my daughter a present of a list of things she could do for dad today other than sit on her arse playing RoBlox from the second she had woken up
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Post by Dougs on Jun 18, 2023 16:13:36 GMT
Have been away for the weekend glamping, which has mostly been ace, with some moments of "why the fuck do we bother". Got chocolate and wine from the eldest (which my wife took him to buy at lunchtime as she forgot!), and a lovely key ring, biscuits and Spiderman socks from my daughter (which she bought herself at a school sale thing). Kids in general have been a pain in the arse all weekend though, just arguing nonstop. Draining.
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Jun 18, 2023 21:15:44 GMT
Why do they do it? I can't remember being like that (I probably was), but I feel like they live for conflict sometimes.
Ask the eldest to do anything and guaranteed it'll turn into a fight to which I'll fuck off muttering and he gets out of doing it the thing I asked.
I love em to bits but sometimes man, just twats.
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Post by rawshark on Jun 18, 2023 21:29:25 GMT
I had a stag do last night so spent my first Father’s Day promising myself I’d never go out out again.
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Post by Dougs on Jun 18, 2023 21:32:11 GMT
crashV👀d👀 I am so glad it's not just us, that all sounds very familiar. Eldest winds the youngest up, she overreacts and before you know it, it's descended into all out war with all of us pissed off. We go to this low rent Butlins 4 miles away from us usually once a year when it's cheap. It's right on the beach, usually have good weather, hilarious entertainment and it's just nice to have a change of scenery. But every time we go anywhere there's a drama. On arrival on Friday, the eldest was a total pain, not wanting to get to know other kids and generally moped about moaning that he was bored, making us miserable (to the point my wife nearly went to bed at 9.30 until we salvaged things with a late night beach walk). Saturday was actually a brilliant day, beach, paddle boarding, in the indoor pool etc and minimal arguing. Today, back to normal. Tired of the arguing and fighting. It does seem like conflict for conflict's sake though, I agree.
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Post by simple on Jun 19, 2023 7:44:27 GMT
4:30 wake up this morning. iPlayer in bed didn’t even buy us half an hour so we’ve been fully on the go for nearly for hours now and I need a pre-work break.
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Post by mcmonkeyplc on Jun 19, 2023 14:55:59 GMT
Yesterday we couldn't find my son for a good 5 minutes at his cousins birthday party. I have never felt dread or fear like that before and I never want to again. Fucker is a getting a GPS implant!
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Jun 19, 2023 17:49:21 GMT
Hehe, I lost my youngest in Exeter shopping centre once, he was a bugger for wandering off, as soon as I realised I went in a shop and asked them to call the centre security, I was under strict instructions by them to stay exactly where I was and not go off looking for him, that was pretty frustrating to say the least and went against all instinct, fair play the security team rallied PDQ and found him within a couple of minutes in the Apple shop. Proper shit my pants moment!
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Post by Vortex on Jun 19, 2023 17:54:27 GMT
Our lad fucked off in tenerife thinking he was being funny by hiding, but actually losing sight of us like an eejit.
We found him after a few mins of my wife staying put where we'd been while i ran about panicking, but by god it was a looong five mins or whatever.
He got a fair scare too. Made him stay closer for a while!
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Post by Dougs on Jun 22, 2023 17:36:11 GMT
So, dad hivemind of teenagers. At what age did you start loosening the apron strings, as it were? The eldest has just turned 13 and is straining at the leash. Desperate to be able to go off in our nearest town with his mates, or down to the beach to swim(!).
Now, we live in a relatively safe place but we're obviously worried that he's not yet old or mature enough to handle this. I don't mind him going off to do an activity (cinema, bowling etc) but I really don't like the idea of him just hanging about town. And the beach is a whole other ball game. He's a decent swimmer but my biggest concern is that he treats it all like a game and doesn't give the sea the respect it deserves.
"All" his mates do it and we're just being over-protective meanies...are we?
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Post by hedben on Jun 22, 2023 17:48:20 GMT
That’s a tricky one, I can definitely relate. It depends if he’s the kind of kid who might take unnecessary risks because his mates are egging him on- but that’s basically every 12 - 18 year old boy, right??
My 12yo took a tram to meet his mates at a park this past weekend- and we were a bit panicky- not about the park, mainly about him getting there safely on his own. It helps that I can ping his phone to see his location at any time, but I don’t want to rely on that too much.
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Post by hedben on Jun 22, 2023 17:50:58 GMT
To answer your question you’re not being meanies, and even if he thinks so now, you’ll have plenty of opportunities as he gets older to give him a bit more independence and be “forgiven” for your totally justified caution
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Post by Vortex on Jun 22, 2023 18:03:50 GMT
Ha! That's the start Dougs!
I can't really answer - covid fucked up the apron-string loosening for our lad, so his was delayed. At 13 we were ok for trips on train to the nearest city (15-20miles away) if he went with mates. If he could have gone!
Not sure i'd be cool with sea swimming at that age at all either. We still worry about trips to the local river for swimming as it is. Mostly about some twat probably jumping in without checking and hurting themselves.
Ours is now 16, and they have free bus passes so are roaming & going to parties more. So far so good & they're never as daft as you fear.
Tldr- trust them, but not too much & let them do a bit of what you're comfortable with!
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Post by Binky on Jun 23, 2023 8:56:29 GMT
Dougs, it sounds like you answered your own question with the "mature" bit. Age and maturity are different things, and if you had any concerns over not being mature enough then I'd be cautious too.
We've let our almost 13 year old head off to town to meet friends as he's a pretty sensible lad (almost too much so actually) and they had a plan to go get hot chocolates and head to the park. An activity definitely makes more sense if you can steer him that way. Oh, and definitely no sea swimming alone at that age. Way too many horror stories!
Signed, A concerned parent
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Post by Dougs on Jun 23, 2023 9:07:35 GMT
Aye. My instinct is to stick to our guns about swimming but let him go into town or whatever. I trust him not to do anything daft, he's sensible when push comes to shove (like he was telling us that a mate who moved away came back with his "new" friends and they were drinking etc but he didn't). He can also get a bit swept up in things though. Guess at some point you have to trust them...
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Post by motti82 on Jun 25, 2023 10:43:19 GMT
It depends on the kid, at the end of the day. I've got an almost 13 year old, and I do trust him. He's got his phone on location mode so we know where he is, and has a gohenry card so he can pay for things whilst he is out. Generally though, he will go to school, mooch around and then come home.
The swimming bit would absolutely ring alarm bells for me but I'm sure they wouldn't go mad with it.
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Post by Dougs on Jul 7, 2023 11:23:43 GMT
Doh, thought I'd replied to this! I think we will definitely be putting our foot down re swimming but maybe let him go into town etc a bit more.
Anyway, he headed off this morning to France on a school trip. He's going to have a blast. He's a bit anxious about being able to sleep etc but he has his phone (albeit one with a crap battery), books etc, so sure he'll be fine. Biggest worry is EE shitting the bed and being unable to add roaming to his PAYG (thanks Brexit). Still on live chat/DM to them now, after thinking I'd got it sorted in the week.
Wife is catastrophising, thinking he's going to be left behind or some other far out nonsense. On the plus side, taking advantage by going away for the weekend, depositing the youngest at the in-laws! \o/
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Post by Saul1138 on Jul 7, 2023 11:29:03 GMT
Is he coming back with a flick knife, possibly a comb, and stories of how he fingered a French bird in a cafe; that we were all at having a disastrous meal of horse burgers and ice cream that turned out to be yoghurt ?
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Post by Dougs on Jul 7, 2023 11:31:33 GMT
Ha, yeah, no trip abroad was complete without a visit to a souvenir shop to buy knives. Mad.
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