#436

Top parenting tip: make cheese and ham sandwiches and then cut out little stars and hearts. Serve up - everyone says “ooh heart shaped sandwiches!” Then close the kitchen door and shovel those offcuts into your face before it’s time for the birthday cake

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#438

If by “beach” you mean the tedious village in Wiltshire where your grandparents live then yes.

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#439

I’m now the dad in this situation.

Nothing makes me go apeshit like a McD’s empty fries packet surrepticiously stuffed down the side of the couch.

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#440

I’m putting down a lot of my ‘stuff’ down to my dad not really talking to me during childhood / teenagehood

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#441

We did things, but mainly just boring “walks” and stately home visits

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#442

I was allowed to take days off whenever I wanted, just for being tired

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#443

Me too. Would just sit at home and watch the history channel and eat sandwiches. Was great.

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#444

Basically as long as my grades were okay, I could skive whenever I felt like it, which is the best approach imo

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#445

I used to get the dreaded “see how you go” and had to go in unless I was obviously too ill

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#446

My Dad used to buy two items of snack. Like two pepperamis or two fudges. He would have one and me and my two sisters would share the other…

  • Teaches you fractions. And your place in life.
  • Seems mean.

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#447

dad coming back from the shops with a treat was like the main event of my childhood I think. He used to do that thing where he was like ‘oh I forgot to get you a milky bar, sorry’, only to reveal it at the last moment

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#448

Classic

#449

Once stuck a fountain pen in my younger sisters eye, also kicked her in the face and chipped her tooth. All part of sibling fun innit.

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#452

My parents made me go in all the time, no matter what. I think I used up all my motivation and drive between the ages of 8 and 17 :grinning:

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#453

reckon the fact that I had at one point at sixth form, 20% attendance in a subject and still got an A made me realize nothing really matters at the end of the day. if you get the work done and to a decent standard, so what if you spend 80% of the time in your pants eating sandwiches.

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#454

same. She would occasionally offer a packet of tunes on the way to the bus stop (regardless of ailment).

#455

i have so many of these (that i know are not normal). my dad is very clearly undiagnosed autistic and didn’t always have a good grasp on what is age appropriate for kids.

my dad attempting to teach a 7 year old me the basics of computer networks (in 1990)

  • weird
  • normal

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my dad asking me repeatedly if i’d learned about logic gates at school yet, starting about age 10 and ending when i actually learned about them age 15ish

  • weird
  • normal

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#456

are we voting on whether our family did this stuff, or on whether we think it’s weird or normal

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#458

seems like people are naming very specific things so i’m guessing its the latter

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#459

…:cat2:

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