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October 2011 Moms
Scramblersmom
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Parenting Blunders (poll, kinda)
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I know I will have some major parenting blunders with DS. Tell me something from your childhood that your parent(s) did that was "horrible" at the time and you still remember today.
DH told me about this wheelbarrow in Sears that he was crazy about when he was around 3 years old. His parents bought it when he wasn't looking and hid it in the house until his birthday or Christmas. He went into a storage area in his house, saw the wheelbarrow, and went absolutely crazy with joy. His Mom yelled at him to go use the bathroom, which he did, and when he came back the wheelbarrow was gone. She had re-hid it and when he asked her where it went she said she didn't know what he was talking about. He was devastated of course until he got it later for his birthday. He said he harassed his mother about that until the day she died.
My Mom used to buy these horrible frozen fish fillets that tasted like azz. I hated fish and I tried to eat them but they made me want to vomit. My Mom said I couldn't leave the table until I finished eating so there I sat for hours. The next day she heated up and re-served my fish which I still wouldn't eat. Of course by then I was pretty dang hungry. She said "Oh I guess you really don't like it". To this day I still can not eat fish or any seafood for that matter. I always tell her "I told you back then that I hated fish and you didn't believe me!".
So what stories do you have?
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Re: Parenting Blunders (poll, kinda)
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Nita, I am not sure how your survived! I can't even imagine not taking a child to the Dr for weeks when they are sick. I just want to give you a big creepy int