Things that make you feel like a Daddy...

by confusedjw 28 Replies latest jw experiences

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  GentlyFeral

  franklin j,

  kids are just wonderful----until they reach the adolescent years.

  Hah.

  My son, at 13, got a new video game called Zombies Ate My Neighbors. His little sister, then about 7, found the game much too intense, but was desperate to play Nintendo with him. He was just as eager to play with his new toy. They had a couple of screaming fights about it.

  I had some liberal rules about "sharing" - if you were being asked to share something brand-new, you deserved a little slack. My son invoked this rule and said he was perfectly willing to have his sister play with him as long as she played the scary new game, because it was all he wanted to play just then.

  So I told him: "What you're really telling her is that she can't play with you unless she's willing to be upset and frightened." He walked away without a word.

  Two hours later, he came to me and said, "Mom, you're right," and invited little sister into his room for a couple hours of Puzznik.

  GentlyFeral
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  kaykay_mp

  Reading the book "Goodnight Moon" to your boys so much that they almost remember it by heart, but they still want you to read it to them anyway.

  "Goodnight stars. Goodnight air. Goodnight noises everywhere."

  laters

  kaykay_mp
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  what_Truth?

  Damn Kaykay, you read that to your kids too? My wife just bought a 3rd copy of that book (kids destroyed the other two) for ours. Funny thing is that I had never heard of it until she showed it to me.
  
  After watching that infamous Tom Green episode I've been reading "How the grinch stole christmas" to them.
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  kaykay_mp

  Damn Kaykay, you read that to your kids too? My wife just bought a 3rd copy of that book (kids destroyed the other two) for ours. Funny thing is that I had never heard of it until she showed it to me.
  
  After watching that infamous Tom Green episode I've been reading "How the grinch stole christmas" to them.

  I'm hoping my 2-year-old doesn't destroy this copy. He tends to like books more than his 4-year-old brother and takes better care of his toys. But boys are wonderful! I'm still waiting for a girl (if I ever get married again) to even things out; but I'm really content with what I already have! laters kaykay_mp
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  what_Truth?

  I have two girls aged 4 and 2. Wanna trade for a while?
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  kaykay_mp

  sounds tempting...

  laters

  kaykay_mp
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  rwagoner

  We have a 6yo son and a 4 month old daughter.....

  Son was 10 week preemie (2 pounds 14 oz) - Daughter was 4 weeks preemie (4 pounds) they were both miracle babies - thank God for good insurance the boy cost over $1 million in medical bills.

  Holding my son and reading to him since he was just born and now having him sit and read to me.

  Holding my daughter on my lap with my son holding my neck from behind and racing through the grocery store in my power wheelchair while their mom shops.

  Knowing they are proud of me and that they see beyond my wheelchair into the heart of their dad.

  Being the goofy dad that isn't embarassed to play, be silly, laugh out loud at the wrong times.

  Holding them when they are sick.

  Rocking them back to sleep, feeling safe, after a bad dream.

  I'm just a big sap....

  RGW
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  prophecor

  Though I'm technically childless as all mines are stepchildren, my stepgrand daughter has a habit of leaning into a pose while I'm driving. When she's with me in the front seat, she tilts herself towards me while I'm driving the Mark VIII, I usually try to keep the music in the car within her ability to enjoy, though I can't tolerate the hip hop side of their lives too well, so I'll have Anita Baker or Chante Moore on the CD player. And she just kinda' gets lost in the moment.

  My stepson and I just bridged a difficult gap in our dealings with each other. Blended families are a challenge to maintain, you can feel like a stranger amongst stepchildren and vice versa often times. After his tutoring sessions, instead of going straight home, I diverted to EB Games and looked around looking for used PS2 games to get a line on something different. He's now having his brief moments with a new game Stuntman, though I know the novelty of the game soon will wear off, for me to have spent the extra energy in his life means a lot to him. He's at the delicate stages of pre-adult hood growing pains. He'll be 16 this year.
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  prophecor

  Don't get me wrong I love my children, but I hate the situation I put myself in by having them. Some people mess up their life with drugs, some people commit crimes and go to jail, others people joint the org. Having children when unprepared will ruin your life WAY more than any of those things though. You can kick a drug habit, get out of jail and go straght, and DA from the org but you can never correct poor family planning. I hope this helps someone here.

  They can surely have their moments. There are days when I could just wish to be alone without the burden of any children stepchildren grands, wife even, but then there are those hours like today when I just throw everything into life and come out a little ahead of the game. It's difficult to go thru sometimes but so many times the payoff comes light years in advance, but when it does, it's oh so sweet!