This is why you have daughters...

[Edbear]

Because they grow up and get married, and then you get sons-in-law who can do stuff for you!

[mashman]

i'd rather my 3 stayed celibate and called me to do their "stuff" :)... But then, i still have the teenage years ahead and likely not long after that i'll be singing your tune :)

[Maha]

Could have bought a goat.

[Edbear]

i'd rather my 3 stayed celibate and called me to do their "stuff" :)... But then, i still have the teenage years ahead and likely not long after that i'll be singing your tune :)

My sympathies, mate, you've got the fun times ahead of you... :innocent:


Could have bought a goat.

Quite right, of course but the goat would have eaten the grass, the washing, the plants and shrubs and left the ground covered in little "raisins"...

[nadroj]

Quite right, of course but the goat would have eaten the grass, the washing, the plants and shrubs and left the ground covered in little "raisins"...

Send them to the food festival on the west coast!

[Edbear]

Send them to the food festival on the west coast!

Apparently you can get a squirt of horse semen to go with them this year... :sick:

[mashman]

My sympathies, mate, you've got the fun times ahead of you... :innocent:

so people keep telling me.... BASTARDS :killingme

[Edbear]

so people keep telling me.... BASTARDS :killingme

Main thing with teenagers, is that as a parent, never give up, never give in, be a rock they can either cling to or bang their heads on, but always be the rock.

They need constant reassurance that what they are going through and what they are feeling is normal and that they are not aliens or somehow "wrong" as a person. Often they won't know whether they are Arthur or Martha, let alone whether they are coming or going. When they explode and rant, stay calm and resolute, give them time to go off and cool down and let reason return, then sit with them and see if you can sort out the problem. Don't argue when tempers are flaring and emotions are high, as they simply cannot, by reason of physiology, think rationally at that time. That's when the danger is as a parent that you may say or do something you will regret.

When they say they want to die, or that "their whole life is ruined", look for something really simple that is bugging them, help fix that and suddenly their "whole life" is rosy again and they are happy.

They will struggle to express themselves and need all our understanding to try to see where they're coming from, as they may not tell you the truth for fear of rejection or ridicule. Above all this, be aware that despite whatever they may say, teenagers will generally believe you, so be careful what you say as it will come back to bite you later on. You have been their hero their whole lives and that doesn't change. You've been their provider their protector - so big and strong and never wrong for the last 12-13 or so years. The problem is with them and their changing bodies and emotions with new thoughts and feelings they've never known before, coming on them so strongly and irresistably that they don't know how to control and organise them. For the next 6 or 7 years, their whole life is going to be turned upside down and changed completely at a speed that will leave your head in a spin.

[munster]

This why I had a daughter. 15 years old and carries my pigs. Sons are too lazy.

[Edbear]

This why I had a daughter. 15 years old and carries my pigs. Sons are too lazy.

Good girl! Yeah funny thing about sons, maybe it's not being the Alpha male in the house.?

Our son usually mows the lawn, mind you he is 35 now...,though not nearly as carefully as Ben does, but he tweaked his back at work and has been on physio for the last two weeks. I'll be wrapt when I can get back out there and weedeat and mow myself!

[JimO]

bugger having daughters, i have 3 sons, they can bring their girlfriends round for me to ogle

[Sable]

Haha pussywhipped much?

[oldrider]

Because they grow up and get married, and then you get sons-in-law who can do stuff for you!

I got me one of those! (unfortunately, you get more done when they are fresh!)

[mashman]

Main thing with teenagers, is that as a parent, never give up, never give in, be a rock they can either cling to or bang their heads on, but always be the rock.

...snip...


Cheers Ed... I have a 19yr old son :), so been there done that, he's very much his own man, which is all I ever wanted for him... I know what he gets up to because I ask him (albeit i've been an absentee parent over the last year) and he tells me. That's all I want from my girls too... but girls, ugh, I remember of age girls :shifty:... not looking forward to the teen years, but as that's 6 years away for the first one, I've got 6 years of finding out how to stop getting things wrong :rofl:

[PrincessBandit]

Because they grow up and get married, and then you get sons-in-law who can do stuff for you!

hahaha, depends on where they live...I'm sure my mother has found Balu helpful on a number of occasions, but probably not as often as she'd like...!

[Edbear]

I got me one of those! (unfortunately, you get more done when they are fresh!)

Catch 'em young... :yes:

[Edbear]

Cheers Ed... I have a 19yr old son :), so been there done that, he's very much his own man, which is all I ever wanted for him... I know what he gets up to because I ask him (albeit i've been an absentee parent over the last year) and he tells me. That's all I want from my girls too... but girls, ugh, I remember of age girls :shifty:... not looking forward to the teen years, but as that's 6 years away for the first one, I've got 6 years of finding out how to stop getting things wrong :rofl:

Don't worrry about it, you'll find out later... :yes:


hahaha, depends on where they live...I'm sure my mother has found Balu helpful on a number of occasions, but probably not as often as she'd like...!

True! Having Ben 10min away, our son living at home with us and Rudy 45min away, we're not too far apart, eh?

[slofox]

I always thought my daughter's purpose in life was to establish a black hole in my bank account...

[Edbear]

I always thought my daughter's purpose in life was to establish a black hole in my bank account...

Oh, yeah, that too... :innocent:

[Drew]

When my daughter marries, the chap better bring me beer daily and hide my guns!

[munster]

When my daughter marries, the chap better bring me beer daily and hide my guns!

Oh Yeah! Totally agree with that one.

[SMOKEU]

i'd rather my 3 stayed celibate and called me to do their "stuff" :)... But then, i still have the teenage years ahead and likely not long after that i'll be singing your tune :)

Give us a holla when they're legal.

[Edbear]

Give us a holla when they're legal.

I think you'll find that's when he buys the shotgun and hides the baseball bat behind the door... :yes:

[FJRider]

I think you'll find that's when he buys the shotgun and hides the baseball bat behind the door... :yes:

So ... where can I get some of these "daughters" ... :corn: ???

can you hire them by the hour ... :yes: ??? :innocent:

[SMOKEU]

So ... where can I get some of these "daughters" ... :corn: ???

can you hire them by the hour ... :yes: ??? :innocent:

Only if the price is right.

[Edbear]

Depends whether you intend using them as bait or just using them. K'Rd is still a site for that. I got mine the old fashioned way and spent twenty years or so raising them.

Though I did have to take a man's daughter from him to do that. He wasn't that pleased at the time but I think he got used to me eventually...

[ynot slow]

I always thought my daughter's purpose in life was to establish a black hole in my bank account...

That my friend is called maintenance payments,loved it when kids were 11/13 or so and they said we're going to Surfers for holiday,I went to pub lol.

Have elder daughter having 21st in March,realised I was married at her age,so she is thinking yes/no/yes to party,her actual birthday on a Saturday as well also have to collar her on her birthday to do opening survivors walk at her local relay for life as she is a survivor,then onto her party if she wants one.

[mashman]

Give us a holla when they're legal.

why wait? Pop around and i'll vet your application in person... wear the bike gear, i don't want you passing out too quickly :innocent:

[SMOKEU]

why wait? Pop around and i'll vet your application in person... wear the bike gear, i don't want you passing out too quickly :innocent:

Name a time and place.

[mashman]

Name a time and place.

:rofl:, like I said, why wait... bring me some chocolates too please :)

[SMOKEU]

:rofl:, like I said, why wait... bring me some chocolates too please :)

Jailbait yet?

[mashman]

Jailbait yet?

i'm surprised you care... just remember to bring the chocolates...

meh thread jacking...

They'll be sensible lasses :yes:, i shall listen to ya'll horror stories no more :shifty:

[SMOKEU]

i'm surprised you care... just remember to bring the chocolates

It's on top of my 'to do' list.

[munster]

I think you'll find that's when he buys the shotgun and hides the baseball bat behind the door... :yes:

You forgot the shovel.

Shoot, Shovel & Shut up!

[SMOKEU]

Shotguns at dawn it is then.

[Edbear]

has Dawn been a bad girl..?

[SMOKEU]

has Dawn been a bad girl..?

She sure will be once I'm done with her.