To wish people would stop asking which parent dd1 gets her IQ from

[lisad123]

DD1 is a clever little thing, has a real head for numbers and has a massive IQ. She tells people facts and number stuff, and they always ask where she gets her cleverness from, me or dh??
Cant it be just because she is? And seriously do they think I will answer that?

I think that you are just going to have to grin and bare it, or say just that she is they way she is cause she was born that way however some part of it is down to genetics and theres no escaping it.

I get asked this all the time about my children, one just finished his Maths degree, another starting on his this year. It's do they get their Maths ability from their mother

Thing is, they do!

Can´t you just say both of you?

And be grateful?

If I were you I'd be insulted by that question

Are you just annoyed cos you know she gets it from your DH and not you lol

Of course you should reply "she must've got her father's brains, I still have mine y'see".

Easy - just reply "oh she gets her brains from my husband. I kept all mine. " :)

I would say me of course and smile - even if she didn't.

stealthboast!

My FIL asked me that about dd - more than once. The last time I replied "Well, it isn't from your side of the family is it?". He hasn't asked since

DD got DH's looks & my brains

Thanks god it wasn't the other way round

My mil, who credits me with no brains/talent at all, insists that because my dd plays the recorder she gets her musical side from dh's sister (who happens to play the guitar) I play the flute and clarinet, she just doesn't know about it.

lol at flyingonion

You beat me to it FlyingOnion!

Don't worry as insults go that's tame. When ds was 2 y o I'd take him to the local leisure centre for a toddlers playtime. Being interested in numbers he would read the gymnastic position posters around the walls embarrassingly loudly.

One week another child's grandmother asked "Is your husband clever?".

How I didn't keel over from swallowing my own tongue I do not know!

Oh a new take on stealth boasting

I am impressed at your resourcefulness, she must get her brains from you

Lol thanks
least I wasn't saying about how beutiful she was

LOL at lazarusb - good answer!

lisad - it's a stupid thing for people to ask but just let it go and tell them that of course it's from both of you.

At least she hasn't inherited his huge gut and penchant for sitting in a chair drinking cheap vodka when he should be doing some exercise!

Nicely put flyingonion!

lol

you nobbo OP

you will DIE by sunset

have your kids inherited your way with words, TheMost?

sorry forgot the
it was to be said in a witchly cackle ( as it was in my head!)
not a hope lisa!

Mahoosive stealthboast!