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Original poster

to just do the thing that DD said?

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PyongyangKipperbang · 12/07/2020 01:31

Because I said yes and then realised I had tuned her out?

She is 9, lovely, sweet and not a piss taker. We talk a lot but I do tune a fair bit out, especially since the Apocalypse. I have 6 kids, you kind of have to do this to survive. Its not that I dont care but there really is only so much you can take in!

So today we had a chat and then I was ..... fuck it. I was on MN. And I got the noise but not the words and then she said "Can we do that when lockdown is over?" So I said yes as I couldnt bear to ask her wtf I was agreeing to. And now she is planning "it". Whatever the hell "it" is!

I mentioned it to mum on the phone and she came up with all sorts of ways to find out what it is, but I am thinking we should just do it. A) to assuage my guilt and B) because it could be fun!

I was also thinking that I make her project manager so if its a home based thing she gives me a shopping list and if its out and about she gives me directions.....

What do we think?

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Hydrate · 12/07/2020 21:55

Maybe she asked for a new baby brother!

IamMaz · 13/07/2020 09:04

When I was in my late teens, I was chatting to my dad who was driving us somewhere in his car. He then distractedly fiddled with the radio volume knob - only the radio wasn't on.
I said "You're trying to turn me down, aren't you?"
"Yes." he said. Confused

alreadytaken · 13/07/2020 11:38

sometimes wind up posts are fun.

My idea for today is that she wants a snake and you've agreed to it.

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PyongyangKipperbang · 13/07/2020 11:50

@MintyMabel

This is such a wind up post. As if you wouldnt have just asked her immediately to repeat what it was.

Agreed.

Well sorry to disappoint you but I didnt and my brain caught up with my ears a bit too late.

As it is, I asked her about "that thing" you wanted to do as I have forgotten. She cant remember either so I am off the hook!

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PickwickThePlockingDodo · 13/07/2020 13:15

He then distractedly fiddled with the radio volume knob - only the radio wasn't on.
I said "You're trying to turn me down, aren't you?"
"Yes." he said.

GrinGrinGrin

Glad you're off the hook OP, until next time........

CloudyGladys · 13/07/2020 14:55

As it is, I asked her about "that thing" you wanted to do as I have forgotten. She cant remember either so I am off the hook!

Good result, unless she's asked you for more than one thing that you can't remember, or she's assuming you can't possibly have forgotten about the kitten/ puppy/ pony/ corn snake and is wracking her brain as to what other thing she may have asked for.

greenestolives · 13/07/2020 14:59

Ah, so she's forgotten for the time being.

Anyway, if she hasn't already got pierced ears, that will be it. Either for her next birthday, or Christmas, whichever comes first.

Or alternatively - a pony or some small random furry pet.

HowFastIsTooFast · 13/07/2020 15:01

You're going to Disneyland, aren't you?

Localocal · 13/07/2020 17:42

Hahaha! Seriously, though, if she's not a pisstaker it's probably not anything too crazy. My money would be on a multi-child sleepover.

JoJothesquirrel · 13/07/2020 17:46

I solved this particular parenting issue. You say “I want dad/gran/sister to fully understand what we agreed and you know what they’re like, so just write it all down on this piece of paper and then they’ll be no misunderstanding” I am a genius. Except you then have written proof that it’s a great idea to get minecraft on every platform so that you play in ever way possible. I don’t have the solve for that one yet.

dreamboatquickfuck · 13/07/2020 17:59

Yes do it, love this idea

ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble · 13/07/2020 18:33

OH once agreed to let DD shave his head.

He's been paying a lot more attention to what she says since then.
Grin

SurroundedByIdiotsEverywhere · 13/07/2020 19:01

Six kids? Get the F**k off of MN and listen to what one of the six asked you to do... And be a parent!

Rumbletumbleinmytummy · 13/07/2020 19:08

OP. Next time say to DD. I'm so excited, tell dad/nan about our plan!! Then ask them later what it was.=)

ComeOnBabyPopMyBubble · 13/07/2020 19:09

@SurroundedByIdiotsEverywhere looks like the problem might be you, not the people around you.Hmm

Shell4429 · 13/07/2020 19:16

Six kids? Did you give birth to all of them and how is your pelvic floor? 🥺

DagenhamRoundhouse · 13/07/2020 19:19

You're letting yourself by intimated by a 9 year old?

NameChange84 · 13/07/2020 19:22

@Shell4429 You probably meant it in jest but those are really insensitive questions. Whether or not they are her biological children and the state of her vagina are none of your business.

Shell4429 · 13/07/2020 19:31

[quote NameChange84]@Shell4429 You probably meant it in jest but those are really insensitive questions. Whether or not they are her biological children and the state of her vagina are none of your business.[/quote]
And she doesn’t have to answer ... I only asked because I had five kids and my pelvic floor imploded when I hit menopause!

Bettyboo1957 · 13/07/2020 20:13

Hahah get her to write it all down, insist on details and illustrations.......only hope you've got room for 8 horses and a heart shaped carriage

Merryweather80 · 13/07/2020 21:51

Had that conversation been from my nine year old ’it’ would have been a pink unicorn. I too drift off from the conversation after being talked at incessantly by her and her slightly younger sister. Since ds was born 14 weeks ago they have realised that they can ask for pretty much anything and my tired brain says yes. I've now started saying ask daddy what he thinks about it darling (especially as his sleep hasn't been affected by the arrival of ds) it's got to be safer than agreeing to a unicorn.

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PyongyangKipperbang · 13/07/2020 22:04

Anyway, if she hasn't already got pierced ears, that will be it. Either for her next birthday, or Christmas, whichever comes first.

Weirdly no. I asked her if she wanted it done last year (I finally gave in when the eldest DD was 8 at the start of summer hols so the others have been offered the same at the same age) and she doesnt want them done.

Seriously, though, if she's not a pisstaker it's probably not anything too crazy. My money would be on a multi-child sleepover.

FUCK.OFF. I dont even want to think about that as a possibility! I'm not going to sleep tonight now!

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PyongyangKipperbang · 13/07/2020 22:06

@SurroundedByIdiotsEverywhere

Six kids? Get the F**k off of MN and listen to what one of the six asked you to do... And be a parent!
Three down, three to go and two of those are teenagers who only ask for money these days, and will keep asking until me pretending dead gets boring for me and I give up.

Of the three eldest, one calls when she needs something, one calls when he wants a chat or needs something, one never needs anything and calls all the time. I dont always listen then if I'm honest.......

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PyongyangKipperbang · 13/07/2020 22:06

@Shell4429

Six kids? Did you give birth to all of them and how is your pelvic floor? 🥺
Yes, fine and it thanks you for asking :)
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PyongyangKipperbang · 13/07/2020 22:08

@DagenhamRoundhouse

You're letting yourself by intimated by a 9 year old?
Of course not!
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