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A warning to the curious

173 replies

BrianBlessed01 · 20/08/2024 21:45

If you are in the fortunate position of being able in terms of material things - ie, a comfortable home, laundry done from home, nice holidays abroad - if your child has already experienced those things, be VERY careful. Otherwise, they can, and will, make your life hell. PUT BOUNDARIES DOWN - deal with tantrums and rudeness, shoot those down, take no prisoners. You should have been doing this from the start, tbh.

OP posts:
AppleKatie · 20/08/2024 21:58

I didn’t know having a washing machine was synonymous with forgetting to give boundaries to your kid.

well you live and learn.

Zonder · 20/08/2024 21:58

Not my style but you do you.

MegaMeg2710 · 20/08/2024 22:00

@MoreOfADogPerson FLASH!!! Ahhhh! This post’s unintelligible! 🎸

Goodnight everyone, I think I’m about to get banned.

BlueMoanday · 20/08/2024 22:02

Dont just stand there.... LAUNDRY!!!!

OMGitsnotgood · 20/08/2024 22:03

That might be your experience OP, not mine

Dibbydoos · 20/08/2024 22:06

🤔🤨😐🫢🙄

AskZoltar · 20/08/2024 22:06

See, this is why I do all my washing with a mangle.

user1471538275 · 20/08/2024 22:08

Righty ho!

DoreenonTill8 · 20/08/2024 22:09

Trox · 20/08/2024 21:48

Is this like those coded messages spies used to place in small ads during the Cold War?

Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries.... the pigeon flies when dawn is pink 😉

User623 · 20/08/2024 22:09

Look at what you've done Brian

life of brian GIF
DoreenonTill8 · 20/08/2024 22:10

And here was me ready for bed... now I'll need to stay up!

ghostyslovesheets · 20/08/2024 22:11

DoreenonTill8 · 20/08/2024 22:09

Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries.... the pigeon flies when dawn is pink 😉

Dogs barking cannot fly without umbrellas (if anyone knows what film that's from I'll eat my hat!)

AnneLovesGilbert · 20/08/2024 22:11

You should have been doing this from the start, tbh.

We are. Did you not?

User623 · 20/08/2024 22:11

ghostyslovesheets · 20/08/2024 22:11

Dogs barking cannot fly without umbrellas (if anyone knows what film that's from I'll eat my hat!)

It's a gas gas gas

ghostyslovesheets · 20/08/2024 22:12

User623 · 20/08/2024 22:11

It's a gas gas gas

YAY! I loved that film!

Motnight · 20/08/2024 22:12

Appledoughnut · 20/08/2024 21:58

Where else would I do my laundry?

On the banks of a river?

StrawberryKebab · 20/08/2024 22:12

I washed my kids clothes on a rock by the river….am I safe from their insults?

CabbagesAndCeilingWax · 20/08/2024 22:13

Trox · 20/08/2024 21:48

Is this like those coded messages spies used to place in small ads during the Cold War?

I've just started following a cryptic crossword guy on insta, and my first thought was "hhhm, which part of this is the definition, and which bit is the wordplay...."

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/08/2024 22:13

AskZoltar · 20/08/2024 22:06

See, this is why I do all my washing with a mangle.

I stamp on mine with my bare feet and beat it with stones in the river.
Do I get a prize

mildlydispeptic · 20/08/2024 22:13

Step away from the pinot, luv.

User623 · 20/08/2024 22:14

ghostyslovesheets · 20/08/2024 22:12

YAY! I loved that film!

What is your preferred condiment with a hat?

CabbagesAndCeilingWax · 20/08/2024 22:15

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 20/08/2024 22:13

I stamp on mine with my bare feet and beat it with stones in the river.
Do I get a prize

Absolutely not. You need to get the kids to stamp on with their bare feet. Otherwise all your lives will be a living hell.

Motnight · 20/08/2024 22:16

StrawberryKebab · 20/08/2024 22:12

I washed my kids clothes on a rock by the river….am I safe from their insults?

Only Brian can answer this.

ThinWomansBrain · 20/08/2024 22:16

Well I don't have children, but I do use a communal laundry in the basement of my apartment block. My cat is safe from being a spoiled brat.

But as for the PPs having the temerity to take their children on holiday with clean clothes rather than dirty ones😧Shock Horror!!!

ghostyslovesheets · 20/08/2024 22:16

User623 · 20/08/2024 22:14

What is your preferred condiment with a hat?

Now you're testing me - it's been a while since I watched it I was a bit distracted by Jonathan Pryce in his prime!