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dad in odd complaint abotu ds3

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Dogsby · 20/06/2007 21:48

ok ds3 a little headstrong
dad came around ( i wasout getting ds2) and ds3 was upstaris ready for bed

dad went upstairs

ds3 said" i dont want you fo my storeis i want mummy"( he was expecting me btu i had had ot rush out)

ds3 was off

dad rang up to complain ds3 was rude
dh said he told ds3 off and that he wastired and htat ds3 cant alway be dlighted ot see him
i think ds3 need s little bit mroe manners

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HuwEdwards · 20/06/2007 22:05

ah dogsby, don't worry, wasn't intended to get sympathy, just that I know how ya feel when you're a bit stuck in the middle. You want to please your dad and show him you share some of his values, but you know in your heart kids are just honest (and they forget that I think)

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Dogsby · 20/06/2007 22:06

yes
shit to miss him tho
tell us abotu him
was he the teller of terribel jokes>?

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HuwEdwards · 20/06/2007 22:06

your parents that is, not the kids - they have no concept of honesty - it's all out of their gobs long before they have time to analyse it...

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HuwEdwards · 20/06/2007 22:09

He was fun thats what I remember most as a kid - big on discipline, but big on fun too. Was ill in later life which changed him a bit. Good memories though.

thanks for asking - it's nice to think about him again.

pointydog · 20/06/2007 22:21

grandparents always want everything to be lovelier than lovely with grandchildren, ime. I reckon your dad prob phoned you because he didn't really want to tell ds3 he was being rude. Maybe he wanted you to have a quiet word with ds3 without grassing on grandpa. Just so's everything stays lovely. Maybe.

fireflyfairy2 · 20/06/2007 22:28

FIL teases the shit out of ds. He is 2.6 & he yaps at FIL when he teases him.

FIL will say stuff to wind ds up. I am always telling him to stop tormenting him, as is MIL.

Some day ds will have had enough!

stevethesturgeon · 20/06/2007 22:33

OOhh down the bottom of this thread i thought people were going to insist you sever all contact like in all those other threads. Right - that's it, you may never speak to the old bugger again!

But its ok now. Everyone was a little overtired. I feel like that too.

welliemum · 20/06/2007 22:39

I think tact is for the middle generation and the very young and very old should just tell it like it is.

(In this example, the truth-telling licence holders would be your dad, ds3 and the cat.)

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 08:20

lol the cat at his venerable age

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:22

well tis got odder
mum now has told me that ds3 is very rude often adn its not cute any more bal balabla

i told her that perhaps dad wants to not expect a great welcome etc he was tired etc adnyes he is rude
and she went on and onononononono

so i suggested meaybe ds3 and add shoduhave a break fom each toher for a while and i know who thaty woudl upset the most( dad big fan of grandsons)

WHY mum is involved i dont know

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CountessDracula · 21/06/2007 11:25

this all sounds very out of proportion
a tired child who was expecting his mother to read him stories suddenly got his grandfather instead

did he actually say anything rude? Or just no I don't wnat you I want mummy?

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:27

oh no he cna be VERY direct - it is na issue we are " workign on" ( ofr that imagine bedroom sending to scenarios)
was shirty and sulky nad siad "I dont want you grandpa" sulky etc
and grandpa was hurt

grandpa wasnt voming to read a story just to say hi

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:27

it is out of proprtion.

i know
et a life

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CountessDracula · 21/06/2007 11:28

i'm glad to hear he wasn't voming to read a story
might have made a nasty mess on ds3's duvet

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:28

lol saw that

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CountessDracula · 21/06/2007 11:28

get a life is about it really dogcod

NerdMagnet · 21/06/2007 11:29

get ds3 to post grandad a lovely picture he has made specially for him.
and all will be well.

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:30

lol
its retired parents cd
they make a molehill

not hey make a mountain
thast the boy

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mumto3girls · 21/06/2007 11:30

4 year olds often still have no concept that they can hurt adults feelings imo

oliveoil · 21/06/2007 11:30

tired child

dh gets "go away want mummy" most nights in this house

I don't I down the "tiredness is an excuse route", it is a valid reason for lots of stuff with children

my two were DREADFUL last night, both whining and wailing as I walked in the door from work (is there a worse sound by the way, when you are tired yourself, than a wailing brat?)

aren't most 4 year olds rude when tired?

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:31

well he is pretty rude a lot

if he doenst wnqat ot do it he wont

ds1 and ds2 amazingly biddable.

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:31

may start a ds3 rude log(!) so you lot can compare what i htink is rude

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CountessDracula · 21/06/2007 11:31

mine just discipline her without asking me!
(much easier really gets it all out of the way)

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Dogsby · 21/06/2007 11:32

yes
d ad doesnt wnat t be bad guy

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CountessDracula · 21/06/2007 11:32

oi you old fish
give me some sympathy pls

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