"This is what I think about your life"
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Fri Jul-21-06 04:58 PM
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"This is what I think about your life"
My daughter came in the room, said this to me, blew up a balloon partway and let it fly across the room. "This is what I think about my life." Blows up second balloon all the way, ties it off and lets it float off. WTF!
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Fri Jul-21-06 04:59 PM
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1. How old is your daughter? n/t
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:05 PM
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:00 PM
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:10 PM
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if she were around 13 or so I would have thought I knew what that was about. But 6? I wonder if its something she picked up from a movie or cartoon. At 6 most kids still aren't at the stage where they think their parents are hopelessly stupid and clueless.
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:13 PM
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10. I hope it came from a cartoon.
Otherwise, family members have been telling her things again. My family is pretty good at that. They've often told her that I am worthless and stupid, which is why I choose to not spend much time w/ most of my family.
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:13 PM
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11. If that is the case then I wouldn't let her
spend time with them. Good God, what awful things to tell a little kid!
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:15 PM
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12. She doesn't get to spend much time w/ most of them
but I can't dismiss all of my family out of her life.
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:02 PM
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3. Give her the Bush answer:
"Who cares what you think?" :)
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:05 PM
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6. I asked her what it meant.
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:07 PM
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7. Maybe she saw it on a cartoon?
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Fri Jul-21-06 05:11 PM
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She's pissed at me right now anyway. I spent $60 on Girl Scout things for her and she decided that she wanted a game too. That $60 was saved for almost 2 months to buy her GS things! No way she was getting a computer game instead.
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Fri Jul-21-06 06:15 PM
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13. Sounds like she perceives she has the right to punish/threaten you
Edited on Fri Jul-21-06 06:40 PM by Whoa_Nelly
As Barney Fife would say, "Just nip it! Nip it in the bud!".
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Fri Jul-21-06 09:35 PM
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16. My parents have let her think that.
Now she thinks it about them and they are not happy.
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Sat Jul-22-06 02:18 PM
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That's the sort of thing my happy-go-lucky six-yr.-old would do, intuitively understanding that it will have an effect, but not understanding why. I certainly hope it has nothing to do with your family or his friends.
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Sat Jul-22-06 02:19 PM
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She was in a bad mood yesterday when she did it.
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Fri Jul-21-06 06:42 PM
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14. doesn't have to be negative, X-mas
have you ever seen that part of Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars where they meet the balloons in space? I dunno, life to her could be the fun of flying wildly through the air or floating in the sky! (note: kids that young don't usually have adult context or subtext.) ;)
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Fri Jul-21-06 09:34 PM
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15. I just don't know what she meant.
She actually was in a bad mood when she did it so who knows.
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Fri Jul-21-06 10:24 PM
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Sorry. But that's just so nonsensical. :rofl::rofl:
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Sat Jul-22-06 02:13 PM
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24. Keep a six year old around.
Half of what they say makes no sense.
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Fri Jul-21-06 10:31 PM
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She could mean it flies high or it poops out at the last minute... Really WTF? But she's talking to you And if she has something to say, she wants to say it to you. Weird but good. Khash.
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Sat Jul-22-06 02:09 PM
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Little things like this are proof that there was never any mix up in the hospital when she was born.
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Sat Jul-22-06 05:35 PM
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27. She's weird but you're not?
Let's just say the acorn didn't fall too far from the oak tree. I can see you doing exactly the same thang...... :) Khash.
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Sat Jul-22-06 05:45 PM
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28. That's why incidents of this nature
are proof positive that there was no mix up in the nursery. She's obviously my kid. We'll see how much of that sticks in place by the time she gets to high school.
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Fri Jul-21-06 10:34 PM
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19. So blow up your own baloon and tell her
"This is what I think about my life" and then stick it with a pin. Kidding.
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Sat Jul-22-06 02:10 PM
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22. There are days that wouldn't be too far from the truth.
I went back about ten minutes later, asked for the balloon, blew it up, tied it off and said "This is what I think of the balloon's life." I stepped on it.
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Fri Jul-21-06 10:43 PM
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20. try not to read too much into it.
when you put it into the context of her not getting her way, maybe she's just saying something like - you get to do what you want, and I don't...
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Sat Jul-22-06 02:12 PM
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23. That's kind of what I'm thinking.
She was very lovey this morning when I picked her up after work and got her ready for camp, especially when she saw all the time I spent on my break sewing her badges on her new uniform.
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Sat Jul-22-06 08:00 PM
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:hug: just sounds like you could use one!
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Sat Jul-22-06 08:05 PM
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30. She's had an attitude for the past week now.
What happened to my sweet baby?
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Sat Jul-22-06 08:13 PM
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31. I think its called....growing up. They are doing it younger and
younger now....must be the steroids they put in the food!:P Sorry she got to you today...
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Sat Jul-22-06 08:18 PM
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32. Today, yesterday, day before.
And I've noticed other girls in her troop act the same way toward their mothers. You've really got to wonder why this is allowed nowadays.
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Sat Jul-22-06 08:27 PM
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she didn't "see this on tv" - or someone showed her the "balloon thing" - it might be a sign of pretty high intelligence. It's not the sort of thing (illustration/statement) an N/T 6 yo would come up with on their own - regardless of whether she was "mad at you" or not. I'd say wait a day or so and ask when she's not "mad" anymore. :)
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Sat Jul-22-06 08:29 PM
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She swears that she didn't see it on tv but still won't tell me what it means. I can say that she is a very bright child w/o bragging or inflating her intelligence.
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