Comments | lordandrei: What happened to my sense of humour?

lordandrei

What happened to my sense of humour?

Jul 28, 2008 17:11

I want to know how this wiring works between father and son.

Since having "A" I have discovered that I am an absolute pawn to media over small children.

Commercials with them make me contemplate the product. Movies with them make me defensive.

And don't get me started about Mufasa's death scene in "Lion King"

Recently, I've been watching "The ( Read more... )

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maxomai July 29 2008, 00:31:08 UTC

What happened to my sense of humour?

No need to worry old chap, it's probably just taking in a game of cricket. Won't be long now.

lordandrei July 29 2008, 00:32:07 UTC

Oh bugger off, you nit ;)

lordandrei July 29 2008, 00:38:55 UTC

You haven't just noticed that, have you?

I've always used that form of spelling on this journal. All the way back.

Not necessarily apropos of anything maxomai November 26 2010, 13:22:29 UTC

I don't think I approve of making shoes out of Tories.

plantyhamchuk July 29 2008, 01:11:33 UTC

Life is different when you're truly and honestly invested in it, at least IME.

tedgill July 29 2008, 01:21:44 UTC

I suspect your sense of humor (or at least your sense of the macabre as it relates to children) will begin to return when A. is 13 or so and knows everything in the world and is happy to tell you so and you are thinking about devising new and astonishingly painful ways to stop his mouth and wipe that sullen-yet-superior look off of his impudent little face.

(Ah, the teen years - says Ted, having just returned from a weekend with his 13-year-old nephew-like-object)

tygeressdenacht July 29 2008, 01:52:14 UTC

Actually it starts a lot sooner than the teens... there are many times that I want to strangle my 11 year old and she's even fairly well behaved.

tedgill July 29 2008, 06:59:06 UTC

Yes, it certainly starts earlier -- about 9 for boys in our culture it would seem, and it just keeps simmering. And make no mistake -- D. is actually a charming and thoughtful child with a heart of gold. But the hormones and process of individuation can alter his behavior to a point which may yet prove lethal to the little twerp. ;-)

fiannaharpar August 1 2008, 01:05:34 UTC

Dude, my daughter is five and she's started that.

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lordart July 29 2008, 01:40:25 UTC

I'll admit I found it disturbing. While I have a son too, it didn't have the same effect it seems to have on you.

In MY case, I'm more worried that a new girl I approach and eventually mention I'm into video games, they might think I'm one of the dis-functional stereotypes in "The Guild", and to ME that is far more disturbing...

To me, I just found the series painful. Again, I admire the work, and I think the red-head is cute, but I know(or did) people like depicted in the series and it reminds me why I ran the other way and perhaps I could have turned out if I made the wrong choice when I was younger...

kitten_goddess July 29 2008, 03:14:43 UTC

Maybe you are now more worried because you have a child. I've heard that once you become a pareht, you are hypervigilant for life. I am child-free, so I'm merely repeating what I've been told.

fiannaharpar August 1 2008, 01:12:10 UTC

I'm a parent and not generally hyper-vigilant. I do have much less tolerance for maltreatment of children since Pookie was born.

Watching the one character openly maltreat her children in order to play online games was enough to make me stop watching pretty much immediately with no intention of watching it again. IMO, this is the beauty of life; not everyone has my values and sense of humour.

I am also a sample group of one, so take it for what it's worth :-)