I made a big ass pan of Brussel sprouts and told my kids to suck it up. It’s what’s for dinner.
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“Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency for me” is a real world answer in our house. Also “sounds like a personal problem to me” because Truth.
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I shoved everyone on board this health food train because I shop/cook/clean up so The End.
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Is it bacon? I don’t even know how to answer that anymore, it’s turkey bacon.
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“And?” works.
Bear always gets shotgun! Gracie stole my snack! But I don’t wanna go to the store! “And?”
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I’ve been known to say, “Sorry, I’m out.” after 8:00pm.
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You say hunger strike, I say nobody ever died from skipping a meal. You’ll be hungry for breakfast. Love ya, mean it.
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You know, we just don’t believe in using the word no, it breaks a child’s spirit.
I’m sorry, what? I couldn’t hear you over my kid’s cries of despair because I won’t take her shoe shopping tomorrow.
Holla.
“Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.” Said for the last 19 years, weekly at a minimum.
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No lie. That reminds me…haven’t taught mine the 6 Ps yet. Did yours get “proper planning prevents piss poor performance”? 😆
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LOL No, but I know a lady who says that all the time! 😛
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Yes. Yes. and Yes. Especially the parts about food. My family would say “you’re not really hungry then if you’re not willing to eat what’s in there” lol. My husband and I plan to run our household a similar way one day. A little of our upbringing plus some “your room is MY room on loan to you” and I’m hoping our kids will turn into well adjusted adults…with a sense of humor.
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Hahaha! WE use the “this is our house, we let you live here” line when it comes to expectations for rooms. This is a delightful conversation we have to repeat periodically and it never fails to remind me of the time my dad told me my hair was his hair until I turned 18. He wasn’t a fan of the Sun-In. 😂😂😂
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So. Much. Truth. Especially when dealing with three teenagers. I give them a reality check on the daily.
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Because WHO ELSE is gonna tell them like it is besides their mama? Nobody, that’s who. 😉
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Right?
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Gracie deserves snacks
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Well, SHE certainly believes so. If by “snacks” you mean “a constant stream of food nuggets 15 hours a day.” 😆
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Yes, because kids cannot always come first – real life isn’t like that, and it’s an important thing for them to learn. Pats on your back for being real.
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Honestly. It’s so funny, too, because I feel like we’ve always been this way and yet sometimes they’re still surprised! 🙄
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Thanks for the laugh! 🤣
It’s funnier seeing it written down!
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And sometimes SO not funny in the moment. Wails over not going shoe shopping? True story and a painful sound at the time. So much funnier in retrospect! 😉
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Oh shoe shopping…that could signal the end of the world! Lol 😂
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Tween girls, amiright?
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I had a boy … so much easier 👍😊. I can relate to the shoe thing because I’m a girl. Lol!
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