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re: Easter Sunday family drama: my nephew was told the Easter Bunny is not real...
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:27 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:27 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Don't remember how old they were, but our two sons came to us after school one day (maybe KG and second grade) and told us, "We know there is no Santa Claus." I told them, "All I have to say about that is Santa never brings any toys to kids who do not believe in him."
They immediately began talking a hundred miles an hour, "NO - We didn't say we didn't believe!"
Because of this, they survived the Santa lie one more year.
They immediately began talking a hundred miles an hour, "NO - We didn't say we didn't believe!"
Because of this, they survived the Santa lie one more year.
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Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:32 pm to WillFerrellisking
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While your sons at it, why doesn’t he tell his cousin where babies come from also!
My baby girl (6yo) asked me last night if my wife and I were sleeping next to each other before my wife got pregnant with her …lol my wife wasn’t home lol so i said, good question and it’s a little more complicated than that but yeah ..lol
Posted on 3/31/24 at 5:47 pm to LSUZombie
It's uncommon for a 5th grader to believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny. Parents should definitely have said something to warn everyone in advance.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 6:00 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Ok Op,
Tell the truth. When you created your post you thought you were "right" and all the baws and girls would take your side. Huh?
UP VOTES: 18
DOWN VOTES: 178
Those Stats have got to hurt...
I bet that was not what you were expecting..
So here is some advice from a real MOB ( Mother of Boys) and a professional educator.
You have done FUBARed yourself.
Here is your problem.
1. You and your son attended a family Easter Celebration.
2. During the celebration your family plays hide and find with some plastic Easter eggs. (Everybody does it. It is lots of fun no matter your age.)
3. You and your son say something really stupid in front of your 5 year old nephew. (Ok, we are all human and we make mistakes.)
4. The child hears your stupid remark and becomes upset. (Now you are in the hot seat.)
5. Instead of comforting the child you double down by imposing your beliefs on to your brother's child. (aka running your big fat mouth)
6. You are shocked when you and your son are shunned for your irresponsible actions.
Here is where you went wrong.
You should have said something silly to diffuse the situation. For example Little nephew, We all love to find Easter eggs and your cousin meant that he had more fun when he was little like you.
Or, {I normally don't approve of lying} I would have told him (the nephew) that he mis-heard what your son said. You could have answered the child's tears with "Of course everybody loves the Easter Bunny."
Then disaster could have probably been diverted.
Since you made some really bad decisions today and did not practice some damage control you will now have to suffer some pretty serious consequences.
You seem to be pretty dense so I will spell out a few that could happen.
A. Your relationship with your brother will never be the same. Even if you manage to make up with him, in the back of his mind he will always remember this day and how your traumatized his son.
B. Your relationship with your sister in law will probably never recover. Mom's don't like you messing with their kids. (Watch your Back)
C. The other family members involved are probably not too happy with you either and more consequences will flow from that too.
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Btw.. I would love to talk to your son and hear all the stupid stuff you have said and done to him when nobody was a round.
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Take some time and do some self-reflection. Try to learn from this and become a better person.
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oh, and good luck you are going to need it.
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 6:08 pm to thecoconuttiger
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Take some time and do some self-reflection. Try to learn from this and become a better person.
He won't. He started this thread thinking that he was correct and is to stupid to realize it. Hopefully his son didn't find the 100 bill in the egg and their water gets shut off for a month.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 6:08 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I asked my 7 year old daughter what she got from the Easter Bunny. She gave me the "Really, dude?" side eye.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 6:56 pm to thecoconuttiger
I’d have done this a long time ago if I knew it got me out of holidays with my in laws. It’s way cheaper than taking a vacation for every holiday which is what I currently do
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:02 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Did they have baskets like baby Jesus had?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:04 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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My nephew is in 5th grade and my son got an earful from SIL (no pics).
Your 17 year old is doing a better job parenting than your SIL
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 7:21 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:11 pm to thecoconuttiger
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3. You and your son say something really stupid in front of your 5 year old nephew. (Ok, we are all human and we make mistakes.
Ma'am...The kid was not 5 ..he is IN 5th GRADE, or 10/11 YEARS OLD...You might want to rethink some of the words you wrote in that dissertation...
I would nit have thought that he still believed either...that is a little old...the OP may have handled it poorly, but his sister is ruining that kid...honestly ruining him.
It's time to LET him grow up.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:13 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
No wonder your son in insensitive, he was raised by a jerk
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:16 pm to Tigahs24Seven
She wrote all that just to get half the facts from the story wrong
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:18 pm to Locoguan0
Hell yeah brother I was mowing grass and welding by the time I was 7
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:18 pm to Tigahs24Seven
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old...the OP may have handled it poorly, but his sister is ruining that kid...honestly ruining him.
It's time to LET him grow up.
Weren't you the hoe that cheated on your husband with someone from this board? Your parenting advice is shite. Looking at your maybe it's another poster.
The bottom line is that every kid develops differently and 10 might be at the upper end of believing but it's not abnormal.
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:18 pm to Tigahs24Seven
The child's age does not matter.
Do you watch tv?
Do you go to movies?
If you do then you are participating in events or scenarios where you indulge your imagination.
Don't ever try to "parent" or "project" your beliefs on to other people's children.
It is just asking for problems.
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Here is something for you to consider.
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
- Albert Einstein
Do you watch tv?
Do you go to movies?
If you do then you are participating in events or scenarios where you indulge your imagination.
Don't ever try to "parent" or "project" your beliefs on to other people's children.
It is just asking for problems.
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Here is something for you to consider.
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
- Albert Einstein
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:21 pm to Tigahs24Seven
quote:How?
his sister is ruining that kid...honestly ruining him.
Will he not be able to hold a job? Will his ability to go to college at 18 be screwed up because he still believed in this at 10?
What is the age where a child has to stop believing or he will be “screwed up”?
Do some of you actually listen to yourselves?
He is 10. He hasn’t even gone through puberty yet.
Y'all are fricking crazy people.
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:21 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Like I bet the mom is worried she won't get to do Elf on a Shelf this year and, more specifically, won't be able to post pics from doing it.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:22 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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My nephew is in 5th grade and my son got an earful from SIL (no pics). That's when me and my wife got involved and say we are not playing along with the lies you are telling your kids.... blah blah blah
You should have intervened, apologized, and moved on. Instead you double downed and now your whole fam looks like dicks.
I don't know what to tell you.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:25 pm to yellowfin
I don't mind being corrected. I did get the age wrong.
It does not change the facts or the consequences this guy is going to have to face.
It does not change the facts or the consequences this guy is going to have to face.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 7:26 pm to dupergreenie
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He won't. He started this thread thinking that he was correct and is to stupid to realize it.
Yeah this thread didn't go the way that he expected it to go. Now he's shown himself to be an a-hole who's raising an a-hole in his son. Something tells me we won't be seeing the OP on here for a while. At least this subforum.
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Hopefully his son didn't find the 100 bill in the egg and their water gets shut off for a month.
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