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blondemss		#41	[-]
Posts: 11074 (11/29/08 10:00 PM) Guttersnipe Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	o, he'll 'work it off'. yah. just like he'll 'clean his room' this weekend. i'm gonna feel bad if there really is some gaming thing i'm missing but i'm definately leaning towards him having a brat moment. edit: he just sent me an email saying pretty much that we can just forget xmas, that's all he wanted since i said i'd buy him a monitor for the computer i got for his birthday and never got it for him (he said he'd get a job and get it, never did either); he may be being dramatic but he doesn't want a cheap small screen so cancel christmas. he didn't even mention a monitor. he wanted a new zune. I mentioned the monitor. i'm gonna smack him. well, no. but i'm gonna think about smacking him. sigh. i love the holidays. Last Edited By: blondemss 11/29/08 10:04 PM. Edited 1 times.
meatball77		#42	[-]
Posts: 9856 (11/29/08 10:02 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	blondemss wrote: :threadjack so, while we're talking about little brats can we talk about big ones too? my kid. i can't figure out if he's being a spoiled brat or if i'm being an nonunderstanding bitch. i made the mistake of mentioning to him that i was thinking about getting him a flat screen lcd monitor for christmas. i only mentioned it because i dont' know much about the specs for technilogical stuff. he starts bombarding me with links to the ones he wants. the latest is a 24 inch with a ton of specs that he insists he HAS to have in order to enjoy gaming properly. keep in mind that he has a regular big ole monitor that he will be making do with when i decide to get him NOTHING. he comes downstairs and says 'so, when are you ordering that monitor?" i'm like, dude seriously, you're sucking the fun out of it and missing the point. i'm not spending over four hundred bucks on a twenty four inch monitor. not doing it. i planned on the basic 19 inch, hundred and fifty dollar one. his response is 'don't bother then'. really? really? you'd rather have the big old non flat screen non lcd monitor you've got instead of the big ass one i won't get? so ot, brat or bitch? Perhaps he'd rather wait till you can afford the expensive one you want. In a year the bigger one will be cheap enough and if you've gotten him the smaller one then he's not going to be happy. Or he's being a brat. Or some of both.
Ziji		#43	[-]
Posts: 10484 (11/29/08 10:02 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	or you could offer to pay 1/2 of the cost of the one he wants if he puts in the other 1/2. big life lesson on delayed gratification, buying within your means, and being thankful for gifts when they are given.
Ann Margret Thatcher		#44	[-]
Posts: 6608 (11/29/08 10:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Brat, but it's probably just temporary. He's just in the bartering phase, calling your bluff. Stand your ground and see who folds first. I'm betting he gets the basic 19" and likes it.
SurvivorArctic		#45	[-]
Posts: 12919 (11/29/08 10:06 PM) Not a team player Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	He's a teenager, right? He is a brat. Having a teenage moment of total self centred brattness. He'll get over it when he's 40..?
blondemss		#46	[-]
Posts: 11075 (11/29/08 10:06 PM) Guttersnipe Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	lol, please see edit. the little shit is going to go without. seriously. i have NO problem cancelling the material part of christmas. i can afford the monitor. that's not the point. add in the new zune, the new tattto, the new ipod for his girlfriend etc etc, the monitor was supposed to be just a nice additional yet not too pricey gift.
Ziji		#47	[-]
Posts: 10485 (11/29/08 10:08 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	wait what? you even bought his GIRLFRIEND an iPod? you are very generous.
ZippyDoDa		#48	[-]
Posts: 8603 (11/29/08 10:09 PM) Such a naughty monkey Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Next time go to a gaming board and ask a stranger and don't tip yer hand!! LOL
blondemss		#49	[-]
Posts: 11076 (11/29/08 10:09 PM) Guttersnipe Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	i consider her family. i love her like family. she's a wonderful soul and i'm very honored to have her in our family/lives.
1000Proof		#50	[-]
Posts: 8720 (11/29/08 10:12 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Blondie <3<3<3<3<3<3 For YOU: For your son since he is giving you a hard time:
Ziji		#51	[-]
Posts: 10486 (11/29/08 10:12 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	blondemss wrote: i consider her family. i love her like family. she's a wonderful soul and i'm very honored to have her in our family/lives. I can't say I did much different but it does depend on the age of the kids and how long they've been together.
blondemss		#52	[-]
Posts: 11078 (11/29/08 10:14 PM) Guttersnipe Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	thank you 1000 :) i still wanna smack him. not really actually smack him but daydream about it for a second they've been together for about two years ziji. actually, she's more appreciative of gifts and helpful around the house than he is. (he's a decent kid, he's just temporarily lost his ever loving mind) edit: ugh. maybe he has a point? he just told me that he doesn't need a new zune as he 'hacked in to his zune and added fifteen G by putting files in a different place and made it so he can play games on it.' :blink i dunno what that means! but, if that's the case then he may be right Last Edited By: blondemss 11/29/08 10:22 PM. Edited 1 times.
NickF227		#53	[-]
Posts: 5210 (11/29/08 10:17 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Oh God, even I'm not that big of a bitch. If my technologically retarded mom gets me the wrong thing on Christmas(she got me the wrong laptop, and then proceeded to break it. <3 ya mom!) I just smile and I say thank you. Cuz I'm like appreciative and junk. I think you should just get your son's girlfriend the iPod and nothing else for him.
The Purple Parrot		#54	[-]
Posts: 7934 (11/29/08 10:18 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	STROLLERS ARE THE WORST INVENTION IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE! Thank you. That is all.
DeadTwista		#55	[-]
Posts: 4133 (11/29/08 10:30 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I wouldnt worry about it blonde. I was spoiled when I was little and look at how well I turned out.
LuvTheOzman		#56	[-]
Posts: 1856 (11/29/08 10:34 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	DeadTwista wrote: I wouldnt worry about it blonde. I was spoiled when I was little and look at how well I turned out. You're not helping!!!
tdugan333		#57	[-]
Posts: 8638 (11/29/08 10:35 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Runs screaming away from DT's post. Did you really say "sucking the fun out of it" to him Blond? If so and he was still a brat (cuz if my mom said that to me I would beg for her mercy and give thanks to the high heavens for giving me such a kick ass mom) then I say get the GF her ipod and make a handmade Xmas card with hello kitty stickers on it and a big ole lipstick print with Mom written underneath for mr bratty mcbratterson.
CBRetriever		#58	[-]
Posts: 23074 (11/29/08 10:36 PM) MESS member Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	pupa, leashes for kids are far worse
tdugan333		#59	[-]
Posts: 8640 (11/29/08 10:38 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	So true CBR. In addition to being horrified by the entire concept I have been tripped up not once, but twice by the same mother son duo when shopping.
LuvTheOzman		#60	[-]
Posts: 1857 (11/29/08 10:39 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	CBRetriever wrote: pupa, leashes for kids are far worse Hmm I'd like to put Pupa on a leash.....

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