What is truly upsetting me in gender reveal parties (which also should actually be named sex reveal parties as this is what they are) is that people are making a big deal about having a boy or a girl. Why does it matter? Get a puppy if you want to choose. Boys and girls should be loved equally. I understand that we can have preferences as in "oh after three boys it would be nice to have a girl" but having dozens of relatives gathered just to see your reaction when you find out if you are having a boy or a girl is seriously disturbing. And I am not even mentioning the death that occurred, the wild fires, the mess simply left behind...

Currently, the thread above this one is the one about the baby with the iPad.

Definitely for girls. Boys need to watch a live child birth after boys have to take care of child that has colic. Let's see how many kids happen after that sex Ed class.

It really does depend on how the story is told. When my daughter was about 3 she was playing with her toys in the bath, she had a cheap kids magnifying glass. She noticed that when she held it near the wall, the light from the window became focused and she got the image of the window, sun, sky, and clouds on the white tiles. It's pretty cool I think. But when I'm feeling particularly pompous I'll tell people she reinvented the camera obscura when she was 3 years old.

Haha, can't believe you fell for that! I gotta stop scrolling and work on some laundry now. I'm the only one that can get it to smell so fresh... wait a minute

I'm actually pretty good at the answers. However the repeated mom, mom, mom. I sometimes wonder if dying is the only way out. LOL

As long as they cry. My brother fell down two steps of stairs and my mother knew it was serious because he did not cry. He'd cracked his skull and was unconscious. Crying, though annoying, is still a good sign.

Yeah, Amanda and Chad!

"I've got my own life now!" "I know that! I just wanted to be a part of it!" *sniffle*

Has to be the kid that can clean the entire house in one night. And that includes cleaning up litres of paint without the lingering smell of turps, cleaning great gobs of honey with no stickiness left over, restoring burnt doorknobs, etc

Don't forget quicksand.

I was terrified i would spontaneously combust, lol

After the wizard of oz I was convinced a tornado would appear at some stage and blow my house apart. I lived in South Africa .

you said 34 year old me right

So Me. On both counts.

Why isn't this higher up on the list?

My son currently. "Mom do you know the Bermuda Triangle is a real place?!" Asks 17xs a month. My response "really, ohhh wow."

I’m 55 and I’m watching a documentary series about said Triangle. There’s no new Letterkenny on so what am I supposed to do?

Never heard of it

My only fears were more localized. Rabies, tetanus, and appendicitis.

I freaked out when I found out my mom and dad went through it my thoughts were something like this "IF YOU DIED I WOULD NOT EXIST! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?!? RISKING YOUR LIFE FOR A CRUSE??"(his is the best way I could sum up my incoherent child thoughts)

God, I hope that if my nephews worry about this kind of thing, they’ll tell me. I like finding out the answers to stuff like this.

I was terrified that all the glaciers were going to melt in the year 2000 and the rest of the world would be underwater. Lost most of my 4th grade year's sleep over that one.

Plot twist: they were warning you about the Barry Manilow song.

Spaceballs 😁

He has hit expert level

I'm the fun uncle that will dress up like whatever she wants. This Halloween I was a dinosaur and my dog was a Unicorn.

Let me recaption this for you. Parents 8 months into the pregnancy / Parents one week after the birth.

Priest, vicar and rabbi talk about when life begins. Vicar says "life begins at birth", priest counters with "no no no, life begins at conception." Rabbi leans back, laughs a bit and says "you are both wrong. Life begins when kids move out and dog dies."

I ham it up. I do the old man voice with my retelling, and I exaggerate the suffering. "Well in my day movies didn't come on DVDs. They came on celluloid reels. And you had to walk to the studio in hollywood and pay for them to make a copy, which took like a week. Then you had to ravel it all like so... *mountaineering rope ravel action* ... and then you had to walk home with it. Only to realise you didn't have a celluloid projector. So you'd have to save up for one. But they didn't sell them assembled, nosirree. You had to assemble it with a screwdriver."

"Don't come running to me if you break your leg!"

possibly the most accurate meme I’ve seen on this website

Use the Schwartz

Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma, Momma,... WHAT!?! Lookit me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am somewhat of a dishwasher myself

Yep! Every day.

He is not wearing a shirt either ...

As a daughter of a useless father, I feel weird seeing a caring father. It's not normal.

lol

I thought the dude in the hat was a snail 😅

And when it’s a bunk bed, 3m high, with giant railings around the top bunk to make it even harder

No because the second your butt touches the couch some silent alarm will go off and kiddo is back with a question. Or wanting a glass of water. Or wondering about the state of the galaxy.

So saith the person with no children: GROSS! Give me cat hair any day.

I love Christopher Lloyd to death, but some of his roles were more interesting than others.

Adults: "hold my beer" / "watch this"

I'm in this picture, and I don't like it.

Then that truck you overtook an hour ago comes by because it's not just a stop for the toilet....

Squidward on his throne!!! Yes!😁

That is why you pick it up carefully, pretend to eat it- receive a smile - and put it back in the baby's hand - and receive an even bigger smile. Win, win; they got you a present you enjoyed, they got a present back and you avoided the yucky part :)

cOwABuNgA

It's especially great when your kid's too young to tell time!