Parents pride thread

[ibm]

If I ever have a daughter I will make sure that the first time her boyfriends come over I am affectionately polishing my swords. 
Yes. Swords. Plural.

My sharp mouth made no difference to my daughter. The more I sharpened it the more grey hair I got.

I have two boys and one girl, all grownup. WHAT IS IT WITH GIRLS?!

"Daddy, I'm 18, I'll be working in Greece this summer. Bye."
6 weeks later: "High Daddy, I'm inside the Norwegian polar circle. I'll be biking my way down Oslo ... alone ... with $100. Bye."
4 weeks later: "High Dad, I'm in Auschwitz Poland, on my bike. Can we talk?"
Is it patience or dumbness from my part? I don't know.

I think I'll blame the "post-industrial blue-collar male-dominated job-extinction" of our time.

What you gonna do?! Sounds like a girl with adventure and drive. I like it. I'm guessing she made it to wherever it was she was going (metaphorically and physically)?

I'm sure that kinda think will scare the crap outa me, but we've just gotta suck it up and hope we've done our jobs well enough in the first place!

It scared the crap out of me all right. It also scares the crap out of her boyfriends. Her average relationship is about three months, after that, they run like hell.

[DeterminedJuliet]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

It's just because you care, and I always think that's a good thing.

[Asmodean]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

Why..?

[Siz]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

It's just because you care, and I always think that's a good thing.

Indeed. We can only do what we think is right. And I do recognise that a little care need be taken to discern what is best for the little person and what is best for me! It's an inner battle that rages constantly.

My boy and I are just getting ready to leave for our drive over to Kent to compete in the National Mountain bike championships (U9 category). I've done all I can do to prepare him. It's all up to him now... May His Noodly Appendage grace our wheels...

[Siz]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

Why..?

Because I'm a human Father partially driven by emotion. Try it sometime...

[Tank]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

It's just because you care, and I always think that's a good thing.

Indeed. We can only do what we think is right. And I do recognise that a little care need be taken to discern what is best for the little person and what is best for me! It's an inner battle that rages constantly.

My boy and I are just getting ready to leave for our drive over to Kent to compete in the National Mountain bike championships (U9 category). I've done all I can do to prepare him. It's all up to him now... May His Noodly Appendage grace our wheels...

It's a very mixed time when they grow up. When we took my son down to London to go to college I was upset as I said goodbye. My wife and I went to have a cup of coffee before we set off back home. My wife is never prone to public displays of emotion. As I came back to the table with the coffees she burst out crying. She's never done that before or since for any reason. I'm not talking dribbley quiet tears I'm talking all out snotty sobbing. The whole café was wishing they were not there. It took her about 10 minutes to calm down. Needless to say I ended up joining in. What a pair we must have looked.

[Tank]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

Why..?

Before we had kids we'd read the books, attended the classes and listened to the advice. NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING, we had read or heard in any way really prepared us for the reality of parenthood. Becoming a parent is a life changing experience beyond description. In my experience you have to be a parent, and all that that entails, to really understand what being a parent means. I can tell you how to ride a bike, 'Get on and peddle.', but the reality is quite different until you've learned how to do it, but the problem with parenthood is that by the time you've got the hang of it the kids have left home!

[Asmodean]

Because I'm a human Father partially driven by emotion. Try it sometime...

Ah! That explains it. Asmos run on cigarettes. Filling them with emotions is kind of like putting petrol in a diesel car.

[Siz]

You're all right, of course. But I still don't like it!

It's just because you care, and I always think that's a good thing.

Indeed. We can only do what we think is right. And I do recognise that a little care need be taken to discern what is best for the little person and what is best for me! It's an inner battle that rages constantly.

My boy and I are just getting ready to leave for our drive over to Kent to compete in the National Mountain bike championships (U9 category). I've done all I can do to prepare him. It's all up to him now... May His Noodly Appendage grace our wheels...

It's a very mixed time when they grow up. When we took my son down to London to go to college I was upset as I said goodbye. My wife and I went to have a cup of coffee before we set off back home. My wife is never prone to public displays of emotion. As I came back to the table with the coffees she burst out crying. She's never done that before or since for any reason. I'm not talking dribbley quiet tears I'm talking all out snotty sobbing. The whole café was wishing they were not there. It took her about 10 minutes to calm down. Needless to say I ended up joining in. What a pair we must have looked.

Cheers, Tank, you've got me going now...

[Asmodean]

May His Noodly Appendage grace our wheels...

Bah! Noodly Appendage! 

The Great Deity of All Things Round, His Infernal Grayness Asmo the Terrible frowns upon such blasphemy. 

[Siz]

My boy just came in 6th. Of the NATIONAL FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIPS.  WOOHOOOOO!

[Amicale]

My boy just came in 6th. Of the NATIONAL FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIPS.  WOOHOOOOO!

Oh, WOW!! Congrats to him!! Well done! 

[Guardian85]

My boy just came in 6th. Of the NATIONAL FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIPS.  WOOHOOOOO!

Damn! That's pretty good.

(There were more than 7 contenders, right?  )

[Tank]

My boy just came in 6th. Of the NATIONAL FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIPS.  WOOHOOOOO!

And you call yourself a Nihilist! Shame on you

Well done to Jnr!

[Tank]

My boy just came in 6th. Of the NATIONAL FUCKING CHAMPIONSHIPS.  WOOHOOOOO!

Damn! That's pretty good.

(There were more than 7 contenders, right?  )

You evil shit you!!

Exactly the same thought crossed my mind