Comments on: Some Things Our Kids Don’t Need to Know About Us

By: sheila

sheila — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:46:28 +0000

How funny! My husband and I were just talking the other day about how well our kids are turning out….and we decided it’s because we’ve lied to them all their lives when they asked stuff like: Did you ever smoke pot? Did you ever drink? lol.
Now I’m like you and I blog about them. Which is alittle different because you know, everything that I do now embarrasses them…so this blog should put them over the edge! Oh well….paybacks right?

Nice blog, and remember….whatever you do at this age, they tend to forget about…unless of course their teacher asks them to share a story at storytime. Good luck!

By: kdtsva

kdtsva — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:47:52 +0000

This is hysterical… and totally something I would do too. (Give and receive the book) It is kind of sick, but as far as a biography goes, it beats any book Barnes and Noble could sell. lol

By: Dead Charming

Dead Charming — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:22:43 +0000

While the whole post was brilliant, I have to agree with Romi…Keri and Christine utterly KILLED as an answer.

I also think that someday your kid(s) will enjoy looking over this little list, just as it is, and “know” their dad a little bit better. I know I enjoyed it.

By: dobeman

dobeman — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:20:49 +0000

I’m with Stacey, honesty is Waaay more fun. Who wants to read something that sounds more like the crap we threw at our kids when we were still alive?

I mean, I like my dad so much more now that he’s not trying to be this upright, uptight deacon of the church all the time. I like saying, “Want a beer?” far more than I ever did saying, “Can I have $5?”

Plus, if you’re gone, who cares what you said? And maybe…just maybe it’ll be cool enough for them to write a book about and make a killing!

So, think about it that way.

By: romi41

romi41 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:27:26 +0000

““Is there Something You Wish You Would Have Done in High School?” Yes. Keri and Christine…preferably at the same time.”

hahahahaha…you sir, are a crack-up!!!

By: pamajama

pamajama — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:43:27 +0000

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! You absolutely CANNOT leave those details out of the book! They’re the best part of you!

Now, I’m not saying to let her read it when she’s 10 or 15 or even 21, but definitely by 30 . . . Everything about it was fantastic!

I wouldn’t go into any more detail about Suzanne or attributes beyond your wife’s legs – lol – but the way you worded it was completely vanilla & perfect!

By: Kym

Kym — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:34:08 +0000

I’m with the tell the whole truth to your daughter crowd (and what great stories they are–I’m still grinning) just keep the book until she is in her twenties and she’ll think you are the coolest dad ever.

My perfect and sweet mother told me a story that I’ll never forget about how she said, “No” to her father and ran around the house so he couldn’t catch her (of course, he just waited until she ran all the way around right back into him) and my perfect and sweet grandmother told about the time she told the teacher that if he spanked her brother she was going to pull down his pants and spank him.

They both seemed so much more human and fun after I learned these stories. (In fact, I could have learned them earlier and enjoyed them just as much. I doubt I would have turned into a backsassing, teacher spanking hoodlum but, if I had, at least I would have had good stories for my kids!)

By: kweenmama

kweenmama — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:23:58 +0000

Your daughter is going to appreciate that book more than you know. By all means, include your “skeletons” they will enhance it. Won’t it be fun to watch her reaction when she is older?

Thanks for visiting my blog! I’m glad you did because it led me to yours.

By: Pammy Girl

Pammy Girl — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:41:41 +0000

Of course adults should censor certain things they say / write but I agree when it’s fascinating to REALLY discover who the parents is underneath the title of MOM or DAD. Just last year, my 65 year-old father told me about this time he and his older brother got stoned. Now my dad’s not perfect but I was a little taken back. My dad snoked pot??? Weird. I certainly couldn’t have handled that information when I was a kid but now it makes him seem more human.

P.S. Was Suzanne Somers worth it? I just can’t seem to get that one.

By: ExtraordinaryMommy

ExtraordinaryMommy — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:02:46 +0000

This post is right on~ I love it…. I have a friend who gave me the exact same journal (for moms obviously) and I’ve battled with the same thing. Looks like you have made ALOT more progress on the journal that I have