<Deep breaths and counting to 10>
Ok, so I get a phone call from a friend and she says, "Hey I was just calling because 'son' asked me to call and see what you are getting him for Christmas, the books from last year were ok, but he really want's video games."
I go "What????"
So she repeats it again. I asked her why in the world she would call and ask that. She says, "Well you know how kids are (he's 10 by the way) and they do that kind of stuff. He'll be mad if he doesn't get the games he wants." """WTF"""
I tell her that I am well aware of how kids are, but my question is why would you as an adult not correct him on this and why as an adult you would even call and ask."
She makes it even worse by saying well, he's getting older and wants Xbox video games and wanted to see who would be getting them for him and she'd though she'd help by making sure he doesn't get duplicates and has to return them.
Ok...I'm ticked by now and tell her that she's made me upset and I can't even talk to her about this now because I'm bound to hurt her feelings.
Questions for you parents out there:
1. Is this a new thing that the kids call up and say hey what are you getting me from Christmas? Isn't this just plain rude? My Mom would have hung me out to dry if I'd dared to ask her something like this.
2. Why do some of these new-fangled parents think people are planning to spend mega-bucks on their kids? Just because I don't have kids, doesn't mean I'm spending a lot on presents for yours.
I'm still tripping that she actually called me with this. I'm really tempted not to buy her kids anything, but I know it's not fair to them since they are being raised to be this way and they won't understand. I don't want to punish them for bad parenting.
I'm not even gonna try to discuss this with her until this weekend, because if I talk to her now, she will not like what I have to say, she will be weeping and crying and her husband will be calling me...."She's hurt that you are mad at her....you know she's on the selfish side....blah...blah...blah...she doesn't really know any better...blah...blah...blah...she won't eat dinner..." I just don't have time for all that needy melodrama.
Just had to vent...I don't know why anything she does like this surprises me at all.
BTW....several of the other kids I normally buy presents for, out of the blue, have said to give their presents to the kids that lost everything because of Katrina. I mean they want all of their presents to be donated. WOW! They made me cry. As a treat to them, I'm planning them a surprise New Year's pizza party to show them how special they are. (Yeah for their parents for raising kids with some values.)
Ok, so I get a phone call from a friend and she says, "Hey I was just calling because 'son' asked me to call and see what you are getting him for Christmas, the books from last year were ok, but he really want's video games."
I go "What????"
So she repeats it again. I asked her why in the world she would call and ask that. She says, "Well you know how kids are (he's 10 by the way) and they do that kind of stuff. He'll be mad if he doesn't get the games he wants." """WTF"""
I tell her that I am well aware of how kids are, but my question is why would you as an adult not correct him on this and why as an adult you would even call and ask."
She makes it even worse by saying well, he's getting older and wants Xbox video games and wanted to see who would be getting them for him and she'd though she'd help by making sure he doesn't get duplicates and has to return them.
Ok...I'm ticked by now and tell her that she's made me upset and I can't even talk to her about this now because I'm bound to hurt her feelings.
Questions for you parents out there:
1. Is this a new thing that the kids call up and say hey what are you getting me from Christmas? Isn't this just plain rude? My Mom would have hung me out to dry if I'd dared to ask her something like this.
2. Why do some of these new-fangled parents think people are planning to spend mega-bucks on their kids? Just because I don't have kids, doesn't mean I'm spending a lot on presents for yours.
I'm still tripping that she actually called me with this. I'm really tempted not to buy her kids anything, but I know it's not fair to them since they are being raised to be this way and they won't understand. I don't want to punish them for bad parenting.
I'm not even gonna try to discuss this with her until this weekend, because if I talk to her now, she will not like what I have to say, she will be weeping and crying and her husband will be calling me...."She's hurt that you are mad at her....you know she's on the selfish side....blah...blah...blah...she doesn't really know any better...blah...blah...blah...she won't eat dinner..." I just don't have time for all that needy melodrama.
Just had to vent...I don't know why anything she does like this surprises me at all.
BTW....several of the other kids I normally buy presents for, out of the blue, have said to give their presents to the kids that lost everything because of Katrina. I mean they want all of their presents to be donated. WOW! They made me cry. As a treat to them, I'm planning them a surprise New Year's pizza party to show them how special they are. (Yeah for their parents for raising kids with some values.)