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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:28 AM Original message |
The Inevitable Happened this week with my 9 yo son! SPOILER ALERT! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. I recall my son's first abstract expression of thought |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. How True! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. I remember having a profound epiphany when I was six |
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utopian (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I was six in 1968 |
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sazemisery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. My kids are still trying to convince me there is no Santa or Easter Bunny! n/t |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. You mean they aren't real? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. This thread needs a SPOILER ALERT! |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. DONE! |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. - |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Agreed |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Santa & the Easter Bunny... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. what a loving post, but may I make a suggestion? |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. We won't push it TOO hard... |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. When my son was five he found out the truth |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. With only 1 kid... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. My daughter figured out about the tooth fairy when she lost a tooth and didn't tell me |
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shifting_sands (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. DIFFERENT |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You say it so beautifully... |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. That's what the story of Peter Pan was all about--that magic of childhood |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Heck, I'm 24 and we still do the Bunny/Santa. |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I'm almost 54... |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. I can remember how my father handled it. |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. A spirit of fun! |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I don't know but I have the feeling that it was a family tradition |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Most of my family is Irish, too. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. "Hogy rolling his spuds into the cellar..." |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Well let's see there was Snoozie |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. Our 9 Year Old Boy Figured This Out A Few Months Ago |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I hope he'll eventually see... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Oh Yeah, He Does Now |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
54. My older girl was very, very pissed off we'd been "lying" to her!! |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. My youngest daughter is 43 and I bought her a chocolate bunny, |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Believing is more fun than not. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. My son is 26 and I still buy him peeps for Easter.... |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. It takes a little while for them to get over the fact that you have |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Compared to an Idiot from Crawford, TX... |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. Oh, yeah. NONE of us will ever get over that. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm 31 and my mom still signs my stuff "Santa". |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And Parents will HAPPILY make those sacrifices! |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. I will weigh in on the whole Santa thing. |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Your dad's explanation is very close... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. I was never taught the myths and never taught them to my kids |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. That is good |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. He wised up to the lies? |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Bingo. We start off lying to the kids and then later demand that they respect us. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. He will have fun keeping the characters alive for his little cousins |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. 2 things I love are... |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
37. My kids never gave it up. |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Yep! |
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lilyreally (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
40. WHAT?!?!!!!!!!???????? No SANTA??????????? |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. As I said earlier... |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
41. my kids knew from the get go because I told them it wasn't real |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. I confronted my parents at 7 or 8, offended that the rich kids got expensive presents |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. On our most BROKE Christmas,... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
52. 'Spoiler Alert'? for DUers who believe in Santa Claus & Easter BUnny? |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. A response to answer #15,... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I saw answer #15 later. ha ha! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
53. This is the first year I didn't hide eggs. . . . (Both my boys are in their 20's) |
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MarianJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Yep,... |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
59. Well, I never lied to my kids |
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