What is the greatest thing you learned from your children? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Mistress · #1 07-03-2006, 11:48 AM

Just curious- what is the greatest lesson your children have taught you?

TheDon · #2 07-03-2006, 12:33 PM

seeing as im not 18 yet so im still classified as a child .. i have learned that kids suck and i dont want to prolong the species

BENZ-LGB · #3 07-03-2006, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDon

seeing as im not 18 yet so im still classified as a child .. i have learned that kids suck and i dont want to prolong the species

Good for you. People who don't want kids, or don't like kids should not be forced into it by peer pressure.

From my kids I have learned patience and tolerance.

Mistress · #4 07-03-2006, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BENZ-LGB

Good for you. People who don't want kids, or don't like kids should not be forced into it by peer pressure.

From my kids I have learned to be patience and tolerance.

Or family expectations. I have a button that says :"The Family Tree Stops Here."

Carleton Hughes · #5 07-03-2006, 03:39 PM

Patience,understanding,patience,patience & patience,Et,Al,Ad Nauseum......I don't much cotton to the word Tolerance because that does not denote full acceptance,although there are times I'll tolerate my daughter's headstrong nonsense doesn't imply I either enjoy it or encourage it.

This too shall pass...and my grandfather's favorite,"consider how unimportant this contretemps shall appear a week hence,hell,you'd like as went and forgot it by then".

davestlouis · #6 07-03-2006, 03:41 PM

My kids have taught me how to budget...seriously, I used to be all loosy-goosey with money, but with 7 kids between 8 and 17, I have to be careful where the money goes, so I have some left over for my toys, like old cars. I love the kids, but they are the world's biggest money pits. Anyone contemplating starting a family really should consider the budgetary ramifications of adding to your head-count.

Carleton Hughes · #7 07-03-2006, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davestlouis

My kids have taught me how to budget...seriously, I used to be all loosy-goosey with money, but with 7 kids between 8 and 17, I have to be careful where the money goes, so I have some left over for my toys, like old cars. I love the kids, but they are the world's biggest money pits. Anyone contemplating starting a family really should consider the budgetary ramifications of adding to your head-count.

Thank You, I neglected to add the fiduciary aspect.

I'm a real cheapskate of the old school,doesn't mean I'm blind to the necessities one needs,just economical.

Took a great deal of emotional effort to show my wife the wonder and savings of garage sales,thrift shops,coupons and outright negotiation,that's how I grew up and thank God,my daughter has nearly as good a line of bullsh-t as I do when she sees something she wants but on general principle{the greatest gift perhaps I have bestowed upon her} will begin lowballing the vendor and,well,not to offend anyone,Hmmmm....Chew them down unmercifully

GermanStar · #8 07-03-2006, 04:06 PM

Don't poop in the bathtub -- a valuable lesson indeed.

raymr · #9 07-03-2006, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Surf-n-Turf

All the lessons and reprimands my father try to teach to me. Funny how things come around full circle. As I'm sure alot of you good folks do, I talk to my parents and often apologize for the crap I put them through. My boy's make me proud everyday just before I want to choke the life out of them...just kidding. I wouldn't trade the opportunity to raise these future young men for anything. Hopefully they will remember the lessons that I have tried to instill in their being that will help them to become good fathers in their own right. Then toss out the silly junk that are my opinions and formulate their own.

Thats well said. I'm constantly in the zone between being so proud for their accomplishments and going ballistic at their huge lapses. But that sums it up.