CommonFreddy Woo writes, "My wife thinks calling the front room a lounge is common. Worse, a friend of hers recently admonished her daughter for calling a toilet, a toilet. Lavatory darling. It's lavatory."
My own mother refused to let me use the word 'oblong' instead of 'rectangle'. Which is just odd, to be honest.
What stuff do you think is common?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 16:06)
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Unbelievable'If I ground her, I'm just punishing myself because I have to put up with her in the house.'
and
'I think she only drinks a couple of cans a night, so I'm lucky she isn't a proper drunk.
and
'She smokes a joint every now and then. I don't think she's tried anything harder.'
um... WTF? If this isn't a case of extremely bad parenting then I don't know what is.
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 9:29, 2 replies)
Mother of the Year?Responsible parenting this aint!
Not punishing your kid because you don't want any flack and don't want to somehow punish yourself is unbeleivable.
I understand the whole "kids are gonna do it anyway" attitude some parents have, but this takes it too far
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 12:15, closed)
My favourite:'We've all got to die sometime. I haven't got cancer from smoking so she'll probably be all right anyway.'
Hope not.
(, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 13:44, closed)
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