Seems to happen to most parents I know. I'm not looking forward to mine having chicken pox, but I know it's inevitable.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:13, 2 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

I've always been fine, clearly you both have inferior immune systems to me on account of me being genetically superior

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:15, Reply)

Or your child is so unpleasant that other kids avoid it.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:16, Reply)

either that or mini ape is the kid that nobody goes near, so she doesn't pick up anything

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:16, Reply)

Except without a regular testing and bolstering of your immune system, you are likely to be killed by a relatively innocuous bout of flu.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:18, Reply)

my uncle has genuinely never had a cold in his life
we've just been told he's got cancer. he's flatly refusing to tell his kids or grandkids, as apparently cancer is a sign of weakness or some such bullet headed Yorkshire farmer nonsense.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:20, Reply)

If only he'd had a few colds

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:21, Reply)

he's like a lump of granite
I suspect he'll see off the cancer. fucking hope so anyway.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:41, Reply)

Aqueous calamine.
I've heard glowing reports of how good it is. Much better than calamine lotion.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:16, Reply)