I adore the crap out of my nephew- he is on the way to being just as funny as me, and I like kids who can consistently use the bathroom by themselves... I just don't like being required to guess mundane shit... by adults either.
Last year I taught first grade. Every single conversation I had during the day seemed to start with "Guess what?" and "You know what?". I love kids...but I don't love those questions.
Lately mine has moved onto just launching into what ever happened instead of waiting for me to guess, so that's nice. ^_^ I usually guessed something insanely weird so he'd move on or have a giggle fest. The younger doesn't usually tell me about his day unless I ask.
I used to guess things like, an elephant ate your lunch today? The teacher died her hair purple? You found a genie in your juice bottle who offered to grant you three wishes? The little critters usually stop asking you to guess what pretty quickly when they know your guesses are better than what actually happened.
"Guess what" ranks right up there with "Knock, knock" on the children's scale of relentless pursuits of annoying the crap out of adults. "Damn it! Just get to the good stuff, child o'mine!" Mommy has no patience...
God, I hate that game. My oldest daughter is in first grade, so every other thing out of her mouth is either "guess what?" or a knock knock joke. Couple that with the little one's "Mommy? Mommy? Mommy? Mommy?..." and I'm *almost* looking forward to discussing periods and where babies come from.
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ReplyDeleteI'll do an easy one...
ReplyDeleteGuess what??? I laughed!
I'm tucking this away in my "This Is Why I Don't Like Kids" file. It's pretty full, but there's always room for more.
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly. The number one reason why I don't like kids though is because they are germ factories.
DeleteI adore the crap out of my nephew- he is on the way to being just as funny as me, and I like kids who can consistently use the bathroom by themselves... I just don't like being required to guess mundane shit... by adults either.
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"...Damn, you're good!"
Last year I taught first grade. Every single conversation I had during the day seemed to start with "Guess what?" and "You know what?". I love kids...but I don't love those questions.
ReplyDeleteLately mine has moved onto just launching into what ever happened instead of waiting for me to guess, so that's nice. ^_^ I usually guessed something insanely weird so he'd move on or have a giggle fest. The younger doesn't usually tell me about his day unless I ask.
ReplyDeleteI used to guess things like, an elephant ate your lunch today? The teacher died her hair purple? You found a genie in your juice bottle who offered to grant you three wishes? The little critters usually stop asking you to guess what pretty quickly when they know your guesses are better than what actually happened.
ReplyDelete"Guess what" ranks right up there with "Knock, knock" on the children's scale of relentless pursuits of annoying the crap out of adults. "Damn it! Just get to the good stuff, child o'mine!" Mommy has no patience...
ReplyDeleteGod, I hate that game. My oldest daughter is in first grade, so every other thing out of her mouth is either "guess what?" or a knock knock joke. Couple that with the little one's "Mommy? Mommy? Mommy? Mommy?..." and I'm *almost* looking forward to discussing periods and where babies come from.
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