Things That'll Age You Ten Years

[torker]

<p>I recently had to run some errands, so I took my two 2 /2 year old twins to grandma and grandpa's just down the road.&nbsp; I went and did my thing and came back to their house.&nbsp; I walked&nbsp;in to the house and my son, Grandma and Grandpa are sitting in the living room and everything seems cool.&nbsp; I don't see my daughter.&nbsp; I ask &quot;where's Mary?&quot;.&nbsp; Grandma and Grandpa say &quot;she was just here&quot;.&nbsp; I call her.&nbsp; No answer.&nbsp;&nbsp;Knowing my daughter, I know something is not right.&nbsp; This&nbsp;kid has been a&nbsp;handful since day one.&nbsp; I start calling her name and do a search of the house.&nbsp; No sign of the kid.&nbsp; If it was my son that I couldn't find I would assume he was hiding in the house, but my daughter...no, somethings not right.&nbsp; I check the house quickly one more time screaming her name, almost on the verge of panic, but still thinking clearly. I call 911 and start to give a description of the kid.&nbsp; In the background I hear&nbsp;another&nbsp;911 operator say thay have a lost kid on&nbsp;the same block, about a 1/4 of a mile a way.&nbsp; I hang up the phone and dash down the street.&nbsp; I see my daughter with a woman and her kids.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am&nbsp;torn between relief that&nbsp;she is safe and the desire to skin her ass alive.&nbsp; The woman tells me that my daughter was in the middle of the road.&nbsp; I thank the woman and leave with my daughter.&nbsp; A squad car pulls up as we are walking back.&nbsp; I show him my ID and have the kid give him some info.&nbsp; </p><p>Turns out the kid opened the back sliding glass&nbsp;door and opened the gate and just took off.&nbsp; I don't blame Grandma or Grandpa and have reminded my daughter of what happend.&nbsp; She seems to understand what she did was wrong, but man, I grew some grey hairs after that.&nbsp; The thing that&nbsp;have gone through my mind as to what could have happen are frightening to say the least,&nbsp; Anyway...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by torker on 11-19-06 @ 1:04 PM</span>

[SinA]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I recently had to run some errands, so I took my two 2 /2 year old twins to grandma and grandpa's just down the road.&nbsp;</p><p>i don't see what the big deal is, you have a spare.</p><p>i bought two gerbils because i knew one of them would probably die in les than a month, and you know what? i was right.&nbsp; i have one gerbil left, and i won't be so careless ironing my laundry around this one.</p>

[Snoogans]

crystal meth

[Judge Smails]

<p>I'm glad to hear that she's OK.&nbsp; But she is only 2 1/2, I don't understand how you could be mad at her and not blame Grandma and Grandpa.&nbsp; If they're supposed to be watching the kid they have to take some responsibilty.&nbsp; It didn't just happen in a blink of an eye.&nbsp; They must have forgotten about her for quite some time if she made it all the way down the street.&nbsp; If it were my parents I'd give them holy hell for doing that.</p><p>This same thing happened to my wife last winter when she was driving down the street and saw a kid wearing only a t-shirt and a diaper on a front-lawn.&nbsp; She pulled over and brought the kid to the front door and it turned out it was some old woman who was supposed to be watching the kid and didn't even realize he got out.</p>

[torker]

Fair point, Smails.&nbsp; They did under estimate the kid, but most kids would not have been able to pull the Houdini this little bitch did.&nbsp; I do remind them, in subtle ways, to be more careful.&nbsp;

[Enabler]

Why&nbsp;blame the kid and not the babysitters?

[torker]

<p>It's not a matter of blame.&nbsp; I don't hold a 2 year old accountable for much, but at the same time I didn't lose faith in my folks ability to take care of their grandchildren.&nbsp; It was just a scary situation.&nbsp; And maybe, just maybe we all learned a little something about ourselves and each other.</p><p>**EDIT** Any post of mine requiring more than two sentences and not containing a hot-linked picture is bound to not make sense.&nbsp;&nbsp;Actually, I'd apply this rule to most of my posts. even if they don't meet those two criteria.&nbsp; That's how I roll.&nbsp;</p><span class="post_edited"></span><span class="post_edited"></span>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by torker on 11-19-06 @ 2:06 PM</span>

[ChimneyFish]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp; And maybe, just maybe we all learned a little something about ourselves and each other.</p><p><strong><em><font face="georgia,palatino" size="2">If you truly love something, set it free????</font></em></strong></p>

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>I have 4 year old twins, boy/ girl. Only recently would I have started to be angry with them for something like this. I think that maybe you should be more angry with the grandparents. Especially with twins, when it's quiet you know you have trouble brewing.</p><p>I am happy to hear she was okay. I can relate to the fear you must have felt.</p>

[Jujubees2]

<strong>fagenabler</strong> wrote:<br />Why&nbsp;blame the kid and not the babysitters? <p><font size="2">I blame George Bush and the Republicans.&nbsp; Thank God the Dems are taking over.</font></p>

[lleeder]

<p>Thats fucking scary good to hear shes ok. I don't have kids but after a situation like that how do you ever allow yourself to feel like she'll be watched by them good enough?</p>

[johnniewalker]

<p>Kids are constantly working against you.&nbsp; Me and my brother constantly had plans and worked together to get away from the man.&nbsp; First if you punish them house them seperately.&nbsp; It was always when we were punished and put in the same room we came up with the best ideas and trashed our parents.&nbsp; I thought a good rule my parents brought against us was the absolute rule, if one of the siblings get in trouble the other is in trouble too.&nbsp;&nbsp; I always became the worrywart always warning my brother of the trouble we were going to get into.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;There's love there, but you're running a house with people who don't really want to be there.&nbsp; You are smarter than them, use coersion, guilt, and yelling.&nbsp; In the end they will understand you did it for their own good.<br /></p>

[Doctor Z]

The amount of drinking I did last night.

[Landblast]

my sister-in-law's chili.

[outlawfrank]

cigarettes and alcohol will add years to your life.&nbsp; Or not getting any, that will add crazy years, go six months and I view you as a born again virgin.&nbsp; B.A.V.

[reillyluck]

my stupid brother getting arrested last night

[HeyGuy]

<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><p>It's not a matter of blame.&nbsp; I don't hold a 2 year old accountable for much, but at the same time I didn't lose faith in my folks ability to take care of their grandchildren.&nbsp; It was just a scary situation.&nbsp; And maybe, just maybe we all learned a little something about ourselves and each other.</p><p>**EDIT** Any post of mine requiring more than two sentences and not containing a hot-linked picture is bound to not make sense.&nbsp;&nbsp;Actually, I'd apply this rule to most of my posts. even if they don't meet those two criteria.&nbsp; That's how I roll.&nbsp;</p><span class="post_edited"></span><span class="post_edited"></span><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by torker on 11-19-06 @ 2:06 PM</span> <p>I would blame them and not let them watch my kids. How could they not know where she was or that she was missing. She had to be gone for&nbsp; awhile if she was able to open a door and go into the street and you looked all throught the hose then called the cops etc. When my mother watches my niece and nephew, neither one of those kids leave the room shes in for more then a minute. Sorry bro but thats someone not paying attention. Maybe they were to busy watching tv rather then watching your kid.</p>

[SatCam]

Things That'll Age You Ten Years

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