My nephew and his Dad

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Of course, if Duck's nephew figures out dad is okay, the consequence is facing that maybe mum is not okay, else why did she say all that about dad.

Tricky, but children can only be sheltered from uncomfortable truths for so long.

We didn't realize who was "not okay" parent in my family until after my dad died and then we discovered that my mom was responsible for most of the bad press he got.

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

...Ali - I agree with your Dad. Its why I never say anything about the boys Dad, even when they pull the whole "if I lived with my Dad ..."

We have a saying: "Yeah, and if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle. Now get the hell in there and clean up that room."

Originally Posted by Aliantha

haha...my kids used to pull that one on me till they actually did have to live with him for a couple of months. They were pretty happy to come home again I can tell you, and since then I've never heard another word about going to live with him.

ha ha ha!