DUers who were born as perfectly behaved, mini-adults check in.

Padraig18

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:09 PM
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DUers who were born as perfectly behaved, mini-adults check in.

*crickets*

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DrWeird

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:10 PM
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1. My parents got a sitter.

And they sure as hell didn't take me around town when I was sick.

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Padraig18

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:11 PM
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2. Bully for them. n/t

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JitterbugPerfume

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:14 PM
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3. all my daddy had to say was

"Wait till I get you home, young lady"

put the fear 'o god in us , so we did NOT misbehave

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datasuspect

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:15 PM
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5. "wait till your father gets home!"

"wait till i tell your father!"

"daddy drinks because you cry!"

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ronnykmarshall

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:20 PM
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12. Momma used to lock me in the closet

when I didn't earn enough gamblin' money for her.

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datasuspect

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:21 PM
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momma would turn tricks with me right in the room

that was when we lived in the extra-transient trailer park/communal meth lab.

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ronnykmarshall

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:22 PM
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15. MY momma was a lady ...

well a Madam.

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Donkeyboy75

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:27 PM
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18. Jameson's all over my laptop screen.

:thumbsup:

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HeyManThatsCool

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:15 PM
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6. I used to get "THE LOOK" from my mom

& I immediately cut out whatever I was doing.
Since she didnt use "THE LOOK" often, I took that shit very seriously

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unblock

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:14 PM
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4. (raises hand) i regret to report that my childhood hero was spock.

as a child, i thought that adults had all the fun.
as an adult, i know that children have all the fun.

*sigh*

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KittyWampus

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:17 PM
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7. Actually Paddy, Strangers Used To Buy Me Candybars While My Family

would be waiting on line cause I was so well behaved. People would compliment my parents on our (brothers & myself) behavior all tlhe time.

And today, when I see kids acting really well behaved... I make a point of complimenting the parents.

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yvr girl

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:18 PM
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8. darn close

My siblings are 8-13 years older than me. I grew up around adults. I don't think my parents punished me since I was about 8.

OK, sometimes I stayed up too late reading.

My dad was a teacher at my high school. I never skipped a class without permission. (I got one ski day skip a year.)

I didn't get drunk until I was 29 and that was sort of an experiment.

I didn't have a curfew, so I couldn't break that. We went on a case by case basis.

I did cut loose a bit in college.

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Spider Jerusalem

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:18 PM
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9. From a very early age I was quiet and pretty much kept to myself.

And I was always more interested in talking to adults than to other kids. So, I guess my hand is up, here.

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GOPisEvil

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:19 PM
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10. Actually, adults used to remark that I talked like an adult when I was a

child.

But perfect? Er, uh, no. :7

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Zing Zing Zingbah

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:34 PM
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22. Same here....

I was always well behaved. A lot of it had to due with my personality, but also my parents had high expectations for me. I was also frequently responsible for caring for my little brother (younger by 5 years). I think I became sort of a mini-mom when my brother was born.

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khashka

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:20 PM
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11. I was.

I was born 45, I've been waiting a long time for time and biology to catch up.

I was an excruciatingly well-behaved child. And grew up to be a badly behaved adult....

Khash.

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:21 PM
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13. I ate out every Friday night as a kid from the age of 3

We all knew to stay seated and we all knew you speak at the table in "restaurant voice." My mother had three children and worked full time as a seamstress in a sweatshop. My father was gone often due to his line of work.

Socializing kids is good...it stops them from bashing their cousin's head in with their Tonka trucks thereby obviating the need for a 3 year old to be prosecuted as an adult when cousin dies of traumatic brain injury due to being battered with a Tonka truck.

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Coventina

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:22 PM
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14. No one can claim to be perfect

but my dad has always remarked that my siblings and I were always well-behaved in public and they never had any qualms about taking us nice places, because we had been taught proper behavior.

Kids (before puberty) running wild is a sign of BAD PARENTING.

Once the hormones kick in...well all bets are off.

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fishnfla

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:22 PM
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16. upon my exit from the uterus, I was able to drive a car, shave and

pick the proper wine with dinner. I also had a 401(k),was slightly overweight with a paunch, and twice divorced.

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Magrittes Pipe

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:26 PM
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17. I was born fully-formed from the head of Zeus.

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dolo amber

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:27 PM
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19. I was born fully-formed from the head of Oprah

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Magrittes Pipe

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:29 PM
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20. Damn dyslexic.

You were born fully-formed from the head of Harpo.

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dolo amber

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:32 PM
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21. Oh bugger

I always mess that up. :cry:

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