Teenagers... and their mothers *sigh*

[W3WN]

Sometimes I don't know who drives me more meshugah, my wife or my daughter. I love them both to pieces, but sometimes...

Case in point: Tomorrow night, WWE "Smackdown" comes to Pittsburgh. Jess and 3 of her friends wanted tickets. I've learned from experience that Ticketmaster's surcharges & shipping charges approach outrageous, and that if you want decent seats, you don't wait. So 2 months ago, when this was announced, I walked up to Consol at lunch time and bought the tickets.

I've also learned from experience that the friends sometimes have a tendancy to bail. I didn't feel like getting stuck with 3 $35 tickets (I don't mind buying Jess hers, of course), or worse... having to USE one of the tickets myself *ugh*. So I tried to insist that the tickets be paid for right after I got them. Then if a kid bails, it's their problem, not mine.

Of course, my wife puts the kibosh on that plan. Don't I trust the kids? (No) So I've had to wait until tomorrow for the ticket money.

And, you guessed it... one kid bailed today. She claims that she has a doctor's appointment at 7 PM that she didn't know about, until her mother told her yesterday. Riiiiight. Translation: Either she didn't bother to ask in advance, or permission was denied for one reason or another, or she changed her mind (or didn't have the shekels).

My wife's attitude? "Oh well. What did you expect?" *sigh*

My daughter's? "Dad, I'm SORRRRRRRRRY." So, did you tell your friend she still owes me for the ticket? "But Dad, she said if she's not going, her parents won't let her PAY for it!" *sigh*

I must have "sucker" tattooed on me somewhere where I can't see it.

[N2CHX]

Hey now!

I guess we know who's going to WWE tomorrow, huh?

[K7SGJ]

When you shave in the morning, didn't you ever notice that rekcus on your forehead?

[KJ3N]

When you shave in the morning, didn't you ever notice that rekcus on your forehead?

[NA4BH]

Fscking A. Next comes the Monster Trucks. LOL

The "Sleeper Hold" was the product of Len Rossi, he wrastled in Birmingham AL.

HELL YEA !!! ROLL TIDE !!! :rofl: :rofl:


It's like pooping a velvet glove.

[WX7P]

HELL YEA !!! ROLL TIDE !!! :rofl: :rofl:

Yeah. Gotta tell you, Bob, the Tide versus Touchdown Jesus makes me want to puke.

But I'll take the Tide over an over rated ND team.

I wanted to see Oregon v. K-State.

Go Niners. Great game last night. I got to watch it! No cable here, but it was on NBC Sunday night football! Niners next week too!

[WX7P]

WWE Smackdown?

Didn't realize the was on the YYL "must do" list. I got tagged for They Might Be Giants tix, when a buddy of my daughters bailed.

Seriously, if she really wanted to go, I would have done the same thing re: advance tickets. LMFD *probably* should have told the buds in advance that you got the good seats, and bailed you out with the onus on her buddies to pony up.

You'll hear about your generosity in about 10 years when you get the "you were a great Dad when I was a teenage" speech.

[NA4BH]

WWE Smackdown?

You'll hear about your generosity in about 10 years when you get the "you were a great Dad when I was a teenage" speech.

And that's when the "Arm bar take-down" will come into play. YOU ROCK DAD. This is the stuff family memories are made of.


At least you didn't do the Gangnam Style dance. We hope..........

[W3WN]

WWE Smackdown?

Didn't realize the was on the YYL "must do" list. I got tagged for They Might Be Giants tix, when a buddy of my daughters bailed.

Seriously, if she really wanted to go, I would have done the same thing re: advance tickets. LMFD *probably* should have told the buds in advance that you got the good seats, and bailed you out with the onus on her buddies to pony up.

You'll hear about your generosity in about 10 years when you get the "you were a great Dad when I was a teenage" speech.

Yeah. Blame her brother. He got her hooked on it back before he graduated from HS, and she was just a baby. Gave the boss fits when he "performed" a "sharpshooter" on her.

Oh, I did forget to mention that we had one of the original kids bail about 2 weeks ago, but she was quickly replaced. The kid who bailed then was BFF with the one who just bailed on us... and the one who just bailed on us wasn't too thrilled about the YL who replaced her BFF, since she was BFF with the OTHER girl.

Or something like that. I think. I've given up keeping track of this stuff.

We will go through this exercise again in the spring. I'm NOT springing for advance tickets again. Not after this. (Yeah, right, I'm sure I'll get over-ruled on THAT decision again...)

10 years, huh? We'll see. It's been almost 15, and I'm finally now hearing that from her brother... of course, now that he has a 3 1/2 year old, he's beginning to finally understand...

[NA4BH]

I am the last "TIDE" fan on Earth. But against ND, I must be for them. I was in Miami the day Sabans made his move. I LOL every time I think of the newscasts. I do suck up my pride when I see what he is doing with that team every year. He can get the job done. I still don't care for him, though.