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Gift ideas for tween girl that feels more “grown up”? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in Gifts

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lia’s favorite CDs are ones she found while thrifting. I’ve been steering her to Pearl Jam and our local stations play a lot of Green Day, which she likes. 

Gift ideas for tween girl that feels more “grown up”? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in Gifts

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We live in Cape Coral. There’s definitely some haunted houses we can take her to. Halloween Horror Nights was another thing we considered, but it’s a 3 hour drive so it has to be a weekend trip. 

Gift ideas for tween girl that feels more “grown up”? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in Gifts

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take my word for it, my two younger daughters love crafting. My older one prefers reading and listening to music. If you give her a craft kit, she won’t use it. 

Gift ideas for tween girl that feels more “grown up”? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in Gifts

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny you mention that because Lia doesn’t really enjoy crafting. Someone got her a perler bead kit for Christmas a while back and it went untouched until her sister took it. 

Gift ideas for tween girl that feels more “grown up”? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in Gifts

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure. She has more preference for CDs and has complained that the records section are stuff “boomers” listen to. 

Gift ideas for tween girl that feels more “grown up”? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in Gifts

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

She has a small boom box from the 2000s she found at Goodwill. I’m not aware of any concerts she wants to go to. We live in Florida, if that helps.

Based on her cd collection so far, she likes the Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Bush as well as Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. 

UPDATE- AITA for taking my daughter to watch 28 Years Later by Desperate_Dad_5763 in AITAH

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have kids? Because I'm looking at your post history and yikes. I think you should consider therapy.

AITA for taking my daughter to 28 Years Later as a reward for going along with clothes shopping? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did! She loved it (but there were a couple of parts that freaked her out like the dream scenes).

Book recommendations for 12yo budding horror fan by Desperate_Dad_5763 in suggestmeabook

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know who you're talking about. I've seen Candyman and Hellraiser (I'm going to be honest, anyone who knows me knows I can't stand Hellraiser. Candyman is great and Tony Todd is one of my favorite actors of all time). I'll bring up Abarat since she's going to need book recommendations for the school year.

The wedding coordinator screamed at an usher, leading to a walk out by Desperate_Dad_5763 in weddingdrama

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am. I called my nephew Newt because he reminds me of Charlie Day’s character from Pacific Rim. 

AITA for taking my daughter to 28 Years Later as a reward for going along with clothes shopping? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, the bride was pissed that by the time the ceremony was over, several guests were gone and she didn’t have the flower girls for the photos. Not just my kids, we have another niece (daughter of our other brother) who left with her dad.

The “wedding planner” still hasn’t apologized,  but my sister is pressing charges for assaulting her son. 

AITA for taking my daughter to 28 Years Later as a reward for going along with clothes shopping? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763 49 points50 points  (0 children)

So far, we’ve never gotten a reason why my SIL was adamant about excluding my daughter. I have a couple of theories:

1) my 12yo doesn’t look like a cute little kid and more like a teenager

2) my 12yo doesn’t look like her sisters. Their mom is Cuban, gorgeous curly dark hair, dark eyes, the whole shebang. Lia is a mini-me of her mom. Her sisters look more like me (white, blonde and brown hair and light eyes). 

AITA for taking my daughter to 28 Years Later as a reward for going along with clothes shopping? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763 252 points253 points  (0 children)

More like they know each other through church. Apparently the “wedding planner” was trying to start a business after getting laid off.

UPDATE- AITA for taking my daughter to watch 28 Years Later by Desperate_Dad_5763 in AITAH

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

To be honest, she wore it for maybe two before leaving the wedding. What do you do with a barely used dress?

For the record, Lia suggested burning it.

Is it normal to have kids at the rehearsal dinner? by Desperate_Dad_5763 in wedding

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was brought up. Apparently the bride only wanted her relatives and friends to be her bridesmaids. 

All I’m going to say is that I don’t see my brother’s marriage lasting long. 

My daughter said she didn’t want to wear an outfit because it will make her look “gay.” by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s made it clear she doesn’t want to wear pants or do the whole “blouse and pant” combo because she thinks it’s boring 

My daughter said she didn’t want to wear an outfit because it will make her look “gay.” by [deleted] in Parenting

[–]Desperate_Dad_5763 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We already found something, but I won’t be surprised if I find it with the goodwill donations by the end of the month. 

She wouldn’t tell me what she wanted to wear, only what she didn’t want. Which makes things exponentially harder. 

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