CowboyP":170s9jlt said:
rainjacktx":170s9jlt said:
Spoiling them is just one benefit.
Also - I know they're going to get an earful from my kids about how evil and mean I was as a parent. I want my grandchildren to think their parents are pathological liars. "My rainjack would never be that mean. He is the nicest person in the world. And he is the coolest person I've ever known".
So you intend to deceive the kid...
Not deception. Not totally, anyhow.
It's kinda weird, but all of my nieces and nephews started out being scared to death of me. I have a gruff voice, and I can gert pretty testy if some toddler with jelly covered fingers starts jacking with my dvd player. I admit to being a hardass. My kids will be the first to tell you my motto: No means no, and will not be repeated more than once.
Anyhow - the bro and sis inlaws used me as their ultimate threat in lieu of actually giving their kids a spanking. You know - like "If you don't stop it right now, I'm going to send you to uncle rainjack and you know how mean he is. Why, before you were born I saw him eat a little kid in WalMart just for whining in the check out line."
SO the nieces and nephews all cut a wide path around me during their most formative years. Then when they hit about 12 - 13 they start getting my humor, and the gruff voice, and figure maybe it's an act. Then they spend a week with us in the summer, and we become the best of pals.
I ain't giving my grand kids 12 years to figure out I am pal worthy.
