View from your office

[PaloAltoCougar]

Let's lighten this up

This is the usual view from my office:


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Ah, thats'a cute. And I enjoyed your reaction when she fell the first time: laughter! Way to go, Supermom.

Seriously, most parents learn very quickly that unless the child is genuinely hurt, laughter or at least a smile is way better than looks of concern. There's a critical moment when the kid looks up for your reaction, and if you act really worried or act sickenly empathetic, they unleash the tears. Better to laugh and they're usually over it quickly. In the few cases where you may have underestimated the injury, you can apologize on the way to the emergency room.

[RobinFinderson]

Let's lighten this up

This is the usual view from my office:


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Lovely Gidget. She is a doll!

[Gidget]

PAC, I laughed because it was funny. Especially since I was holding the camera, and she had fallen out of the frame. Though it did ease her being stunned by the fall, I actually just was laughing AT her and not with her. Am I still a super mom?

[PaloAltoCougar]

PAC, I laughed because it was funny. Especially since I was holding the camera, and she had fallen out of the frame. Though it did ease her being stunned by the fall, I actually just was laughing AT her and not with her. Am I still a super mom?

Absolutely. Our family video archives are filled with scenes where one of the kids crashes, falls, drops something, etc., and my annoying laughter (more like a bray) can be heard over the anguished squeals of the victim. Mr. Sympathy I am not, but in most cases, it helped defuse the situation. I enjoyed the video, not only because she was so cute, but because your reaction was exactly what mine would have been. We can step up to the award stand, or be kicked out of the concerned parents club, together.

[Gidget]

Absolutely. Our family video archives are filled with scenes where one of the kids crashes, falls, drops something, etc., and my annoying laughter (more like a bray) can be heard over the anguished squeals of the victim. Mr. Sympathy I am not, but in most cases, it helped defuse the situation. I enjoyed the video, not only because she was so cute, but because your reaction was exactly what mine would have been. We can step up to the award stand, or be kicked out of the concerned parents club, together.

The only time I have been Mrs. Sympathy was a few weeks ago. I have seen needles stuck in Leah's head, I have seen her be twisted, pulled, cut, squished beyond belief (she was a 10week early preemie some of these things come with that territory) and can you believe that when I put a suppository in her little butt a few weeks ago, I balled. She was in so much pain (I think the glycerin was burning) and crying that I cried right along with her. I think the sympathy was that I had caused it. Most of the time I just laugh at her, so does Surfah. It has made her pretty tough though. I think I am in your camp PAC.

[Gidget]

The only time I have been Mrs. Sympathy was a few weeks ago. I have seen needles stuck in Leah's head, I have seen her be twisted, pulled, cut, squished beyond belief (she was a 10week early preemie some of these things come with that territory) and can you believe that when I put a suppository in her little butt a few weeks ago, I balled. She was in so much pain (I think the glycerin was burning) and crying that I cried right along with her. I think the sympathy was that I had caused it. Most of the time I just laugh at her, so does Surfah. It has made her pretty tough though. I think I am in your camp PAC.

I'll add that my laughter sometimes does sound fake, I have been told that a lot in my life and can easily be mistaken as me feigning it for the purpose of her not overreacting.

[landpoke]

Why is landpoke getting off scott free here. He started the whole mess.

It's an old Hindu fakir trick I picked up while stationed in Bengal during the Raj.

[il Padrino Ute]

I love that view, SU.

If I could convince my wife, I would live in the Seattle area, but she is a sun worshiper and wouldn't be able to handle annual precipitation. She absolutely hated the two weeks we spent in the NW when we were still considered newlyweds. She didn't like the rain for part of a day/clear for part of the day weather we experienced.

[Tim]

Here's the view from our office:

[il Padrino Ute]

Tim - I've always suspected the Japanese were more technologically advanced and your photo proves it. Florescent light housings suspended in the sky rock. I can't wait until we have that here in America.

[UteStar]

I never posted a nude photo of myself! That is a lie. I posted a photo of myself in a Speedo. BIGGG difference.

C'mon, BIGGG? Now you are just bragging. We don't need that kind of bravado around here!

[YOhio]

C'mon, BIGGG? Now you are just bragging. We don't need that kind of bravado around here!

Stop drooling UteStar.

[YOhio]

Why is landpoke getting off scott free here. He started the whole mess.

Have you seen his view? Working there is punishment enough.

[landpoke]

Have you seen his view? Working there is punishment enough.

The land is a hellscape of soul killing suckitude, but the pay's low so....

[Borg]

I think all of your views "suck".

My office has no windows whatsoever. Zero, nada...zip. Sucks.