bradfrankSep 22, 2023
Uncle Duke

[road trip]

DAUGHTER: I have to use the bathroom.
ME: *pulls into rest stop*
DAUGHTER: Thanks.
ME: Make sure you’re back in 5 minutes.
DAUGHTER: I will.
ME: We accidentally left your brother behind once.
DAUGHTER: I don’t have a brother.
ME: Exactly.

Sep 21, 2023 at 1:34pmWeb
Show thread[email protected]Sep 21, 2023
@UncleDuke1969 😂
Show threadAndreRusterSep 21, 2023
@UncleDuke1969 Oeh! Die moet ik onthouden! Kan zeker van pas komen, Iris is soms traaaaag😁
Show threadThunderstrikeSep 21, 2023

@UncleDuke1969

Sounds like something I would have said to my kids when they were little. I once broke up a fight between two of them (brothers) by separating them to different sides of the room, waiting a moment, and then dropping my arm between them like a fight referee and shouting "FIGHT TO THE DEATH!"

They both stopped and stared at me with big eyes and basically said, "Dad, it's not that serious." To which I said, "Good, now that you both understand that, what's the problem?" 😂

Show threadHein RagasSep 21, 2023
@UncleDuke1969 "Now you are our oldest child."
Show threadBonkersSep 21, 2023
@UncleDuke1969 we were once on a road trip with another family in their car. I'm at the wheel, two kids about 2yo in the back, and their father went to the bathroom. Their mom is with us in the car. I just put out a joke, what he would do if we drove away now. The kids on the back started screaming. They didn't even speak at that time.
Show threadDressToKILTSep 22, 2023

@UncleDuke1969 I once convinced my sister that we had two older siblings that my mother murdered because they were naughty.

The best part was when my mother just rolled with it.

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Show threadbeasomSep 24, 2023
@UncleDuke1969 My grandmother had 5 kids. She actually *did* leave one behind on a road trip until the other kids told her about it… and she didn’t listen to them at first. Turned out (relatively) OK, in that she eventually turned back and got her, and nothing significant happened, but you better believe my aunt pulled out that story at every opportunity to demonstrate she was the least-loved one.
Show threadFull Metal ArchaeopteryxSep 24, 2023

@UncleDuke1969

My parents actually did leave my sister behind at a gas station once on vacation.

They realized pretty quickly and turned around.

Forty-some years later, still not sure how I feel about it, heh.

Show threadolivia mackallSep 28, 2023
@DelilahTech @UncleDuke1969 my parents left me on the side of a road in rural vermont once because they thought that would teach me not to fight with my sister. they planned to come back for me 5min later but instead spent an increasingly frantic hour looking for me while i calmly struck out for the nearest town.