SKL Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 If you're anything like me, you've said "I would never" in relation to your children (or future children) hundreds of times. And more often than you'd like to admit, you made a liar of yourself. Care to share some recent examples? Here's mine. I don't even wear make-up. My dd, however, has been obsessed with red lips for a while. She will see a red flower or leaf and say "that's what color I want my lips to be." Lately she's been wanting to paint her eyelids too, and she in fact did take a blue expo marker to one before I caught her the other day. "I would never buy my five-year-old daughter a make-up kit." Except, I just did. I found a little tiny play kit with just enough red lipstick and blue eyelid stick for her to make a fool of herself a few times, before she gets it out of her system (I hope). Her birthday is next week, and I am pretty sure this is going to be a big hit. I do believe I've lost my mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphina Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I used to say I would never buy my kids country music but my dd loves country and alas I have bought her many country cd's. Occasionally I listen to them with her too :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I would never ever... ... homeschool. This is our third year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I would never... nevermind... it has nothing to do with my kids!!!!! :lol: And I'm not confessing that publicly.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinaBreece Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 When first presented with the idea of homeschooling: "I would NEVER do that. I mean, what about... (wait for it)....... SOCIALIZATION?" (And if you had seen how I just spelled "socialization," you might say that I should not be doing it, either.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Homeschool high school. Yep, we're doing it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 As a young childless adult, cleaning the sticky goop of a melted popsicle out of the crevices of a friend's coffee table, I said I would NEVER let my kids eat anything in the living room. Yeah, right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Well, I did say that I would never have children. Obviously, I was seriously mistaken. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 As a young childless adult, cleaning the sticky goop of a melted popsicle out of the crevices of a friend's coffee table, I said I would NEVER let my kids eat anything in the living room. Yeah, right. Yeah, mine was 'never eat in the car' - :auto: now my car perpetually smells like apples (I swear there's none left in there...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I have the opposite problem. I swore up and down that I would be a fun Mom (my Mom wasn't). Um, I think I am the least fun Mom on the planet. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartosunshine Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I used to say I would never buy my kids country music but my dd loves country and alas I have bought her many country cd's. Occasionally I listen to them with her too :001_huh: Ok, I'm guilty of this only because my dd loves Taylor Swift. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLady Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I broke several of the 'I would never' before even bringing my first child home from the hospital. I am now trying NOT to say 'never'. LOL J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I'd never have kids sleeping in my bed. As soon as I held my very first child in my arms, I couldn't put her to sleep in that bassinet all alone. She was so little....she needed someone. She slept in my bed for 4 years. Her sister for 3 (so we had two in the bed at once). Now we have a family bedroom and the girls sleep in a twin bed right up against our queen bed. I wouldn't have it any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Oh, and I also said I would not breastfeed past 6 weeks. I breastfed my first child for 27 months, until I got pregnant with #2 and she self weaned. I breastfed my second child for 4 years and I ended that when I got pregnant with #3 and it just hurt too much. Of course, I'll breastfeed #3 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Well, I did say that I would never have children. Obviously, I was seriously mistaken. :tongue_smilie: You are only 25% more mistaken than I was. ;) (I just realized Dd 22 is not in my siggy. She does exist, though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I would never homeschool or move. Reality: we've been homeschooling for years and move frequently. We're happy about both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Homeschool. The joke's on me, but I am so glad we do!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I would never... nevermind... it has nothing to do with my kids!!!!! :lol: And I'm not confessing that publicly.... :lol: ok, send me a PM. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I would never... homeschool let my kid park in front of the television have a kid who would talk back to me :glare: take antidepressants *SIGH* God must have thought I needed humbling because I thought I knew so much...I try to avoid that nowadays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 "I will never let my son play with guns...." Yeah. Right. Every little boy on the playground at the age of two (all victims of moms like me) took their fingers or sticks and "pow-powed" each other. They didn't even know the word "shoot"..... It's in the chromosomes, I'm tellin' ya.....:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Before kids, I would see little ones in public wearing mismatched clothes with their hair is in all sorts of haphazard styles. I used to say, "I would never let my child out of the house like that." :lol::lol::lol: While I do require the girls to at least brush their hair and their clothes must be clean, I've always pretty much let them dress themselves. And they've been known to have a teased out sideways pony tail more than once. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I said I'd never let my kids eat ramen and boxed mac & cheese on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) I said I would never take my kids to one of those overpriced, cheesy, preschool character stage shows... Yep. Dropped $90 this past spring on tickets to Thomas Live on Stage. Hundreds of preschoolers decked out in every Thomas item imaginable. If they had SodorCon, that's what it would look like! It was worth every penny to see the awe on DS's face when he saw Thomas and Percy on stage for the first time, and he still talks about it. :001_smile: Edited October 4, 2011 by BarbecueMom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I will get the horrible mother of the year award but I said that even on a really bad day I would never threaten to send them on the next yellow bus heading to public school but I did make that threat. Several times with my dd, in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said I'd never watch Teletubbies. It was my son's favorite show as a toddler and the genesis of some of his earliest words. I said I'd never have kids. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... I said I'd never get married. See previous comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misidawnrn Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I always said that I will never snap my fingers at my kids when they are being noisy or what ever. My mom did that and it was sooooo obnoxious. Now, guess what! Yep, when I am on the phone or having a conversation with someone and they interup...I snap:tongue_smilie: And, it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said that I would never put my child on a leash or breastfeed, of all things. :001_huh: What did I know? I was just a kid when I had my first baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo out of lurking Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 In 2002, I said I would never use Saxon. And in 2003, I said I would never use Singapore. Both kids finished Singapore 6B before moving on. Now I'm pretty sure we'll never use Saxon. I said I would never go to a reformed church (probably posted that here too). God has dragged us there kicking and screaming, but we've been going to a wonderful one for six months (not that I agree with the theology, but that's another post, right?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 (edited) You are only 25% more mistaken than I was. ;) (I just realized Dd 22 is not in my siggy. She does exist, though.) I have a 28 year old who isn't in mine either but he's still around raising heck just like he did (sorry, small country falshback due to the Hank Williams Jr. fracus :tongue_smilie:). Edited October 4, 2011 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimm Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said I would never homeschool. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said many, many times that I would never have a 3rd child. DD4 has been living here for 4 years now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Too many to name. A recent one: I said I would never go to a circus. We went this summer and last summer. :tongue_smilie: My youngest has really humbled me. There is a lot I said I would never do re babies and I never did- until I had him and understood what it's like when you're in survival mode with a truly high-needs baby who never sleeps, cries all the time, will not be put down, and wants to nurse constantly. Those Chinese, plastic, noisy, electronic toys I said I would never buy? They distract him for short periods, so we have a few now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well, I did say that I would never have children. Obviously, I was seriously mistaken. :tongue_smilie: I used to say this all the time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 "I will never let my son play with guns...." Yeah. Right. Every little boy on the playground at the age of two (all victims of moms like me) took their fingers or sticks and "pow-powed" each other. They didn't even know the word "shoot"..... It's in the chromosomes, I'm tellin' ya.....:lol: :iagree: And I was definitely not going to have seven children that I homeschooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 When I moved from NH to FL 22 years ago, I said that I would never say "fixin to" or "y'all". Yeah, I have said both many times.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I was never going to Homeschool....now I wouldn't have it any other way. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 "I will never let my son play with guns...." Yeah. Right. Every little boy on the playground at the age of two (all victims of moms like me) took their fingers or sticks and "pow-powed" each other. They didn't even know the word "shoot"..... It's in the chromosomes, I'm tellin' ya.....:lol: Yup. No guns, no tv that showed guns, etc. He still somehow made EVERYTHING into a weapon. He now has several air soft guns, a throwing axe, and goes to the range to shoot a 22 rifle. My how times have changed :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Yup. No guns, no tv that showed guns, etc. He still somehow made EVERYTHING into a weapon. My girls learned the bang-bang stuff at daycare. Then one day I received a note from Hippie Teacher that my kids were a "behavior problem" because they pointed their fingers at each other and said "I'm gonna shoot." Not sure whether she wanted me to whip my kids or what, for having absorbed what they saw in her classroom :glare:. So I told the girls that what they had done was OK at home but not at school. Which probably violated some other "I would never" uttered in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat19 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said my son would never be on a leash :lol: We bought one this summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Ugh... Kidz Bop. Not my finest moment as a (former indie-music-snob) parent. I also said I would never answer one of my children with: "Because I said so." Well, it took 5 or 6 years, but eventually "because I said so" became a fairly standard answer around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well, I said I would never let myself get fat......and here I am.....fat! GRRRR!!!! I also said I would never be a stay at home mom. I would never homeschool. I would never live in the South. Pretty much my whole life is an "I would never" apparently! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Order school uniforms for my kids. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said I would NEVER let my boys play with toy guns...until Boy #1 bit his toast into a gun and shot me with it....then flipped a barbie ( oh yeah....I said no Barbies too until......). And used it as a machine gun. Seriously! I think boys are born with noises.....Anyway, I did get the boys coon skin caps, fringe jackets and Daniel Boone rifles for Christmas that year....and I told them...no hunting for people....only pretend animals. The barbies got packed up quickly once dd #2 was big enou not to want them anymore. Dd 1 &3 were never interested..... Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoforjoy Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 My biggest "I would never" was spanking. I have done it, and I do regret it. I should have stuck with my convictions on that one. I don't think I had any other really firm nevers, though. I don't think I would have imagined I'd let my kids play with toy guns, but that because such a clearly losing battle early on that I gave it up quick. I don't think I'd have seen myself as the kind of parent who would dress my DD in pink and dresses all the time, but she just looks so. darn. cute. in them that I can't help it. After nursing my first for two years, I didn't think I'd ever formula feed one of my kids. When DD was 10 months and I was four months pregnant and nursing had become very painful and difficult, it was a really tough thing to wean her and put her on formula. It was, practically, very easy--it took all of two days, and she seemed not the least bit bothered--but it was very emotionally difficult for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Oh boy. Let's see: "I will never home school my kids." "I will never give birth at home." "I will never skip vaccinations." "I will never use the TV to occupy my kids." "I will never allow my dh or kids to hunt." "I will not allow toy guns." That's just for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Not exactly kid related but I said I would never get remarried. 7 years and two more kids later... DH was adamantly opposed to kids in our bed. He was very very firm "No child of mine is ever going to sleep with me." I just smiled and nodded. Ds was the worst sleeper ever. The second you put him down, he would wake up crying. His crib was in our room so if he was up, we were up. After 6 weeks straight of being up all night walking him around, dh caved and ds started sleeping with us. DH got to the point where he loved snuggling with his little buddy and missed him when he wasn't there. It's a good thing we have a large, King size bed since the kids still occasionally wind up with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfcartmama Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said I would never ever... ... homeschool. This is our third year. :iagree: except it's my 2nd full year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusksAngel Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I would never yell at my kids. I would never tell them because I said so. I would never homeschool (I KNEW (IRL) the sterotypical homeschooled child and no way was I going there). I would never have a schedule birth, an epidural, or any other pain meds. (lasted until a friends wife had a 24+ hr labor) I would never use the tv as a babysitter. I would never.... ummmm.... yeah, I think I had a complete change of plans as soon as I found out I was pregnant with G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in NE Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I would never..... Homeschool... and am now in my 11th year. Go back to college...... and am now only 5 courses away from my 2nd degree. Live at the end of the road....... yeah, doing that too. Be a missionary..... and now I dream of working with orphans in Haiti????? Never say never, I guess. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kile529 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I said I would never ever... ... homeschool. This is our third year. :iagree: EXACTLY the same here!!! :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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