Posted on 12/03/2017 2:37:33 PM PST by sodpoodle
For all you grandparents out there...and a few others who just like a good laugh!
A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly-behaved grandson. He has his hands full with the child screaming for candy, cookies, all sorts of things.
The grandpa is saying in a controlled voice: "Easy,Pete, we won't be long-easy, boy." The boy has another outburst and she hears the grandpa calmly say: "It's okay, Pete. Just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here. Hang in there, son." At the checkout the little horror is throwing items out of the shopping cart. Grandpa says again in a controlled voice, "Pete, Pete, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes, stay cool, Pete." Very impressed, she goes outside to where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. She says: "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole time you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. Pete is very lucky to have you as his grandpa." "Thanks," says the grandpa, "but I am Pete. This little bastard's name is Kevin."
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THought you could use a good laugh
Not ours!
I’ve heard some grandparents say the best part of being a grand is knowing at some point in the day, the little so & so is going back home with his parents and staying there.
Some parents are so good, they only have to give their child ‘The Look’, and Junior shuts up for a while.
That’s a good one!
That was funny.......but my grandkids are perfect and I’m perfecter........they’re still alive.......lol
Doggoneit......my kids played me like a cheap fiddle and all their daddy had to do was say that’s enough and they knew they better not push it.....WHY?????.........;)
Well, we now have 18 grandchildren, so I’ve seen quite a few unusual things.
That, is a good one.
Some people just have that natural trait of looking or sounding just a little bit dangerous to the average person. “You wouldn’t like me when I got angry” is the vibe.
Not necessarily anything physical, but kids know some adults are clever enough (and willing enough) to turn the child’s life into something very unpleasant. No Captain Crunch, No Potato Chips for A YEAR!!..Even babies pick up on it.
That’s just funny!
really?! I will take 1 or 2 off your hands!
Sorry, I don’t think their parents would agree!
“”we now have 18 grandchildren””
We have only one and oh! how I wish we could have more. He’s growing up so fast. I tell him his grandmother (me)needs to find another little boy who will enjoy playing games at the dining room table and not want to use an electronic whatever for entertainment when he’s here. He sometimes indulges me but it’s not long before he’s walking away from the table and I ask him where he’s going and he says, “I’m done.” His mother said he always does that. No prelude, no nothing - just done!
Me too!!!!! But they need to be under 5..
Lol!
Amen!
I never have trouble with my grandchildren because I let them know what I expect, and I am consistent. They know “the look” from their grandmother.
Heh, heh. Out of our 9 grandkids, I’d say 2 fall into the Kevin category.
Now, that’s funny!!!!!!
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