šŸŽ‚ Sotonians milestones

Bear discovers why Dubai exists.

Runā€¦

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Just tell him where the Gold Souk is so he can buy a ring at its true value rather than at Ratners at 5 times the resale value

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Yeah, but the life you end up getting isnā€™t that bad. Of all the things Iā€™ve done in my life, raising cubs is the thing Iā€™m most proud of, the two year break with their ma the thing Iā€™m least proud of. Donā€™t get me wrong, I was a decent apart dad - had them every weekend, provided for them, but I wasnā€™t a great person at the time. Didnā€™t see a great deal of point in life.

The kids have been their own gifts in their own way. The eldest drove me to take my university education and subsequent employment completely seriously. The youngest is the most effective person on the planet at calming me down and showing me the world through otherā€™s eyes that there is.

You wonā€™t know what youā€™re doing with the first one. No-one ever does. Babysitting for limited periods is one thing. Full time responsibility is another. Youā€™ll fret over things you wonā€™t sweat on future kids. Youā€™ll be making decisions for the first time for a thing you donā€™t fully understand.

Youā€™ll also have a shitload of fun, revisit stuff you havenā€™t done for years, spend long weekends playing board games, reading bedtime stories, basically forming a unit that no-one else in the world has quite the collective understanding of that your family does.

As someone thatā€™s seen both my kids grow to adulthood, and be people that I genuinely like being around, I can honestly say that it has been the most edifying experience of my life.

I can also say that while we normally get on, arguing with Adult Unit #1 ranks among the most terrifying experiences of my life. Huge grats and good luck, @bearsy and all budding parents.

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Ah ffs Pap stop with the emotive bollocks.

The only reason to have kids is so they can look after you & wheel you to the Rockstone when you get to Ericā€™s age

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It will probably be sick on you and stink for a few years.

Beware low bridges.

And good luck bear.

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New oven is shite first set of Yorkshires in the bin. :lou_angry:

ā€¦oh, and they donā€™t get any cheaper as they get older. The opposite it seems.

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Hey Bear, if itā€™s a girl you gonna call her Goldilocks ?

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Oooh, just read this. Congratulations, Bear! I think ā€¦

Iā€™ve probably mentioned this before, but I suppose now might be as good a time as any to recount this true life story.

When the future Mrs Stickman broke the ā€“ frankly, disconcerting ā€“ news that she was carrying my child, I did what any self-respecting man would do under such unplanned and unforeseen circumstances: headed at break-neck pace straight for the pub. As fate would have it, sat alone and forlorn at the bar was about the only one of my mates who actually had any experience of fatherhood. I bought him a drink and, without wishing to give too much away at that stage, waited for an opportunity to casually ask how fatherhood had changed his life. He slowly and painfully looked up from his beer and with the tortured countenance of a mad-man sobbed: ā€œChange it? It hasnā€™t changed it. Itā€™s fucking well ended itā€.

HTH

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Stand down, baby bear died already rip. Iā€™m glad I had enough sense / cowardice not to tell my Mum about the pregnancy, saves me a second embarrassing conversation. Iā€™m a little bummed bout it tho, considering I didnā€™t want a Bearby in first place, but Iā€™d kind of got used to the idea. I was looking forward to fucking the little shit up by learning him all my despicable views on Life & Sex!

In general though I am too much of a Happy Soul to be touched deeply by this kind of thing. My initial thought, when bird started pissing out like a ketchup bottle was ā€œeasy come easy goā€. What an awful way to react! Fortunately I was more diplomatic with the Mrs. She seems quite Upset, which shows a lack of foresight I think. Bad enough having one bro like me in your life. She came very close to having Two!

Sorry to hear that, bearsy.

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Mate, gutted for all concerned. These things do happen. Only consolation I can offer is that there is usually a good biological reason for it. Horrible whenever it happens, but much easier if it happens before things go too far.

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Sweet of you to say bros but donā€™t worry about it srs. I dunno why I didnā€™t see it coming. Apparently this kind of thing is Quite Common, and it is well known fact that I am not allowed to have Nice Things, but somehow I was Surprised. I thought my genomes was made of more Hardy Stuff! When I was fetus you couldnā€™t terminate me with a pitchfork, I know for fact my mum Tried.

Hang in there my fine Ursine fellow. one consoilation is that this IS very common first time round, usually happens earlier so most dont even know they were pregnantā€¦ which is obviously less dramatic. Happpens for for a number of reasons including ā€˜trial runā€™ , as well as when things are not quite right. Baby Bears will happen one day so you wll have plenty of opportunity to teach them the dark ways. When it happens you will be glad.

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Mrs BTripz had several miscarriage before our first born and before the Twins arrived. I was gutted after the first one and learned to not tell anyone about pregnancies until well after the 3 months.

The girls have focussed our thoughts and itā€™s amazing how many babies donā€™t come to term or do with serious life issues. The fact that there are so many ā€œnormalā€ babies out there is incredible.

What fucks me right off is you see people like Kerry Katona that smoke, drink, whatever during pregnancy and deliver healthy babies to the world. Yet the people that do the ā€œcorrectā€ things generally end up heart broken!!

I know youā€™re probably putting on a brave face @bearsy and I feel for you, please be a tad more sympathetic to Mrs Bear though :lou_is_a_flirt:

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Best stick that advert for wheelchair pusher back in the shop window bearsy.

:lou_sad:rip really.

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i saw that tokyos you bastard! This is Example why you need to visit more often!

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Just catching up on all this. Soz bear, that is shit. Happened to my mate and his mrs. 2nd time he hit the target was a success thou and their baby is due in a couple of weeks. Just keep pumping away and results will come.

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Sorry to here the news bear.

Bang goes the pub taxi service

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Suggestion from sovietsā€¦check the full thread before posting message of congrats.

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