Who’s the boss in your house?
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Topic: Who’s the boss in your house?
Posted By: Maya
Subject: Who’s the boss in your house?
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 3:28pm
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Maya: Can I have some rockmelon?
Me: When you've finished your dinner. Maya: I don't like my dinner. Me: Then no rockmelon. Maya: Ooooh, but I want rockmelon! Me: Then eat your dinner. Maya: So! You're not the boss of this house anyway! Me: Oh yeah? Who's the boss then? Maya: Daddy's the boss! Yeah right! He *wishes* he was the boss, I wear the pants in this house!! Who's the 'boss' in your house? Or more importantly, who do your KIDS think is the boss? -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 3:56pm
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Daddy.
Its weird and unfair because I'm the one who has to make and enforce most of the rules! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 3:58pm
LOL!!! Without having kids at the moment I would suspect the animals rule the roost at our house!! But I'm sure that will change once bubs arrives.  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: SuziE
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 4:08pm
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DH wears the pants ....
But Im the belt that holds them up ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 4:15pm
I just asked Nyah who she thought the boss was and she replied; "You're the big Boss" and "Daddy's just the boss"  ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 4:15pm
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Me, me, me and me. But really at the moment Andrew is as we are waiting on him hand and foot. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 4:30pm
my mum of all the fam dad just thinks he is ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 4:48pm
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Of course I am the boss, there is noway im letting a 12yr old or nearly 7yr old think they are lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 5:02pm
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Christopher SO knows that I am the boss in the house. He's always having DH on about it.
Christopher: "Dad why do you let mum make decisions and stuff?" DH: "Cos I love her and I want her to be happy" Christopher: "But your the man dad - you should be the boss" DH: "You'll understand one day" Christopher: "When I have a wife i'm gonna make the decisions and she will just have to listen cos i'm the man" DH: "Whatever - you won't have a wife for long with that attitude"  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 6:31pm
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Ha ha , def me in my house lol! ------------- 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 6:37pm
I love it! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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SuziE wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 6:38pm
Teehee, gotta love the reasoning of teenage males! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 7:43pm
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Leish can I have your DH. Mine just wont get it through his thick head that I'm the boss. You'd think after 13 years he'd learn.....some men are just so slow. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 7:47pm
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I have beaten him in to submission... He had no choice
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 7:50pm
| jake thinks he is. |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 8:19pm
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I am although Jesse would like to think he is. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 8:24pm
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I used to be, but now Caleb rules the roost. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lissy
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 8:25pm
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Daddy apparently is the boss, I am just the housecleaner!!! LOL ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 9:05pm
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I am Definately the boss. DH even tells my mother - ask her - she's the boss ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 9:16pm
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I just asked Charlotte and she first said 'Kate' then shook her head, laughed and goes 'Noooooo its MEEE!'. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 9:25pm
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i am the boss. the way dh gives in to xanthe i think that makes him a minion and xanthe vice president of the company. jordis is junior vice president. but i am the boss ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 22 November 2007 at 9:43pm
ask anyone - except Dh who's the boss and the reply would be MUM without a doubt LOL... well trained kids you see  ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: gemsmum
Date Posted: 23 November 2007 at 1:31pm
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Oh def me! Every now and then DH puts down his foot about something - and if it's not worth an argument I'll give in .
Overheard the other day dd: "if I want something I ask Daddy cos I know he'll give it to me." |
Posted By: tashzmum
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 11:49am
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me, me ,me.... even our boss knows i am the boss of the house.. i do run things past df though, but he knows its not worth arguing with me unless its something major. he lets tash get away with murder too and doesnt stick to the punishments we give out, if she asks him for something he always tells her to ask mum lol. ------------- Natasha Jayde, 1-01-05(7lb3oz) Caroline Elisabeth, 9-04-08 (4lb15oz) Izabella Kate, 9-04-08(6lb7oz) Lexi Brenna, 23-01--2011(6lb6oz) |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 11:55am
| I'm the boss, although I manage it so DP thinks HE's the boss lol! |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 1:11pm
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Oh, well, I am gonna buck the trend and say we are equally the boss because neither of us make decisions without the other, but in all i spose i tend to be a bit of the driving force for the decisions. No, really, Paris is the bossiest - doesn't make her the boss though.
I like the comment about the pants. I used to say that "mike wears the pants in our house, but they're my pants" when we first got together he needed new jeans and i was gonna chuck a whole heap of ones i'd grown out of (which mum bought from boys dept anyway cos they fit me better  ).. so he tried em and they fit perfectly, lol so he wears my pants figuratively and literally..
so yes, equal. I asked paris and she goes "you're both the boss" ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 1:14pm
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Same Janine. I think we are equally the boss, but I am the one who does all the organising of everything and runs the household (bills, groceries etc) so I guess maybe I am a bit more the boss! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 1:45pm
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Same Janine and Aimee... we make major decisions as a team, Nat handles the finances and pays the bills and I run the household, do the groceries etc.
I defer to Nat as the head/leader of our household when a final decision needs to be made, but we usually reach that point through discussion. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: AtHome
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 1:51pm
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Dad wears the pants, but mum buys them, chooses the colour, style, fabric and tells dad when to wear them!!
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 2:09pm
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I rule the roost but DH rules the remote (and as long as he can find it, is happy about it too!) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 4:12pm
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I'm curious about something - and feel free to tell me to buzz off if this is an inappropriate question, but are those of you in Christian marriages of the belief that the woman should be submissive to their husband in marriage?
I ask this as I know of a few couples who are, and who are, and I wondered if this was the way most Christian couples believed or just the ones I know. |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 4:56pm
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I'm going to answer your question, Clare, but I'm going to start a new thread so I don't send this one too far off course ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 5:46pm
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I think we are pretty equal here, all the big decisions are discussed and decided together...most of the little ones are as well. When Spencer was born I quite happily let DH take control of everything, was easier not to have to worry about anything except looking after Spencer but now things are back as they were before. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: 3boys
Date Posted: 28 November 2007 at 7:41pm
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One day DH took off to work in a hurry. He had to change after work to go to a more casual event and so her grabbed a pair of jeans on his way out the door. Upon changing into the jeans he realised that they were actually mine
And thats kinda how it is in our house.... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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