What Do You Tell Kids?
#1
Posted 26 August 2008 - 02:33 AM
#2
Posted 26 August 2008 - 02:57 AM
Not too long ago a little girl asked me and I said I had an accident (not true, but I was kind of in a hurry and didn't want to get bogged down with tons of questions), alas this was not a concise answer. She then asked 'what kind of accident', and then answered her own question by saying 'car accident'? I kind of laughed to myself and said 'sure why not'. I think that made her happy because she had kind of figured it out on her own and skipped away.
Perhaps I could say I 'hurt my spine' - but I don't know if little kids (like you said under 5) would totally comprehend that as well.
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#4
Posted 26 August 2008 - 06:02 AM
#9
Posted 26 August 2008 - 07:22 PM
Really I just tell em that I had a car wreck and broke my the bone in my back that makes your legs work. The worse with kids are the mean little turds that wanna know if they'll hurt you if they kick ya and then proceed to kick you to find out.
#10
Posted 26 August 2008 - 10:14 PM
#11
Posted 26 August 2008 - 10:44 PM
If that doesn't shut 'em up then I open my legbag n ply squirt-gun with 'em.
E-dog
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
#14
Posted 27 August 2008 - 04:24 AM
E-DOG, on Aug 26 2008, 06:44 PM, said:
If that doesn't shut 'em up then I open my legbag n ply squirt-gun with 'em.
E-dog
TOO FUNNY!!!!!! In the desert no less!
#15
Posted 27 August 2008 - 05:45 AM
E-DOG, on Aug 26 2008, 03:44 PM, said:
If that doesn't shut 'em up then I open my legbag n ply squirt-gun with 'em.
E-dog
#16
Posted 27 August 2008 - 10:42 AM
E-DOG, on Aug 26 2008, 06:44 PM, said:
If that doesn't shut 'em up then I open my legbag n ply squirt-gun with 'em.
E-dog
#17
Posted 28 August 2008 - 05:54 AM
Why on earth do they need to be seen?
E
I have a tee shirt that says:
TELL YOUR KIDS TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE f*@k UP!
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
#19
Posted 29 August 2008 - 10:48 AM
E-DOG, on Aug 28 2008, 01:54 AM, said:
Why on earth do they need to be seen?
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I have a tee shirt that says:
TELL YOUR KIDS TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE f*@k UP!

Golly Mr. Wilson, you don't really mean that do you?
#20
Posted 01 September 2008 - 12:18 AM
E-DOG, on Aug 28 2008, 01:54 AM, said:
Why on earth do they need to be seen?
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I have a tee shirt that says:
TELL YOUR KIDS TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE f*@k UP!
My mother always reminded me that I was once a kid. And I always reminded her that I was a well behaved kid! (Although, I'm sure I was a difficult little bitch too)
E-Dog, can I borrow that shirt when I go to dinner? Maybe I wouldn't have to work so hard giving the evil eye!
~Stella
#21
Posted 01 September 2008 - 12:34 PM
I'll use the same answer if the kid of someone I know asks, but if it's a very young kid, I'll just say that my legs are sick. If it's a strange kid, I usually just let the parents deal with it - they're usually very apologetic to me and then they make the explanation that my legs are sick. Sorted.
#22
Posted 09 September 2008 - 07:19 PM
Kev-O, on Aug 26 2008, 04:46 PM, said:
I say something like this to the drunk guys that keep bugging me when Im in a club. I tell then I DUI and i was in a car accident. even though im dive accident quad! lol
#23
Posted 09 September 2008 - 10:06 PM
Why are you in a wheelchair? My legs don't work
Why? My back was broken so now my legs don't work.
The others are right about kids being smarter than we think. My son was telling people why I couldn't walk when HE was 4.
*Wheelchairs are made of a special ocular magnetic alloy......they're "eyeball magnets".*
*I USE a wheelchair, that does NOT make ME a wheelchair!*
#24
Posted 17 September 2008 - 12:23 PM
Texaswheelz, on Aug 26 2008, 09:22 PM, said:
Really I just tell em that I had a car wreck and broke my the bone in my back that makes your legs work. The worse with kids are the mean little turds that wanna know if they'll hurt you if they kick ya and then proceed to kick you to find out.
“What the…!!?? Hey quit doing that!”
“I just want to see if they’re really dead!” he sulked.
I just say my legs are broken from then on, less risk of being physically assaulted that way. Plus kids really understand broken … they are always breaking things
#26
Posted 17 September 2008 - 08:47 PM
Manda, on Sep 17 2008, 05:49 PM, said:
Our daughter is 5 and in kindergarten so my husband gets alot of questions from the kids in her class. He is very independant and is very active in her class. He is honest with the kids and just tells them that he was hunting one night and fell out of a tree stand and hurt his back very bad and now his legs don't work but it's okay because his arms do so he can still do all his favorite things.
I have observed conversations between our daughter and her friends when they ask her why her daddy is in a wheelchair. For her, she doesn't know her daddy any other way. She was 6 months old when it happened. She just casually tells them that he fell deer hunting and his legs don't work but it's okay because he still plays with her and loves her. She doesn't see him any different than anyone else. And when he overcomes an obstacle that is hard for him, she proudly cheers him on and tells everyone about it.
If you have patience for children and their questions, honesty is best. They only ask because they are curious.
#27
Posted 18 September 2008 - 10:44 AM
#28
Posted 18 September 2008 - 07:30 PM
#29
Posted 19 September 2008 - 12:07 AM
jdhoggg, on Sep 18 2008, 09:30 PM, said:
Ha! Good one.
I never saw as much driving under the influence as I did when I lived in the US. And I'm Irish! Hell, I lived in Poland too! But it was only in the US that I saw people on a daily basis get into cars after a couple of beers, or half a bottle of wine "because it's just a short drive home".
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