24 November 2000

Submitted by eve on Sat, 11/25/2000 - 6:41pm. Wisdom

"You know, Dad's not made of money."
--A very serious 5 year old, to her mother who was trying on footwear in the shoe department of Macy*s.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 11/29/2000 - 6:56am.

Archived comment by Arlene:
Huh, the unspoken lesson when I was growing up was that the mark of an adult is when you started paying for the meals, etc. After all, until you start to earn your own money you can't afford to buy your parents' meals, shopping trips, etc.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 11/28/2000 - 7:11pm.

Archived comment by chel:
sorry about that, my brain overheated.
(Summer has just begun! Go Australia!!)
ok i'll go now.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 11/28/2000 - 7:06pm.

Archived comment by chel:
You know what's even sadder, when that 5year old grows up, she'll have to tell her mum, "You know, I'm not made of money."
As a veteran of many such child-funded shopping trips, it never fails to piss me off when people say, "Oh _you're_ paying for your mum! Wonder what she had to do to get that?"
Is it that hard to understand, that in this technologically advanced age, sometimes the young computer literate do have more money? And sometimes we're even nice to the elderly.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 11/27/2000 - 9:03am.

Archived comment by Arlene:
Oh, I'm sure that Mom said it to daughter, probably on multiple occasions. It is amazing what kids will come out with, though, My boss often brings in "Guess what my daughter's latest is.." stories.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 11/26/2000 - 12:52pm.

Archived comment by addaon:
Where do you think she heard it originally?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 11/26/2000 - 1:11am.

Archived comment by Terri:
One day the dad will repeat those same words to that five year old.

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