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Offline Gunslinger

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« on: May 26, 2005, 04:02:21 PM »
Does anyone else have a problem with the wife that they INSIST on letting the kids use/play with expesive stuff that you own.

My wife just let our daughter (5 years old) take pictures with my digital camera near the pool (she's grounded from the pool today cause she dumped sand in it yesturday) and she dropped it in.  

WHY?

I'm not mad at my daughter cause it was a total accident and her mom gave her permission.....WTF though.  Why does she need to let kids that have a huge track record of breaking things (kids will be kids) use an expensive (yes expensive/valuable to ME) camera

She lets them play with her cell phone among other things and I ask her ALL the time not to.  It's never HER that has to pay for this stuff ITS ME   :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2005, 04:06:37 PM »
Devorce her... plenty more fish in the sea.
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2005, 04:07:56 PM »
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Devorce her... plenty more fish in the sea.


Thanks for at least making me laugh:lol
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2005, 04:08:05 PM »
I lost my digital camera that way a few weeks back.

R.I.P. Canon Powershot.
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2005, 04:09:31 PM »
maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2005, 04:09:53 PM »
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I lost my digital camera that way a few weeks back.

R.I.P. Canon Powershot.


this was a cannon A70.  I hope the flash card is OK too.  I got pics on there that I havnt transferred yet.
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2005, 04:11:08 PM »
dock the wife's allowance until it is paid off

-or- make the wife "work" off the debt ; )
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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2005, 04:13:20 PM »
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maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?


maybe the wife needs to spend more time with the child instead of providing distractions instead of the attention the child needs

or learn to tell the child no when she asks to play with something a 5 year old has no biz using as a toy

yep, dump the wife :)
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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2005, 04:14:24 PM »
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maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?


no currently I'm on 6 days of "use or lose" leave.  We spend plenty of time together.  Ruining the camer only pisses me off to the point of I don't want to be around her or the kids because I'm angry and don't want to take it out on them.

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dock the wife's allowance until it is paid off

-or- make the wife "work" off the debt ; )


This might work!
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2005, 04:18:41 PM »
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maybe your wife wanted you to spend more time with her than the camera?


OR....


maybe the winfe wants you to spend time with HER AND the camera.... ;)
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2005, 04:21:41 PM »
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OR....


maybe the winfe wants you to spend time with HER AND the camera.... ;)


BTDT and no I'm not sharing ;)
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2005, 04:24:22 PM »
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this was a cannon A70.  I hope the flash card is OK too.  I got pics on there that I havnt transferred yet.


Ah.. the father of my A510 think. I belive the camera had a very strudy design, but it was the way it landed that killed it. The lens was out and the fall forced it in just enough to ruin it.

Sad, but the good thing is that I wont get static from the missus for forgetting the cam if we go somewere anymore ;)
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2005, 04:29:21 PM »
Never met a woman yet that didn't understand a kick in the bellybutton or a slug from a .45

:)

I'd go pull her jewlrey box off her dresser and hand it to the kid to play with.

Mommy will get the message. If not, see paragraph 1.
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2005, 04:30:17 PM »
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Ah.. the father of my A510 think. I belive the camera had a very strudy design, but it was the way it landed that killed it. The lens was out and the fall forced it in just enough to ruin it.

Sad, but the good thing is that I wont get static from the missus for forgetting the cam if we go somewere anymore ;)


yes but when you don't have a camera at the ready and currently can't afford to replace it you tend to miss some really good pictures of your kids :(
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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2005, 04:31:22 PM »
Make a dollar limit on what the kids can play with. Anything over it gets broken and she has to pay for it out of her dough. Yeah, it's gonna come out of your pocket in the long run, but maybe it will make her start to value your side of the deal and cut down on the breakage.
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