Don't annoy your Mum !

[Handley_Page]

I thought this was hilarious: LINKY.

What makes it is the screed at the bottom:

THIS AUCTION IS FOR ALL 4 ONE DIRECTION TICKETS IN SYDNEY OCTOBER 25th. You can thank my daughters self righteous and lippy attitude for their sale. See sweety? And you thought I was bluffing. I hope the scowl on your bitchy little friends faces when you tell them that your dad and i revoked the gift we were giving you all reminds you that your PARENTS are the ones that deserve love and respect more than anyone. And your silly little pack mentality of taking your parents for fools is one sadly mistaken. Anyhow. Your loss someone else's gain who deserves them! THE TICKETS ARE SEATED IN ROW O section 57. REMEMBER AUCTION IS FOR ALL 4 TICKETS and will be sent registered post

...OH YOUR FRIENDS THOUGHT THAT A FEW PRANKS CALLS WOULD PUT ME OFF SELLING THE GIFT WE BOUGHT FOR THEM for YOUR BIRTHDAY because YOU all LIED to us about sleep overs so you could hang like little trollops at an older guys HOUSE????? Pffft!! I find it HIGHLY amusing that you girls think you invented this stuff. Tricks like this on OUR parents is how HALF of you were conceived .....And why a lot of your friends DONT have an address to send that Fathers day card to!!! I'm not your friend. I'm your MOTHER. And I am here to give you the boundaries that YOU NEED to become a functional responsible adult. You may hate me now..... But I don't care. Its my job to raise a responsible adult..not nuture bad habits in my teen age child .

 

[PennLady]

LOL I saw an article about this and it kind of cracked me up. Part of me wondered whether the daughter would see any of the eBay text, but it doesn't matter, I guess. I wonder how fast the tix will sell, and what she'll get for them.

 

[Handley_Page]

LOL I saw an article about this and it kind of cracked me up. Part of me wondered whether the daughter would see any of the eBay text, but it doesn't matter, I guess. I wonder how fast the tix will sell, and what she'll get for them.

When last clocked, over 12,000 Australian dollars.

 

[JKendallDane]

Hope she gets a BUNCH for them because something tells me there will be years of counseling needed for the kid!

 

[StrangeLife]

Wow!

That is one parental decision I wouldn't have the guts to make. Getting between a flock of teen girls and their One Direction tickets is not wise...

 

[PennLady]

Wow!

That is one parental decision I wouldn't have the guts to make. Getting between a flock of teen girls and their One Direction tickets is not wise...

It is definitely the kind of statement you should not make if you are not ready and willing to follow through on it. And I hope the other parents involved are supporting her.

One thing I've been careful to do with my kids is not make any statement I can't back up. I will say: you can't go here for a playdate, but I never say: we're not going to Grandma's. Because going to either grandma is at least a one-night visit, requires advance notice and planning, and is not something you can cancel last-minute.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Stand at $24,100 AUS right now. Wow, $24K for four tickets.

That's...four, carry the two, add the three...$6k a ticket. Wow!

I just hope someone learns a lesson and this is just isn't a scam to sell tickets.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

It is definitely the kind of statement you should not make if you are not ready and willing to follow through on it. And I hope the other parents involved are supporting her.

One thing I've been careful to do with my kids is not make any statement I can't back up. I will say: you can't go here for a playdate, but I never say: we're not going to Grandma's. Because going to either grandma is at least a one-night visit, requires advance notice and planning, and is not something you can cancel last-minute.

And why make Grandma suffer when she thought she was going to see the little darlings.

 

[PennLady]

And why make Grandma suffer when she thought she was going to see the little darlings.

Well yes, that too.

 

[PennLady]

Stand at $24,100 AUS right now. Wow, $24K for four tickets.

That's...four, carry the two, add the three...$6k a ticket. Wow!

I just hope someone learns a lesson and this is just isn't a scam to sell tickets.

I agree. I hope so, too.

This makes the money I'm going to lay out on Rick Springfield tickets look like small change.

 

[StrangeLife]

It is definitely the kind of statement you should not make if you are not ready and willing to follow through on it. And I hope the other parents involved are supporting her.

One thing I've been careful to do with my kids is not make any statement I can't back up. I will say: you can't go here for a playdate, but I never say: we're not going to Grandma's. Because going to either grandma is at least a one-night visit, requires advance notice and planning, and is not something you can cancel last-minute.

True that.

It's one of the things Dr. Phil got right. You can never afford to lose a fight with the kids so the trick is to only pick fights you know in advance that you can win.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

I agree. I hope so, too.

This makes the money I'm going to lay out on Rick Springfield tickets look like small change.

Rick Springfield...I thought he died? He should have died.

 

[PennLady]

True that.

It's one of the things Dr. Phil got right. You can never afford to lose a fight with the kids so the trick is to only pick fights you know in advance that you can win.

This was a common theme for all the parenting advice sources I glanced at while pregnant. That and be consistent.

Rick Springfield...I thought he died? He should have died.

No, he is not dead. Why should he have died?

I saw him last year in fact, and he looked good and sounded great. He's been touring nonstop for the last year or more. The show I'll attend (provided my friend got the tickets) is a Storytellers thing, an acoustic show. His latest album is also a lot of fun.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

God - I don't know the woman, but I love her. So often parents send mixed messages, and let kids get away with murder. This isn't one.

I noticed that two tickets in the front row to the same concerts are selling for $900. Obviously the bidders appreciate the reason the tickets are for sale as well.

This may be a new inventive way to make money!

 

[NaokoSmith]

True that.

It's one of the things Dr. Phil got right. You can never afford to lose a fight with the kids so the trick is to only pick fights you know in advance that you can win.

I try to teach my Piglet that the trick is to only pick fights with me that will be worth losing.

That one was a good one, HP!

 

[StrangeLife]

This was a common theme for all the parenting advice sources I glanced at while pregnant. That and be consistent.

The advice I got from my dad back in the day was, RUN!

 

[Bramblethorn]

Reminds me of the guy selling his ex's wedding dress a few years back; that one was mostly true but embellished to make for a better sales pitch.

 

[lovecraft68]

Its all perspective. For my daughter's a harsh punishment would have been to make them go see One Direction

The last "dad/daughter" night I had with my youngest daughter was the Rob Zombie Marilyn Manson "Twins of Evil tour"

 

[johneb87]

True parenting
http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5016c7fa6bb3f7aa65000005-620-/parenting-trick.jpg

 

[TxRad]

True parenting
http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/5016c7fa6bb3f7aa65000005-620-/parenting-trick.jpg

I sent that to my daughter for her three.

 

[patientlee]

I agree. I hope so, too.

This makes the money I'm going to lay out on Rick Springfield tickets look like small change.

I have cheap taste in music, I guess. We saw Jackyl recently at the bargain price of $15.95 a ticket. Of course, they only played one set, and there were 3 localish bands before them. It was great though.

 

[PennLady]

I have cheap taste in music, I guess. We saw Jackyl recently at the bargain price of $15.95 a ticket. Of course, they only played one set, and there were 3 localish bands before them. It was great though.

I don't go to many concerts, for cost reasons and also needing someone to watch the kids. And, the number of groups I'd spend money to see in the first place is pretty small. When I lived in the DC area I saw my favorite group, Marillion, five or six times. But they have a small following here, so it was always clubs, and $20 or less/ticket.

The tix for RS will be $45, but no fees, which is cool. My friend went to the venue to pick them up -- the online "service fee" was $13 per ticket. Geez.

 

[lovecraft68]

Ticket prices are crazy. The two casinos near me Foxwoods and Mohegan charge an arm and a leg, but at least get name bands.

Twin Rivers in Lincoln is out of their minds $50 to see Pat Benatar, I do like her, but she is way past the point of a $100 investment. Same for Loverboy who was $45 a seat.

The one band left I would pay good money to see would be Metallica. I only caught them once and it was at the old Foxboro stadium with a horrible sound system.

The first concert I ever went to was Jethro Tull (not a big fan but the girl I liked at the time loved them) I was 14 and paid $12 a ticket at the Civic center.

My daughter caught a show there a few months ago and the tickets were $65 each for a middle of the pack seat.

 

[MSTarot]

Last band I saw was a now defunked cover band called Close Proximity. My wife and her sister were friends with the lead singer for years.

Just a bar band but damn they were good. They could do someone else song better than the original band did it. And their own stuff was pretty good too.

Lead singer was named Michael but every one called him 'Fish'. My wife was pissed when she heard they broke up.



Back to the op.

My Mom taught me about doing what she said real quickly. "Clean your room or I'll do it."

I would be lucky to have a mattress if she cleaned it. I once lost every toy, comic book, favorite rocks, a bottle cap collection. She left me with my clothes and a mattress on the floor. I had to rake the whole backyard to get the bed frame back. The toys were gone, donated to the Good will.

And my wife wonders why I'm a neat freak now.

 

[patientlee]

Ticket prices are crazy. The two casinos near me Foxwoods and Mohegan charge an arm and a leg, but at least get name bands.

Twin Rivers in Lincoln is out of their minds $50 to see Pat Benatar, I do like her, but she is way past the point of a $100 investment. Same for Loverboy who was $45 a seat.

The one band left I would pay good money to see would be Metallica. I only caught them once and it was at the old Foxboro stadium with a horrible sound system.

The first concert I ever went to was Jethro Tull (not a big fan but the girl I liked at the time loved them) I was 14 and paid $12 a ticket at the Civic center.

My daughter caught a show there a few months ago and the tickets were $65 each for a middle of the pack seat.

I saw Jethro Tull at the Worcester Centrum in 1987(?). I thought they were a little past their prime, but somehow they went on to beat Metallica for the hard rock/heavy metal Grammy. That offended me on both fronts. Metallica deserved it, and Jethro Tull wasn't heavy metal. I still love them both.