tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post6676642460031692241..comments2024-02-16T04:51:34.314-06:00Comments on Marsha's Musings: Lies We TellMarsha Sigmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11095210839900479297noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-88320050377468590982012-04-19T07:26:23.367-05:002012-04-19T07:26:23.367-05:00Don't get me wrong, I love crushing children&#...Don't get me wrong, I love crushing children's souls as much as the next, but I think it's heartless to deprive them of a 'normal' childhood.<br /><br />"So what did you get for Christmas, little Johnny?"<br /><br />"Santa does not exist, ma'am. However, in lieu of the holiday, I got a ruler and a calculator to further my learnings at school."<br /><br />Tell me that kid won't grow up to be a serial rapist.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-33770993052122843402012-04-17T17:30:04.641-05:002012-04-17T17:30:04.641-05:00I love your long comment!!!lol And I sort of want...I love your long comment!!!lol And I sort of want that Barbie now too...<br /><br />Mothers do not hold these things against us, I know from experience.Marsha Sigmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11095210839900479297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-39100731030967077792012-04-17T16:51:12.879-05:002012-04-17T16:51:12.879-05:00Aaaaand I didn't realize what a long comment t...Aaaaand I didn't realize what a long comment that was going to be! Eeek. Sorry!Jennifer Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783975547643539868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-78518664297396526662012-04-17T16:50:52.708-05:002012-04-17T16:50:52.708-05:00It's funny, the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy d...It's funny, the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy don't bother me, but I, uh, sort of have issues with Santa Claus.<br /><br />When I was little, my mom worked all the time. And I believed in Santa. So when I was 7, I made sure to write Santa a letter telling him very clearly what I wanted for Christmas that year. I had been a good girl. I wasn't asking for anything too difficult: a Barbie. But I had been pining - PINING - for a specific one. The one with the super long hair that came with curlers. I talked about it all the time. For whatever reason, it was extremely important that I have THAT Barbie.<br /><br />Well, I gave the letter to my mom, and she mailed it to the North Pole. Come Christmas morning, sure enough, there was a Barbie-sized box under the tree for me. It was a Barbie. <br /><br />But it was the wrong one. It was not the one with the long hair that I could curl.<br /><br />My disappointment was obvious, and when my mother asked what was wrong, I told her that Santa had messed up my Barbie. I told her I didn't understand why would he get it wrong. He's SANTA, after all. He was supposed to be, like, this magic man, or something. And I had been a good girl, hadn't I? <br /><br />My mother's tired face fell. She felt terrible that "Santa" had brought me the wrong Barbie, because yes, I had a been a good girl, and explained that maybe Santa was very busy working all the time and that sometimes he made mistakes. <br /><br />I found out the truth about Santa two years later. My dad told me. I was shocked - really shocked! And horrified. Because I had made my mother feel terrible. When she was a working mother trying so hard to please me.<br /><br />And I still feel like crap about it, all these decades later. <br /><br />So I'm not crazy about the consumerism that Santa pushes on us. :(Jennifer Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783975547643539868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-75516918589186316842012-04-17T09:44:42.098-05:002012-04-17T09:44:42.098-05:00I love that quote.
Have you seen the movie "...I love that quote.<br /><br />Have you seen the movie "The Invention of Lying"? It gives a good idea of what a drab world we'd live in if we <i>only</i> ever told the literal truth.Botanisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098709722475364465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-54915287135529009302012-04-17T01:14:51.292-05:002012-04-17T01:14:51.292-05:00That is a brilliant quote!
I see Santa or the Ea...That is a brilliant quote! <br /><br />I see Santa or the Easter Bunny as like a rite of passage. You have to let kids get their on their own. This year my seven year old nephew asked who really brought the Easter eggs. <br />I said, "What do you think?" <br />He just smiled and said, "Let's not tell Meggie yet." <br />So it's like a fun secret he's been let in on, and he loves it. <br /><br />And wait...something keeps us from plotting the demise of our bosses? I plot the demise of my bosses every single day. It's only the legal penalties that keep me from acting on them.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12314617048592538691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-11319932783788420212012-04-16T22:43:20.821-05:002012-04-16T22:43:20.821-05:00In many ways kids know more and see more than we d...In many ways kids know more and see more than we do. Growing up is a process of shutting them down. The less you manage to shut them down, the better, in my opinion.<br /><br /><a href="http://elizabethtwist.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow">A-Z @ Elizabeth Twist</a>Elizabeth Twisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133959633383307056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-10129756916135602342012-04-16T15:24:39.614-05:002012-04-16T15:24:39.614-05:00When I was a kid I believed in Santa and the Easte...When I was a kid I believed in Santa and the Easter bunny but at age six I asked my mom if Santa was real and she answered truthfully. I've always been glad she did that! Its one thing to go along with something like Santa but its another to flat out lie to your child. So for me the answer of when should a kid be told is: When ever the kid asks for the truth.Berserculeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00980762819283689198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035303649437804445.post-30616104445929110452012-04-16T14:16:57.623-05:002012-04-16T14:16:57.623-05:00Fantastic quote. And dreams shouldn't only be ...Fantastic quote. And dreams shouldn't only be sought while sleeping. I pity the child who believes that.Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.com