ok so last night I was talking to the soon to be X ... all next week he is not working, and kid is out of school till like the 6th or 8th . My son's 9th B day is the 21st... and I decided to look into a vacation for just the 2 of us (me & kid) . So I did a little research and decided Orland FL (Universal Studios, Sea World, Disney) ...to drive is way long ... and to fly is only around 250$ so I show my kid websites for Orlando and he gets all pumped up. So I buy the airline tickets on Travelocity. We will do Xmas crap on Friday night, fly out on Saturday... come back the following Friday. Paid for the room, got everything in order. This morning he says "can I get another TV for the car for my Bday (the other one broke) that way the trip is better" I said we are flying- and will only be in the air for a little over an hour. He starts freaking out about flying. Says he does not want to go- became a big brat. I mean very dramatic I think everyone has a fear of flying - and I know it must me worse for a kid on the first time... I dont know if I should cancel the trip... or just force his little ass on a plane - he will get over it. But then I have the fear- what if something happens... I forced him on a plane...against his will. I know some of you have kids... and others have at least been around kids... what should I do? This is his first Xmas/ B-day without his father being here... and has not seen in one year- and I just wanted to do something special, to take his mind off of it... and I want to get away from the Arab for a while....and I have never been, and I know we would have fun. Plus since the new baby- he has kinda been feeling left out, and think a trip for just the 2 of us would be great for him. I also feel guilty not talking the baby- but he would not enjoy the trip- maybe next year...but he is only 9 months old now- and could less where he is. SO I leave my Xmas plans up to you. What should I do?
Well, my 8 year old is much more of a man than your 9 year old.... He was a little aprehensive the first time I took him up in the Huey, but afterwards he really liked it. It was great, both side doors were off and we were just tooling around over the city, when we got back to the ground the first thing he said was he couldnt wait to do it again. This one was from this years 'SkyFest' and was taken as we were walking towards the Huey. This one is a pic from a 'Window Seat' since there were no sides they were all window seats... This is a picture of the other Huey as we were landing..... He is just scared because he doesnt know any better. Take him to the airport to watch the planes take off and all. Make sure he knows its just like riding a bus. Pretty boring actually...
Take the kid and do not feel guilty about the younger one. As for the flight fear I don't understand that one. Look up the statistics flying is safer then driving I believe by a rather large margin.
It's normal for him to be scared. I was terrified the first time I was to go on a plane. I kept hearing the newscast, "Local girl dies in fiery plane crash." I didn't want to go, but once I was up there, I really enjoyed it. I hate heights but being that high is surreal and it's not as scary... as least when I was 12. I haven't been on one since. And this wasn't a commercial plane. It was a 8 seater or something like that, really small. I hear they are way scary though. I used to get calls from people when I handled flight reservations bitching about riding in the small 50 passenger planes. Who are you booked with? I think he'll get over it.
Just show him a few Superman movies... The new one, where that young kid tries to duplicate the hair curl & fill Chris Reeves' cup, citing "it's still the safest way to travel" - and I think one of the 80's movies had him saying the same line. I'm sure that will lull him to sleep onboard. If not, I'm sure you can shoot him full of horse tranquilizers to get him through the flight (and hook me up while you're at it, dammit!)
My parents are about to move to Canada, Step-dad got a job at a Nuke power plant. My Mom was talking about us coming down in the summer of 2010. My 10 yo, is excited and really wants to go. My 8 yo, is freaking out cause he doesn't want to fly. It is only a 19 hour drive to where they are going, town is on the eastern shore of Lake Huron. I can promise you right now, there is no way in hell we are driving. If I have to, I will give his ass some sleeping pills and carry his ass on the plane. I hope by then he will be cool, but I am not suprised he is acting this way. We went to six flags this summer and he didn't wanna ride shit.
yeah mine wont ride anything either... most of the time he is too small. He will be 9 in a few days... but about the size of an average 5-6 year old. well he came home from school all excited, he talked it over with friends, and he said everyone in his class has been in a plane- and everyone has been to Hawaii . (little liers) - hell I got a letter yesterday that they will not have the "winter party" since 1/2 the kid's parents cant contribute due to hard times.... So I sent a check to cover it. I already sent in 56$ worth of crap for the party...and I did not want all that shit back. If people cant afford $5 for a party and cant afford a $5 book for the gift exchange- What the hell We have a planed trip to Hawaii this summer- and it is very expensive- hell it costs more to have a nice place there- fly- and do cool shit ... then a trip to Italy....oh and now sand niggah is insisting on going on that trip . anyway the trip is on... yeaaa... but now the Arab asshole- wants to come. WTF? Evan (my9 year old) said "you can come with the baby- but you stay in another hotel - White people here- and brown people there" was kinda funny. And yeah I would probably sedate him if needed - if he did not have a heart condition. I have to get my dogs high- to take them to be boarded while on trips. Then they throw up- ANOTHER reason I want the Arab to stay- 20$ per dog x5 dogs x 7 days - thats $700 plus tax (that is insane) The flight for 3 will be the same amount- I still get reminded that our cabin on the Thanksgiving trip cost less then the dog boarding.
nice- funny you said that- the other night we were watching CNN and they were talking about the little FL girl killed by her mom. My son said "I'm glad my mama wouldn't kill me" he asked why she killed her- I told him "she probably had a nasty room" he actually went and somewhat cleaned a small part of his room.
You weren't watching Nancy Grace, were you? She's obsessed with that case. What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty? I mean, yeah, I think the mom did it, but it doesn't seem fair for the media to lynch her just yet.
I know... we all think she did it. But I kinda want it to take a big turn, and it not be her... betcha Nancy wont say shit then. Is it just me or does she not wear enough blush. Man that bitch must spend like 3 hours in hair & makeup. You what is weird and sad. Women kill babies ALL the time, and we never hear shit it. Pregnant women are killed all the time, and we never hear about it. But every once in a while we get stuck on one case... and it rules the news for a year+ I have a hobby that consist of doing searches on the Georgia Department of Corrections web site. You can look people up by name that are in prison or have been to prison (not jail) Well I discovered that you just look up people by the county they were arrested in, by age, race whatever.. Then I stated looking up by offense ... looked up Females - in for Incest- child molestation- etc - It is creepy. One was convicted a few months ago... on several sick charges- I never heard about it. When my mom was in prison (yes I know I am white trash) She would tell me about all the baby killers... how all the other inmates would treat them, and fuck them up all the time, and how guards are 50x meaner to them. One time I was visiting her... you sit in big cafeteria - with a bunch of other families visiting.... anyway- she pointed out this woman... said she put her 4 month old in a microwave.... another time I visited... she pointed out a woman that cut her babies arms off. I did not believe her, then my mom called over a guard that liked her, and she confirmed it. Of course she always pointed out the husband killers and told their stories.... I always left feeling bad for some of the man killers that had sad stories. One killed her husband with an iron frying pan after 30 years of marriage - he gave her AIDS. She was an old sweet chistian lady like 60+ and was very sick...and later died there a few months after I met her. I got way off topic again... anyway- my point is- I hate it that the news/media sticks on one case... in that time they could be telling other stories or showing pics of missing kids and crap like that.
I think that Anthony chick should be beat to death with a bag of feces. I dont care if she did it or not 1)she is lying 2)it was more important for her to go out clubbing and posing for facebook pictures than it was to report the girl missing 3) she could have given the girl to the grandparents (or me) if she didnt want her. Before my son was born I was kind of 'oh whatever' when it came to stuff like that, but after he was born it was like a switch went off. I hear about dogs mauling babies, that chick in Texas who drowned 4 of her kids, susan smith, I just want the responsible person to die the most painful death possible. My wife said that chick in texas should be drowned, resucitated (sp?) 4 times before they put her to death (I thought that was a neat Idea). I just hate people like that. I mean hate like the Jews hate the Nazis. But back on topic. We are heading up to Boone, NC for Christmas, my moms said there should be plenty of snow. I thought about going Snow Boarding (which is way funner that water boarding) but I think we will go back in February for that. Anyone else have travel plans (other than big mama and her baby daddy drama)....?
