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Thread ID: 76400	2007-01-31 03:59:00	Searching for a present...	mejobloggs (264)	PC World Chat

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521030	2007-01-31 09:27:00	In my view, the best present for a 9 year old girl, or any child, is a stable pair of Parents. Unfortunately Parents/Caregivers do not come from any shop as far as I know. Why not give the child a whole day of your time? Even an hour or two depending on what you value your time at. You only need to work enough hours in a week to give the Family a roof over the head, food, clothing and the necessary things of life. >"Oh yeah, and I'm sorta wanting it to be something... not very ordinary. Slighlty crazy perhaps."< My view is not very ordinary but I do not think it is crazy. Not even slightly. This has worked in the past. It worked for my Parents whom are both deceased now. They made the marriage vow and never separated until my Father died some years back. Mother followed some six years later. It worked for my Grandfather and Grandmother as well. The BEST present is TIME. Take your child into the bush and teach him/her to survive by cooking on an open fire. No power and stoves or microwaves meals in there. Teach him/her to read English and any other language that may be from your culture. Teach them the difference from right and wrong according to your beliefs. Teach them toleration of other peoples beliefs. There is a difference between an arguement or debate. Teach them that there is a difference between wants and needs. Sorry to preach on as it were. Please note that I don't want to tell you that you are wrong in what you are trying to do. We can't even agree on this forum whether to go AMD/Intel, Linux and which flavour, Macs or not. Which graphic card, which motherboard and ad nuseam. Nothing is absolutely correct for all people. Whether you are a solo parent or not I think that time is the best thing you can bestow on your child or chlidren. Yep. Spend $15-$20 on a present if you want to. The present may last 1 day or a couple of months. Spend TIME!!!!	Sweep (90)
521031	2007-01-31 20:45:00	Hey, that's really neat Sweep. I read it through about 3 times. But I'm going on holiday, and staying with a family for a while, and wanted to buy their kid something. Can anyone else think of any zany sort of gifts?	mejobloggs (264)
521032	2007-02-01 07:21:00	Hey, that's really neat Sweep. I read it through about 3 times. But I'm going on holiday, and staying with a family for a while, and wanted to buy their kid something. Can anyone else think of any zany sort of gifts? I recently had my daughter to stay overnight. She is currently going retro and is 41. Maybe a bean bag may suit. Ask anyone whom actually has a nine year old girl. I know we have at least one around here. There is no point in asking a politician as quite a few have never had kids, so I do wonder why they inflict their ideas on how to raise them on the rest of us.	Sweep (90)
521033	2007-02-01 07:25:00	How about a set of cooking utensils and an electric shaver.	Metla (12)
521034	2007-02-01 21:58:00	Hahaha, electric shaver. That would get some weird looks from the parents! I want to stay for a while though... I don't want to be kicked out on the first day thanks :p	mejobloggs (264)
521035	2007-02-01 22:12:00	How about a set of cooking utensils and an electric shaver. Cooking utensils I will go along with. A set of BBQ tools for example. That may be within the budget. Not really sure what a nine year old girl wants with an electric shaver though.	Sweep (90)
521036	2007-02-01 22:26:00	I have a nine year old girl . . . . . Kathryn . She's my life! Along with her two brothers . I separated from her mum September last year, and when Xmas was approaching I wanted to buy her something nice . For the last 11-odd years, buying presents was not my domain . It was widely agreed that I was crap at it, and as long as I handed over the folding stuff, presents would get bought . Buy last xmas the job was mine . Many sleepless nights thinking of what to buy her . The boys were easy, as us boys are :thumbs: Rugby stuff! In the end . . . I bought a pair of jeans with a red ribbon through the loops from The Warehouse . I was ashamed of myself . . . . a $14 pair of jeans from The Warehouse for God's sake! Surely I could do better . . . . . But alas, that's what she got . And she hasn't been out of them since! :D She absolutely loves them . . . . apparently there were major arguments when they first had to be washed . I understand they were hidden so they didn't find their way to the washine machine, for fear a day would go by when they couldn't be worn . . . . The point? Well, I guess the joy of a nine year old daughter is (this one anyway) couldn't give a rat's arse how much they cost . . . . where they were bought . . . . she loved them, and they came from Dad . And Dad learned a huge lesson too . Though I'm smart enough to know that in the coming years . . . . image will be everything! Price and shop will be the most important things!!! :D I'm enjoying my baby being nine while I can . . . . and as for time? My kids stay with me every third weekend . . . . so lately I've learned the value of time . Miss you guys .	allblack (6574)
521037	2007-02-02 00:09:00	Thanks for your post allblack. You shared your experience with all the PressF1 FAMILY. We, on this forum, have many coloured sheep. Some are really white and others who pop up are really black. The White ones attempt to help with no ulterior motive and with no pay. The Black ones disregard rules completely and try to sell stuff through this forum. But if I go back to another post I made, I know that in some cases you can't blame someone for TRYING to sell stuff here. I would try it if I was desperate enough to keep my needs rather than wants. So that gets me a few shades off white. The truth (to me) is that all people all over the world are many shades of grey. Please note I am not talking about skin colour here. I, for one, do not think you should be ashamed of buying jeans from anywhere. You should not be ashamed of being who you are. You spent TIME thinking about it. You did the best you could at the time and I would respect you for it. Personally, I don't spend a lot of my time trying to convince others that my way is perfect.	Sweep (90)
521038	2007-02-02 00:32:00	Hi Sweep. I'm not ashamed of who I am. In fact I'm bloody proud of what I've achieved as a Dad, and frankly I consider myself a fairly decent Kiwi bloke. With all the attributes and failings that come from being a typical Kiwi male..... But there was little satisfaction after all that thought to end up by a cheap pair of jeans from the shop I hate with a vengeance. But, I learned. And my little girl didn't care.	allblack (6574)
521039	2007-02-02 01:27:00	Would you have felt better if you had bought a pair of jeans (probably made in the same factory, by the same underpaid workers) for $150, but with some advertising logo?	Graham L (2)
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