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Aristus

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5. Yeah. Roscoe.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 11:55 AM

Jun 2018

The best-behaved of them all...

On edit: by 'half-eaten', I mean that they habitually serve themselves far more food than they will actually eat, despite being told to take small portions, and return for more if they want. The balance goes uneaten and left to rot.

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Leaving broken glasses and plates of half-eaten food in their wake, the Devil's spawn grandkids [View all] Aristus Jun 2018 OP

Aw, my poor dear Aristus... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2018 #1

Ages 8-14. Old enough to know better, too poorly-disciplined to care. Aristus Jun 2018 #4

Ah jberryhill Jun 2018 #8

The food left on their plates is uneaten, not half-eaten jberryhill Jun 2018 #2

Yeah. Roscoe. Aristus Jun 2018 #5

Well that's where Roscoe needs to pick up the slack jberryhill Jun 2018 #7

... Aristus Jun 2018 #17

aaaccckkkkkkkk samnsara Jun 2018 #3

Couldn't have said it better myself. Aristus Jun 2018 #6

Teh Devil's spawn grandkids should travel with a maid. In_The_Wind Jun 2018 #9

I don't think anyone would accept the job. Aristus Jun 2018 #10

At the right pay ... In_The_Wind Jun 2018 #11

I'd hire you then. Aristus Jun 2018 #12

I'm good at distracting kids. In_The_Wind Jun 2018 #13

I'm sure you could get them to appreciate it. Aristus Jun 2018 #15

I understand Sophiegirl Jun 2018 #14

Thank you. Aristus Jun 2018 #16

Broken glasses? Plates of uneaten or half eaten food? PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #18

My grandmother would NOT have tolerated that in her house for a skinny minute. Tipperary Jun 2018 #25

We have one who is in the throws of the terrible twos living with us. haele Jun 2018 #19

Sounds like a future litigator on your hands. Aristus Jun 2018 #20

My friend had a daughter like that dhol82 Jun 2018 #26

Brats. You have my sincere sympathy. Duppers Jun 2018 #21

One thing I always told my daughter... Wounded Bear Jun 2018 #24

I once discovered my 7 year old and his 3 year old brother in the basement mnhtnbb Jun 2018 #22

I know all too well what you're putting up with. Paladin Jun 2018 #23