# My oldest sprung an announcement on me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010 "2019-12-17T23:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/21 "2019-12-18T16:40:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Ah…the train thing now makes sense. > > Thank you, Chef. Momma’s on the case. They are engaged, and she’s on birth control. > But, as I told the lil’wrekker: My house, My rules I had rules, too. And she had birth control (I found out in hindsight). Then she had an abortion. I finally had to threaten him with a ball bat and call his mother to threaten legal action to keep him away. And then the guy stalked her for YEARS afterward. . .no, make that DECADES afterward. At one time I threatened police action and also told his then wife about his bullshit and it abated for awhile. But he’s continued to bother her, and gave my daughter’s name to his baby girl. Fuckin’ psycho. That mess all happened 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/22 "2019-12-18T16:47:42Z")
Oldest texted me, “They’re not required to keep medical records beyond ten years,” and I was supposed to realize that was a continuation of a conversation from Monday regarding whether she received a TB immunization as an newborn because she recently came up positive in a TB test. She continued, “There’s a vaccine for TB, but it’s not commonly used in the US. I may have been given it as an infant, because it’s used in bad immune system cases. But it comes up as a false positive on future tests. I need to get full chicken pox and MMR because my immunity is laughable. There’s a preschool at Target looking at all the Christmas stuff. Idk why, but they’re highly entertaining.” And you people think I’m nonlinear. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/23 "2019-12-18T17:07:35Z")
Well, good luck to you all. ETA: Wait, wasn’t this the plot to “It’s a Gay Secular Humanist Celebration of the Winter Solstice, Charlie Brown?” ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/24 "2019-12-18T17:24:13Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Nice try, but they were once “an item” but, like David Bowie, realized they were closeted heterosexuals. And Jeeps and butch lesbians is an ancient cliche. Middle tells me they now drive Subarus. > > And it’s my understanding that British trainspotters first got the anorak name because that’s what they wear while sitting around in the elements counting railcars. I thought it was dykes on bikes. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/25 "2019-12-18T17:25:59Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Oldest texted me, “They’re not required to keep medical records beyond ten years,” and I was supposed to realize that was a continuation of a conversation from Monday regarding whether she received a TB immunization as an newborn because she recently came up positive in a TB test. > > She continued, “There’s a vaccine for TB, but it’s not commonly used in the US. I may have been given it as an infant, because it’s used in bad immune system cases. But it comes up as a false positive on future tests. I need to get full chicken pox and MMR because my immunity is laughable. There’s a preschool at Target looking at all the Christmas stuff. Idk why, but they’re highly entertaining.” > > And you people think I’m nonlinear. Is this one of those “insanity is inherited, you get it from your kids” things? ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/26 "2019-12-18T18:46:13Z")
Oddly enough, the only thing in this thread I understood was the anorak part, because I read a lot of British murder mysteries. “There’s a preschool at Target looking at all the Christmas stuff.” WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/27 "2019-12-18T19:07:41Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I had rules, too. And she had birth control (I found out in hindsight). Then she had an abortion. I finally had to threaten him with a ball bat and call his mother to threaten legal action to keep him away. And then the guy stalked her for YEARS afterward. . .no, make that DECADES afterward. At one time I threatened police action and also told his then wife about his bullshit and it abated for awhile. But he’s continued to bother her, and gave my daughter’s name to his baby girl. Fuckin’ psycho. That mess all happened 30 years ago. Wow! That’s awful. Sorry that happened to your family. Under a threat of hijacking dropzones thread I’ll add: We love and trust the lil’wrekkers boyfriend. We’ve known him at least a decade and he’s been her SO for at least 5 of those years. I’ve had him in my house countless times. I knew they would be together but they became officially engaged earlier this year. I couldn’t be happier for them. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/28 "2019-12-18T19:27:33Z")
I can’t tell if this is a story of someone coming out of the closet as a nanny, or an episode of Confusing Pronoun Theater. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/29 "2019-12-18T19:29:23Z")
😕 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/30 "2019-12-18T19:55:39Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > Oddly enough, the only thing in this thread I understood was the anorak part, because I read a lot of British murder mysteries. > > “There’s a preschool at Target looking at all the Christmas stuff.” WTF? You just aren’t trying. Is that because there are no Target department stores where you live? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/31 "2019-12-18T20:13:22Z")
I’ll make it easy for you: 1. Target stores carry Christmas gifts and decorations this time of year. 2. Oldest lives near my alma mater, Northern Illinois University. 3. Against the better judgement of anybody but an NIU Kiddie Ed major (they were cute but oh so very dumb), a local preschool bussed its students to the local Target to see the sights. 4. Their antics amused my daughter, but not enough for her to want one. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/32 "2019-12-18T20:58:27Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > There’s a preschool at Target looking at all the Christmas stuff. This sentence can be sung to the tune of “On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me.” You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/33 "2019-12-18T21:01:48Z")
I saw a group of kids in Walmart shopping with police persons. It seems they do this every year. They give the kids money to buy presents for their families. It was cute and noisy. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/34 "2019-12-19T15:59:24Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > You just aren’t trying. That was unnecessary. We’ve all been trying very, very hard to make sense of your posts. In the future, think “How can I make this clear to the people I’m trying to communicate with?” Please. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/35 "2019-12-19T18:04:35Z")
First, “There’s a preschool at Target looking at all the Christmas stuff. Idk why, but they’re highly entertaining” is a direct copy/ paste quote of my daughter, not me. Second, unless the reader is unfamiliar with Target stores that was perfectly clear. It seems sometimes that some people read my posts with the preconception that they will be confused. Third, I’m using a tablet so editing my posts is a living Hell. I’m not writing for the ages so first draft is usually good enough. Oh, it you are new to the internet, “IDK” or in this case “Idk” means “I don’t know.” And I know that she was entertained because her biological clock is ticking, but I’m not telling her that because having a kid now would fuck up her long-term plans. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/36 "2019-12-19T19:51:50Z")
Oh, oh. She wants babbies!! I’m excited now. How soon can you push her into going out and getting knocked-up. I want to be a Doper-Aunt so bad. (:))!! Mikey needs to be Gramps, like NOW! Get that girl on a date!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/37 "2019-12-19T20:08:29Z")
First he needs to escape God’s waiting room. Florida is warmer! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/38 "2019-12-19T20:46:57Z")
I hate Florida and dislike kids. Her goal of becoming an RN is firmer since learning that most everywhere in the Lower 48 they start at $75k/year. She has a goal and it’s about time. I’m not messing with that. Beck, you may be near the cutoff date, but if you want babbies you and Big Wrek should get on the stick. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/39 "2019-12-19T21:01:55Z")
I’ll be honest and say that I had to re-read the original post about the preschool and Target several times before I understood it (and I am well familiar with Target). One could parse “There’s a preschool at Target” as “A preschool (or a preschool teacher) took their students to Target,” or “Target has opened up a preschool in their store.” Yes, I know that the latter doesn’t make a lot of sense. Based on your additional details in post #31, an extra word, like “There’s a preschool class at Target” would have made it clearer. OTOH, you were sharing what your daughter had texted, as an example of it being all over the board, so it kind of worked as intended. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010/40 "2019-12-19T21:04:24Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I hate Florida and dislike kids. Her goal of becoming an RN is firmer since learning that most everywhere in the Lower 48 they start at $75k/year. She has a goal and it’s about time. I’m not messing with that. > > Beck, you may be near the cutoff date, but if you want babbies you and Big Wrek should get on the stick. Um. No! My last 3 eggs are doomed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oldest-sprung-an-announcement-on-me/845010.md?page=3)