# There's Something Wrong With My Daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745 "2005-03-03T13:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/41 "2005-03-03T21:19:34Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > Feh - I laugh at you. > > I’ve got a stepdaughter going through her first case of PMS and a wife who’s just hitting menopause. > > I’ll be in the garage for the next few years. " And so, yet another Doper bond is formed. " My wife’s had hot flashes for the last 18 months. Welcome to our nightmare. 😃 ( Hey !! Today I got work AND a new daughter ! Cool !! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/42 "2005-03-03T21:28:19Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > **Cartooniverse** , can I be your third daughter? You sound much cooler than my own dad, who, after Mom left, told me that if I needed any “feminine napkins” to write it down and post it on the fridge. Pleeeeeeeeze? You don’t even have to buy me a sweatshirt…but I do want a kitty! –Grumbling-- **The Fem-Bot** is NOT going to be pleased sharing her room with two new sisters. I forsee building an addition. -deep sigh- ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/43 "2005-03-03T21:35:44Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > should I email Admin. and have my member name changed to **Hot\_Cocoa**? Um, what you choose to name your member is no business of ours. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/44 "2005-03-03T21:46:12Z")
They’re not hot flashes, they’re power surges. So, careful with that wire there. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/45 "2005-03-03T23:43:37Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > **aruvgan.** your husband is amazing! Does he have a brother? 😃 Oddly enough he does, he Patrick is 28, speaks fluent japanese [he has a thing for japanese women=)] and previously worked as a barista, though I am not entirely certain what he does for a living now…lives in the san joachim valley in california. Although last I heard he did have a girlfriend. Wouldnt suggest getting in touch with him, took me a few years to brea\ rain mrAru=) He also does dishes without being asked=) ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/46 "2005-03-03T23:52:29Z")
I’m so glad the only female in our household is of the hamster species. If it squeaks,you feed it,cuddle it,water it,let it rampage about in its rolly-wheel and it shuts up… Incidentally,I’ve never heard it as PMS.Over here in Britain,it’s always been PMT.Is that the American name or have they changed its name and not informed me… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/47 "2005-03-03T23:55:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > They’re not hot flashes, they’re power surges. Thankfully, I’m just about done surging. It was not fun… ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/48 "2005-03-04T02:33:39Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > …lives in the san joachim valley in california. Er, that’s San Joaquin. My wife is 5 months pregnant with a little girl; we’re expecting a hellion anyway, 'cause our boy is such a little dreamboat, and I am SO not looking forward to puberty. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/49 "2005-03-04T03:31:54Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Er, that’s San Joaquin. > > My wife is 5 months pregnant with a little girl; we’re expecting a hellion anyway, 'cause our boy is such a little dreamboat, and I am SO not looking forward to puberty. Grats on the sprout, and I am not from california so i have no idea how to spell it=) Though If I had to move to california, I understand that my dream location would be Castroville…I could live on artichokes=) ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/50 "2005-03-04T05:16:43Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Oddly enough he does, he Patrick is 28, speaks fluent japanese [he has a thing for japanese women=)] and previously worked as a barista, though I am not entirely certain what he does for a living now…lives in the san joachim valley in california. Although last I heard he did have a girlfriend. > > Wouldnt suggest getting in touch with him, took me a few years to brea\ rain mrAru=) He also does dishes without being asked=) I’m not Japanese, so I guess that wouldn’t work out. But the barista part sounds nice–I do like too-sweet coffee drinks. If he’s not already trained, forget it–too much work! So, how are things in the **Cartooniverse** home this evening? Is the chocolate working? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/51 "2005-03-04T05:31:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Why do boys seem to be easier than girls? Yes. Instead of pouting, crying and throwing verbal tantrums, they break stuff, vandalize others’ property, get in fist fights, And there’s no neat cycle to it. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/52 "2005-03-04T07:10:58Z")
**Cartooniverse** , please do make a copy of your OP and put it where she will find it some day when she is much older. It will mean the world to her. My dad did that for me. He left things tucked behind pictures, in the bottom of bureau drawers, hidden in my toy box. They were like hugs when I found them through the years. I’m 61 now. He would have been 99. But the 13 year old within me remembers a man very much like you. Thanks for a grand post – and welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/53 "2005-03-04T09:17:41Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Thanks for a grand post – and welcome! Heh? **Cartooniverse** is a '99er (registered since 1999) and has almost 5000 posts to his name. Why the belated welcome? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/54 "2005-03-04T09:58:02Z")
> [@JillGat](#): > > Yes. Instead of pouting, crying and throwing verbal tantrums, they break stuff, vandalize others’ property, get in fist fights, And there’s no neat cycle to it. I have one of each. My son is far easier to raise and more easy going. Mr. Ujest says this is because he takes after him and is wonderful in every area, like himself. I would like to state that Mr. Ujest and our son are both mama’s boys,and everyone who knows my husband knows this as it is pretty obvious, but if I say this to his face…ooooh boy! And the laser target focusing on one thing and not letting go of it…and thinking his way is the Best Way To Do Things…GAH! The poo-fart jokes, the way his penis suddenly jumps up to the edge of his underewear to periscope out …teee heeee isn’t that funny! The way he bonks himself on the head for no reason and when I watch the other boys in their class do it when they are at their lockers…makes me wonder if there isn’t a Three Stooges Gene somewhere inside the male DNA. Oh, and he loves the Red Green Show. My daughter, 5, can foot stomp, pout, door slam and suddenly collapse on the kitchen floor like she’s been shot with a bazooka when I am so mean as to deny her some kind of snack just before dinner. She is particular about her clothing ( and has excellent taste, really.) and likes to spend her days either making a high pitched noise akin to chinese torture or barking like a puppy. Apparently, she is just like me in more ways than being my doppelganger. (Except I am not the fashionista.) I have said to her calmly (and between clenched teeth) that " You cannot out-manipulate the Master! Learn from me, grasshopper. Watch as I get your father to do my bidding with him thinking he is doing it for himself." " Zee man may be zee head of zee family, but zee women is the neck that turn zee head." My Big Fat Greek Wedding. They are both interesting, but if I had two of one sex, I’d probably do heroin. Oh, and Mr. Ujest has wired our barn for not only electric, but cable. So, gradually, he will have a flat screen plasma TV and a barcalounger out there. I should get a blow up doll and a small frig, too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745/55 "2005-03-04T12:30:04Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh, and Mr. Ujest has wired our barn for not only electric, but cable. So, gradually, he will have a flat screen plasma TV and a barcalounger out there. I should get a blow up doll and a small frig, too 🙂 Nothing wrong with a little frig, I always say. 😃 Did you mean [This kinda blow-up doll](http://www.whatacharacter.com/t-z/u0800007.jpg) ? \* work safe link \* **Zoe** offered such a great suggestion that I say we let go of the fact that she didn’t see the post count before writing her post. Besides, heck, it’s always nice to be welcomed ! I will print this out when the thread fades away ( which apparently it’s not ready to do yet, thankfully ) and keep it for her. She’ll get a kick out of it, I think. **Shirley** , I would debate the idea that all men possess a Three Stooges gene. I don’t go out of my way to share my bodily functions for humor, I don’t allow “the Cartooniscope” to poke up anywhere. However, this > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I have said to her calmly (and between clenched teeth) that " You cannot out-manipulate the Master! Learn from me, grasshopper. Watch as I get your father to do my bidding with him thinking he is doing it for himself." may yet be the most insightful comment ever offered on the Straight Dope Boards regarding marriage. You are brilliant. Please don’t take up heroin, it’d dull your senses. Last evening was very sedate, aside from the fact that **The Fem-Bot** ™ fell UP the cement steps from the family room, banging up her leg something fierce. She compensated by having a few Girl Scout chocolate Thin Mints. She’s a quick study, that one. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-wrong-with-my-daughter/292745.md?page=2)