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TwilightGardener

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11. LOL-yes, I remember the anxiety to get on the road pre-dawn, us kids standing half-asleep
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 11:33 AM
Aug 2012

in the driveway with coloring books and pillows while my mom and dad frantically tried to remember to shut off everything and double-check all the doors. Now my husband and I feel like champions if we get on the road by ten.

My father was a union guy, he wouldn't stop the car for us boys...if needed we had to pee in a jar. HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #1
Typical control-freak asshole. bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #2
Mittwit is as you discribed goclark Aug 2012 #13
+1 redqueen Aug 2012 #16
My parents were smart about these issues dballance Aug 2012 #3
Yah...sounds like a lot of dads. MineralMan Aug 2012 #4
My dad would also go into "mission mode" when we were on vacation. Javaman Aug 2012 #6
LOL. If we didn't get started by 5:30 a.m. dad would say the day was shot. catbyte Aug 2012 #7
Honestly, what was it with dad's and starting vacations at Javaman Aug 2012 #8
LOL-yes, I remember the anxiety to get on the road pre-dawn, us kids standing half-asleep TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #11
My dad was like Stalin when driving to our vacation spot... Javaman Aug 2012 #14
It's envy. My husband can shut his body down like a machine and sleep wherever he is, no matter TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #17
A beautiful evocation of what I hope are some at least coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #10
After I was an adult, I made that same MineralMan Aug 2012 #19
If ours were to see my grandparents, I could completely understand... Javaman Aug 2012 #21
I've often said I was going to do the same thing laundry_queen Aug 2012 #32
Robots don't understand bladders KurtNYC Aug 2012 #5
My Thought Exactly! canEHdian Aug 2012 #12
perhaps they could tell Mittbot that we piss to "avoid rust" KurtNYC Aug 2012 #15
Authoritarian Dad Octafish Aug 2012 #9
The people around Romney must constantly be in the mood to relieve themselves aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #18
My Dad wasn't a scumbag RandiFan1290 Aug 2012 #20
The dog was left in a kennel unless we were moving Warpy Aug 2012 #27
Did they wear diapers? ecstatic Aug 2012 #22
Geez... LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #23
My experience was the same ~ we drove all the way to CA goclark Aug 2012 #24
I'm glad your grandfather was able to still make the trip a wonderful one. LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #25
Thanks! He was extra special goclark Aug 2012 #30
I worked as a hotel maid when I was 17 LadyHawkAZ Aug 2012 #33
Fortunately for Mitt, dogs and children don't vote. 99th_Monkey Aug 2012 #26
Dang, I thought all dads said "use the coke bottle," at least on guy-trips. JohnnyLib2 Aug 2012 #28
My Dad would stop to buy ice cream Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #29
I've certainly been there RZM Aug 2012 #31
My father wouldn't drive with us. He'd stick my mother with four kids cali Aug 2012 #34
Thanks for sharing goclark Aug 2012 #35
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