October 26, 2009

How to Freak Out Your Kid

As a single mom of four adult daughters, I have to say there are few greater giggles in life than seeing the looks on their faces when I do things they're not expecting. And trust me, it's not hard to get a BIG rise out of them.

This particular “look” came from my eldest last Friday evening as I raced out of the house for my weekend getaway at a B&B with Mr. Fine. An astonished mix of disgust and horror came over TG's face when she saw me joyfully dangling the shiny handcuffs that her little Destructo had discovered while pillaging my jewelry box.

“Hey, thanks, buddy!" I shouted. "Good idea! See you guys Monday!”

Horror and disgust.

Sweet!
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33 comments:

mo.stoneskin said...

Our deepest fear is not that...arrrgh I did it again!

They were in your jewelry box?!

Everyday Goddess said...

Party on!

It isn't until middle age that one really perfects the skills of the bedroom, right?

GingerJar said...

That is soooo funny. My kids bought me some "fur covered" hand-cuffs as a gag gift for my 50th birthday, which I prompty cuffed to the bed in the room where they sleep....the next time they visited. It really upped the eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkk factor.

LOL.

T said...

You go girl!!!

Lee said...

That is HYSTERICAL! LMAO!

darsden said...

hope there will be pictures to follow... LMAO geaux gurl

Pseudo said...

Woo Hooo go Liar ; -)

The Peach Tart said...

Well I hope you put them to good use.

Hit 40 said...

I am a little slow...

was your daughter messing with your jewerly? And so she saw the handcuffs? And...

then you called her out on it by dangling them in front of her. Very good!!!

Mike said...

Whenever I bring handcuffs, I usually bring a hacksaw, just in case!! LOL!

Lori said...

I love it!! As a mother of 3 adult daughters and 2 adult sons, I totally get the joy and laughter you get out of seeing them get a rise over the unexpected. Sweet!

Irish Gumbo said...

Don't forget the Vaseline!


What?


That's in case you lose the key, and need to slip them off...yeah, that's it...

Michelle Wells Grant said...

Naughty girl! I assume the next post will tell us how, uh ... effective the handcuffs were?

SweetPeaSurry said...

That is pricelessly naughty naughty!!! How fun!!! I literally clapped my hands together in delight reading that!

Anonymous said...

hilarious...seriously though. I would never, ever, never even let my hubby put handcuffs on me. I know that would be the time the tornado would come through our town, the fire alarm would go off, or the kids would come crashing in...NO WAY not taking any chances!

Anonymous said...

Good going, you put them off balance. A victory for us grownups! And I hope you had a real good time!

Secretia

Jo ~ said...

hahaha!

that's as bad as the teen finding the astroglide, and well....

too funny!

McGillicutty said...

Love it!! Thanks for stopping by my blog, I have been missing out on you!!! I read a good few of your posts tonight... and I love it... I'll be back for sure Ms Liar!!!

shrink on the couch said...

Perfectly naughty!

anon said...

And so Mr Fine became Mr CONfined.

Sweet!

So, ah, how'd it go at the B&B? Or is it all under lock and key, so to speak?

C'mon, spit it out, I'm living vicariously through you..

Twenty Four At Heart said...

LOL! Yes, it's always fun to horrify our kids, isn't it? That's how I keep mine from reading my blog. I told them if they read it they'll learn all about their parent's sex life in detail. They haven't looked at 24 once since. Of course, I don't write about my sex life (much) on 24 ... but it keeps them out of my bidness now, doesn't it? : )

Conquer The Monkey said...

hilarious. hope you had a ball with mr. fine and the shiny handcuffs!!!

just fount your blog, IT'S FABULOUS! now following!

Come on by when you can!
Cameron
www.conquerthemonkey.com

Matthew said...

Ha! Oh man, thank god my mom never did anything like that, it would have totally messed me up. It is pretty funny though:)

Jocelyn said...

You do keep THEM young!

Madame DeFarge said...

And I hoped you remembered to take the key, otherwise blogging could be problematic.

Carma Sez said...

sheesh -- kids learn young these days ;-)

rxBambi said...

A. TMI! TMI! TMI!
B. That is so freakin funny! I love it. I told my sister once that if hubby and I ever died she needed to go clean out the top of our closet before the kids did... She said she'd get her hubby to do it! hahahahahaha

Sharon Rose said...

Oh yeah. . . I can see right now, those kids of yours will certainly need therapy from the visuals they must have unfortunately been unable to block out! LOL

Jason, as himself said...

HA! Good one! I've been enjoying shocking my 17 year old daughter every once in a while. She is a very liberal girl, but once in a while I can catch her unexpectedly.

Midlife Roadtripper said...

Hahahahahahaha! I'm thinking the next post will say how you didn't even need to bring those babies out.

blognut said...

I'm worried that Otin handcuffs girls, and then saws them into small bits.

Also? I think that one of the primary reasons to have kids is to make them wildly uncomfortable with the thought that their parents have sex.

Rock on!

creative kerfuffle said...

rofl--oh, i love this! i can only imagine the things the hubs and i will do to get that look from our kids when they're adults!

Rob-bear said...

Kids are never too old to traumatize.

Well done!