Comments on: All Hail the Binky http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/all-hail-the-binky/ One Screenwriter's Struggle to Juggle Reel Life and Real Life Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:31:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: WriterDad http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/all-hail-the-binky/#comment-128 WriterDad Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:53:50 +0000 http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-128 Last Spartan, I was totally anti-binky before, too -- my three siblings and I never so much as sucked our thumbs, so why should my offspring need a plug? The Missus, on the other hand, enjoyed a binky until she was, oh, twenty or so (okay, maybe not that long), and was much more amenable to the idea. Funny how my resistance dissipated about as quickly as yours did when our respective backs were against the wall...:) Last Spartan, I was totally anti-binky before, too — my three siblings and I never so much as sucked our thumbs, so why should my offspring need a plug? The Missus, on the other hand, enjoyed a binky until she was, oh, twenty or so (okay, maybe not that long), and was much more amenable to the idea. Funny how my resistance dissipated about as quickly as yours did when our respective backs were against the wall…:)

]]> By: The Last Spartan http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/all-hail-the-binky/#comment-126 The Last Spartan Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:26:23 +0000 http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-126 We had to preconceived notion with our first born that we were going to be "those" people. The anti-binky snobs. Of course, we received some as part of baby gift packages. For a brief, initial period of time, our son was able to be soothed sans binky. Of course, that was followed by the "mother of all discontents" and weary, bewildered and desperate...we ripped open that package. More specifically I ripped open the package. She: "What are you doing?! I thought we said 'no bink'?" Me: "That was before it was 4 am and I have to get up in an hour! Besides, how many 28 year olds do you know that go to work with binky in mouth? He'll get over it!" As soon as he got the bink...he quieted down and was, in fact, pacified. The wife looked at me in loving amazement having totally forgotten what she was angry with me for... We had to preconceived notion with our first born that we were going to be “those” people. The anti-binky snobs. Of course, we received some as part of baby gift packages. For a brief, initial period of time, our son was able to be soothed sans binky.

Of course, that was followed by the “mother of all discontents” and weary, bewildered and desperate…we ripped open that package. More specifically I ripped open the package.

She: “What are you doing?! I thought we said ‘no bink’?”

Me: “That was before it was 4 am and I have to get up in an hour! Besides, how many 28 year olds do you know that go to work with binky in mouth? He’ll get over it!”

As soon as he got the bink…he quieted down and was, in fact, pacified. The wife looked at me in loving amazement having totally forgotten what she was angry with me for…

]]> By: writerdad303 http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/all-hail-the-binky/#comment-110 writerdad303 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:07:21 +0000 http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-110 Oh, believe me, Alan -- we're going to Babies R Us this weekend and buying out their binky inventory.. :) Oh, believe me, Alan — we’re going to Babies R Us this weekend and buying out their binky inventory.. :)

]]> By: Alan McCoy http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/all-hail-the-binky/#comment-106 Alan McCoy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:48:52 +0000 http://writerdad303.wordpress.com/?p=320#comment-106 Congrats! The binky will come to represent a controllable environment of peace and sanity...And you'll want to have several backups stashed in strategic locations. (your pocket, the car, and multiple locations around the house) After raising four little tax deductions, you can trust me on this. Congrats! The binky will come to represent a controllable environment of peace and sanity…And you’ll want to have several backups stashed in strategic locations. (your pocket, the car, and multiple locations around the house)

After raising four little tax deductions, you can trust me on this.

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