Today, I did such a bad job explaining the recent change from daylight savings time, that my 5-year-old son is now convinced that we're time travellers. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my partner and I spent the last 3 days transitioning our 19 month-olds bedtime by 15 minutes each day for daylight savings, only to find out we've been going the wrong way. FML
Today, my daughter decided it'd be funny to change the time on my clock. My boss didn't think it was funny. FML
Today, my son got to my great grandfather's old stopwatch, which had been valued at a very high sum, and broke it by twisting the hands in reverse. He says he was trying to time travel. FML
Today, I'm beginning to regret explaining death to my 3-year-old son. We were at the supermarket when he looked at an elderly woman and loudly told her "You're gonna die soon!" FML
Today, I had to wait an hour in the awful rain for my mom to pick me up, because she didn't realize the clocks had gone forward already. FML
Today, after complaining about the clocks still being an hour ahead from daylights savings, my work finally changed the time on all the clocks in the building. Now all the clocks are two hours ahead. FML
Today, I explained to my five year-old son that the dinosaurs were wiped out because of a meteorite that hit our planet. He replied, "They should've stood out of the way." FML
Today, my 5 year old son asked me to explain how he was born. After I told him I had a C-Section, he went to school and told everyone he was born at sea. I found out when the teacher called me. FML
Today, following a 6-hour roundtrip after having lost both games from a baseball doubleheader, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my 4-year-old son was still up. After updating him on the day's results, he went off to bed with the words, "Good night, loser." FML
Today, I was having trouble sleeping due to jet lag. I was finally sleepy and looking forward to a decent night of rest when my 4 year-old woke up and refused to stay in his room or try to rest. The next two hours involved him shouting at me, kicking me, and crying because he wanted Daddy, who is on a business trip. FML
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BstMode 14
Just tell him you guys are the last of the time lords and when he gets old enough you'll travel through time and space in a police box!
singlwforlife 22
Let him enjoy it! Now is the time to explore your imagination a little bit too! When the excitement of being a time traveler wears down, try to explain it again then. :) No harm there!
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BstMode 14
Just tell him you guys are the last of the time lords and when he gets old enough you'll travel through time and space in a police box!
erjazo 17
And that the police box is bigger on the inside!
mariri9206 32
Sure hope he's ready for a lifetime of running.
Chiara92_fml 32
My Whovians, I knew I'd find you here!
FlutterLoud 29
And to be prepared for aliens and danger and rescuing people!
band13geek 16
He'll always be a (little) mad man with a box.
BlackbishopTWG 6
I came to comment about how he must buy a TARDIS and behold the other whovians already best me here
beeferjay 34
let him watch highlander and tell him that's his secret grandpa
singlwforlife 22
Let him enjoy it! Now is the time to explore your imagination a little bit too! When the excitement of being a time traveler wears down, try to explain it again then. :) No harm there!
NYM88 26
Aren't we all?!
pedopears 18
Well, figurately we are time travellers. We only go by the speed the time is passing for us right now from one point to the other... (or so I heard).
GOtllt 17
F No ones life here, this seems pretty hilarious. I can imagine someone saying to a kid "So, in spring we travel an hour into the future, and in fall, we travel an hour into the past." :D
higgysaurus 18
That sounds way cooler than the truth though, "yeah I changed the clock cause...well idk somebody said it was a good idea."
weezypanda420 22
Right, I think the OP should just jet him have his imagination..
Tripartita 45
I had something similar happen to me. I once tried to explain that I'd built a time machine to my friend, and now he thinks I've made a car that accounts for daylight saving times when driven fast enough.
Arot6 17
Stretch this out as long as possible. It would be the greatest practical joke ever if you could convince him that you're time travelers until he's in middle or high school (I'd advise telling him that nobody else can ever know or it could upset the balance of time. That'll keep others from telling him the truth).
Lalala579121 28
But if he can't tell others, what's the point? Half the fun of practical jokes like that is watching them try to convince other people that it's true.
mattyiscool123 26
This is a good thing, use your powers responsibly
harleyangel0373 7
it happens...kids lol