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Which one are you?
suejb2
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A bit of fun Friday. Good cop Bad cop.
Taken from another thread regarding teenagers Dig for victory made a comment that she (I think) is the Bad cop.
In our house I'm the Bad cop and dad is the Good cop.
What are the dynamics in your family please?
Taken from another thread regarding teenagers Dig for victory made a comment that she (I think) is the Bad cop.
In our house I'm the Bad cop and dad is the Good cop.
What are the dynamics in your family please?
Life is like a bath, the longer you are in it the more wrinkly you become.
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My former husband without fail made me out to be the bad cop. His avowed aim was that he wanted to be 'their friend'.
For most of their young lives, it worked and he was the popular one while I was viewed as the ogre who made them be clean, truthful, fair, honest.
It backfired when they became parents themselves though as it's not now too-laid-back (for which read slightly idle!) Dad they turn to when the going gets tough - it's feet on the ground, sensible and supportive Bad Cop Mum.
Ho hum, funny old world, innit?
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DDs are grown up now but I was definitely 'bad cop'.
I've never been one of those 'wait until your father gets home' sort of women. I'd use a firm 'no' while DH would start from 'do you think this is reasonable?'.
DH was always called to remove spiders because if they asked me I'd not only remove them but give them an earful about being wimps.0 -
I have to be both, but I don't mind, they know I'm fair, firm but always ready for a cuddle.Live for the moment and plan for the future0
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i'm the good cop. Hubby is the bad cop.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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I'm sole cop!! It's all down to me!!
It's a !!!! job!! Judge all you like!!0 -
As a single dad Im both good cop & bad cop...Dwy galon, un dyhead,
Dwy dafod ond un iaith,
Dwy raff yn cydio’n ddolen,
Dau enaid ond un taith.0 -
I'm the good cop but i so want to be the bad cop
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Good cop (most of the time.) In the 3 years that she was at uni, and she wanted something (like a lift or some money!) our daughter would ring home. If her dad answered, she would say 'is mom there?' Then she would say 'ummmm, I hate to ask but....... ::D ) Knowing I would be more likely to say yes :rotfl:
Also, he was the one who scolded her when she was naughty, whchc to be fair, wasn't that often. Proud to have lost over 3 stone (45 pounds,) in the past year! :j Now a size 14!
You're not singing anymore........ You're not singing any-more!
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As a single parent I had to take on both roles. Not always pleasant when it was bad cop, quite difficult at times but then good cop balanced things out.There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you - Beatrix Potter0
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