Complete disaster

[Brian K]

You owe your daughter thanks, and she owes you seventy-five bucks.

Thanks, Ron, I like your take on this. We do need to keep our priorities and our focus in the right place.

Also - you gave me my first laugh out loud moment of the day and for that I am grateful.

Regards,

Brian

[Lyle1]

Interesting method, although I wonder if it works better when repairing a hole rather than a clean cut, where you would be adding in fabric where there was none before. Might create an odd pucker? I dunno....

I've seen this method used to repair a slit that did not go to the end of the fabric and over a small hole. It is amazing how natural the patch looks if the threads are pulled through carefully and tightly. The trick is to match the pattern exactly, thread for thread. Once the patch is tight, it is hard to find, even by running your fingers over the fabric.

[Scots_genie]

Have it repaired and use the repairs as a talking point if they're even noticed - wear it on her Wedding Day and tell the tale in your speech (revenge). All kilts have "battle scars" :-) and they're none the worse for it - just well-loved and well-used, as they were designed to be!

[morrison]

Congratulations on your new instance for future bonding and fond memories. Your daughter didn't destroy the kilt, she added a (jagged) slice of character to it.

I think it'll be a fine scar to brag on someday in the future to your grandchildren when it the right moment comes along to embarrass your grandchildren's mom for her laughter's sake ! ! !

Kids do these things. And there's nothing anyone can do except see that they are kids doing kid things....

One of my daughters friends would come to eat dinner with us on some occasions. After a few visits we noticed that we didn't have as many forks and spoons as we once had. Soon we figured out that, to her, leaving the table meant emptying ones plate and putting it into the sink. She had forgotten to put her service ware in the sink first. You guessed it! Our silverware had been trashed. After that we made sure to have her leave her dishes on our table!

Another one of her friends used a scissors and cut off the feet of some of our daughters' Barbie dolls. OUCH! What a sting!!!

Many years ago when Roy Rogers was living in Ojai, Ca and was employed i the movie company his sons were playing in the baot they owned. On the dashbaord was a tiny crack in the covering. The boys wanted to see what was under the covering. Dad was very upset about the covering having been torn off. But, the boys learned what was under the protective cover.

[LANCER1562]

When my daughter who is now 13 years old, was 2 and very much "Daddy's Girl", she would constantly unravel my audio tapes (many of which were irreplacable) until they eventually snapped or she would break my one of kind CDs to get my attention. At first I would get angry (any attention was better than none). I quickly learned to keep my things out of her reach. Now, when I eventuall give her away, I will have some funny anecdotes to tell when I give the toast and I have plenty of stories to tell her children. lol