{"id":1700,"date":"2009-06-26T08:27:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forgetful.ca\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2009-06-26T08:27:23","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T12:27:23","slug":"1001-rules-for-my-unborn-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=1700","title":{"rendered":"1001 rules for my unborn son"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have no idea how I stumbled onto this blog<\/a>, but I’m glad I did.\u00a0 There is no ‘about’ page or any detailed\u00a0explanation – other than the title – for why this blog exists.\u00a0 And it’s one of those things I wish I’d thought of first.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0 ( I keep assuming it’s a dad writing this, but I could be wrong) is currently at # 369, but I felt compelled to start at the beginning and read them all.\u00a0 So clever…if you like that kind of thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some of my faves:<\/p>\n

117. Be a good listener. Don’t just wait your turn to talk.<\/p>\n

127. Know her dress size. Don’t ask.<\/p>\n

149. Don’t let the ice cream truck get away.<\/p>\n

187. Smile at pretty girls.<\/p>\n

200. Drive across the country. Don’t rush.<\/p>\n

220. Until you are a doctor, never answer your phone at the table.<\/p>\n

232. There is exactly one place where it is acceptable to wear gym clothes.<\/p>\n

249. Identify your most commonly used word or phrase, and eliminate it.<\/p>\n

281. You aren’t done raking until you’ve played in the leaf pile.<\/p>\n

305. Don’t be so eager to leave the kids table.<\/p>\n

368. Just raise your glass. There’s no need to clink with everyone at the table.<\/p>\n

376. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.<\/p>\n

375. Don’t pose with booze.<\/p>\n

369. You don’t get to choose your own nickname.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have no idea how I stumbled onto this blog, but I’m glad I did.\u00a0 There is no ‘about’ page or any detailed\u00a0explanation – other than the title – for why this blog exists.\u00a0 And it’s one of those things I wish I’d thought of first. He\u00a0 ( I keep assuming it’s a dad writing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}