Son just looked at me with that knowing smile.
“Well played Dad”
He is accustomed to the occasional mess up. I like to think that it’s all part of his educational journey. You can learn from the best but wow you can learn from the worst….
Our son really loves rock music. One of the few public gatherings he actually looks forward to is a rock concert. He has seen Iron Maiden, Hollywood Vampires, The Darkness and The Damned. This year is promising to to be a good one with a number of concerts already booked. Bank Manager not best pleased. The bookings is today’s educational cockup learning event.
Somehow Dad has managed to book for us to see Thunder in York and on the same night Ozzy Osbourne 150 miles away. That might cause a few logistical issues.
So what to do.
Our son has not seen either acts. His Dad has seen Oswald but never Thunder. I have really wanted to see Thunder for about 25 years. Only thing to do is let our son decide.
A decision I would have agonised over for days was dealt with in seconds by the logical Aspergers mind.
“I would like to see both bands Dad. One is a legend the other is a favourite of my Dads. Both are great live. Thunder will hopefully be going for years. However Ozzy is Ozzy. It’s unbelievable that he’s lasted this long. Probably last time we will be able to see him. Let’s see Ozzy and hope we see Thunder maybe next year.”
Decision made. I can give my tickets to my brother in law.
“But Dad since we are talking Ozzy and anything can happen with him. Can we hold onto the Thunder tickets until the last minute – just in case.”
Your writing style is wonderful! Great blog!
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Thank you so much for your kind words.
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You’re welcome!
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Very logical and clear headed.
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I suspect you are talking about our son and not me……
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Exactly! But he must have inherited it from you!
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Not my side of the gene pool.
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Love he is keeping his options open.
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Maybe we should ditch all the world leaders and just put the children in charge.
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We may get more sense out of them.
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Can’t be any worse. I’m sure if you just got rid of our lot and didn’t replace them, would we really notice….
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Haha
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Smart kid to keep his options open we all know Ozzy in unpredictable😉
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He is and Ozzy is the Prince of Unpredictability. Thanks.🙏
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He is so practical !
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He is.
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He’s got it sussed! It’s great. Hope you both enjoy Ozzie. Love this write up
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I he turns up…. Fingers crossed. Thank you so much.
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You are welcome
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Clever lad, I think you should take his advise… 😉
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Best way. 🤗
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I like the way that kid thinks.
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Yes it’s a good way.
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Smart boy! Have fun!
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Thank you so much, which ever one we see in the end.
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Clever boy! Don’t burn bridges too early!!
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No will keep both bridges open as long as possible
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Cheeky smart kid…..lol.
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Yep…..
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And he’s only 11???? That is one wise kid!!!
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Thank you. He is. A mix sometimes mature off the scale and sometimes still Peppa Pig. I’m the other way. People keep telling me to act my age….
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I love that you can do this together. That is a real benefit for each of you.
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It is brilliant just feels so right.
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You and your son sound like you’re winning at life. Learning all the time, and from each other – whatever life throws at you.
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He is the star on the team. Thank you so much.
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You both know how to save the punch line
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Punch lines are good.
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Your son is amazing.
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He is thank you.
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Ha! Smart. I can’t fathom taking any of my three Bs to a concert yet, but then, I’ve only been to three my entire life… 🙂
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It’s not everybody’s cup of tea. I think from what our son says he loves rock concerts because it allows him to feel part of a group but because of all the stuff going on, it’s reasonably safe feeling for his Aspergers.
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Hmm, yes I can see that.
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I think he feels like it’s one of the only places he’s accepted.
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Then perhaps that’s where his future lies waiting for him: upon the stage, engineering the background, or more. 🙂
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That’s a great idea. He would love that. Jim Morrison and our son’s back drops would certainly take you on a trip…..
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xxxx 🙂 xxxx
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You take care xxxxx
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Yes but didn’t you say you saw Weezer. Now that’s one I’ve missed and would have loved to have seen.
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I did! that’s one of my three concerts of life. That, and The Who (after John died, sadly), and…ugh…Better than Ezra. Not proud of that one.
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The Who. That must have been truly stunning. Ezra – better move on. I must admit that I took my partner to see Ronan Keating. Longest 2 hours of my life.
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HA! Bo knew better than to drag me to Rush. 🙂
Did you know The Who are going to tour AGAIN?
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I know. We get one show in London. So tempted but London might be just a bit too much for our son. The trains stop too early so it’s either a 5 hour car journey after midnight or an overnight stay and get the next days trains.
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Sounds like an awful lot of headache…
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Yes I think it’s probably a 6 paracetamol type of headache…
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Apparently it’s with an orchestra.
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Yes. Not sure we’re doing that one.
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A big part of me is saying no that’s not working for me. But a part of me is saying us this the last chance we might get.
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It’s hard to deny the latter…
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Let’s hope not as I can’t really afford the tickets an travel costs at the moment…..
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Yikes. Then nope! Just say the nope and waaaaalk away…
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Who knows what tomorrow will bring…
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