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"Oh my God- they jumped out of your chest!"

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Gen-Alphas, am I right?!

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The Alien was me when I tried to run my own kids' BJJ classes once!

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Who knew Xenomorphs could be so relatable.

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I mean, have you looked at their hands? if that's not divergent evolution, I don't know what is!

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And don't even get me started on the alien!

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Yay Alien! Throwback to my first (and last) Cub Scout meeting. Lord of the Flies with uniforms

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You make it sound like a bad thing! I'd watch.

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It was my kid who noped out. After we’d bought him all the bits required for the oddly military uniform. Ironic because now I call him the Chaos Monkey.

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Damn! But yeah, kids will do that. Nia, my youngest, just got bumped up to a more senior group in figure skating. Today was her first lesson. After just 5 minutes of trickier routine she was ready to throw in the towel. Took a long talk to get her to agree to keep going next week.

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Fickle beasts! I was with David on the scouts and then there was the time I tried in vain to get my daughter to quit something that was increasingly sucking and she just couldn't do it

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