Mom - don't sing

@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
September 15, 2008 1:28pm CST
First the High School music teacher dashed my hoped for a singing career when she didn't choose me for choir. Then I listened to my voice on tape and figured out why. Now my kids won't even let me sing. What's a mother to do?
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• United States
15 Sep 08
Lol. Don't worry dawnald! Not everyone has a voice like Aretha Franklin, or Madonna,etc. I'm sure my voice has made a couple of my neighbors ears bleed! The only one that likes my voice is my 18 month old daughter, it calms her at night and she falls asleep to it....unless she's falling asleep so that she doesn't have to hear it anymore! Well at least it has a purpose!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 08
alas, none of my kids like to hear me sing, guess I'll have to just do it when I"m alone. lol
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@savmot (261)
15 Sep 08
Tell them they can either let you sing when you like without complaining, or you will be sure to sing whenever they have friends round...lol.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 08
rofl I'll remember that!
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
15 Sep 08
lol i feel your pain. i love to sing along with the radio all the time. I used to think i was ok, not good enough to sing in front of people, but ok. then i got a little older and really listened to myself lol. my kids will tell me not to sing every once in awhile. i just tell them to hush. i like to sing whether i sound good or not.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 08
they get pretty loud about it, but maybe I"ll just ignore them. lol
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Sep 08
hi dawnald oh wow thats really bad when your kids wont let you sing. he he he. but then they say a prophet is without honor in his own land.I got in on choir but not solo oh no my teacher just threw up her hands. So I got the message really clear. lol lol lol. my son says I shouldnt be let near a drawing tablet so there went my drawing career. but they all admire poems I have written and short stories so guess I do do something right.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Sep 08
I never got the solos in girls glee either!
• Indonesia
15 Sep 08
maybe if i'm your kid i will do the same... lol
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 08
maybe I will record a cassette of myself singing and send it to you. :-)
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 08
Oh wait, cassettes are hopelessly old fashioned. Maybe I'll do an online karaoke thing and e-mail it to you!
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• Indonesia
15 Sep 08
oh i'll be waiting for it.. hahaha just forget sound of yours last time i hear your voice, when you were snoring
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• United States
15 Sep 08
Dawn, when my two tell me not to sing along with something, I just ask them if they have heard the noise coming from their mouths lately. I continue to sing, and they just shake their heads and walk away. If they tell me not to sing when we are in the car, I tell them they have 2 choices, I can sing, or I can turn the radio up loud enough for everybody to hear it and headbang. Guess one wins out?*LOL*
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
15 Sep 08
I should do that, cus none of my 3 have singing voices either! rofl
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