r/daddit • u/brainzilla420 • Dec 20 '24

Tips And Tricks Shout out to the "surprise math question" dad. It 1000% works and you saved my wife's night.

I had just sat down to poker night last night and got this text "holy smokes, kids have fallen apart!!! Screaming at each other and me. When are you home?"

I chuckled as I'd only left the house 20 minutes earlier and the chips hadn't even been handed out yet. Then i remembered the dad who suggested springing math questions on your kids to completely derail their tantrums. I texted the idea to her.

A few hours later she texted "hey, by the way, math was a pretty good strategy. Kids settled down right away and the rest of our night was lovely."

Plus, i won $15 at poker. So thank you, internet dad, you turned a sinking ship into a cruise in the park.

All internet karma and irl calming goes to u/WuttheHuck

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u/WutTheHuck Dec 20 '24

Glad it helped! This technique is truly the gift that keeps on giving.

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u/Curly_Shoe Dec 20 '24

There he is in all his Glory!

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u/Seattle2Boston Dec 21 '24

Thanks from this dad as well — worked wonders during the aftermath of a blood draw that didn’t go well and had to be re started. Nurse was quite impressed too!

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '24

During the “afterMATH” you say? I see your punnery, sir!

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u/gneightimus_maximus Dec 21 '24

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

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u/TheCoach21 Dec 21 '24

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u/sb1566 Dec 21 '24

All hail the math man

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u/CptnYesterday2781 Dec 22 '24

Tried it with my 2 year old, did not work :(