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My Wife Wants to Ruin Our Daughter’s Birthday. But I Have a Plan to Make Things Right.
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My Wife Wants to Ruin Our Daughter’s Birthday. But I Have a Plan to Make Things Right.

Slate Magazine·Greg Lavallee·27 days ago
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Care and Feeding Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column.  Have a question for Care and Feeding?  Submit it here . Dear Care and Feeding, My wife and I have two kids, “Justin,” 4, and “Bayley,” who is turning 7 next month. Bayley wants one of those inflatable bounce houses at her birthday party, which I think is fine. My wife, however, is staunchly opposed because she claims they are dangerous. Now we are in a stalemate over what should be a normal kid thing! My brother and sister and I grew up playing in bounce houses at parties and amusement parks, as did pretty much everyone else I knew, and nobody ended up in the ER. Can I just rent the bounce house and let my wife find out the day of the party because she’s being such an asshole about it? —Bounce House Bickering Dear House Bickering, Bounce houses are super fun, but it’s not worth lying to your spouse about it.…

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