The Toothfairy DOES exist!

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Saw this article at CNN today and thought it was really cute (and not just because the little girl is from my home state!).

I love kids.

 

[Desdichado]

Wanna hear a sad tooth fairy story?--when my daughter lost her first tooth, we forgot to do the tooth fairy routine. I went in to wake her up for school, and the first thing out of her mouth was, "how come the tooth fairy didn't come?" :gulp:

After some quick thinking, though, I explained that because it had been such a stormy night (it had been; she had woken up to thunder at least once) the tooth fairy couldn't fly in that weather. After all, she's just a little fairy, and all that wind would blow her around. My daughter thought that sounded reasonable.

Know what's worse? We forgot it again the next night. :d'oh:

 

[sniffles]

I love kids.

Me, too, but I can't eat a whole one.

Ever seen that ad for the Coinstar change-counting machines, with the tired-looking Tooth Fairy falling downstairs with her bag full of quarters? I love that ad.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Know what's worse? We forgot it again the next night. :d'oh:

Man, that is bad, that is just so bad!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Know what's worse? We forgot it again the next night. :d'oh:

That's when you explain the Tooth Fairy's Post Traumatic Storm Disorder to the child!

 

[Lady_Acoma]

My parents upon forgetting would come in in the morning to give you a good mornging hug and deposit money then...course I would normally have already checked, at first they told me lies...then I figured it out cause the lies were just bad but kept my mouth shut cause I kept getting money that way.

 

[Bront]

My parents kept giving me the same collectable dollar coin, and I never caught on to that till almost 15 years later when I thought about it. I think they also have a bar of silver in a safe deposit box that's mine somewhere.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Wish I hadn't spent all those Sacagawea dollars, I also used to have 1918 penny, but I think an old friend stole it from me.

 

[Xath]

My parents didn't give me money all of the time. Sometimes I got letters from the toothfairy, and once I got a magnet with my name on it. And that was really cool for me, because I could never find anything with my name on it. I guess the souvenier guys don't see a lot of Gerties.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

My parents upon forgetting would come in in the morning to give you a good mornging hug and deposit money then...course I would normally have already checked, at first they told me lies...then I figured it out cause the lies were just bad but kept my mouth shut cause I kept getting money that way.

See - my parents didn't make me put my tooth under my pillow. I had a special little box that I put the tooth in that I often left on the kitchen table or near my bathroom sink. When I got up in the morning, the tooth would be gone and in it's place would be money.

Once I hit about 8 or 9, my mom just started handing me money when I lost teeth, though. She's not very good at keeping up the illusion of mythical beings that bring you money, presents, or hard boiled eggs.