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AIBU?

To want to sell my 3 children on Ebay....

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 21:48

As they have done nothing but argue and bicker with each other, all night, and DD (12yo, Y8) has just decided that she has a homework to do that needs to be in in the morning, so she isn't in bed yet. My DS1 (almost 9yo, Y4) has decided that today is 'oppositional day' apparently, and that he obviously has to be opposed to everything. And DS2 (6yo, Y2) has apparently forgotten how to wipe his bum overnight...Why do we not have a tearing your hair out emoticon?? I would probably get further teaching a brick wall to be polite and organised. I wonder if Fifa would let me go on a world cup referees course or something, because I feel like a ruddy referee. TBH it's probably because DP was on a late shift today, finished at 8.30pm, got in just after 9pm, so I've been on my own with them all night, when I'm used to having his help from 5.30pm onwards. Being 22 weeks pregnant and extremely tired tonight (due to having such eeeeevil heartburn last night that I couldn't sleep) probably hasn't helped mind you...

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Appletrees · 14/09/2010 21:50

oh dear I remember opposite day

no, yanbu

opposite day was a 5.30 bathtime day for us

CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:02

I wish it was just opposite day. No he genuinely means oppositional which is just a posher way of saying blooming argumentative. His teacher had him reading the thesaurus during the spelling lesson as the class spellings were too easy so he had to find some words to mean argumentative....

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:03

Am also wondering if he was arguing with the teacher about the work being too easy.....

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dmo · 14/09/2010 22:12

dont put them on ebay as paypal will kill you with commission, use preloved as its free to advertise

taffetacat · 14/09/2010 22:13

another vote for a tearing your hair out emoticon

please MN?

soothing bath, op. deep breaths. I found pineapple good for heartburn

CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:25

At last all 3 are in bed, DP is asleep in the chair, and I can MN in peace. . The respite is only until 7am though. Pineapple? I thought that was what you ate to try to get labour started? Or am I just being dense as it's 7 years since I've been this pregnant?

I'm also peeved because nowhere in my godforsaken backwater of a town sells bras in anything bigger than a 38G, which was my pre-pregnancy size. My boobs now look like 2 watermelons being held up with an eggcup, and I can't buy a farking brassiere without getting a train to a town over 30 miles away, then a bus to the out-of-town business park that they have decided to hide the mothercare on. The bra lady estimates that I am needing a 42J at the mo.

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paisleyleaf · 14/09/2010 22:25

Mightn't they spoil any positive feedback record you've built up?

maryz · 14/09/2010 22:25

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:27

Number 4 was a massive surprise! They are good children really, just having a baaaaaad day today!

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:28

Paisleyleaf...the dc spoiling my positive feedback, or my massive norks??!!

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maryz · 14/09/2010 22:28

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:29

You need to follow my DS1 to pedants corner, maryz!

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TeamEdward · 14/09/2010 22:30

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:31

The mods won't let me post things offered on there for some reason...I did start small(ish) with the 6yo....

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Quattrocento · 14/09/2010 22:32

Don't think you'd get any takers. If it works, let me know

Serendippy · 14/09/2010 22:33

Ebay: too expensive and freecycle: could be waiting ages for takers. Charity shop them, I say.

msyikes · 14/09/2010 22:34

Don't bother, you'll only get the buyer moaning that the item hasn't beeen delivered even though you have proof of postage/ was wrong size even though you explicitly stated the size/ sending whiny emails etc etc....... freecycle!

trumpton · 14/09/2010 22:35

I think recycling is the way to go.

CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:35

I'm hoping their moods have improved significantly slightly by the morning. Or I may be forced to emigrate/run of to an adults only spa while they are at school.

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:37

Good god! Just wondered how many stamps it would take to post a 5ft2 12yo??!!

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ChippingIn · 14/09/2010 22:40

YANBU

But it's simpler to drop them off at a charity shop :)

However, I will put an offer in now for the one still in the incubator

trumpton · 14/09/2010 22:41

if the child weighs about 30 kg then about £50

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CardyMow · 14/09/2010 22:43

I must add, I'm all old fashioned, and kg means nothing to me. She is 7 stone 2....

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olderandwider · 15/09/2010 08:34

I think a three for two offer is the way to go

diddl · 15/09/2010 08:38

Ooh ooh-can I put a bid in?

My daughter would love a sister her age & I´d love two more boys.

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