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Obviously I did it just to spite my 15yr old

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Oollliivviiaa · 16/03/2025 14:10

I broke the shower this morning.
Obiously I did it purely to spite my 15yr old and no one else could possibly be as inconvenienced as her by having to have a bath instead.
What things have you done on purpose purely to make life difficult for your teen (according to your teen)?

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 16/03/2025 17:21

AllrightNowBaby · 16/03/2025 15:36

I once ruined my Gs life by looking at him when he was playing football with his mates Later I was told to NEVER do that again and I haven’t 😊

Oh, dear! 😱

Timeandtune · 16/03/2025 17:21

When DS1 was 15 we left a cafe where I treated him and some pals.
i spotted a friend across the road and had the audacity to shout hello ( and wave) .
He was furious.
Anyhoo he is now 30 and the friendliest talk to strangers young man.

IWillAlwaysBeinaClubWithYouin1973 · 16/03/2025 17:20

It's all very much cutted up pear territory isn't it!

Notalaundry · 16/03/2025 17:20

Currently ruining DD’s life by ‘forcing’ her go to extra GCSE revision classes for 2 hrs on a Saturday afternoon, meaning she has to get up and be ready by 12pm, which I’m sure you will all agree is thoroughly unreasonable of me.
Also I said I will not be driving her to her college in September, so she will ‘have to’ make her own way there. Which is all of a 10 minute walk away 🙄.
Oh and everyone else lets their 15 year olds stay up until 1am on a school night.

Gogogo12345 · 16/03/2025 17:20

Itiscoldout · 16/03/2025 17:00

I painted the walls of a room in my house a colour that I chose….

Haha DS came round yesterday and told me the paint on my wall hurt his eyes. It's bloody cream

Mimoftwo · 16/03/2025 17:20

So funny , I'm dying here ready the audacity of parent's! Lol !

Poppymeldrum · 16/03/2025 17:18

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/03/2025 17:04

@Poppymeldrum If it's one of these migraine inducing bright green ones that have suddenly started flooding the roads for then you have my sympathy and hopefully your well earned Pride of Britain award will be with you soon.

But the thought of you sat slumped in the passenger seat with your hood up like a teen did make me laugh!

It is
It's loud,green and he thinks it's the coolest car ever made (doesn't help that everyone agrees with him)
He bought it the day after our first grandchild was born
I came outside for a look 'you can't take me to meet our grandchild in that!it's grrreeeeeennn!'
We met her and she didn't seem too fussed
Ds thought it was hilarious

Gogogo12345 · 16/03/2025 17:16

MounjaroOnMyMind · 16/03/2025 16:44

I said hello to my daughter's friend, thereby totally humiliating my daughter.

That's terrible. I made the mistake of chatting to my eldest DDs friend when she called round and DD had popped to the shop.

WoolerOwl · 16/03/2025 17:15

Buying oat and sultana cookies instead of chocolate chip ones (though they looked remarkably similar both to me and the teen). "Is it any wonder I have trust issues?"

JudgeJ · 16/03/2025 17:13

murasaki · 16/03/2025 16:01

My dad kept threatening to buy a skoda to drivers to school. In the early nineties whe they were the height of embarrassment. Or a Lada.

We took the bus.
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I recall threatening to buy a pair of leopard skin patterned stiletto shoes to wear for Parents' evening, a school where dark blue coats were the basic parental uniform for such occasions.

cait967 · 16/03/2025 17:13

Seainasive · 16/03/2025 15:22

I’m about to ruin my teen’s life by booking a summer holiday. It’s so unfair that I won’t allow him to spend the whole of summer gaming in his pants in his own room.

My seven year old has the same complaint. He wants a holiday at home cause he likes his own bed. He’s like an old man

Oatta · 16/03/2025 17:11

By not taking my son to his football match today as it’s my birthday, and ALL I wanted was a rest.

Loveanewusername · 16/03/2025 17:11

Oh it gets better op …… wait till 17 🤪

I asked her how college was last week and got told I was really nosy and she doesn’t have to tell me anything

I think you have just got to be able to laugh about it

only good thing is the older they get the more they just arrive to tell you tea looks disgusting, shower , sleep and leave again !

im hoping she chills out a bit 🤏

Flickum · 16/03/2025 17:09

I asked DS how his day in school had been. He shot me a look of contempt and said “you wouldn’t understand you just sit at home all day with the telly on”. (I WFH full time). My immediate reaction was to laugh at his ridiculousness and he stomped off upstairs looking very wounded. (He did apologise soon after for his outburst)!

FlibbertyGibbitt · 16/03/2025 17:07

I took my eldest to buy some new boxers from a well known supermarket when he was around 13. I had the audacity to to take a boxer out of the pack to see how large they were. He was mortified. NEVER came shopping with me again !

Rocknrollstar · 16/03/2025 17:04

I put patches on the elbows of my teen DDs school cardigan. apparently holes were the fashion and she’s worked hard to make them.

crouchendtigerr · 16/03/2025 17:04

When 18 year Ds was 10, I turned up to collect him wearing sunglasses, none of the other mums were wearing sunglasses yet.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/03/2025 17:04

@Poppymeldrum If it's one of these migraine inducing bright green ones that have suddenly started flooding the roads for then you have my sympathy and hopefully your well earned Pride of Britain award will be with you soon.

But the thought of you sat slumped in the passenger seat with your hood up like a teen did make me laugh!

HighHeelsOnCobblestones · 16/03/2025 17:02

I stuck my head round his bedroom door to ask if he had anymore school shirts that needed washing in his room. This was completely unreasonable of me and the door was promptly slammed. Clearly I’m supposed to let him go to school wearing a shirt that smells like something died.

Earlier, we bought a nice lunch for him, cooked it for him and his dad ruined his whole entire meal by asking him to scrape his plate. Utterly terrible.

LovePoppy · 16/03/2025 17:02

Pillarsofsalt · 16/03/2025 16:58

🖐️ I told my daughter she was a really cute and smiley baby. Which was obviously code for “but you’re a fat ugly cow now”. My bad.

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Is your daughter my daughter?

LovePoppy · 16/03/2025 17:02

RunLikeTheWild · 16/03/2025 15:55

How dare she! Selfishly swanning off like that, and really just using you to keep the car battery working. You don't deserve it 💐

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Thank you for understanding. If you can believe it on top of having to parent my own children I ALSO have to water her plants. 😅😂

Itiscoldout · 16/03/2025 17:00

I painted the walls of a room in my house a colour that I chose….

Newcareerat50 · 16/03/2025 17:00

I once asked, in a meeting about GCSE options, how Additional Maths was offered.

This gave the impression that 1) I was alive and DC has a mum, 2) I expected my DC might qualify to take additional maths, and 3) I spoke in my non-regional accent highlighting that I was different than the other mums.

Pillarsofsalt · 16/03/2025 16:58

🖐️ I told my daughter she was a really cute and smiley baby. Which was obviously code for “but you’re a fat ugly cow now”. My bad.

crouchendtigerr · 16/03/2025 16:58

My ex -husband's late father would introduce himself to ex-h's friends, by holding out his hand, telling them his entire name, but they can call him by his nickname spelled xyz. I found it hilarious

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