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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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Shetlands · 16/03/2025 14:42

My Mum ruined my life in 1969 when she washed my Levi jeans and they weren't dry when I needed to go out. I only had one pair of jeans so I wore them damp!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/03/2025 14:37

@Ph3 Yeah, you sound like a right tyrant 😆.

My mum tried to ruin my life in my teens by buying a bright yellow car and insisting on using it to drive me to school in (we weren't on the bus route). She said she chose it because she liked the colour but canny old me knew better and it was only my sheer sense of goodwill and martyrdom that she was allowed to drive me in it daily!

SpringIsSpringing25 · 16/03/2025 14:34

You evil cow, how could you have been so careless to break the shower before your team had had a chance to have her shower????

Hang your head and shine and get the plumber in first thing in the morning!!

Bath indeed!!!!

🤣🤣

AndrewPreview · 16/03/2025 14:33

I looked at my daughter once.

15 is peak moody teen age.

Ph3 · 16/03/2025 14:31

I ruin my pre teen’s (12) life on the daily by: asking him to shower, put deodorant, brush teeth properly, do homework, to please get up otherwise he’s going to be late for school, set the table, when dinner is ready, picking up his clothes from the floor…

BobbyBiscuits · 16/03/2025 14:30

I don't have kids but when I was 15 I thought my mum was trying to sabotage my entire attempted existence as someone incredibly edgy and rock n roll. But still wanted a cuddle and sat on her lap sometimes.

LoveSandbanks · 16/03/2025 14:27

I think most of us with teens, ruin their lives, simply by breathing, so you’re off to a head start actually doing something that’s not your body’s reflexive action.

Im a cow and I’d probably suggest that if tern is so distressed by lack of shower they raid their savings to get it fixed.

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