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AIBU to want them grown?

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Manyatimeandoften · 23/09/2026 15:50

Sigh. I know I’ll get a load of misty eyed ‘you’ll miss it one day’ but right now I am in it and I am SO over the screams over nothing, the whingeing, the refusal to eat, the breaking down crying over the wrong water bottle, the stupid giddy overtired behaviour, the poo (I. Am. Sick. Of. Poo.)

I want them to be teenager and order themselves a bloody takeaway and have done with it, sleeping late, staying in their rooms and not bothering me!

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Grumpyoldcat · 23/09/2026 20:22

YAnbu but at least you are in charge. Believe me the worry you carry gets worse. Crippling sometimes as there is more to worry about!

OneoftheWeddingPeople · 23/09/2026 20:22

Can recommend the late teen years. Sipping cocktails with the two of them in a pool with a view in Ibiza. They are great company and great fun. All worth it in the end.

Manyatimeandoften · 23/09/2026 20:41

Angelow · 23/09/2026 20:12

you haven’t denied that you post regularly about it though, maybe seek some help from your GP about the way you are feeling as your kids will be picking up on your feelings towards them and maybe that is why you find them so difficult

I am denying it Confused I posted once about them, today. What the hellnis wrong with you?

Maybe a lot of people are struggling with young kids!

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putitonthewrongway · 23/09/2026 20:56

OP I feel exactly the same as you tonight I have a 2 year old and a 6 year old. I am so bloody stressed out and exhausted! I too am looking forward to these years being behind me.

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