Today my teenager was upset because.....

@rosiejaune

A) you have no idea how old these teens are or if it is safe and suitable to not take them on holiday and leave them at home.

B) please don't be that person.

DD (nearly 17) had a total fit when I suggested that driving lessons might form part of her birthday present. Apparently I can just teach her to drive (in a 2L turbo-diesel SUV), and spend the driving lesson money on something more fitting, like a holiday to Ibiza with her mates.
I had to make it VERY clear that she won't look out of her bedroom window on her birthday to find a brand new Mini on the drive with a bow on it.
On the plus side, DS (13) brought the bins in before I got home from work.

Oops strike through fail.

Can I play despite my little —fucker— angel being 8? She’s livid with me because I just tested positive for covid this afternoon and our planned holiday abroad is no more.

Because no, I’m not feeling like shit, I’m not gutted I’m missing our holiday which I’ve been looking forward to and I’m not down £5k which the holiday company won’t refund because it’s an old booking (moved from last year when we couldn’t go either because, covid.
Nope she’s just annoyed and it’s All. My. Fault.

10 years to go, only 10 years to go.

I have had the temerity to insist we visit their grandparents for two nights this half term. 13 year old is furious. She might miss some exciting vaping in a park and also her grandparents are really, really old.

My now 25yr old son acted as if I’d banished him from the family when 2 years after him moving out I let his sister swop bedrooms as it seemed ridiculous the largest bedroom in the house was standing empty like a shrine 😂 He last year, having not lived at home for 5 years called me a “selfish b*tch” because on moving 100s of miles and downsizing I refused to move possessions he had not looked at, needed nor even spoke about for those 5 years. He didn’t want them in his house but I was selfish for not wanting them in mine either 🤷‍♀️

DD was too tired to press share on the google drive her summer homework was in and type in one tutors email address. Created Merry hell which took up far more energy if you ask me

Dd was annoyed on Sunday because I was ill and spent all day in bed her dad is disabled and was having a bad day so was also in bed, I asked if she could make her and her brother some tea, she's doing gcse cookery and loves cooking I dragged myself out of bed at 7pm when I could hear her shouting she had been slaving over tea all day (she bunged a pizza in the oven and decided to make a cake) and hadn't sat down all day and it was all my fault.

My 16 year old and eleventeen year old spent most of tonight’s lovingly home cooked dinner moaning that I make them eat too many vegetables. Well yes.

1. They’re good for you
2. We’re vegetarian

DS1 tried to tell me that too many vegetables are bad for you. Yes I’m sure they are but certainly not in the quantities he eats them and actually the crap he shovels in when he’s with his mates is probably a bit more of a concern…..

My 9 year old just eats everything and tells me I’m pretty. I think I’ll cry when he starts with the aggro

Does anyone else's teems do this? Please tell me it's not just mine ( when they were teens that is they are finally past that now. Just!!!) But they wait I'm sure intentionally til u are in bathroom or in bed or on phone and start yelling mum mum mum til I finally hear and rush out to find out what the commotion is ask what's going on only to be met with nothing it doesn't matter now u took too long or its OK now I've found or such like??? Jeez kid I thought the place was on fire 🔥 🙈🙈

Mine is cross with her dad because he didnt notice she had dyed her hair pink and purple.

However she is also cross because I didnt react the way she was expecting to the hair. Apparently saying it looks good but please remember blue based dyes can be a bugger to wash out isnt the right reaction. She complained to my mum who is sorting out a load of photos of me at about the same age with many different dye jobs. Also my hair is currently Fire Hydrant red so I cant moan about hers. hers is a very sublte colour where as mine screams RED!!!!

(Only because it meant she could have my iPhone X rather than the 6 she was currently using that is beyond workable due to numerous dropping incidents)

I had the audacity to say hello to one of his friends that I hadn't met before. The shame.

My actual existence, when we were shopping in town, was pretty fucking awful apparently.

Because I bought myself an iPhone 13 mini. 😆

My 14 year old is mortified that I bought his school photo this year (his Nana asked me to buy it for her I think they are overpriced) because apparently having to go and collect it from student services was the most embarrassing thing ever and his friends will think his parents give a shit about him and that is really not cool.

Sounds like the reason lots of these teens are so horrible is because they have so much given to them/done for them. We never had ANY of the treats these privileged kids get and we were always so grateful for small things. Perhaps having a little less might help breed a bit more gratitude when they are given something?

Years ago one Christmas I bought my then DP (now DH!) a mini break for the two of us. The two DCs (then aged 12 and 13) called me “selfish and horrible” for not including them in the arrangements. Their actions reduced me to tears and for me the day was ruined. DP told them he was going to come up with a suitable punishment and they’d have to wait until NEXT Christmas to find out what it was.
The following Christmas morning he sat me at a dining table opposite the back doors, handed the kids hi-vis waterproofs and told them they were going to wash and valet my car to my exact satisfaction while I ate smoked salmon and drank prosecco.
The neighbours came out to watch…the sight of these two grumpy teens washing a car on Xmas morning was quite a sight. Of course they had to do several bits of it again before the car met my exacting standards of inspection.
They are now lovely human beings and have never forgotten that punishment!!!

@bendmeoverbackwards
Anyone have a teen who prefers one parent to another? Dd3 (14.5) just can’t stand her dad at the moment. It’s very hard for him. He’s a kind loving father and she’s so nasty to him. I’m hoping it’s just a phase.

Yes, my just turned 19yo DD has been doing this for the last couple of years or so. Only it's me she targets, not her dad. I'm hoping it's a phase too🥴

I love this thread, it makes me feel so normal, I have 2 dds, one is 19 and generally isn’t to bad but so many of these comments sounds like what we have experienced with the 17 year old. When do they grow out of it?