Teenagers!

[ILoveMaxiBondi]

Me: DS2(9) can you empty the dishwasher please?

DS2:

Me: DS1(13) can you fill the dishwasher please?

DS1: huh? Er, yeah.

Me: DS! Dishwasher please!

DS: I know.

Me: right, can you do the dishwasher now!

DS: isn’t it funny how animals don’t have chores? like, they just do nothing and have no stress.

Me: come on!

DS: more cuddling of dog. Talking to dog about the luxury of not having to wash his dishes.

Me: CAN YOU PLEASE DO WHAT IVE ASKED YOU TO DO!?

DS:

Was I really the one in the wrong there?

LOL. Nope. ?

Nah - but he's an amateur. Did he not get into "they aren't all my dishes" "I'm not your slave" "you don't love me anyway" "None of my friends have to do the dishes" etc etc etc. The whole dog thing was a nice touch though.... :o

Yes please!

The dog is a new tactic, he’s tried all that other stuff before and it gets short shrift.

I don't even bother asking.

My 20yo has just loaded the dishwasher and wiped kitchen surfaces. He did nothing in his teen years.

DH asked 13yo to load the DHs washer yesterday. She put in two mugs and turned it on, leaving the things she'd used to make a cake stacked next to the sink.

I just do it myself. It's less effort.

She put in two mugs and turned it on, leaving the things she'd used to make a cake stacked next to the sink.

deliberately or just didn’t bother looking round to see what needed washed?

DS did eventually fill it but left loads sitting around. I called him back. He tried again and missed stuff again, called him back again. Apparently this means I’m “never happy”

I call DS2 "half job harry" as strangely he can never work out where to put some of the stuff away, even though he has no problem getting them out the cupboards to dirty them in the first place...

Oh yes I know that one too!

DS “where does this go?”

Me “the pizza cutter? The piece of kitchenware you hold dearest to your heart?”

DS “yeah well you always put stuff in stupid places”

Me “like the cutlery drawer?”

I expect the dishwasher to be emptied/filled while I'm at work so I don't expect to come home and find stuff on the worktop or only putting your own stuff in. I just say that next time i'm cooking or washing etc I'll just do my own and how do they think the house would work if we all only did our own stuff? They are mostly pretty good but they are older than 13. I remember those days well though...

Yes I feel like I have “well I don’t wear your clothes but guess who bloody washed them last week!” On repeat at the minute.

Take the phone off him and once he has done dishwasher tell him to take the dog he loves so much for a walk?

Oh he’s done it now lollypop. Begrudgingly.

DH asked 13yo to load the DHs washer yesterday. She put in two mugs and turned it on, leaving the things she'd used to make a cake stacked next to the sink.

This also happens in our house. DD (also 13) enjoys baking, but seems pathologically unable to wash up the utensils. Same with putting away her clean clothes and generally keeping things tidy.
We refer to her room as her "lair" - it's sometimes tidy, but normally not.

I came home from work one day and discovered my teenagers had gone to their dads for the weekend but had left the shower running and the front door wide open. They are interesting creatures

This thread is hilarious. My 2 are exactly the same...

Me: shouldn't you be studying instead of watching more videos of people doing their eyebrows on YouTube?
DD (15): yeah I'm going to
Me: when?
DD: when you stop nagging me
Me: I'll stop nagging when you start studying
DD: I'll start studying when you stop nagging
Repeat ad infinitum

😂