I am the meanest mum in the world

[numberonecook]

I have spoken to my 3 DCs over the last year several times each about closing cupboards in the bathroom. When the door of the cupboard is left open it gets stuck in the main bathroom door when you close it and the back of the knob is starting to make a hole in the main door.

Today Dd9 slammed the main door, the cupboard door handle finally went into the wood. I told her I’d mentioned this several times and now I’m cross I’m going to have to fix it.

She started with the attitude.

I said ‘ive had enough of your lip you never listen to me, please finish in there then go to your room’ To which she replied I’m the meanest mum in the world!

Apparently I can’t be because my friends have said they are in fact they are meanest mums in the world

What makes you the meanest mum/dad in the world? (Light hearted)

You are not the meanest mum in the world!! I am! My dd is confident that my forcing her to brush her hair, sleep at night, eat occasionally- and worst of all, change her underwear daily makes me the absolute worst mother and if she had access to a mobile she'd have reported me by now!

My 7year still likes me to be fair. Eldest Dd is 10 the attitude is sometimes beyond belief

You can't be, because I apparently am as I made my dc tidy their room this morning under threat of my cancelling their planned sleepover this evening.

I’m mean as I wouldn’t play monopoly at 0500

Oh I'm mean because I ask her to wash her face and brush her teeth after breakfast/before bedtime. Then when I tell her its bedtime. Even if I allow a late night, 9pm for example, I'm still very mean.

No I am because I wouldn’t let dd go shopping with my credit card (she’s 13!)

None of you are the meanest because I am. I made my daughter go for a wee before we left the house earlier AND I wouldn't let my 2 year old have an ice cream just before lunch.

It's raining here, I've just sat down with a cup of tea after doing housework all morning and I'm the meanest Mum because I won't play Jenga.
This request has come about because I have told my 11 year old to come off his PlayStation for a break and he thinks I will entertain him instead.

Because I won’t buy ds a Nintendo Switch and “everyone has one”.

He has a ds3. And a tablet, and a laptop.

Yes, I am cruella d’ville.

I'm currently the meanest mum in the world, because I've told DS1 his request for a £320 coat for school will NOT be happening and he can pick a cheaper one!

If he was climbing Everest I could see the need for a £320 North Face coat. For walking from the house to the school bus (outside our driveway!) and the school bus to school I'm not paying that!

He has a basic North Face waterproof that looks brand new still, so he isn't coatless!

Worst mother in the world here because I made my son have a shower-in fairness he honked
Again cos I wouldn’t let my daughter go to a party-overnight aged 12

Like I used to say to them-I’m your mother not your friend

I'm the meanest mum in the world because I'm dragging all of my DCs to South of France on an extreme sports holiday followed by a week at a luxury hotel. Apparently they are embarrassed because their friends are having AI holidays in Spain and that more fun.

My DD(10) for the past 4 years has always conveniently taken ill the day before sports day. (Is fine with P.E, I think she just feels embarrassed in front of all the parents at sports day).
I know her game by now, but this year is the first year I mentioned it to her.
She came out school in full actress mode. She insisted she needed the next day off school.
She forgets to keep the act up once we're home though. Playing, eating, running around.
I called her out on it. Said it was a miraculous recovery. Her face dropped and she told me I was the meanest mum for not believing her.

@InTheHeatofLisbon How very dare you not buy your son a £320 coat - it's the law you know!
I'm a mean Mum cos I still get DD15 to hand her phone in on a school night at 10pm because 'none of my friends have to'
My stock reply; 'well they would if I was their Mum'

Gosh nice to know I'm not alone. I'm the meanest mum because I wouldnt let my DD eat 5 large squares of millionaire shortbread 😂

I'm the meanest mum in the world for asking my 4 year old to not dig out all the soaked compost from the plant pots and throw it all over the artificial lawn.

@Livebythecoast I know eh? I'm just the most cruel woman in the world!

Ahaha DS1 says similar, and I respond the way you do

He kept slamming his bedroom door and didn't heed the warnings so it spent a night in the loft I was a horrible evil mum that day

No no - I am the meanest mum, because I ask my DDs to tidy up after themselves. And because I never ever do anything nice for them (apparently buying them new clothes, feeding them, being a taxi and making sure they get to school on time doesn't count). I have to hide the phone, as every time I tell DD1 off she threatens to phone the police and report me for being an abusive mother. Sigh.

I worry because DD has plenty of reasons to say this but never does. When I get arsey and say “I know, I know, I’m just the meanest mum” she gets teary and says “no, you’re not!”

3 years til teenager, I should just enjoy it while it lasts I’m sure.

My claim to being meanest mum is not agreeing with teen DS that a new bass guitar costing £1,500 is a purchase I want to make, despite the fact I would be "investing in his future". My comment that he could invest in actually having a future by cleaning his bedroom was met with disdain.

@InTheHeatofLisbon - so it spent the night in the loft - your son or the phone??!!🤣

I'm the meanest mum in the world because I turned off the Xbox after 5 hours of minecraft. I fucking hate minecraft. I fucking hate the fucking Xbox.

@Yabbers. My boys the same and he’s nearly 11. I think we should both just be grateful

Mine went through 5 stages of grief after being asked to get dressed today

Livebythecoast neither, his bedroom door spent the night in the loft because I was fed up hearing it slam funnily enough that wee habit has stopped since he got it back on!