How has your dc been 'traumatised' this week end?

[Snowymcsnowsony]

Ds 17 managed to drag himself out of bed and off his xbox today to meet a sibling for a socially distanced walk..
Got half way and a seagull shit on his coat!
He came home and got changed!!
Now proclaiming he knew walking was bad for you!!

Dd (3) encountered a fly in the garden. She ran away from it, collided with her brother and now has a fat lip Never a dull moment!

I refused to buy dc a £35 jumper as a birthday present for a friend that only yesterday dc said they didn't talk to.

I'm tight / mean / awful etc.

dd2 didn't get her phone back as she wouldn't apologise

Oh yes walking is v bad for 20year old dd.
She had a headache, got sunburn (north of Scotland in February) and it put her off her food.

Beautiful glacial Loch in the cairngorms. 400m climb. Hardly going to make a healthy young adult's legs fall off.

She has cleaned the kitchen today though so fair play to her. And she held the dog's lead on the way down so I could use both walking poles.

Poor boy. That is 'shit' whatever your age.

My 8yo can't decide between the chocolate sponge and the syrup sponge for pudding tonight.

I didn’t buy pop tarts with the shopping. 17yr old and 14 yr old distinctly unimpressed and have taken great pains to make me understand there is nothing else they can eat for breakfast.

I picked up a random pack in Aldi a couple of weeks ago. Big mistake. They’re not getting any more!

My ds went for an MRI scan for tinnitus type issue and they bombarded his ears with high-pitched sounds for 15 mins which he thinks was just the scanner working....he came out white as a sheet and feeling sick....

Dh told him to man up and that shit happens. He wasn't amused!!

Adult dd isn't amused as her dcat caught a bird and ate it behind the washing machine!!
On the plus side she found 3 lost socks behind there one of the dcats must have dragged there!!
The guilty culprit..

The house rabbits ran a little bit too fast past dd, cue full on meltdown. Apparently nothing is allowed to move any faster than a snails pace at the moment 🤨

DC1 is 9 and has to do a 2 minute presentation for school work. She only has to present it to me so I can record it and upload it to send to her teacher . The tears and tantrums that ensued were hugely traumatic for all of us. Also, we can’t reverse lockdown so non-essential shops are open so I can buy a specific item for her World Book Day costume. When I explained this to her she asked if her Dad could get it for her like I was just saying this to be mean, then announced that she now can’t dress up at all and sulked.
I washed their hair. This is the most traumatic point of the week every week.

I went on a date when I was 16. The young man wore a very nice grey bomber jacket. As we walked along a bird christened it for him.
He tore the jacket off and hurled it over the park wall.
I stupidly retrieved it, washed it and returned it. We’ve now been together 43 years.

Wow I am shocked but I cant actually think of anything from this weekend . Usually something 'bad' always happens.. I forget something in the shopping, or someone doesnt like their dinner... theres always a reason to moan at me, but this weekend there actually wasnt

DS hair was annoying him and "tickling his ears". So I trimmed it with scissors. This made him angry. It doesn't look right. So I offer to shave it off which I've done twice already in lockdown.
It took 3 days. 3 actual days. Because it triggered a meltdown. He didn't like it as it's "too short". I was "hurting his head" (fuck knows how). He didn't like having it done. His DD doesn't have to have their hair shaved all off (it's number 4 setting so not all off). DD retaliated with "actually, I'd love to shave my hair off, Mum won't let me".
He cried for two days.

DD is angry with me as I have said it would not kill them to wear a dress for an hour, 90 minutes tops, for her Dad and I getting married. I've said they can wear one of their choosing. In the colour they want. They can even wear their DocMartens underneath. This is disgraceful apparently.

They have today had a massive slap fest over, well actually I've no idea what. I think DS is having laptop issues. He's a know it all on laptops and can actually be a patronising arse as well. So DD was trying to suggest he puts his coding into a zipped word document so hsmis laptop isn't as full up and laggy. Apparently this is the stupidest idea DS has ever heard. So DD said reload it then. He laughed in their face. So DD clocked him one. He then kicked DD.

I'm frankly sick of the pair of them. Two teens in one house, one with sensory issues, is fucking hard work.

Ds 6 is currently convinced he is going to prison when his teacher finds out he hasn't done much work at home..
A few months of having meals catered for and a room no dc can follow me into sounds quite appealing tbh...

Tell him it’s good luck OP!

Mine was ds12 getting irked coz I didn’t put his bagel on the correct toaster setting, and it only toasted one side of one bagel (don’t ask - it’s a dualit and I’ve no idea how it works). He had a strop and said he couldn’t eat it, it was the last one and he couldn’t even shove it back in the toaster as I’d already buttered it. There was much huffing and puffing. I said fine and went to throw it in the bin at which he suddenly changed his mind and grabbed it out of my hand. He then suffered through the eating of the half toasted bagel and ate every crumb.

I love calling their bluff - so satisfying when they realise they’re being a bit silly!

I asked them to get up as it’s a school day.

Lord help us. 😆

@Tiktokersmiracle my dd did the same. Insisted she would only come to mine and her dads wedding dressed as a dinosaur and defo not in a dress. She was just being awkward and did eventually wear a dress of her choosing and even got her hair curled on the day. She is a massive tomboy so this was huge for her. Good luck

The spinach. Always the spinach.

I turned up at DD's place of work and walked in an embarrassing way.

@Snowymcsnowsony

Ds 17 managed to drag himself out of bed and off his xbox today to meet a sibling for a socially distanced walk.. Got half way and a seagull shit on his coat! He came home and got changed!! Now proclaiming he knew walking was bad for you!!

The exact same happened to my 18 year ole daughter. She didn't take it well either.

The dishwasher left some bits on DSs favourite breakfast bowl AND his favourite T shirt felt too tight AND the internet was a bit slow. He was ready to call Childline.

DS(14) had to go to school for a COVID test. To be fair I have some sympathy for him for that as it isn't pleasant.

Apparently the test was fine. But OMG having to walk a whole 2 miles. A whole mile there AND back. He had to have a lie down because his legs were so tired....

DS 3.5 had a massive tantrum on Saturday. Didn't want his tea, but wanted me to feed him like a baby (no). Told me he didn't love me because I wouldn't let him watch tv (because he didn't eat his tea). Couldn't walk the 2 steps from his bookcase to his chair with the books he wanted to read because he wanted to be carried like a baby (again no) but managed to walk 10 steps away from me to fling himself on the floor and wail ay the injustice of not treating him like a baby.

I asked DD(3) if she’d like some sushi as a treat. She said no. Asked again to be sure. I bought some for myself but none for her. You can guess the rest of the story .

DS 7 is traumatised by the new gate that has been installed on one of the local footpaths, the gate has apparently ruined his weekend and life and just isn't big enough for 3 people to fit through at the same time. The toddler loves it as it makes a loud noise when it closes.

Might give the footpath a miss for a while as the sheep must be due to lamb soon.