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How have you ruined your child's life? (Lighthearted)

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Houseofvelour · 21/01/2022 17:05

(Let's keep this lighthearted)

Today I ruined DD's life by giving her the blue bowl when apparently I should've given her the Pooh Bear bowl. Cue a good twenty minutes of screaming. 🙃

How have you ruined your children's lives today? 😂

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prettygirlincrimsonrose · 22/01/2022 20:01

DD (10 months) - moving things she was planning to put in her mouth, stopping her tearing books, putting on something warm for going outside, not providing food the second she's in her high chair...

DS (4) - getting more reasonable, but last week he was distraught we were walking on the wrong side of the road after nursery.

user159 · 22/01/2022 20:05

Devastated that we couldn't take our cat to the supermarket with us! Proper tears and everything...

MoonlightFancy · 22/01/2022 20:09

I wouldn’t let DD1 (4) being a carrot to bed with her. I wouldn’t let DS2 (3) launch himself head first off the armchair onto the floor. I also explained to him that he could not web swing like Spider-Man so he would get hurt.

I’ve already booked them into therapy, don’t worry.

MrsAvocet · 22/01/2022 20:09

I've been informed that I've ruined my teenagers life twice today. Firstly, I'm guilty of passing on my shortarse genes, thus ensuring that he is not very tall. Then my attempt to reassure him by listing all the highly successful short men I could think of was met by "You're really not helping here Mother!" (If anyone can help me with the names of any short men who were/are neither despotic military dictators nor talented but drug addled/morally questionable rock musicians I'd be grateful by the way ...)

Mercedes519 · 22/01/2022 20:12

I told off someone in the street for dropping litter. DD (11) was mortified.

I am turning into my mother. In my defence I had just spent 20 minutes litter picking and so was somewhat annoyed at seeing someone so brazenly dropping more.

Today she was annoyed because she told me to stop talking to her…and I stopped talking to her.

Sighs…

HeyUpits2022 · 22/01/2022 20:13

DD (5) is not speaking to me. I asked her to clean her teeth before bed.

She hasn't had any sweets today so according to her rules, her teeth don't need cleaning. When I said well that would mean you'd only clean your teeth a couple of times a week, she actually went "harrumph"!!!! and stomped off to.the bathroom.

am enjoying the peace to be honest

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 22/01/2022 20:16

I washed my nearly 2 year olds hair. He was apoplectic.

Fayekrista · 22/01/2022 20:34

13 Yr old son has kickboxing 7-8pm.

Said "mum can I just have beans on toast & I'll have something extra when I get back" cos I don't want to be too full....
yep, no problem...
he said can you make them now please... yep, no problem.

Apparently I made them too fast & he's not ready to eat yet!!!? 🤣🤷‍♀️

(I told him he can make his own in future!)

Norgie · 22/01/2022 20:50

By saying hello to their friends when they were around 12 instead of hiding in a cupboard or something.
I mean, the sheer audacity of it!

MurciaMarmalade · 22/01/2022 20:59

Looking at photos with DD5 the other day, came across some from when she was about 2. She asked 'do I still have that dress?'. Explained, no, you grew out of it and I gave it away. Cue immediate wailing...'but there is something I need in the pocket!'.
From 3 years ago...Hmm

QueenofLouisiana · 22/01/2022 21:13

Announced that I was getting a dog. It would be my dog, I would care for the dog and pay for and organise any additional care the dog would need. This was not a big surprise as we had a dog before and I was finally ready after missing her for years.

Getting a dog was unreasonable. Getting a dog wouldn’t work for us. Getting a different breed was terrible, did I know anything about this type of dog? I had ruined everything.

He reluctantly came to meet the dogs we were looking at. We left with ‘my’ dog, which had now been named by DS. DS feeds him, walks him, plays with him and is clearly the dog’s favourite human.

Now I’ve ruined DS’s life as the dog can’t go to uni with him in 18 months.

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Houseofvelour · 22/01/2022 21:13

@MurciaMarmalade

Looking at photos with DD5 the other day, came across some from when she was about 2. She asked 'do I still have that dress?'. Explained, no, you grew out of it and I gave it away. Cue immediate wailing...'but there is something I need in the pocket!'. From 3 years ago...Hmm
You've basically ruined her life you know 😂😂
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Invasionofthegutsnatchers · 22/01/2022 21:17

I bought 11yo a phone for her birthday, new Samsung a52. Got an unbreakable plastic case fir it and a tempered glass screen cover thing. She was OK with the case but hated the cover and pulled it off
Last night she lay on the floor kicking and screaming because there were a few tiny scratches on the phone.

I have ordered more screen protectors 🙄

LuluBlakey1 · 22/01/2022 21:24

I bought round apples and he wanted a square apple. I cut it into a square apple shape but it was 'just pretending to be a square one - it hasn't even got its coat on now and I don't want it'. So I ate it and he threw himself on the floor sobbing and told DH I 'tookd' his apple.

Am I bovvered tho?

Thatsplentyjack · 22/01/2022 21:27

@notawittyname1954

My 37 year old son claims I scarred him for life because I made him wear corduroy trousers
To be fair, you probably did.
IWasHotInTheNineties · 22/01/2022 21:28

By saying it’s bedtime at 9.45pm on a school night
My 9 year old told my brother how I was mean and evil by doing this Shock

Wineisoverrated · 22/01/2022 21:29

I packed a paw patrol towel when she went swimming with her class for the first time.

She was FURIOUS.

SilverPeacock · 22/01/2022 21:29

By not agreeing to get her an iphone when every single other person of her age (13) has one apparently.

110APiccadilly · 22/01/2022 21:34

Didn't let her eat her porridge until it had cooled down enough not to burn her mouth.

Earlier in the week DH offered her the wrong crayon. I was on a work call and had to mute my mic, even though I was a couple of rooms away.

Blizy · 22/01/2022 21:37

I ruined my toddlers day by not allowing her to to sit in the tumble dryer.

Thoughtsarrivelikebutterflies5 · 22/01/2022 21:43

Because she didn't want square toast, she wanted triangle toast...after asking for square toast. Then didn't want triangle toast, wanted circle toast 🥴

Then because I opened a banana she asked me to open!!

2.5 year olds are fun

aramox1 · 22/01/2022 21:48

Put ScreenTime on his iphone so it goes off at night

Corsirosenthalbox · 22/01/2022 21:58

What is it with teenagers and breathing?
I don’t think I breathe more loudly than the average human but it seems to be a problem whenever they have friends round.
(And I provide lavish amounts of food)
Apparently I should be invisible, inaudible and pretend I don’t live here

To be fair they’re lovely when it’s just us.

Invasionofthegutsnatchers · 22/01/2022 23:24

@LuluBlakey1 the apple without its coat on is just too cute 🤗

TheBestSpoon · 22/01/2022 23:37

I put the sauce for his chicken and veg noodles on top of his chicken and veg noodles. It should have been on the side, apparently. Then I told him that when his brother is three, he will be six. The very idea of ever being six caused a volcanic Tantrum of Doom... It's very hard being a pre-schooler!