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When I go to my children's houses when they're grown up I'm going to

619 replies

Dustingdemon · 15/10/2022 10:03

Put a nearly empty milk bottle back in the fridge.
Turn on all the lights in the house and leave.
Tell them at 10pm that I need something desperately for the next day that they have absolutely no way of getting in time.

Your turn.

OP posts:
ofwarren · 15/10/2022 10:04

Eat all the food and leave all the plates and cups in the bedroom upstairs.

FionnulaTheCooler · 15/10/2022 10:05

Leave the towels in a damp heap on the bathroom floor instead of hanging them up properly.

Nospringchickendipper · 15/10/2022 10:07

I am going to leave wet towels on the floor and take all the glasses and cups upstairs to leave until they have mould on them.
Im also going to eat all there favourite snacks that they have hidden in the fridge and cupboards 😀

nomistake · 15/10/2022 10:11

Bang on the toilet door as soon as their arse touches the seat and scream as if im being murdered, then ask for a snack when they open the toilet door with their trousers round their ankles.

MassiveSalad22 · 15/10/2022 10:11

Oh! I thought this would be things like ‘use my initiative and do some housework’, ‘let them hold their new baby and I’ll run the hoover around and make teas and provide biscuits’ Etc 😄 I.e things I wish my parents would do 😄 but I can see this perspective too.

Howmanysleepsnow · 15/10/2022 10:13

Shove my dirty socks behind the sofa cushion/ down the side of the bookcase to save walking to the laundry basket.
leave a trail of shoes, coats and book bags behind me wherever I go.
Turn on all the lights in broad daylight.
Eat 6 yoghurts in one sitting and leave the lids on the table.
Ask them for a drink/ snack the second they sit down, every single time, even if I’ve literally just had one.

Rabidturnip · 15/10/2022 10:13

When babysitting for as yet to exist dgc, I will put them to bed in non matching pyjamas and dress them wearing odd socks <evil cackle>. Playing the long game at revenge for all the non matching jamas and odd socks I find in the wash 😂

CharlotteSt · 15/10/2022 10:13

FionnulaTheCooler · 15/10/2022 10:05

Leave the towels in a damp heap on the bathroom floor instead of hanging them up properly.

No no no. Leave them on the bed. The wetter the better.

Rabidturnip · 15/10/2022 10:14

Ooh and leave yoghurt/dessert pots with a spoon stuck in them and abandon the lids on the sofa 🙄

Allschoolsareartschools · 15/10/2022 10:16

Open something they were saving for dinner & have it for lunch ignoring all the 'lunch' food in the fridge.
Tread mud upstairs.
Borrow their makeup/hairbrush whatever & leave it somewhere they can't find it.
Roll soaking towels into a ball & shove them on top of a radiator that's not even on because they'll definitely dry right?

Threadkillacilla · 15/10/2022 10:16

Hide empty drinks cans behind every door and curtain.
Scatter frozen chips and nuggets in the bottom of freezer draws.

Allschoolsareartschools · 15/10/2022 10:18

....oh & leave all dirty cups, glasses etc on the landing windowsill so it looks like something from Wetherspoons.

NoSquirrels · 15/10/2022 10:18

Want to talk to them about complex emotional issues at the most inconvenient time I can find.

Ask them at extremely short notice and the most inconvenient moment for exact change, an uncommonly found household item or to ‘just’ log into some fiendish website to check a box on a form or print out something.

Ask them to find something of mine that I’ve ‘lost’ - I promise I’ve looked everywhere and I’ll shout at them whilst they try to help (at short notice and the most inconvenient moment, natch).

NoSquirrels · 15/10/2022 10:19

Scatter frozen chips and nuggets in the bottom of freezer draws.

Oh! This is a good one. I’ll leave the empty nugget packets, though.

MrsGhastlyCrumb · 15/10/2022 10:20

Rabidturnip · 15/10/2022 10:14

Ooh and leave yoghurt/dessert pots with a spoon stuck in them and abandon the lids on the sofa 🙄

Amateur. What you do is crush the pots, leave about a third full and place upside down on the arm of the sofa- preferably overnight...

EarringsandLipstick · 15/10/2022 10:21

nomistake · 15/10/2022 10:11

Bang on the toilet door as soon as their arse touches the seat and scream as if im being murdered, then ask for a snack when they open the toilet door with their trousers round their ankles.

Brilliant! 😂

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 15/10/2022 10:21

Leave food (grains in our case) that I know full well will make their dog fart like a hellmouth at dog level and walk out of the room.

Stay in their shower for up to an hour, day after day, sometimes twice a day, until their bathroom is full of dampness.

EarringsandLipstick · 15/10/2022 10:21

Eat 6 yoghurts in one sitting and leave the lids on the table.
Oh yes - yogurt-side down!

Righthandcider · 15/10/2022 10:22

I'll have very, very long showers without opening any windows to let out the steam. I will spray myself with huge quantities of Lynx to mingle with said steam then open the door so everyone can enjoy it. I'll leave my soaking wet towel bunched up on hook to 'dry' on the back of my door. I'll immediately lock myself in the bathroom on arrival for a very long poo. I will relocate all their phone chargers. And when travelling by car, I will hand them a sweet wrapper, an apple core, a banana skin or an empty sandwich package at regular intervals.

PuttingDownRoots · 15/10/2022 10:22

Take the dirty washing out the basket and put it next to it

CoodleMoodle · 15/10/2022 10:23

Leave a trail hair clips/bands/scrunchies in DD's house. And a similar trail of Hot Wheels in DS's house.

Complain that I'm still hungry after eating anything. Especially if I've left half the food on my plate, of course.

Suggest that we do a jigsaw together and then bugger off after the first ten pieces because it's "too hard", then complain if they don't finish it on my behalf.

Wait until they're doing something they can't leave (eg cooking), then pick a fight with DH/decide I need a wee and can't possibly go by myself/need help with my homework/want to show them my colouring. I will scream as if I'm being stabbed and then be upset when they're annoyed.

Martinisarebetterdirty · 15/10/2022 10:23

Stand over them when they are working from home because I’m bored and can’t possibly find anything to entertain myself. Decide the moment they are taking a hot pan out of the oven is the exact moment I need to push past to go to the bin. Sigh loudly and when asked what is wrong say nothing.

bashual · 15/10/2022 10:23

Get their own children to ask them how babies are made....while they're negotiating the M1/M25 interchange at rush hour ( cos that's what my youngest did to me Grin)

GodammitGodric · 15/10/2022 10:24

Bring a big box of lego and tip it out on the floor. I will repeat this several times a day.

Then I'll get kinetic sand and play doh which I shall sprinkle liberally over their new sofas

Bigslippers · 15/10/2022 10:24

Pee on the toilet seat and jump on the beds