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

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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.

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ShreddedMarmalade · 16/10/2022 19:41

Wait until they have either just started showering or just sat on the loo for a shit and then repeatedly yell their name. Once they answer in a an exasperated tone, I shall reveal that I need to know if I can have a third Babybel or not. I shall then eat said cheese and leave the wax on the sofa. I shall also have a rummage in the freezer and not shut the door properly. Then I shall announce that I'm desperate for a wee and how long will they be. Mwahahha

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 16/10/2022 19:41

@SaintDominic Brilliant 😂

I'll eat all the good Celebrations but leave the wrappers still in the tub so they think it's still got good ones.

SaintDominic · 16/10/2022 19:41

When they have guests over, bite anyone under age two when no one is looking. Sit smiling and looking angelic so people can’t believe you’re the culprit.

Myrighteyeball · 16/10/2022 19:42

Only be actually pleasant to to them when I want something, and otherwise communicate via two-word sentences and side eye.

Sigh audibly when I am asked to do anything, even if it is something nice that I asked them to arrange the day before.

Constantly ask to watch Youtube on the only TV in the house, and never be dissuaded even if they always always say no.

Make up for the above by randomly hugging them and telling them they are pretty. Then immediately leaving the milk out.

Mary28 · 16/10/2022 19:43

Slam all their external doors esp their expensive front, back and patio doors with glass in them, for no real reason other than I couldn't be arsed closing them properly with the handle.
I might piss on their bathroom floor and wipe it with the shower mat so they won't notice for a day or two until the smell gets quite bad.
Use the toilet, put loads of loo roll into it and then stick the toilet brush into toilet so it gets lots of toilet paper stuck in it and put it dripping back into it's holder.
If I stay in their house and they end up doing my laundry I will take my underwear and pants off as one and inside out, so they'll have to separate the two before washing.
Obviously I'll only put anything into the dishwasher if they stand over me to make me do it, they may need to call me back into the kitchen to get me to do this but that won't make me learn to do it automatically.
I will walk away when they are trying to talk to me and try to start conversations with them when I am in a different part of the house and expect them to understand wtf I am on about.
Expect them to know where everything I own is at any given moment.

Mummyto3ginismyfriend · 16/10/2022 19:43

Insist that the only shower I could possibly use is the master ensuite then leave dirty clothes and the wet towels on the bed.

Hide every charger in the house.

Hide snack wrappers down the back of radiitors, the sofa, under cushions and behind the TV.

NotMeNoNo · 16/10/2022 19:43

As soon as I get there I'll turn all the lights in the house on. If daytime, I'll close all the curtains. If night, I'll open them so everyone can see me wandering around, with or without a dressing gown.

SaintDominic · 16/10/2022 19:44

@BellaTheDarkOverlord even better I will EAT half a chocolate and put it back in the posh chocolate box, doing this with a number of them just before you offer them to a guest.

fetchacloth · 16/10/2022 19:44

Not empty the dishwasher and continue putting dirty cups and glasses in it.
Leave wet towels on the bathroom floor.
Come home from work and leave my jacket and tie on the sofa and leave the rest of the dirty laundry on the bedroom floor.
Never clean the lavatory after use or the bath or shower.
Dump the washing up in the sink
Offer to cook dinner, using every cooking utensil available in the kitchen so that the said kitchen looked like we had been burgled.
Etc, etc...

That was my ex husband . Thank goodness we didn't have children as being married to him was like being married to a child 😡

ladygindiva · 16/10/2022 19:44

I'll get everything out of every drawer and cupboard and scatter them throughout the house. Then I'll demand snacks every 5 minutes and scatter the crumbs everywhere. I'll finish up by drawing on their settee.

georgarina · 16/10/2022 19:48

Throw all of the kids' toys out of the toybox and, when asked to clean them up, say there are 'too many' and it would be 'too boring.'

Thereluctantgrownup · 16/10/2022 19:49

Leave my shoes in the middle of the hallway for them to trip over.
Tell them all my life's problems 5 minutes before bedtime.
Wear a t-shirt for approx 10 minutes before putting it in their laundry basket to be washed for no reason
🤣

3peassuit · 16/10/2022 19:50

Take every single item of clothes they own and throw them on the bedroom floor. Male coffee rings on their table. Chuck wet towels on their beds.

Eddie16 · 16/10/2022 19:52

I will insist on coming with you to the toilet, you thought you were sneaking off for a quiet poo and a look at your phone, don't be stupid, I WANT your attention NOW!

Compliment you loudly for the wee you have done in the toilet then ask why you have a hairy foof in the loo at Asda, while the other stall occupants snigger. Try to open the door before you pull your trousers up so everyone can see your hairy foof.

Existential questions while trying to drive the car, scream if you are being murdered if you don't answer immediately even though you are trying to navigate a busy roundabout.

Slip piles of crap into shopping trolley, and then make huge fuss at checkout because you are a horrible mummy who tries to put stuff back.

Steal sweets from corner shop and have to listen to why it is wrong to steal sweets etc while sobbing loudly with snot dripping out of your face.

Go through your handbag and whatever is in there of interest, say tissues, drinks, sweets or handcream, declare it yours and throw a strop when trying to stop you from hiding bank cards, cash etc.

Fart on you at random intervals 'because I love you'.

Cry lots when you are told to not to do something in mummy's work eg taking the bin bags out, demand to speak to everyone in mummy's work and then go into the loo in mummy's work as it's a new place to pee in, tell everyone what you did in the toilet and expect compliments.

Hog the bed and snore while sleeping on top of mummy as you can't be apart from her, wobble mummy's boobies prefably in public even though we are far too old for breastfeeding and try to flip them over mummy's shoulders when she isn't wearing a bra even though they don't go that way and mummy is threatening you that she will take all your money from birthday, Christmas or any other event and pay for new boobies/hip replacement etc.

Toss all sofa cushions around the room, use as stepping stones, eat only chicken nuggets for dinner and generally act like a twat at all times.

AdoraBell · 16/10/2022 19:53

Take midnight snacks into the bedroom, leave said food on the floor, under the bed and down the wall.

Refuse to put a jumper on to warm myself and have a 30 minute hot shower instead.

rosegoldwatcher · 16/10/2022 19:55

When my youngest grandaughter (6 as we speak) has a house I will do my nails sitting on the dining room floor - whilst being not very well supervised by her husband.
When the inevitable happens I will wake her from her nap shrieking, "We had an accident on your carpet with your red nail varnish!"
If her husband is as clueless as mine he will have had the brilliant idea of pouring a bottle of nail varnish remover over the red and given it all a good rub.)

LadyFarquinMark · 16/10/2022 19:56

I'm going to pick my nose and wipe the bogeys on the side of the armchair.

I'll hide their ipod under the chest of drawers and not pull it out to play with agan until they've bought a new one.

For my packed lunch, I'll insist on having smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches, then leave it uneaten to be thrown away the following morning.

I guess I'll also have to be so bloody loveable they'll forgive me anything 😂

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 16/10/2022 19:57

@SaintDominic I think you must know my DD 😂

Snozwanger · 16/10/2022 19:58

Wipe bogies in a nice neat row on the carpet underneath their sofa.

FlibbertyGibbitt · 16/10/2022 19:59

I’ll be taking all the forks and teaspoons from their cutlery sets and lose them so they have a zillion knives left and nothing else 🥳

Shanksponyorbust · 16/10/2022 19:59

Pinch a packet of biscuits, scoff them all and hide the empty packet and crumbs under a cushion on the sofa.

EchoPark · 16/10/2022 20:00

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Chocolatepringles · 16/10/2022 20:00

Sniff loudly all the time and talk with my mouth full.

EchoPark · 16/10/2022 20:01

Decant a lot of their vodka, that they keep in the freezer, into my own bottle and take it to a party.

Cunningly cover this up by refilling their vodka bottle with water.

Be completely surprised that they figured out I did this. Who knew water freezes and turns into ice when in the freezer? Certainly not me with my 9 As at GCSE level, including in all three sciences.

mam0918 · 16/10/2022 20:04

Tip every box of stuff all over the floor just to get 1 item

Stand over them as they work saying I want to play insert game every minute

Smear/hide poo somewhere so they have to sniff it out

Cry loudly on the floor for NO reason

Kick the headboard at 4am until they get up and as soon as they are wide awake then instantly complain Im tired.

Smoosh quavers (or any food really) into the carpet

Walk in a room bend over to pick up something farting loudly then instantly leave without even acknowledging anything happened