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Things teenagers don't believe

118 replies

sadbutdontknowwhy · 17/12/2023 09:33

I'll start...

That buses don't run on Boxing Day.
(DS15 wants to go to the local football with friends, I asked how he was getting there he said bus.....)

Next???

OP posts:
Woush · 17/12/2023 12:38

I was recently trying to explain to my newly-passes-first-car-owning teen that petrol costs a lot and makes frequent "just going for a drive" excursions prohibitive.

He eye rolled and poo-pooed me... Until about 2 weeks after owning a car.

Lilithlogic · 17/12/2023 12:40

That when you ask them to pass you something, it is never ever on the ceiling.

Woush · 17/12/2023 12:45

Oh, another interesting older teen one I just remembered:

19yo DD came to her 9yo sister's harvest festival service at church with me. She chose to because she was off uni. "This is really boring" she whispered to me.

Yes - but we still always went and spent hours smiling and saying how much we loved it when you were little! Now it's sisters turn.

MuchuseasaChocolateTeapot · 17/12/2023 12:45

My DD doesn’t believe anything needs to be planned in advance. Restaurants, holidays, trips to anywhere really. It will all just magically happen (because I suppose it does until you reach a certain age!)

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 17/12/2023 12:51

That lynx isn't a deodorant

Yes it is, it just isn't an anti-perspirant.

tobee · 17/12/2023 12:52

That the things they hold as the correct cultural and societal worldview will be replaced by the generations to come. And they will be thought of as out of touch, dinosaurs on the wrong side of history.

Mummyoflittledragon · 17/12/2023 12:53

RedheadRedBed · 17/12/2023 11:54

That microwaves haven't always been around . Only 3 channels and no mobiles and internet when I was a teenager. My DC said life wasn't worth living . Oh yes it was ! No mobiles to record all the fun we had in pubs and clubs .

Exactly. My 15 yo dd doesn’t believe that life was a lot more fun in those days. She scoffs at the antics that I got up to as not wanting to know and showing off to make myself look good. The university I went to is now a dry campus. O M G. We used to party our arses off at the student Union.

Gladrags1234 · 17/12/2023 12:55

tobee · 17/12/2023 12:52

That the things they hold as the correct cultural and societal worldview will be replaced by the generations to come. And they will be thought of as out of touch, dinosaurs on the wrong side of history.

My twenty somethings have yet to learn this!

Mummyoflittledragon · 17/12/2023 12:57

HidingFromDD · 17/12/2023 12:15

That there is a natural and completely free form of light if they just open the curtains. Oh, and that they’re not going to whither an turn to dust like vampires if said natural form of light happens to touch their skin

😂😂

hennybeans · 17/12/2023 13:03

That you will feel so much better having to get up at 7 am on a Monday morning if you haven’t slept in until 4pm on Saturday and Sunday and stayed up all night. That it’s good to get a bit of daylight and open curtains in the winter. Even some fresh air won’t actually kill you.

MadeOfAllWork · 17/12/2023 13:07

tobee · 17/12/2023 12:52

That the things they hold as the correct cultural and societal worldview will be replaced by the generations to come. And they will be thought of as out of touch, dinosaurs on the wrong side of history.

’I used to be with it until they changed what it was.’

Angrymum22 · 17/12/2023 13:11

Freshair1 · 17/12/2023 12:05

Sorry to be a sourpuss but all of these teenagers seem to be remarkably pampered? Are they not told 'no' I won't take you to the cinema/wash your hoody/sort your cooking/rearrange my plans? Genuinely. How are you all running around after them like slaves?

If you are still at the pre teenage stage then you will soon find out. Nothing to do with pampering, everything to do with the re-wiring of the brain in mid to late teens. That wonderfully motivated, blessed with heaps of common sense, sensible 11yr old just goes rogue.

travellinglighter · 17/12/2023 13:12

My two (19 and 21) have yet to learn that I may have done exactly what they’re planning to do and that the consequences may not be what they expect.

I’m getting a tattoo and I won’t ever regret it.
I don’t need to go to uni.
I can eat crap and not get fat.
Male pattern baldness won’t affect me baldy.

I’m literally living proof standing in front of them.

MrsMurphyIWish · 17/12/2023 13:36

Your parents used to be fun too! We have had far wider experiences than your YouTube influencer heroes!

DH has shown DCs the photo of him doing the second tallest bungy jump in the world and they don't believe it is him.

FreebieWallopFridge · 17/12/2023 13:42

That shoes will get wet in the rain

That shoes will get muddy on wet grass

That shoes will end up ruined if not looked after

Even when evidence of this is right in front of his face (or on his feet).

honeylulu · 17/12/2023 13:46

That putting empty milk cartons back in the fridge and empty cereal packets back in the cupboard will not stimulate them into being magically refilled.

That I do quite a difficult job where people pay for my opinion (lawyer) and I'm not just some clueless old biddy who knows nothing. (Actually eldest did some work experience st my firm and was a bit shocked so I think I've dealt with that one.)

That I'm generally considered quite an attractive woman (for my age haha).

That the fact that i earn a salary doesn't mean that I can't just pull limitless money out of my arse.

That I used to go clubbing at 14 and that was totally normal in the late 80s/early 90s.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 17/12/2023 13:53

Any form of forward planning.

Mine is still getting to grips with personal hygiene too.

Jessie278 · 17/12/2023 14:02

There's busses in London for Boxing Day.

Jessie278 · 17/12/2023 14:02

*on. It's only Christmas Day they don't run.

Doggymummar · 17/12/2023 14:03

Muchtoomuchtodo · 17/12/2023 09:40

That they’ll need to book the restaurant they want to go to on Thursday in advance.

They may have left it too late already but there’s no chance they’ll get a table for 8 without pre booking.

Unless it's Nandos then they will stand and wait

BoomBoom70 · 17/12/2023 14:04

Can’t eat leftovers.

Anything from the takeaway is always better than home cooked made from scratch.

HerRoyalNotness · 17/12/2023 14:07

That they need to give advance warning of things they need for physics class in the morning or a birthday present for a friend that afternoon of pick me up from school mom because I need to bring my trumpet home and the band hall is too far from the bus to make it. Texting at 2.45 when school gets out and I am actually working at home not just waiting for their messages all day.

Izit · 17/12/2023 14:12

That if you wear leggings and a belly top and short jacket on a day out in the winter, you WILL be freezing and end up borrowing MY scarf/gloves/cardigan when you could’ve just brought your own and WORN A COAT.

catherinewales · 17/12/2023 14:13

That money doesn't actually grow on trees and £700 for Christmas clothes is reasonable.

Gingernaut · 17/12/2023 14:20

There are Lynx deodorants and Lynx antiperspirants/deodorants - you DO have to look at the labels instead of just standing in the aisles, spraying some into a cap to see how it smells and running down a can that wasn't meant to be a tester...

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