Lost my shit

[blandana]

This is just a thread for venting when your precious darlings press your buttons and make you (temporarily) lose your shit.

I’ve just lost it because:

no one cleaned the table before we sat down to dinner and it was covered in crap from last night

their table manners were so bad, shovelling food in like feral animals

they started clearing plates up and got up without asking while I was still eating

they have tried to go back to screens instead of helping with washing up and clearing away

I’ve switched off the WiFi and they are not getting it back

Fuck screens and screen addiction (yes I’m aware I’m on one now)

HOW do they make a person so damn angry?!!

Lost my shit yesterday morning... came down early to empty the dishwasher in peace and found they had all gone to bed leaving apple cores, banana skins and empty drinks up the arms of the sofa the night before!

I wish someone would take my remote & phone off me at night time.

Erm... wild stab in the dark...

Do you think she's maybe cracking all the eggs in the hope that she might eventually find a real live chick inside one of them?

😄😄😄😭

I lost my shit with DS 12 on Sunday evening over his refusal to wash his (too long, madly thick) hair. It's become a weekly row and I'm so sick of it. I've threatened him with a head shave if he doesn't buck his ideas up.

To make it worse, my PILs had just pulled up outside and heard me screaming at their only grandchild as all the windows were open. They very wisely decided to leave again without coming inside 🙈

Maybe our dogs are related???

I can see where your coming from but at least they started clearing up their plates

Mealtime sounds like a pain ! How do you cope with different meals at separate times?

Just the way it is. Teen has ASD and eats the same thing without chatter around him. I get in an hour before husband goes to bed and my main meal is lunchtime when he's at work. Husband is the only one really interested in food so sorts himself out.

@Allseeingallknowing that’s food and neurodiversity for you. You quickly give up the notion of everyone eating the same family meal off the same unsectioned plates, around a wholesome family table 😂, at the same time …

Added to the normal meal prep dynamic is extreme impatience and intolerance for food being prepared, contamination fears about meat, antipathy toward touching foods and sauces and mushy things.

It’s either deal with that, or have a kid who just doesn’t eat actual food 💁