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AIBU?

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Original poster

To make all the teenagers in the country go and live together!!!

64 replies

mrsshears · 27/02/2012 07:34

So they can all put up with each others disorganisation,moodiness and general PITA'ness so we don't have too!!! aarrgghh

OP posts:
TheOneWithTheHair · 27/02/2012 07:35

Bad morning then? :)

Original poster
mrsshears · 27/02/2012 07:36

does it show? Grin

OP posts:
TheOneWithTheHair · 27/02/2012 07:46

Just a bit but I feel your teenage pain!!

StrandedBear · 27/02/2012 07:58

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sodapops · 27/02/2012 07:59

Mine aren't disorgainised, moody or a PITA. They are kind, bright, funny, loving, caring, happy young men. So for that reason YABU!

Wink
TheOneWithTheHair · 27/02/2012 08:02

Sex not yet please. :)

Original poster
mrsshears · 27/02/2012 08:15

Envy soda
maybe the 'male' bit is where the difference is.

OP posts:
uruculager · 27/02/2012 08:20

Send condoms.

bruffin · 27/02/2012 08:27

Mines male and is lovely. Disorganized but not very moody thankfully.

Sparklingbrook · 27/02/2012 08:37

Come join us mrsshears

MrsWembley · 27/02/2012 10:09
mummyofteens · 27/02/2012 10:59

Older people can be pretty moody and disorganised too! :D

startail · 27/02/2012 11:05

My teens lovely, you can have 11 year old sister when she's in grumpy mode.

Sevenfold · 27/02/2012 11:05

Yabu as I happen to like mine

Lemonylemon · 27/02/2012 11:08

OP: Yes, I've got a 14yo, nearly 15yo DS who's disorganised, moody PITA. Kevin the Teenager has nothing on him sometimes. I'm apparently "well out of order" because I won't give him his pocket money before Thursday. I'm dreadful too because I took him to a castle which "doesn't even have any weapons or armour".....

Soda did you have your fingers crossed when you said that? Wink

Mummyofteens OF COURSE we're moody and disorganised - it's because we get distracted from the task in hand by moody and disorganised teenagers.... Grin

TheresaMayHaveaBiscuit · 27/02/2012 11:09

YABU I think mine is lovely - he's off to uni later this year, going to miss him loads Sad

mummyofteens · 27/02/2012 12:27

Lemonylemon I complete agree with you .... :)

SydSaid · 27/02/2012 12:31

So far I have enjoyed having teenagers more than any other age. They are fun, we can have interesting discussions, I can take them to things I want to go to (being a single parent, this is fantastic). YABU.

But I have friends that have had a much harder time with their teens, so I do feel your pain!

Mrsjay · 27/02/2012 12:33

maybe we should all live together and let them get on with it Grin a nice island getaway sounds lovely , Mine are nott o bad tbh we have had our moments but ive learned not to get to stressy about it ,

OrmIrian · 27/02/2012 12:35

Yes YABU. I want to keep mine thanks. I like him. And DD is a total star - she's only officially a teenager in 2 months time but so far I can't fault her.

Sorry Grin

But there's still time.....

jshm2 · 27/02/2012 12:46

Teens are the type of kids their parents raised them to be....

So I've no sympathy for people who refuse to acknowledge their own hand in the demise of relationships.

Most of my friends who have "teen terrors," who they have to bail out or pick up from the police cells every so often, regret not being more attentive in raising them.

It's a life balance and sure you can't spend 10-15 years of your life homeschooling your kids. But most "parents" these days spend more time with their dogs than their kids. Schools and colleges are little more than daycare centres for some of these kinds of people and they have little input into the upbringing of their child. So it's no wonder the teen becomes a stranger and expensive lodger.

Then you expect them to suddenly become friendly and helpful when they get old enough to get some revenge.....

TheOneWithTheHair · 27/02/2012 13:02

That seems a bit harsh jshm2. I don't think anyone really wants to get rid of their teen children. The tantrums and lack of organisation in some teens can be incredibly wearing though in the same way that toddler tantrums are. I think it's ok to have a bit of a moan about it when you have had a row 1st thing on a Monday morning.

It can also help you see the best in them. I was on the thread about 12yr old boys and found that as I wrote things down it became clear to me what a great child ds (15yrs) is.

He is still capable of being completely irrational and ott as was proved by a two hr tantrum over a bottle of lemonade! I felt fully justified in being fed up with him after that. :)

DougalDaydream · 27/02/2012 13:03

"Teens are the type of kids their parents raised them to be.... "

You don't know how much I wish that were true. It might often be true - but not always.

Mrsjay · 27/02/2012 13:14

Teenagers are not al bad jshm2 and this was just a bit of a moan thread i think you were a bit ott , teenagers sometimes are infuriating doesnt mean they are bad children or the parents have let them do as they like ,

MateyMooo · 27/02/2012 13:58

i love the line in planet of the apes, when the little ape girl is chosing a pet human, the shop keeper says to her

The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature. Believe me, the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house.