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To be in shock four hour later

490 replies

Rhinosaurus · 01/05/2012 11:17

This morning, my son - the 15 year old

........ who cannot get out of bed.
........who misses two school buses a week because he gets out of bed at 0750 (bus leaves at 0800).
........who sits on the sofa and stuffs food wrappers down the side rather than walk across the room to the bin.
.........who goes to put something in the dishwasher, but when he sees it is full of clean stuff having just finished its cycle, stacks plates and cups up on the worktop waiting for someone else to empty it.
.........who puts clean clothes in the laundry basket rather than fold them up and put them away.

was downstairs in the kitchen today, dressed in school uniform, at 0730, emptying the dishwasher with a cup of tea made for me on the table.....
ConfusedShockConfusedShockConfusedShockConfusedShock

Is he on drugs?

Is there a major unreasonable request coming up, requiring girding of the loins......

Help!

OP posts:
fifitrixibell · 01/05/2012 23:20

I reckon he's messing with your head and enjoying your bemusement. Enjoy the lack of Kevinness though.

Empusa · 01/05/2012 23:21

I love this thread Grin

Rhinosaurus · 01/05/2012 23:24

I would say he's messing with my head but that takes effort doesn't it?

He already has a stretched ear piercing flesh tunnel thingy which he was told not to do, but grew his hair and did it by stealth.

I'm now thinking tattoo.......

OP posts:
ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 01/05/2012 23:29

Not only is it a tattoo but its spelt wrong...

www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/28/misspelled-tattoos-perman_n_439993.html

Moln · 02/05/2012 05:22

Ah yes Clangers and Moonies easy enough to confuse, you can see how I did it...

Actually though I did a bit of reseach all by myself and it was the Moomins I was thinking of, and it was then the Clangers I had mixed up with the Moomins, who I thought were actually the Moonies. Still all very easy to confuse and complety and understnderble how it was confused.

Hey! Maybe that's what Kevin's done he's joined the Moonies and had a tattoo of a Clanger, thinking it was a Moomie, which is what he though he'd joined.

rhinosCantDonateBoneMarrow · 02/05/2012 05:54

he has ordered a snake from ebay and it is arriving later today, non refundable.

Scatterplot · 02/05/2012 07:29
JaxTellerIsMyFriend · 02/05/2012 07:45

right then... do we know whats happened to Kevin? Abducted by aliens or just a lovely boy back in his loving family after all the hormones have settled down.

Grin

love this thread.

GingerBlondecat · 02/05/2012 07:46

Hahaha.

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Nope Mystery not solved yet.

Come on, straight Up ask him.

Northernlurker · 02/05/2012 08:04

She did ask him - he said he was 'respecting' their home - the MOST suspicious statement ever!

Rhinosaurus · 02/05/2012 08:20

Up again and dressed by 7.30 today, although no dishwasher emptying or cup of tea this morning.

Unheard of - on Wednesdays OH takes the kids to school in the car as he has meetings in the same town. Kevin NEVER goes with them, he always goes on the school bus as he is an anti social git but has gone with them this morning... Confused

Also, he asked what time we would be home tonight, nothing unusual there though, they all ask it - unwritten rule in house of teenagers - never let them know your movements, be deliberately vague i.e.

I might be finishing early today.....
OH might pop in between calls as he is going past the house....
I am going to try and get the afternoon off......
Will probably be home four ish (knowing full well it will be six) will text you....

Sorry, not very exciting or solving the mystery, am enjoying the clangers/moomin/moonies thread within a thread though, a nice distraction from the Kevin business!

OP posts:
WheresMyCow · 02/05/2012 09:12

Nothing to add, just marking my place to see how today unfolds Grin

dawntigga · 02/05/2012 09:35

I need to know!

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amillionyears · 02/05/2012 09:43

Crush on a teacher!But then he wouldnt necessarily need to be helpful at home?Ask siblings if there are any new teachers this term.

lookingforchocolate · 02/05/2012 09:47

at times like this pre feastivals i make the most of it

i leave notes on the kitchen table with a list of jobs that id like done Grin

redrubyshoes · 02/05/2012 10:27

Does he smell any different? Go and sniff him.

JustFab · 02/05/2012 10:36

I need to know if the dog survived the walk!!!

flamingtoaster · 02/05/2012 10:53

Oh I can't wait to find out - it's going to be good whatever it is! It might be a form of BankHolidayitis - where they are working up courage to ask to do something over the long weekends coming up. I second getting him to do extra chores while he is in this phase - if you can establish the habit something might stick afterwards!

mumeeee · 02/05/2012 10:57

He wants money or has a new girlfriend he wants to impress. Or maybe he has just turned a corner and has left Kevin behind. In which case I'm insanely jealous. DD3 is 20 and is still like a stroppy teenager. Although she does have some SEN and didn't really start the teenage stuff until she was about 15. Thankfully my older DDs have all for over this behaviour.

Northernlurker · 02/05/2012 10:58

Oh dear just had a horrid thought - is there any chance he could be being bullied? Hence not taking the bus today and the beahviour change generally? The lovely behaviour could be because he feels vulnerable and needs his family love?

PurpleWithaBlueBun · 02/05/2012 11:02

This is intriguing, I don't have experience of teenage boys yet... DH said he suddenly became an unKevin, so maybe he has seen the light?

theworldisoutthere · 02/05/2012 11:11

oh dear god the suspense is killing me!

kindleholicsannonymous · 02/05/2012 11:16

Watching this thread with envygreat interest as my DS is STB 15 and I'm getting tired of nagging using my cattle prod repeating myself on loop the laid back attitude. Why must he leave the dishes on the sideboard rather than unloading/loading the dishwasher???? If I see another milk/juice/yoghurt carton with 1cm left in it I'll have to kill him sell him on ebay (no returns) have another chat with him about the nonexistence of the housework fairy Angry

WorkingItOutAsIGo · 02/05/2012 11:57

Oh I love both the Moomins and the Clangers.....do you remember how they communicate by whistling all the time. Weeeeeeee...wooooooooo.

As for RhinoTeen, my money is on an older new girlfriend who is making him see the error of his ways. In fact, given his keenness to get to school, I suspect she's a teacher. What was that fab movie recently about that? That's why your other DCs haven't told you about it as its all a big secret.

argghh · 02/05/2012 12:05

Great thread.

Can I swap him for my 18yo who is still showing a lot of Kevin traits.