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To be pissed off with ds (he thinks i'm just looking for a reason to argue and spoil his time with gf)

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lesjules · 29/12/2012 15:31

Ok so went upstairs to living room this morning after ds (17) and gf had gone out for the day, I was looking for the table mirror that is supposed to be kept in the kitchen as that is where everyone uses it, I was off to shops and needed mirror to make myself presentable.

This mirror is fairly old so doesn't hold itself tight and needs something behind it to prop it to whichever position is needed, It's usually in the kitchen with a plastic bowl behind it,

I walked into my living room and the mirror was on the coffee table so I picked it up not knowing that it was being propped up by a full glass of pepsi, the glass went flying and landed on the coffee table so the floor and wall was covered with broken glass and pepsi. I phoned ds and asked him why he had put the glass behind the mirror and he said that it wasn't his fault, it was mine as I should have checked what was behind it.

I told him he was unbelievable and hung up on him as I was speechless. since then ive had numerous texts saying it wasn't his fault, it was an accident and I'm trying to ruin his time with gf ( she lives a fair way away ) so she is staying for the week.

He say's im just looking for an argument and want to embarress him in front of her but i'm not, when I texted back saying if they needed the mirror upstairs then he should have put something safe behind it he came back with, "it was an accident, get over it" I am fuming.

He doesn't see her that often and I don't want to spoil their time or come across as a moany old cow but I don't feel I can let this go when they come home later just because she is here,

I know the minute they walk through the door he will be all happy cos he's with her but am I in the wrong to bring it up again or should I just leave it to avoid an argument?

OP posts:
comedycentral · 29/12/2012 16:09

I agree with bogeyface. I would be annoyed with his attitude. Awful way to speak to you.

StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 29/12/2012 16:09

heres a thought, buy him his own table mirror, and buy yourself a new one in the sales that does not need propping up. YABU let it go now, it was an accident.

PumpkinPositive · 29/12/2012 16:10

YABU. I can't think HOW you picked the mirror it up such that you managed to launch a full glass across the room. Did it break the coffee table?

I wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to come home if I were them.

sarahseashell · 29/12/2012 16:11

curious you might be able to exchange with OP a mirror for a pair of scissors? Wink

IslaValargeone · 29/12/2012 16:11

:o

lesjules · 29/12/2012 16:12

lol you lot are making me laugh with your comments, maybe I do need to chill out,

And actually I will not go and buy another mirror as there is nothing wrong with the one I have apart from it not holding itself properly without a prop from behind,

I am sure lots of women (people) dry their hair, put their make up on in the kitchen as we don't all have good lighting, sufficient space in our bedrooms so I do not think I am that odd by having movable mirror in my kitchen.

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BalloonSlayer · 29/12/2012 16:12

Well I might conceivably have phoned a DC and ranted and raved if I had found a full glass of Pepsi on a coffee table when they had gone out for the day, and that would be without it getting broken. Who the fuck did they think was going to pick that up and pour it away? Grin

Seriously, I would not expect there to be ANY full beverages left about in my living room when a 17 year old went out for the day, and to leave one propping up a sodding mirror is beyond stupid.

Do you give your DS any money at all? If so I would deduct quite a lot and declare airily it was the cost of getting the carpet cleaned. At the inevitable complaints, advise him to "Get over it."

sarahseashell · 29/12/2012 16:13

there is something wrong with current mirror, namely it doesn't stand up by itself. accident waiting to happen Smile

curiousuze · 29/12/2012 16:13

Lesjules - I've got a lovely 1950s mirror you can have for your kitchen table, if you can do me a pair of kitchen scissors as a swapsy?

lesjules · 29/12/2012 16:14

Tidydancer I have one question, ' how wasit my fault'

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madwomanintheattic · 29/12/2012 16:14

You are just looking for a reason to argue and spoil his time with gf

And second vote for 'they are now out looking for rental flats'.

Was Christmas that boring that you need to construct a whole day whole family drama out a broken glass of Pepsi? I thought my life was cutting edge...

IslaValargeone · 29/12/2012 16:14

I can see you have a stubborn streak lesjules, but don't you think it might be worth buying another one so that you can avoid future mirror sharing anguish?

sarahseashell · 29/12/2012 16:15

yes heaven forbid an unfinished pepsi should be left laying around Shock

madwomanintheattic · 29/12/2012 16:15

You knocked over a full glass of Pepsi and smashed it. He didn't.

BigBaubledBertha · 29/12/2012 16:16

The reason your DS is so defensive and consequently rude, is because you called him about something he couldn't do anything about there and then and wasn't directly his fault. He may have been passing the blame but so were you. Neither of you is taking responsibility but then neither of you is completely responsible. It was an accident which both of you could have prevented.

Did it not cross your mind that it wouldn't be propped up with the thing that propped it up in the kitchen and that you should check what was there in case whatever it was got knocked over? It didn't have to be a glass of coke, it could have been anything. I would have checked but if I hadn't I would have sworn loudly and got over it. I see no point in phoning anybody about it. It was as much your fault as his.

lesjules · 29/12/2012 16:17

Pumpkin I just picked the mirror up, the glass of pepsi hit the coffee table and splattered the floor and wall, not so hard to imagine is it?

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TidyDancer · 29/12/2012 16:17

You're not odd for having a mirrior in the kitchen. We have one because if we leave the house via the back door, it's the last room we go through and therefore ideal for a last minute check of make up/hair/etc.

You should've looked behind the mirror really, it's not as if you didn't know it needs propping up. Your DS's choice of a coke glass to prop it up was illadvised, but hardly a crime.

BigShinyBaubles · 29/12/2012 16:18

You need more mirrors op.

ll31 · 29/12/2012 16:18

Well... lets try and work that out. .. oh test I have it. .. you're the one who broke it! Get a proper mirror. .. agree with earlier accident waiting to happen comment. .

TidyDancer · 29/12/2012 16:19

How was it not your fault?

You broke it, he didn't. Like I said, his choice was illadvised, but he didn't break the glass. You didn't look to see what was propping it up. You should have.

You need to draw a line under this, it really doesn't need to be a big deal.

mrsjay · 29/12/2012 16:19

oh dear les you sound like your son it was his fault not mine how was it my fault blah blah, id never phone a 17 yr old and rant about something like that, you were annoyed and angry . did you not see what was behind or wonder what was propping it up , buy some new mirrors and let it go, such a drama over a spilled drink,

TheNebulousBoojum · 29/12/2012 16:21

You blow dry your hair in the kitchen?
Now that would be a definite no in my house.
No animals on counters, spraypaints and aerosols, tools and clutter, no oily machinery and no hairdressing.
Kitchens are for food.

ohfunnyFRANKENface · 29/12/2012 16:21

Just buy a mirror that does have a prop behind it or have yours mended. Get your son to buy a mirror for his room.

You were being ridiculously unreasonable to blame him for you breaking the mirror.

ohcluttergotme · 29/12/2012 16:21

I think you are being U. I have teenage daughter and get your frustrations of being spoken to like shit. Really though life is too short let it go. You can get a nice mirror in asda for under a fiver then you could just get yourself ready in your room instead of all the drama of sharing one mirror

QuickLookBusy · 29/12/2012 16:22

It was stupid of his girlfriend your son to prop the mirror up with a glass of coke, he should have apologised instead of being rude.

However, having a wonky mirror in the first place is an accident waiting to happen, so you should buy a non wonky oneSmile.