....to be bloody well fed up of being up at 7.30am every single weekend? Even though it's my own sodding fault for encouraging the DCs to ^do things^

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

I have just worked out that the last time I did not have to get out of my bed at 7-7.30am on Saturday or Sunday was a very brief period in about 2005.

Honestly.

Would it be unreasonable to warn parents with younger children to never ever encourage them to do stuff that occurs at the weekend?

I have 2 to drop off to football training, plus half of their teammates apparently. This is because parents don't want to get up this early on a cold Saturday morning. So they think ooh, I know what I'll do. I will stay in my nice warm bed and let tantrums pick up my DS. And I won't even ask her, I will get my DS to text her DS, that way I don't have to feel guilty asking her.

Then I have a dd who has another drama production today. This is the third one in 2 months. I can only imagine they do this to justify the fucking extortionate cost of the fees.

I am cold. And tired. And I have to get up again at 6.45 tomorrow to watch ds1 football match and then ds2 football match.

I am not impressed

If I had known when they were young that this would require so much bloody effort I would never have encouraged them to do things.

I thought teenagers were supposed to stay in bed until lunchtime and then sit online or in front of the tv all day? Why did I have to get the ones that cant sit still for 5 minutes?

How old are they?

When I was a teenage (from 13 onwards) I used to go horseriding and help out at the local yard. I used to get up at 6 and cycle there by myself.

Can they cycle to any of there activities? Or can they start texting there friends asking for lifts...? Surely it's someone else's turn to be the taxi now....

Ooh the feeling of a late cancellation. Fab.

Not happened here this morning mind.

DS2 is looking for his shin pads. Again.

any of their activities I mean. And 'their friends.

In our area the u15s play at 2pm
However the swimming is 5 - 7 am yes people you read that correctly, am. But that's not every morning, but dd swims until 9 PM most eves....

However, I do feel blessed to have such active sporty kids.

YABU but that's only because I get up at 5.30 on weekdays and 6.30 at weekends - 7.30 would be a lie in!

Is it just me that would absolutely love to be getting up at 7.30 on a weekend? The reason I opted for a 9 o'clock swimming lesson for DD1 is because the DC don't ever get up later than 6.27...

Swimming is a killer for early starts and late finishes. I have 8am swimming on Saturday and Sunday for dd2 and dd3 then dd2 swims again on Sunday evening. However-at least it is warm. I was so glad when dd2 gave up football :)

felt your pain tantrums older lads footi, cricket, rugby both matches and training. spent years praying for bad enough weather to cancel..

now my teen dds are sensible girls who do sport at school and lie in at the weekend. bliss.

honestly feel for you. especially if you are the one who seems to be doing far more bloody lifts than other parents that's bloody annoying!!!!!!!!

Must admit I have DC who appear to hate outdoor activities. I can cope quite well with a warm room inva piano teacher's house!

tantrums could you send an email round asking for the rides to be shared out as it's not convenient for you to do it all the time? Or get your DS to send a pre-emptive text asking someone else for a ride before his mates get in first?

My DDs' tennis team managers both work out rotas for parents to transport a team of kids to 8.30 am Sunday games, which means we end up driving / managing the whole team 1 week in every 4 or 5. Yes I enjoy watching my DCs play sports, but not 8.30 every Sunday morning...

one set of parents wanted me to keep picking up their daughter from choir practice which is finishing at 9pm on Thursday
they engaged singing teacher to do it!

I felt guilty for having to refuse but I am up at 4:30 am weekdays ad every minute past 9 pm is vey valuable to my health

so I refused

but being asked to be picked up - that is so lazy!

I feel your pain too. I thought it would get better when DS learnt to drive but of course he likes a few beers after matches now and still asks for frigging lifts. His best trick is when he stay at his girlfriends' overnight having not taken the car, realises he needs to be somewhere fast and there are engineering works and asks for a lift. I have suggested several times that it would be helpful if his next girlsfriend does not live in the arse end of nowhere that requires a bus, a train and another bus back to civilisation or worse when the trains are out.

6yo DD wants to do gymnastics. I have found some classes that are after school on a week night

Hm I'd kill for 730. 2 toddlers and I've just got back from a night shift, dh now at work til. 8 pm so I just skip a nights sleep when this happens.......so this doesn't help you but to me 730 is a dream! X

we were just talking about this this morning! DD is nearly 4 and lots of her little chums do ballet and swimming and whatnot, quite a lot on a Saturday. I don't want to do things on a Saturday morning! It's 10.49 and we're only just all up and dressed! Plus weekends are for doing family things, just us or with grandparents and cousins. And after 3 full days at nursery I think DD has had her fill of crowds of other children.

But . . . DH said getting involved with something (running for him) at an early age gave him a lot of confidence, he joined a club and got better and better, and his mum, bless her, spend years driving him around to different athletics meets.

Tis hard. I'm certainly hoping that when it happens it will be an indoor activity!

PS tantrums I also felt taken for granted being thought of as the parent who "wouldn't mind taking an extra couple as she's going to the game / practice anyway". This happened a fair few times a few years ago but I started to say no a bit more and things are a lot easier now..

You would think singing was safe,nice 5pm lessons.

Oh no, not when your teacher runs the church choir.

We'll just have a reversal before the Sunday morning service.

I'm a sodding atheist, so is DD, she just loves singing and likes high classical stuff.

Somehow I seem to end up accompanying C of E DH to church to listen to her.

DD2 has more sense and stays in bed.

Of course, being Christmas, there are opportunities to sit in freezing churchs or even stand outside them for various seasonal events, joy.

Mine are still in bed .
I did all this when they were younger and I didn't put up a fight when they wanted to quit .
If it's any consolation I don't know any of my DSs friends who carried on past 15 in team sports.

I have teens who will gladly stay in their lairs all day. Swapsies?

there is a lot of stealth boasting going on in this thread.
just saying

Mine's 19; on a gap year - I dropped him at the rugby club at 8.30 this morning and then drove his girlfriend home - I still haven't had a shower .

I'm with you on this- swimming this morning, rugby tomorrow. Looking forward to the close of season- in April....

YANBU. DD's ballet term finished last week, and I've only just got out of a long hot bath. Utter bliss.

Who's stealth boasting? About what?

oh i dont know, about ballet and rugby, about how busy and active your children are and all the rest of it