To refuse to put fresh sheets on son's bed -aged 17

[Claybury]

I've stripped it completely & returned him a pile of clean linen. Last night he slept on the bare mattress as he couldn't be bothered. Today he's still saying he won't bother.
I can hold out - I don't care if he's uncomfortable but he's going to ruin the mattress !
It's typical of him, he won't help around the house at all. At all.

Rhonda I did think that after I posted, but all the lesbian friends I have knew by the time they were the DDs' age what their preference was. However, I'm happy to expand the call to all MN parents of lazy rude entitled teens.

wannabe we pool laundry too, but like you we expect the DDs to bring their laundry baskets down and put away their own clean laundry afterwards. It's the rude, disrespectful CBA attitude that I won't put up with.

That's very inclusive of you, pointy

Not everyone who had a mother doing everthing for them turns out to be feckless.

So true, Silverdaisy. And same, wooooosualsuspect.

But I would not be happy if either of my DC refused to help me with something when I asked - in a family everyone should work together and help each other.

I do all the washing I can't imagine us doing separate washing what a waste of time as long as its in the basket it gets washed, tbh it was the ops sons refusal to get the stuff from the shop that got to me more than his bedsheets, imo it is rude and disrespectful if my dds did that to me I would be angry and a little bit hurt that they had ignored me. Allowing kids to opt out of family life makes them selfish and all me me me

'Zactly, Mrsjayy!

I would leave him to his bare mattress. It's his choice - I wouldn't punish him for it.

Not helping out though? That's not on.

My 16 year old's room is often skanky, but he strips and washes and remakes his bed every week. Even the 12 year old does it.