teen fucking dramas!!

[Mintyy]

I mean really and truly, aibu?

If you've never trod on eggshells before, you certainly will when you become owner of a teen.

That is all.

well after ds smashed a panel in lounge door last night, I gave him the choice - no phone til Friday, or 3 hours work in garden.

He chose the garden option, and has washed the car, washed all the house windows and frames outside and garage door.
Girls decided to 'help' and as a hose pipe was involved a bit of a water fight was part of the proceedings. As it was hot and sunny, fun was had by all.
Quiet e good conclusion to a melt down after all.

our kitchen closes at 10pm. supper had or miss it. she leaves doors open. fridge open, lights on, opens dishwasher and then doesn't switch it back on. you get the picture. she can't leave Facebook for long enough to eat. didn't want supper last night. we thought we had burglers at 12.30, dh caught her coming back upstairs with bars of chocolate. thwarted again

Oh God, looks like fun times been had by all today!

After getting back from shopping teen disappeared upstairs to "change into something comfy" at 1pm. I put the shopping away, dp made lunch, teen came down for lunch, dd 2 threw a strip about me buying the wrong kind of sweet corn, the cat ate the sweet corn.

Tern then disappeared for the rest of the day while we all did some gardening, cleaning and tidying and then appeared again when dinner was ready. Apparently, she was exhausted from being dragged to the shops.

She's working 4pm til 10pm tomorrow. I might get some of the money back she keeps borrowing!

She's working 4pm til 10pm tomorrow. I might get some of the money back she keeps borrowing!

:o:o:o

If its one thing we have in common, its optimism!

I have to say that food isnt an issue but thats because they know that we are on a budget so if you eat your packed lunch "allowance" on Sunday as a snack then you are getting a Marmite sandwich and bog all else for lunch on Monday!

Re the Shower thing....I give a warning including the words "I will turn the hot tap on!" then 5 minutes later I turn the hot tap on. As we have a combi it means that that the shower goes icy cold, cue screaming and accusations from the bathroom. Then they get another warning that if they dont vacate the shower PDQ then I will do it again. This is, without fail, responded to with "OK!!! I am just rinsing my hair, is that OKAAAAAAAAY?!" in sarcastic tones.

They know I mean it! :o

I flush the loo when DD outstays her welcome in the shower .

And now we have DD (13) managing to spend more time arguing about doing a small job than it would have taken to do the job in the first place.........

Eggshells galore here.
I thought I'd escaped and was smug as you like and then GCSE results came out and it has been downhill since then.
DD says I am too simplistic to put it all down to school and she is probably right but mood swings seem directly related to exams and tests so this run up to AS levels is soooo hard.
I have no DH or Significant Other (SO?) No siblings or other immediate family alive so taking all the brunt, feel like a very sad punch bag.
The Sauv Blanc is getting a kicking.

It's just so unpleasant to live through and so unlike how she was. And the sad thing is that by the time it passes she'll be off.

4th day of our easter holidays i think im going to either strangle her or start rocking seriously doing my nut in asked her to move off the couch as i wanted tobrush under it and suggested she got dressed tantrum errupted about her being on holiday blah blah so ive told her once she is dressed she can sweep the livingroom im too old for this shit

My DDs Barely look up when I get home from work. And they frequently seem embarrassed to be anywhere near me at the moment.

So I was very surprised yesterday when I casually mentioned a local job I was thinking of applying for. They both begged me to go for it as I'd be home about two hours earlier each evening.

I really don't understand these teen creatures!

I agree, understanding them is impossible, And second guessing fruitless.
But if I dare ask questions I am accused of being nosy, intrusive, offensive ...

Ah yes, AS levels.

DS had a growly fit yesterday because he thought he'd have the summer off after AS levels. I said no, in fact they got stuck straight into A2 work till July, as far as I was aware. Apparently this is Outrageous, shows what a Bloody Rubbish College it is, and how can he be expected to do A2 work when he doesn't even know if he'll pass his AS levels yet?

I so nearly made the obvious suggestion that he could, y'know, do some AS revision by way of helping things along. But I thought it might be ill-advised...

She must have sensed my twichyness she did sweep and has gone to meet her friend for a subway and a mooch about the shops i am going to turn tv off and go for a nap

mollister sounds like you could do with a bit of support. Have a jedi mind hug from me as I can't do anything otherwise useful.....
Mrsjayy I totally misread this and wondered why you were tooth rushing under the sofa! is it something like wiping down the skirting boards?

Wel DD1 is away with her friends family and won't be bavk until tomorrow sometime. God help them taking two 13 year olds out.
I went up to town with DD1 who talks constantly. If you want to now anything about Marvel, I'm your woman .

Well if you fancy a chat about DC im your woman i shiny shite i do not give about batman yet she witters on and on ...

Ive just read the whole thread and am pleased it's not just me with DS1. I can relate to a lot of these posts but think the DC my son was going about with are worse than girls for their bitchy comments. Thankfully he has stopped phoning them and hanging about the streets with them.

We have all superheroes covered between us Mrsjayy

Aye I do like the Avengers and x men though mmm wolverine

mollister, here, you need this more than me
It's horrible when you empathise with something and get told you're wrong even when you're right.
I once defended DSSs mood as he had broken up with a girl. I told DH to give him a break as he'd just been dumped. Bad idea, it obviously had nothing to do with that and he was NOT in a foul mood. I kept my head down for the next week or so.

FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[Breathes]

So.....we meet some friends and their kids for an early doors drink, calling at the chippy on the way home, all good. I say to DD2 to text DD1 to tell we are on our way home with dinner, all good. We get home and DD2 cant find her phone. We try ringing it and can't hear anything, it is definitely not on silent she says, she raced DS2 back home so we assume she must have dropped it then. So I end up schlepping back to the chip shop (cant send DD2, she would get lost in an empty room), ringing the phone as I go. I ask at the chippy, no phone has been handed in. I walk back home still ringing it and scouring the roads and the hedgerows...nothing.

I get back and DD1 walks upstairs and says "Oh look!" DD2 had put it on the stairs (open in the lounge and tend to get used as temporary shelves) and guess what.....it was on fucking silent!

My dinner is cold, which I suppose doesnt matter cos I dont want it anyway now, and DD1 has been making oh so helpful comments about DD2 not being given a house key as we will be burgled the first day......

This holiday is getting and better by the fucking minute.

Although to be fair to DD1, she is probably right about the house key which is why DD2 hasnt been given one.

She is exceptionally clever, been on gifted and talented since Y2 and in Y8 is currently working at Y 11 level, yet is an utter space cadet. I have never met are more scatty or ditzy person in my life!

Bogey just keep breathing in and out. My DD recently lost a phone that cost £400 because she loses every single thing she owns. I told her not to get it because she would lose it and was treated with the usual scorn.

Superdad who pays for nothing told her he would pay 200 towards it so she got it out on contract for 2 years. He never paid a penny and she owes all the money. Somehow I am still in the wrong because I said something along the lines of 'oh well you have learned something, don't bring such an expensive phone out on a night out'. It somehow ended up with me being told that I know absolutely nothing and nobody would go out without their phone. Pass the wine please!!

You are not alone and reading this thread makes me feel less alone. Nothing lasts forever!!!

Behave just found the driving licence and cash card of someone else's teen. Unless I can somehow make contact with her, she's going to have no money for the rest of her holiday.
Any of you from Preston, if you could have a look at my other thread and get her contacted I'm sure she might grunt in appreciation. Unless of course she belongs to antumbra :p

Not behave, I have