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Original poster

To want scrub my brain clean

19 replies

cleanmyhouse · 02/05/2015 14:05

I have 2 boys, nearly 12 and 13. I just pulled out the bunkbed to hoover behind it. I fear I have discovered my first ever wank tissue mountain.

I cannot unknow.

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Debinaround · 02/05/2015 14:08

Ha ha ha that's hilarious (and disgusting) Grin

Bet your boys will be mortified once they realise what you have cleaned.

Nothavingfunrightnow · 02/05/2015 14:09

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Oh my days. M DS is 10. I have certain things I am NOT looking forward to...

YANBU!

Tanith · 02/05/2015 14:10

May I recommend you read "Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth if you haven't already?
He used his socks before putting them in the laundry Grin

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 02/05/2015 14:13

Aww clean the joy of DSs

They might have heavy colds....................?

MissMuesli · 02/05/2015 14:14

OP, you need to buy them a new bin. Pass it along to them with the comment "For snotty noses" then add a little stare! YANBU for wanting to bleach your brain though! GrinGrin

Songofsixpence · 02/05/2015 14:19

YANBU.

A friend of mine has a 14 year old DS and was driving herself mad wondering where on earth all his socks were going. Until she pulled out his cabin bed and found a heap of crusty socks

IfYouWereARiverIdLearnToFloat · 02/05/2015 14:25

I know someone who's mother thought he was blowing his nose on the bedsheets Confused...

I'd buy them a huge bin & never speak of it again.

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cleanmyhouse · 02/05/2015 14:26

They were there when i found it. I mag have said the words "wank tissues" and "use a bin"

They sniggered and assured me the bin would be used in future.

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whois · 02/05/2015 14:27

Yes buy them a bin and a big stick of 'man size' tissues to keep near their beds! Better than using socks or the sheets!

whois · 02/05/2015 14:27

Big stick? Big stock!

ollieplimsoles · 02/05/2015 14:29

Nooooo! Op that must have been a nightmare! Get the mucky little things a bin and tell them they have to empty it themselves!

GloGirl · 02/05/2015 14:31

Gah! I have 2 baby boys I hope they grow up to be more subtle!

scratchandsniff · 02/05/2015 14:31

Eurgh. .....I'm lazing on sofa with sleeping newborn ds and sleeping toddler ds1. I'll have this at some point too won't I? Oh god.

Is this what Kleenex mansize tissues are for?

Think I'd put a small lidded bin next to their bed.

thornrose · 02/05/2015 14:37
Grin

I don't have sons, just a dd. I wonder if girls are ever as open about this subject?

I am prepared to be but I can't imagine my 15 yo dd ever would! It's a shame really.

Your boys and you have a great attitude about it.

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cleanmyhouse · 02/05/2015 14:39

Thanks thornrose, i was ready to be blasted for being too open with them.

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thornrose · 02/05/2015 14:40

Oh and I was worried I was being too serious. Grin

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cleanmyhouse · 02/05/2015 14:42

I have always tried to be as unphased and open about body stuff as i can without pushing it too far and embarrassing them. Somehow we muddle through.

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DishwasherDogs · 02/05/2015 14:48

I have just had the dawning realisation that the 13 yr old boy in the house I used to clean did not have hayfever or constant colds, which I assumed was why there were millions of crusty hankies down the side of his bed.
I feel sick now.

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cleanmyhouse · 02/05/2015 15:21

oh dear Dishwasher

It's bad enough when it's one of your own sons, but somebody elses...?

Ew.

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