AIBU to rehome my teenagers?

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Twin girls. 13 year old. Going free to any good home.

They have fallen out. Over a pen. A fucking pen. Apparently it was a good pen and very different to the 5,000,000 other pens in the house.

So we now have a curtain stapled to the ceiling to split their bedroom, constant eye rolling and dramatics and tears at the dinner table because one wanted something, but couldn't speak to her to ask for it.

Anyone want them? If it sweetens the deal I'll throw in a 16-year-old boy who is enjoying the fallout so much that every now and again he makes and oh-so-innocent comment that accidentally sparks it all off again... (to be fair they have occasionally ganged up on him - when they are friends it can be creepy as they have a weird, silent communication thing going on).

Please tell me it gets better soon? DS was a walk in the park compared to this.

We have 15Yo twin girls anf believe me it dosent get any better, wait untill they both fancy the same boy or one gets more attention than the other.

I'm terrified of this day! I'm praying the fact they are like chalk and cheese means they'll have different tastes.

16-year-old's GF is coming for dinner on Thursday so I'm just going to hide til then. They won't miss the chance to tag-team embarrass their brother so I'm hoping it'll bring peace.

I'm loving the fact so many other people want to swap theirs too. It's like solidarity

I have a 15 month old with so much attitude im moving out as soon as she turns 13!!

16 y old DD brought home her school report today, absymal, went from an A to a U in a subject cause she "CBA" and yes she said it as initials! Also the teacher is "crap". Strangely she's chosen to do his subject at A level and needs a flipping B in this as she has selected all humanities based subjects and needs a B in a humanities subject to do them ( she "CBA" in Geog last year and got a D).

The hair flick, the eye roll, the shifting from hip to hip whilst she does it, gahhhhh.

I have a 14 year old who seems to think the school rules don't apply to her! I had 10 emails last week from her school!

My 7 and 5 year old DDs still think I am the best thing in the world but I am dreading the teenage years already (especially gobby little DD3!)

I have a 14 yr old who finishes my sentences (and paragraphs, cos I do tend to run on) for me, and dismisses them as boring.

YY to eye rolls.

And she's taller than me.

Conversation in car last Saturday:

Her BF: OMG, my dad is so sad... When he texts he writes "cool". He actually spells it, and puts a full stop after it.
DD: My mum does the same.
Her BF: They are so lame.
Me: But, DD, when I wrote in text speak, you were embarrassed and begged me never to do it again.
DD: Mum, you're so embarrassing.

My pantry has vanilla pods and panko breadcrumbs there when I want them. My makeup and socks stay put and the car has petrol in too

The DCs have left home and bring and when they come back. It's just lovely.

It was very, very hard going at times though.
Dig deep and keep going. It can be done even though you sometimes fear for your sanity.

I once went into my girl's bedroom to find a HUGE hole in the wardrobe.

It transpired that DD1 had discovered that DD2 had borrowed some top or other without asking permission and in the ensuing fight DD2 had tried to kill her sister with a wooden coat hanger which had gone through the wardrobe door in the attempt

Now a 23yr old doctor and a 21yr old nurse, they are living in different parts of the UK and miss each other dreadfully!

I SO don't miss the teen years...!

16, 15, and 6 year old DDs here. DH and I camp out in the living room and leave the three of them to it upstairs.

very different to the 5,000,000 other pens in the house.

So that's where all the pens are - I can never find one - any pen in this house is gratefully received -

I think you have spoilt them rotten!!

(Also have pre teen twins and a 14 year old - I'm eyeing up the garage)

Ooh I nearly forgot. To wind myself and hubby up my 16 year old DS keeps calling me and DH and my mum, his nanna, by our Christian names. He says it in this really sarky voice. Drives us all bloody insane and he knows it. Take him, take him! I'm sure he'd be of use to someone .........anyone?

Would definitely swap my 14 year old twin boys for your girls OP. Mine are at each other's throats constantly about headphones. They break them/lose them and then fight over the last pair (usually mine). Would take eye rolling and dramatics over full on wrestling (and pinching ) on the floor any day .

The bedtime stand off over the last yoghurt in the fridge (I have to restock every day) is a sight to behold . They have to have almost another complete meal as a bedtime snack. They would be happy to be rehomed too so they keep telling me, separate homes though!

I have a 19 year old who loves to intervene in their disagreements, to dispense sage advice from their elder, but she normally makes things 10 times worse and joins in the fight! She can go too.

5 year old DS just shakes his head and calls them 'buttholes'. I'm keeping him!

My lovely DM (sadly no longer with us) once told me that your babies and little children are so adorable and funny in order to give you much joy and many special memories and thats what will help you survive the horrific teenage years!

From this, to this in just a decade. *sobs

I must admit I find it impossible to "channel" those happy toddler memories when I get to the larder cupboard and its empty except for empty packets and wrappers because my 18 yr old DS has walked in needing a "snack" and has inhaled the cupboards entire contents in one go!

I think we may have just turned a corner. DS now 17.5, and is almost, I said, almost, happy to be seen with me.

We even went to the cinema together at half term. But it was dark outside...

I'm currently lying in bed listening to the 12 and 9 year old dds
Dd1: God you're so pointless
Dd2: You're mean, I'm telling
Dd1: What?! I didn't say anything!!
Dd2: You're ugly
Dd1: I hate your face
Dd2: No one loves you
Dd1: You ruin my LIFE!!

This delightful exchange is because dd1 touched dd2s bed. With her foot.

Thank the lord for the boy.

Do you have to rehome them? Could they not go in kennels for a few weeks?

Sickof we have the same problem in our house as I have three boys. Headphone wars.... who has taken who's, followed by the lead to the PlayStation and who has beaten who at FIFA.
I also have an 18 nearly 19 year old who likes to dispense advice and generally shit stir.
Maryz is it not always the case that they are so lovely for everyone else- my nearly 12 year old is but back chats my constantly. They are products of their upbringing though, I am too soft as was bullied through my childhood by my horrific and violent dad and am a fan of a cuppa and a chat to sort things out :) (sorry for being a mood Hoover)

One of mine got really angry with me for asking her if she was alright the other day. She looked glum so I asked her if she was ok. For her rude 'YES" she was asked nicely not to speak to me like that. Her reply was " It's always about you isn't it?" and stormed upstairs slamming the door.

I love teens they are great

I can finally get my own back on them.

They just love it when I dance in the car at a red light.

And yes, sometimes I accidentally look at them, they don't like that much.

You can have my 12, 14 and 16 year old boys, and I will throw in a 9 year old girl and a 7 year old girl too. The girls are pleasant right now but the 9 year old will pull you up on your grammar when speaking. Some of you would love her, she told my sister that 'should of' was not a real sentence.

Do they have to come as a pair or would you consider splitting them?

I have a 13 year old boy genius and an 11 year old drama llama( pinched that off a previous poster and I'm keeping it).

The boy genius can tell a jaw dropping lie with utter conviction. Apparently I'm his step dad because his real dad died in Iraq. He's been up In school assembly for walking 30 miles pushing a wheelchair for charity and a boy in school he dislikes has been expelled( came as surprise to his parents). He does have his uses, we were in a pub prior to an international rugby match being bored shitless by a gobshite opposing fan explaining why his team were the best using examples of what happened last year to prove it. The 10 year old boy genius pipes up in a crowded pub saying "that didn't happen" and goes on to rip his story to shreds and counter his version of events. Rendered this strange grown up utterly speechless and I have no idea if any of his arguments were true though.

The 11 year old cruises along happy, happy, happy and then a switch flicks. It's usually when the afore mentioned liar says the word fat. Then there's uproar and I find myself yelling at the both of them and making dire threats that they know I'm never going to carry out.

Roll on 2022. They'll be gone and I can miss them and spend my days in nostalgic recollection of how great they were.

Isn't it a magical time!

I also get asked what?! if I look at them in a way that they deem 'funny'. At certain times of the month this is a regular occurrence.

Arguments about who should wash up, dry, take the washing upstairs, as don't I know, they did it 4 weeks ago on a Monday.

Yr 9 DD picking options this week so much discussion has been had. Much anger at the fact she can't drop PE entirely. She is dropping cooking tho, thank God.

This is exactly why wine and chocolate were invented (for parents).

I am on my third teenage girl.