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To not want my Daughters boyfriend here every weekend?

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SoCockneyItHurts · 01/10/2017 09:18

Just that really....he lives about 100 odd miles away from us and he comes to us on a Friday night til Sunday night. DD is 19 and they've been together over 2 years. She will sometimes go to his but they're here more. I'm fed up with it every weekend but feel horrible saying it to her as she takes immediate offence! I'm feeling particularly fed up at the moment anyway which isn't helping. The noise this morning got to me (they were play fighting with DS who is 7) and I lost my temper and told her to "grow up". They've now gone out and I heard her say to her Dad "we're going out as don't want to be in this negative miserable house"!! Or is it me??

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MissBabbs · 01/10/2017 15:05

It sounds like they hang about the house a lot.
And that OP cooks- cooking every Sunday for 6 (eldest lad included) is bloody hard work.
They act like adults - doing their own thing, but don't act like adults - doing their share of cooking and shopping. Def don't have him more than once a month.

Fifthtimelucky · 01/10/2017 15:26

This is a difficult situation. Long distance relationships aren’t much fun.

My elder daughter’s boyfriend of 18 months lives the other side of the Atlantic, so he is not often here, but when he is, he stays for a while. That is stressful because I work full time and have a long commute so am out of the house for more than 12 hours a day. It took me a while to accept that he was going to have to see us “warts and all” because I don’t have the time or energy to keep everything looking perfect.

I can see that a guest every weekend is also stressful. Try and be flattered that it is your house they want to come to. There may be all sorts of good reasons why they do not want to spend time at his home.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 01/10/2017 15:44

Don't be flattered! It's not flattering to be treated like a hotel. Shock

OP, this isn't what you want. Speak to your daughter about it so she's clear on what the parameters are and she can explain it to her boyfriend. She's old enough to have him staying over so she's old enough to explain the position to him and see that the arrangement is stuck to.

SoCockneyItHurts · 01/10/2017 16:43

Well unfortunately today didn't go well. I made dinner for the 6 of us and as I was handing it out daughter yelled at husband because he touched her bottle of water.....yelled at him "can you just leave it alone!!" I yelled at her to go upstairs....she refused and I lost my temper and really yelled at her numerous times to leave the table. Her boyfriend didn't know where to look. He went after he but she's stormed out the house slamming the door behind her. Now boyfriend has gone after her. Dinner was a disaster and I'm so pissed off!!!!!

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Maryz · 01/10/2017 16:55

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juneau · 01/10/2017 16:56

Oh dear. It sounds like things have been building up for your OP and they came to a head at dinnertime. Obviously, you're going to have to have a chat to your DD later on when the dust has settled, but I think maybe a bit of honesty is called for here. YANBU to want to have some peace and quiet at the weekends - really you aren't. Even if your DD's bf is a nice guy it really isn't U to want your home to yourself and your family at least some weekends. I too am 43 and I would absolutely HATE to have someone stay every single weekend, particularly someone who wasn't invited by me. I think you should tell your DD that while you're happy to have bf at yours maybe half the time, you need a bit of space, peace and quiet and would really appreciate it if they could spend the other weekends at his.

TBH they are being selfish by expecting you to host them every bloody weekend and if she's 19 it's about time she started thinking about others a little bit more. Teenagers are naturally self-centred, so it's not surprising that they haven't thought how this is for you, but she really has to start seeing things from other people's perspective too. It's her home, yes, but it's also yours and you have a right to enjoy at least every other weekend peacefully.

As for the peri-menopause, etc, well yeah I think around this age a lot of us are going through hormonal changes - shorter/longer cycles, increased moodiness at times, heavier/lighter/generally unpredictable periods, spots, etc. It's not great. I hope your doctor is better than mine, who said 'You're not menopausal, you're only 43' to which I replied 'No, peri-menopausal' and he just brushed me off. Next time I think I'll go to a Well Woman clinic or someone who specialises in women's health. Many GPs strike me as rather clueless when it comes to this stuff.

missmouse101 · 01/10/2017 16:59

I would hate it, but then I can't stand people, their noise and mess around me for more than ten minutes!!

Mix56 · 01/10/2017 17:01

Not Good. Over a water bottle ? HER water bottle ? did she buy it ?
I suggest you get up & leave the room if you cannot be a little more pedagogue., it is honestly more effective than a shouting match.
The problem is if you can't keep it together, you can hardly tell her to keep her childish tantrums in check.
Maybe your husband start playing a role in this.

SoCockneyItHurts · 01/10/2017 17:03

Apparently I'm pure evil and she dreams about killing herself every day!!! Seriously I'm in shock

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Nanny0gg · 01/10/2017 17:04

So when he's gone home you sit down with her and rewrite the rules.

He comes over less (much less) and when he's there they both chip in with chores and cooking,

And every time she behaves like that they lose a weekend.

CariadzDarling · 01/10/2017 17:05

OP, my children are all married and have families of their own yet they still have their old rooms here at home for whenever they want to use them so Im well used to having grown up children around. Your daughter sounds like a right little madam and Id be going back to basics now and saying start shaping up because you are out of line. I think what happens is they get to an age where they want to play housies and if the only way to do it is at home whilst being an absolute take it for granted horror they have no qualms about doing so.

I wouldn't be backing down on any of this. I'd be reclaiming my house and saying this is how its going to be from now on in.

CariadzDarling · 01/10/2017 17:05

Oh and so what if you lost it? Its probably about time that you did.

Smartiepants87 · 01/10/2017 17:06

Tensions are running high here and I can see why it's reached boiling point. I'm guessing your feeding her bf every weekend aswell which at there age is not on. She could at the very least be helping in the kitchen. I think you need to sit her down and get some ground rules here because they are taking advantage of you and your dh.

SoCockneyItHurts · 01/10/2017 17:06

She's saying she's depressed and has self harmed recently!!!! I don't know what the hell is going on!!!

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CariadzDarling · 01/10/2017 17:07

Apparently I'm pure evil and she dreams about killing herself every day!!! Seriously I'm in shock

So she's an emotional blackmailer to boot?????

Wow.

Ropsleybunny · 01/10/2017 17:07

Neither you or your DH are in the wrong. Your DD and her boyfriend have massively been taking the piss and it's now all come to a head.

You've both been extremely accommodating and generous to them both but you've had enough and I don't blame you one bit.

Time for straight talking. Your DD needs to know this is the end of the line for using your home like a hotel and worse, taking for granted that her boyfriend can also do the same.

Sort it out now, whilst you're in the mood to be firm.

💐

Smartiepants87 · 01/10/2017 17:08

They are disrespecting your home you need to establish some boundaries here. As for the self harming etc it sounds Ike emotional blackmail in response to you losing your temper rather than someone who is genuinely struggling.

juneau · 01/10/2017 17:09

I totally agree with Cariadz and Ropsley. You're not the one who is out of line here - your DD and her bf are.

SoCockneyItHurts · 01/10/2017 17:14

I just don't know how to deal with this. I've had enough of being made to feel guilty and to blame all the time. I'm sick of it

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CariadzDarling · 01/10/2017 17:21

Op, I would be tempted to say I think we've kind of gone of course here as a family so Ive decided we'll be going back to family basics in order to get back on a even keel. This means that there will be no sleepovers because we are going to be regrouping as us. In the meantime you are more than welcome to either find a room elsewhere for yourselves or spend time at your boyfriends.

With ref to the blackmailing mention of self harming etc Id say unless you are willing to go to the Dr I wont be paying any attention to anything you say regarding it. I wont be living in fear and I wont be letting you try to scare the bejesus out of me.

You've said you're fed up of being made to feel guilty and I think thats a sure sign you've been getting hammered by her for quite some time. Now you've woken up she can sense it and she's upping the ante.

If a child is ill its the norm for a parent to live in fear but there is absolutely no way you have to take these threats about suicide, and self harming seriously for now.

Mix56 · 01/10/2017 17:22

This is typical teenage histrionics. It's so shit in your house, that's why she prefers staying every w/e rather than go to his ?
the bf will know if there is self harm, if it is untrue, she has just used her last card. Take him aside & ask him. if its true you tell her you are going to get a emergency appointment with GP & get you counselling.
Don't panic, today is no different from yesterday.

Maryz · 01/10/2017 17:22

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Notevilstepmother · 01/10/2017 17:24

Do you think your daughter could be pre menstrual?

Shouting at her dad over something that silly does sound a bit hormonal to me.

You sound a bit down to me as well, maybe the wine was covering it up?

Sending you some un mumsnetty hugs and Flowers.

Notevilstepmother · 01/10/2017 17:25

I agree with mix, ask the boyfriend about the self harming.

Italiangreyhound · 01/10/2017 17:26

SoCockneyItHurts please go and see the doctor, if you are down you need help.

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