What is your teenager sulking about today?

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Mine is appalled that there’s no avocado for breakfast. Cue eye rolling, stomping, slammed door. Anyone else?

Because I raised an eyebrow at the news that dd is now on Tinder. For a joke apparently.

More to be said to her later though, so I could be back...

I do not miss the teenage years!!

Ds3 was having one of his many strops about something, and I commented that he was ‘getting his head in a point’ (a local phrase for having a strop), and he went nuclear - you’d have thought I’d accused him of murdering kittens, instead of saying he was having a strop when he WAS having one!!

Teenagers must have a love-hate relationship with the internet - love, for all the obvious reasons, and hate because it allows their EPs (elderly parents) to compare notes with other EPs and discover that everyone else’s mum isn’t buying them an iPhone X for Christmas, and letting them stay up all night playing computer games. Poor things!

We had some charger strops yesterday. Despite not owning an android device I must have used his and moved it because he didn't know where it was.
All fine this morning though I'm expecting some complaining after school when I make DS actually practice the French Vocab he insists he knows (despite getting 0/20) on his last test.

He had to call the Tax Office to get a new Tax Code on his day off! He spent 20 minutes on hold and it has ruined his day it seems.

My 3 year old twins had a massive tantrum because i sent them to nursery in their pj's. It was pj day at nursery for comic relief. They refused to leave the house! I did change them into new fancy pj's, not the same ones they'd slept in!

I know they're not teenagers but they already act like them!!!

She failed her mock exam in Maths (she got 45%, which is still a pass afaik) and was missing the block revision that was scheduled because she's going on a school-trip to do with one of her option subjects. And neither her Dad nor I know anything about Maths so can't help her even though we both studied it to degree level and Iteach the bloody subject to a different class group in her school

12yo Ds (this is important) stropped at me last week because I "let her (older sister - also important) take days off school whenever she wants!".

I told him that when he gets excruciating period pains with flooding, he too could have a day off every 4-5 weeks

Had a delightful text from my teen this morning about how embarrassing I am for calling his tutor about an issue he's been having in maths. He is FUMING and I have RUINED EVERYTHING.

When mine don't do homework I have threatened to phone the head of year to complain that they've been given homework that's too hard. They get on it pretty quickly . Not sure what I would do if they called my bluff though.

Sally - glad to hear I'm not the only one who knows nothing about the subject I have a degree in and 20 years relevant work experience. Google knows more, obvs.

Nothing! They both came home from school in a good mood and I made quesadillas to celebrate.

Now the eldest is on the phone to his girlfriend who lives in another country now and the youngest is about to be dragged away from YouTube to do his homework, so I'm not really feeling all that cocky...

15 y/o because I didn’t tell him to get in the shower a 4th time this morning so it’s my fault he was rushing. My nearly 13 y/o wouldn’t talk to me last night because I embarrassed him by performing in panto with his younger sister AND MADE HIM COME AND WATCH!!!!!!

A gem for you all from this afternoon. To set the scene, it's cold, pissing it down with rain and dark, she has to go out to her dance class in an hour or so. She's appeared wearing denim shorts and a vest top. When I challenged the clothing choice, I got told off for questioning her style of fashion and it's "not her fault that it's raining and she wanted to wear this"

Her eyebrows don't match.
(They absolutely do)

DD wants new underwear, has to be from Calvin Klein or Victoria Secret. The look of disgust when I mentioned M&S multi pack kickers. Only granny’s wear M&S underwear apparently and all her friends wear branded stuff. Seriously 🙄 what have I raised.

Glad I’m not alone though, it’s made me feel better

So this afternoon’s strop is because I won’t let a random stranger come and stay here for Christmas. She is 16! (Well tomorrow). Bloody bint.

it's "not her fault that it's raining and she wanted to wear this"

Unfortunately/fortunately (?) I don't have any to add.

Last nights meal was shit, I woke her up from her beauty sleep to feed her a shit meal and apparently she can only spend an hour in my company before I annoy her, the only time this doesn't apply is when I'm spending money on her

She was sent back upstairs in the hope that she would learn some manners.

Most of the time she is lovely... honest

Stealth boast that your dd loves and eats Avacado. .
(Lighthearted before I get eaten alive,)

That she has stupid fuzzy hair which clearly came from me so she has to straighten it before school so it is my fault she nearly missed the bus.

That I am affecting her confidence by asking her if she has brushed her teeth as they could do with a 'bit more of a polish' (they were yellow!)

That wearing her school skirt rolled up to thigh high is totally reasonable she wears her school PE shorts underneath so no-one can ACTUALLY SEE HER KNICKERS! - and by arguing about this I am calling her fat

Lol.
I had the most unreasonable teen in history.
She also refused to acknowledge that i had taught the level 3 btec she was doing and maintained throughout that i knew nothing.

Mine should have been in a strop but remarkably hasn’t so I’ll be in it for him. First the school bus never turned up (found out it had broken down) and while DD managed to get a lift into town with another child, there was no room in the car for DS as well so he had to get the train followed by a walk followed by a bus followed by a walk in the pouring rain (no umbrella and just his blazer no jacket) with his games kit, school bag and guitar.

Then his guitar exam ran way over so he missed the school bus home and has to do it all again in reverse and it’s still pouring with rain! He seems in remarkably good cheer via messenger but I will allow him a strop if he wants when he eventually gets home.

He was moaning about the smell coming from washing basket in downstairs toilet,aparently he mentioned it yesterday too and I haven't dealt with it yet . I said to him I'm not a cleaner..

Morning darling it is 7.10

I have an alarm clock..

(yes you do,but you also moan about not been given time checks)

Do you want a shower or can I have a long shower ?

Dunno

Right I will have a quick shower.

Into shower/out of shower in double quick time...

A snarl from the floordrobe of doom, you had a quick one to try and make me feel guilty.

Three steps into his room to hang up his school laundry, cue I hope you are not snooping...

Like I could find anything in there.

Weirdly, nothing, even though I asked DS2 if he’d come home from school with me instead of his friend, who drives.

I needed to revisit ‘the talk’, as he’s recently become very close to a girl he goes to school with.

He took it very well. Listened and asked pertinent questions, with good humour.

It wasn’t how I’d imagined the conversation would go at all!