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What random self-serving "rules" do you get away with? (Light hearted)

92 replies

Blankiefan · 09/02/2018 19:20

Am sitting mumsnetting whilst DH and 4yo DD play snakes and ladders. She is a nightmare with it - throws the dice across the room on every throw, cheats, takes a lifetime to do her shot... I hate it. However
.. "mummy doesn't play snakes & ladders" has somehow been accepted as a rule.

I've no idea how I've gotten away with it but it makes me Grin

What do you get away with?

OP posts:
AnneElliott · 09/02/2018 20:39

I don't answer any question or provide any services with my coat on. I have been known to keep it on quite a while when DS was younger!

I also don't do the Xbox. I don't even know how to turn it on, and have no intention of changing that.

MrsPnut · 09/02/2018 20:40

When DD2 was young and couldn’t read, I would tell her that every time I was on the computer that I was working and couldn’t be disturbed. I could get a few hours on the Internet that way.

DailyMailareDicks · 09/02/2018 20:40

Mummies don't trump!

OlennasWimple · 09/02/2018 20:41

Opening a packet of crisps or sweets makes someone liable for Tax, to be paid immediately to me. Occasionally when the crisps are horrid- the Tax may be waived.

Eminado · 09/02/2018 20:42

Brilliant brillian thread!

Tomorrowillbeachicken · 09/02/2018 20:42

Don’t talk to mummy before she has caffeine

Eminado · 09/02/2018 20:43

*brilliant

BearFoxBear · 09/02/2018 20:43

"Ticket time" is our best rule. If your ticket team is up, you have to leave the freezing cold park/noisy soft play etc. Ds totally accepts that if his time time is up, then we have to go - it might just be the pinnacle of our parenting achievements thus far.

Also, the adults only supermarket. Ds loves a good shop, but if we tell him that it's closing for boys and girls and we need to leave before adults only time starts, he doesn't mind!

LyannaStarktheWolfMaid · 09/02/2018 20:44

Mummy doesn’t respond to badgering in the morning, or get out of bed at the weekend until she has had a cup of tea. There is always mum tax on sweets.

Mercedes519 · 09/02/2018 20:46

The cup of tea rules here to. When they were smaller the DC would tiptoe up to me to see if there was still tea in the cup. It was stone cold but they didn’t know that Wink

picklemepopcorn · 09/02/2018 20:48

Mummy doesn't share chocolate.

Daddy's in charge of batteries.

chocolatepudandchocolatesauce · 09/02/2018 20:48

I get all the haribo eggs Grin

Qvar · 09/02/2018 20:49

mercedes519, I do exactly the same with tea. I will NOT move until it's finished.

HazelBite · 09/02/2018 20:50

That I don't know how to do ironing and I have never done any ever.
(I have a DH and four sons)
DS2 went to his Aunts to learn how to iron a shirt!
They all do their own ironing Grin

Thingiebob · 09/02/2018 20:50

I don't put Kinder Egg toys together - ever.

I don't fiddlearse around with the Xbox if it's not working

I don't put the bikes back in the Garage (cite back problems)

The best one is
Mummy doesn't get up and do breakfast at the weekends. That's Dad's job.

Scaredofthegym · 09/02/2018 20:50

That mummy's leg often hurts of an evening so she can't climb the stairs to do tuck-in and dad has to do it.
(actually that sounds so mean now I've written it downBlush!

Also they can't drink the Diet Pepsi as you have to be over 18.

Hoppinggreen · 09/02/2018 20:51

Mummy doesn’t play table tennis - out in the bloody freezing garage

FusionChefGeoff · 09/02/2018 20:59

If I'm eating, you get whatever it is you want, yourself . I can really drag out the last few mouthfuls if I need to.

When DS was about 2.5 and I was pg one day I randomly (and only for my benefit really) announced 'right, that's it now I'm on my break' and got onto the bed with a cup of tea and MN.

He very obligingly hopped up beside me and quietly sat sucking his thumb. After a few minutes he said 'are you still on a break mummy?' so I said yes and he sat there for another 10/15 mins until I felt guilty and declared 'break over' Smile

whinetasting · 09/02/2018 21:00

Mummy doesn't do lego.
TBH I'm a bit sad about it as I like lego BUT the DC are obsessed so it's all or nothing. Obv I've gone for nothing...

unenthusiasticfuturedancemom · 09/02/2018 21:09

Only daddy makes coffee.
Only daddy makes the fire.

Under no circumstances can mummy be expected to do either of those things so don't even ask. If daddy is away and the house is cold we must snuggle under the duvet. (Lots of lovely cuddles!)

Crikeyblimey · 09/02/2018 21:14

If we ever have a ‘sharing’ bar of chocolate (big dairy milk, chocolate orange or similar) it is apparently my job to had it out. I’m mostly (not regularly) fair! Ds is 15 now and dh is obviously an adult but it seems they simply accept this. Wink

Diamondjoan · 09/02/2018 21:15

I can never touch raw meet until it’s cooked, A la Montague Withnail. Happily DH is a fan so as soon as he hears “as a youth I used to weep in butchers’ shops” he knows that’s his queue to take over dinner prepSmile

PollyCotton · 09/02/2018 21:21

I regularly "don't know where Daddy's put..." all sorts of things. Usually the screwdrivers or glue so whatever it is that they've broken has to wait for Daddy to get home before it can be fixed. Of course if it's something I genuinely can't find & actually want then I'll call DH to find out where it is.

We have "quiet time" every afternoon where they have to play nicely in their bedroom. We homeschool & my mental health would suffer if I didn't have a break. We've done it since the eldest dropped his afternoon nap so it's just been accepted as normal. I'm dreading the day they discover it's not something everyone does.

These 2 things I see as examples of my amazing parenting - it's teaching them consequences & self-reliance/the ability to occupy themselves/problem solving/independence. I've found homeschooling also teaches me a lot. Mostly, how to spin my "leave me alone" moments to make it sound like it's a conscious decision to benefit the DC's development.

PollyCotton · 09/02/2018 21:23

Diamond I also don't touch raw meat. DH batch cooks at the weekends so all I have to do it reheat things!

mathanxiety · 09/02/2018 21:23

"I do not bake cookies." Repeated often. They stopped asking.

When they got old enough to bake they quickly realised what a monumental pain in the ass it is to bake cookies batch after batch for hours, only to turn around after finishing all the post-baking washing up and find there are only five of the most burnt ones left.

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