Are all teenagers like this?

[GarlicMonkey]

Would like to hear others' experiences of living with teenagers because.... Solidarity? ... Reassurance? ... Misery loves company? I don't really know why but I'm having an 'at my wits end' phase with my lot & I'm ready to throw in the towel.

Mine are boys but I don't think it's limited to one sex. The back chat, the mess, the laziness, the arrogance, the moods, the emptying of the fridge, just everything! Before I had my own I thought people must be exaggerating about how infuriating they are, good grief was I wrong.

YABU - It's just your kids.
YANBU - It's most teens.

I could have written this post OP. I have one of each sex and they cause headaches for different reasons. Boy, eats me out of house and home, the mess etc, girl thinks she’s about 5 years older than she is and the back chat is wearing. Solidarity, we’ll get through this!