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AIBU?

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Teenage girls are total dicks

296 replies

Codswallop20 · 25/11/2021 20:29

They really are. Selfish hormone driven cock wombles.

I think they should all be forced to live on an island and only be allowed to return when they are sane.

AIBU??

OP posts:
Comedycook · 26/11/2021 12:34

@Mandate

I have three teenage daughters and they are great. Some people are dicks, some are not
Well it's not that simple. Many people, boys and girls will be vile during their teenage years and grow up to be completely lovely adults.
Comedycook · 26/11/2021 12:35

@RainLol

YABVU

If someone would say this about teenage boys there would be an uproar.

Would there? I have a teenage ds who is vile most of the time. Awaits the uproar...
BigYellowHat · 26/11/2021 13:37

Boys aren’t much different. DS has only become nice in the last couple of months and he’s 18! He was really grumpy before that 😂

Jux · 26/11/2021 13:55

Unbelievably, despite my own appalling toddler and teen behaviour, my own dd has, all told, been pretty damn wonderful. I've put it down to her own empathy, awareness and sense, but I have no idea where any of it came from. It's hers, all hers.

Love her so much.

AngelsWithSilverWings · 26/11/2021 14:09

My DD was an absolute angel as a baby and child. Now 13 and she is horrible. She says such hurtful things all the time and I struggle to like her at times. We are making a lot of allowances and she's had a really tough year for one reason or another.

I have hope as DS16 has been a nightmare for a few years but is now becoming a lovely human.

TarasCrazyTiara · 26/11/2021 14:18

@Cornettoninja

There isn’t any evidence of a male equivalent of menopause. What is with all these bizzare Mums net claims of things like male menopause or men’s fertility declining in the same way as women’s. Neither is true. Is it because there’s a disproportionate amount of feminists on here?

Octavia174 · 26/11/2021 14:25

My Teenage DD was working as a carer during the pandemic, vile girl.

Bit of shit thread considering an 18yo teenage girl was found murdered on the day the OP chose to post this.

Goldenbear · 26/11/2021 14:26

YABU, I think you have to make allowances for teenager attitude as they are a young brain in what appears to be an adult body. I don't have a teenage DD yet but I do have a teenage boy and he is genuinely funny and kind. I think DD will be the same, maybe appreciate that everyone has bad as well as good traits even yourself

SilverBelle · 26/11/2021 14:58

I was so horrible to my darling Mum. I tried to apologise to her for the worst incidents in the months before she died, but she couldn't remember them (or so she said)…

My sister, on the other hand, was horrible to our Dad. He says she didn't speak to him at all during her secondary school years. A slight exaggeration perhaps, but she was pretty miserable.

We're both nice now.

Cornettoninja · 26/11/2021 14:59

@Octavia174 that’s really unfair and crass. There is absolutely no connection between finding your teenager a bit of a bellend and a completely unrelated murder.

Intheopinionofourexpert · 26/11/2021 15:05

To be honest, I couldn't wait for DD to go to university, she was so unpleasant. Within a year she'd turned into a lovely adult who had always been lurking, but was rarely seen. She's since apologised for her teenage behaviour, that meant an awful lot.

Hang on in their if you're going through a difficult spell, it does get better.

Intheopinionofourexpert · 26/11/2021 15:09

@Octavia174

My Teenage DD was working as a carer during the pandemic, vile girl.

Bit of shit thread considering an 18yo teenage girl was found murdered on the day the OP chose to post this.

Why would you conflate the tragic murder of an 18 year old young woman and the often difficult behaviour of teenagers?
lunar1 · 26/11/2021 15:10

Ds1 is fine so far, but only 13 so there's time. But fucking hell the girls in his class, it's like some of them are possessed by the devil. Their poor parents, everything is so dramatic and intense.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 26/11/2021 15:29

When my dses were teenagers, I proposed the Teenager Barrel (TM).

It is a barrel into which you put the teenager. You feed them through the bung hole, and when they turn 20, you decide whether to release them into the wild or drive in the bung - depending on whether they have got over being teenagers or not.

Might this help, @Codswallop20?

Dentistlakes · 26/11/2021 15:53

DS1 is starting to ‘turn’ teenagery. It’s a real shame but there you go. Hoping at some point be will turn back into his previously lovely self. Sometimes it’s hard to love them when they’re like what but of course you do. I just try to keep telling him I love him and I’m proud of him (he does work hard) and keep feeding him (he’s much worse when he’s hungry!).

cally21 · 26/11/2021 16:00

I actually really like my dd15... seems I'm in the minority BlushGrin

RufustheFloralmissingreindeer · 26/11/2021 16:13

Is it because there’s a disproportionate amount of feminists on here

Sorry don’t understand

If you mean that its feminists saying this stuff….then i doubt it

Chasingaftermidnight · 26/11/2021 16:27

My nightmare toddler is now a fab teenager. Whereas perfect toddler is much more defiant and generally very frustrating to deal with.

As the parent of a tricky toddler I’m going to choose to believe that this is a hard and fast rule, thank you Grin

TarasCrazyTiara · 26/11/2021 16:32

@RufustheFloralmissingreindeer

I don’t. Who else would be so eager to believe men’s fertility drops off likes women’s and they go through a male equivalent of menopause?

mincepiesallround · 26/11/2021 16:34

MIL’s best friend always says hard baby easy teenager. Based on that DD will be dreamy and the boys will be tough as teens!

I was an awful teen, but also going through bereavement, verbal abuse and various other upsets. But you know even without that, being a teen is HARD. I really feel for teens. Especially now with social media to contend with.

Benjispruce5 · 26/11/2021 16:35

It definitely is another toddler stage only you can’t scoop them up under your arm and put them on the naughty step!

IncompleteSenten · 26/11/2021 16:37

I was a total twat.
I don't have daughters but I lived through the teen years of two sons and I can confirm they can be equally twatty.

Benjispruce5 · 26/11/2021 16:38

@Octavia174 I love my two(21 & 17) with all my heart. I love being a mother but god sometimes it’s hard. It’s ok to say so and have an outlet such as an anonymous forum to share your frustrations. Please don’t shame posters.

RufustheFloralmissingreindeer · 26/11/2021 17:04

Who else would be so eager to believe men’s fertility drops off likes women’s and they go through a male equivalent of menopause?

Ive never heard anyone on here that says they are a feminist saying those things…obviously you may have

I also think that anyone saying those things is hard of thinking

RufustheFloralmissingreindeer · 26/11/2021 17:05

Why on earth would a feminist be eager to say that ??

Have you got any links or is it just something you’ve noticed (i never have a link so understand if you don’t have one to hand)

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