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To ask what inane shit your kids have argued or got upset about today

111 replies

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 15/12/2022 17:07

Our toilet is blocked so I went to buy a plunger after the school pick up from Screwfix. DD and DS (9 and 6 respectively) spent the whole car journey trying to grab it off each other and arguing over who deserves to play with it more.

I then got home and used the plunger in a toilet full of shit and have stuck it in a bucket full of bleach after I used it. They are asking every 2 minutes when the plunger will be ready to play with. I said it’s a tool I’ve used to unclog actual poo, go and play with your rooms full of proper toys!!

Disclaimer: this is a lighthearted thread. Please do not scrutinise my plunger use, parenting or try to diagnose my children with anything, thank you kindly Grin

OP posts:
MrsK89 · 15/12/2022 17:09

You know what to buy them for Christmas!
Arguments about who goes first.. To do anything. Even about putting toothpaste on the brush 🙈

Whatsshecalled · 15/12/2022 17:38

Who's turn it was to get the waste paper basket from the living room (its bin day) a job that takes approx 2.5 seconds. This escalated to such a ridiculous level that they've been sent to their rooms. They had both happily helped in many other ways that were considered 'fair' in their eyes, they're not lazy just insane about the equal distribution of labour.

Hopeyoursproutsarealreadyon · 15/12/2022 17:47

So you donate 2 gifts to charity and go purchase 2 plungers....

growgrowinggrown · 15/12/2022 17:48

Earlier this week who got to put the baubles on the tree (neither were allowed or are big enough as it goes) ended in the whole bleeding thing slumped over on its side.
Baubles everywhere, lights ripped out of the socket, stand crunched up. Fair few tears with that one, the shocked looks on their faces were a picture.

Original poster
LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 15/12/2022 17:48

Hopeyoursproutsarealreadyon · 15/12/2022 17:47

So you donate 2 gifts to charity and go purchase 2 plungers....

Can those 2 gifts be my children? I think I’d be getting asked for a refund 😆

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hookiewookie29 · 15/12/2022 17:57

Childminded children arguing over a green felt tip pen. There are several green pens, all the same. Child A was using one. Child B wanted to use it. A told her he had it first so she'd have to wait. Child B said that she actually saw it first so she should have it. She didn't want to use any of the other identical green pens, she wanted the one that A had.......
This went on for so long that it was eventually time for B to go home....and she never even did any colouring....

lifeiscake · 15/12/2022 18:34

when my 2 boys was i remember one fight 7 & 5 at the time full at it over pants under pants there my pants no there not yes they are in the hall way of our little flat kicking screaming at each other full scrap in just there pants there now in there 20s and i still bring it up .

APurpleSquirrel · 15/12/2022 18:45

Picked DC (8 & 4) up from school - they'd had a Christmas party today, so I was asking about what food they'd had. There then ensued an argument between them about whether they'd had jelly, ice cream, cream & sprinkles or ice cream, jelly, cream & sprinkles... Hmm

MuggleMe · 15/12/2022 18:45

We just had an argument because the baby Jesus in the Nativity advent set was today and not Christmas day. Youngest wanted to hide it til the big day, sister wanted it now.

Oneeyedreindeer · 15/12/2022 18:48

DS1 livid that DS2 didn’t want to play jenga with him. DS2 running around kicking the jenga over. Really hard to not laugh because DS2 is hilarious and a total wind up merchant and DS1 expects DS2 to do all his bidding so was furious that he wasn’t just not helping, he was hindering.

Hooverphobe · 15/12/2022 18:48

one threatened to report me to social services for mental cruelty.

reader, I asked him to tidy his room.

Oysterbabe · 15/12/2022 18:53

It amazes me the stupid shit my kids find to argue about. Whose turn it is to feed my fish, pressing the button at the pedestrian crossing, who gets to sit next to me, who is first up the stairs, who puts their pyjamas on first, who's had the most sweets. DD likes to play her Trump card on the sweets one
'I've been alive longer than you and was eating sweets before you were even born'

PokemonPasta · 15/12/2022 19:05

This morning my furious 7 year old came and got me because the four year old was looking at her breakfast.

StateOfTheUterus · 15/12/2022 19:10

DD6 in floods of tears this morning “because all four pillow cases on your bed should be the SAAAAME colour, it’s not FAIR to have TWO colours of pillow case 😂

Busybody2022 · 15/12/2022 19:14

My two, who are highly competitive, argued last weekend about who would die first ..

MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 15/12/2022 19:16

Hooverphobe · 15/12/2022 18:48

one threatened to report me to social services for mental cruelty.

reader, I asked him to tidy his room.

You brute.

SafeMove · 15/12/2022 19:18

DD (11) and DS (15) just had an argument over a TikTok video ffs.

DS must have seen a video over DD's shoulder on TikTok and REALLY REALLY REALLY needed to watch this purile shit apparently. DD made a point of not letting. Even went as far as saying I will never tell you the TikTokker. WW3 erupted. Ridiculous.

SinnerBoy · 15/12/2022 19:21

Yesterday, she got really angry and told me not to interrupt her.

I was in the middle of telling her of for going and asking her mother to do something I'd forbidden. She knows perfectly well that she's not to do it. She interrupted me, "But, but, I asked Mammy first!"

No. No you didn't. You asked me on the way home from the shops, got a "No" and then ran up to ask your mother, who said "Yes."

toomuchlaundry · 15/12/2022 19:21

@LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet watch out for a Netflix documentary about the fight over the plunger in years to come!

MsChatterbox · 15/12/2022 19:22

Who gets to press play on the movie. They spent a good 10 minutes starting and stopping it repeatedly.

Newuser82 · 15/12/2022 19:24

Mine argued over some school uniform name stickers!! Full on snatching and everything.

Usernamen · 15/12/2022 19:24

Gosh, these are hilarious. So glad DP and I are aligned on wanting just one child!

When I was young, my sister and I argued over who could try a family friend’s platform shoes on (think 90’s/Spice Girl). We caused such a scene and our parents were mortified. 🤦‍♀️

bizzywiththefizzy · 15/12/2022 19:25

Oh my, thank you , thankyou . You have no idea what a bad day I've had and you have made me laugh 🤣 xx

NeedMoMoney · 15/12/2022 19:26

PokemonPasta · 15/12/2022 19:05

This morning my furious 7 year old came and got me because the four year old was looking at her breakfast.

Omg that's cute! 😄

superking · 15/12/2022 19:27

They took in small gifts for their teachers today and have a couple of TAs who work in both their classes and a couple more who run the after school club they both attend. Ridiculous bickering over who should hand a gift to each teacher 🙄