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Generic MN teenagers

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WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 02/01/2023 13:11

As a follow up to the brilliant "Generic DHs thread started by @TheShellBeach I thought we should have a "Generic MN teenage DC thread (apologies if someone was quicker off the mark and has already started this!)

The generic MN (male) teenager has “hollow legs” and eats a whole loaf of bread and drinks three pints of milk a day but is slightly underweight compared to his peers. He complles with the family rule of leaving mobile phones on the landing overnight without complaint. He has a big gaming chair and his favourite Christmas present this year was colour changing LED lights for his room. He doesn’t need any pocket money as he has a Saturday job so his parents just pay for his phone contract and essential clothing. He saves up himself and buys the expensive stuff he wants like Nike T shirts. He actually gets on with his siblings. Unlike other boys of his age he has zero interest in cannabis and drinks the odd can of fruit cider at a party.

Unlike the RL teenager who accidentally leaves a pack of Rizlas on his gaming desk (next to the LED lights which stopped working after an hour last Christmas but he still hasn’t taken them down) He doesn’t save for expensive stuff like Nike T shirts as he just spends all his money on stupid shit like 8 million Greggs sausage rolls and seventeen bottles of lucozade in one week. He fights with his siblings and you frequently hear him say “fuck off” to them when he doesn’t know you’re in the vicinty . He never answers his texts when you text him to ask if he will be in for dinner as “had no battery” despite you buying him a fucking power bank last week. As he arrives home after dinner he just cooks eleven chicken nuggets (nothing else) in the air fryer. He takes them up to his room and leaves the plate there for days next to the five half empty lucozade bottles.

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Crazyinlove123 · 03/01/2023 23:18

Cuppasoupmonster · 03/01/2023 23:14

Who also has crippling social anxiety, is regularly ‘screamed at’ by strangers and acquaintances alike, and can stretch a small roast chicken to last a week.

If it’s accompanied by a massive salad

mids2019 · 03/01/2023 23:47

MN DD......

Blond, willowy, preppy good looks (think Kate Middleton in her early.20s or Keira Knightly). Musically and sports talented (possibly head girl?), more often than not attends a selective school. Future careers could be medicine or Oxbridge or even drama school for some. Never bullies or is bullied having a right knit friendship group of a similar kind of girl. Plans multiple foreign holidays with her besties.

MN DS

Tall, possibly rugby player build, with slightly unruly hair, good looking obvs. Successful at school and joins the MN DD with Oxbridge/medicine ambitions. Loves food.(of the non fast variety) and has a couple of beers with sporting types. Along with DD makes the family.proud.

mids2019 · 03/01/2023 23:49

Oh and both above have girlfriends and boyfriends that the family adores.

watcherintherye · 04/01/2023 00:00

The MN Mummy packs a carefully balanced lunchbox involving healthy wraps with crudités, hoummous and olives (and no refined sugar), all of which the dc will eagerly devour. RL Mum scrapes around for something vaguely resembling lunch 5 minutes before everyone’s due to leave, and comes up with a big slice of last night’s Domino’s, a Kit-Kat and an out of date frube, along with a wizened satsuma which she knows won’t get eaten, but at least shows willing.

TattieBogle12 · 04/01/2023 00:45

MN teen still loves a cuddle with his mum 🥲

Bebabelouba · 04/01/2023 00:49

The MN Ds & MN Dd do not contemplate any sexual activity until possibly final year at uni )or possibly gap year ( in case interferes with finals)
This is most likely because the MN parent has never allowed any member of the opposite sex into respective child's bedroom until 17 -and then the door is always always respectfully left open.

Brightun · 04/01/2023 13:04

Have enjoyed this thread so much. Here’s the preschooler version

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4712307-generic-mn-preschooler

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 04/01/2023 13:54

aramox1 · 03/01/2023 21:52

He discusses hw and uni choices thoughtfully with his mum, who looks forward to the good fun they have together playing family board games or going to see xmas lights. He has a lovely gf obviously.

IRL mum gets 'noneofyourbusiness'.

Don't forget to take a flask of hot chocolate on your walk to look at Christmas lights! You'll be nice and warm as DC will be all bundled up warm.

Meanwhile in RL, teens don't wear a coat, well they might if it was a ££££ North fucking Face one.

(Vinted is very good for ££££ NF stuff actually, I got some new with tags stuff on there for Christmas)

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WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 04/01/2023 13:55

Brightun · 04/01/2023 13:04

Have enjoyed this thread so much. Here’s the preschooler version

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4712307-generic-mn-preschooler

Slay Wink

The irony is now my DC are so far away from being preschoolers I probably remember them as angelic generic MN preschoolers Grin Or I have wiped that horrific episode of my life from my mind.

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redskydelight · 04/01/2023 13:59

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 04/01/2023 13:55

Slay Wink

The irony is now my DC are so far away from being preschoolers I probably remember them as angelic generic MN preschoolers Grin Or I have wiped that horrific episode of my life from my mind.

You may have been using wine as an anaesthetic?

(I don't remember my teens as pre-schoolers either. Other than the time that the oldest weed on the youngest. Which I suspect MN pre-schools don't do, because they are fully toilet trained by 18 months).

DerekFaker · 04/01/2023 17:19

WaggledMyAerialAndWolfedMyCustardCreams · 02/01/2023 14:42

<<high fives MintyCedric>>

Let us not forget that the MN generic teen girl is so stunning to look at she is pestered by model agents in the street while walking to her Oxbridge interview, which she will ace (in fact the tutors will verily beg her to grace the university with her presence), just as she aced the 11 plus and every exam since.

Ooh yes and she has 'flawless' skin and 'swishy' hair.

AutumnCrow · 04/01/2023 17:45

Violashift · 03/01/2023 11:56

I am a teacher. Kids actually cheered and kept hoping for cancellations.

Ah yes, indeed. 'Can't you just give me an A, miss?' was heard reverberating around the hillsides.

PeekAtYou · 04/01/2023 17:52

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 04/01/2023 13:54

Don't forget to take a flask of hot chocolate on your walk to look at Christmas lights! You'll be nice and warm as DC will be all bundled up warm.

Meanwhile in RL, teens don't wear a coat, well they might if it was a ££££ North fucking Face one.

(Vinted is very good for ££££ NF stuff actually, I got some new with tags stuff on there for Christmas)

In my world ds wouldn't be seen in the same postcode as me unless there was an unavoidable reason for it like a hospital appointment. He went to his last eye test on his own and ordered some replacement glasses because someone might see me with him

bizzywiththefizzy · 04/01/2023 23:30

redskydelight · 04/01/2023 13:59

You may have been using wine as an anaesthetic?

(I don't remember my teens as pre-schoolers either. Other than the time that the oldest weed on the youngest. Which I suspect MN pre-schools don't do, because they are fully toilet trained by 18 months).

I remember I caught my pre-schooler weeing in the dogs water bowl . Also in the garden weeing in on a water wheel which was a bath toy . I think he quite enjoyed weeing and was very inventive about finding interesting places to do it .😂

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