to want to run away from my teenagers even though they are 'good'

[ButterflyMcQueen]

they just annoy me so much

they are so arrogant

every sentence has 'you know' in it

they smirk at me

they raise their eyes at me

ds1 does these gopping dancy movements when i bollock him that just means 'i dont really care'

they are so far up their own arses it must HURT!!!!

everyone else thinks they are nice ........ i just dont really LIKE them atm

oh thankyou Saggars that clarifys so much

unfortunately - being pg means alcohol consumption limited so maybe this is why i am suffering so much atm

the scary bit though saggers is how much of their behaviour is illegal, immoral or annoying red wine truly does help, all hail to the god of grape

What a nightmare. My dd turned 15 year two days ago and has been foul, despite me pulling out the stops for her and buying her an ipod (joint with her dad) and meal and making birthday cake. She contradicts everything I say, says I'm negative all the time, tells me to stop being so patronising. She's actually quite horrible and I wonder why I am allowing such an unpleasant person to occupy my home!!

She won't go out and get a job either and costs a blinking fortune. Firm hand needed I feel.

Don't go there with the bedroom. Every now and then I wonder where all the glasses and mugs are - oh, they are festering in her room, along with tissues with dubious deposits on them and empty wrappers stuffed in the mugs etc.

All my friends say, "oh what a lovely girl, I hope my daughter grows up to be just like her", aaarghh!

my favourite quotation from Mark Twain:

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

padboz - yes you can reason with teenagers, but only in accordance with their tems of reference - ie 'You shouldn't smoke because you may get cancer' doesn't work because obviously that will never happen to them
However ' told his mum he hates girls who smoke' does have some chance of success - at least until she goes off him....

i heart dusty

i am seriously considering putting that quote on the kitchen wall!

Tenagers can be difficult as my 16 year old is being at the moment. But I say just hang in there. They will grow up one day and talk to you properly again.DD1 21 is now a mature young lady finishing her degree this year ad getting married next year.

My dd is 12 and has started being a right PITA.
I have to say there are some days when I feel like slapping her- won't though of course.
God she's so bloody trying.