Tell me my teens aren't the only ones lol

[Srepmum1984]

I am growing more and more gobsmacked with my teenagers common sense and I wanted to hear some other funny stories.

This week alone, son has toasted bread with butter already on it because he couldn't be bothered to wait and it smelt like the house was on fire.

Was feeling ill, so made him a Lemsip. He poured it (literally) straight into his mouth then screeched he didn't realise it was hot. He watched me make it from the kettle.

Today he is working with me over his college half term in the office for some extra cash. Blew his nose, then proceeded to try and open my free standing air conditioner fin part as he thought ' I had a fancy Japanese bin'

Please tell me I am not alone😂😂😂

You can eat raw bacon, our food tec teacher used to snack on bits in lessons (in the 90s). I also as a teen (again in the 90s) thought you could boil milk in the kettle, made a lovely hot chocolate and didn’t ruin it. Mine do their own washing but if they didn’t I’d still expect them to know that a machine needs detergent, it’s common sense so no judgement of the parents from my corner, but a wry smile in recognition that even the most intelligent make daft calls.

I think what I notice in teenagers is that they lack initiative in pretty much all areas of life and are not aware of anything around themselves. The screen has definately rewired their thinking

Had a 17 year old with me in work experience recently and asked me if they can't open a door (I asked them to put something away in a store cupboard) does that mean it's locked. Had no idea how to sweep or mop and was amazed to learn you 'should' was up with hot warder after complaining that her hands took and age to warm up after washing dishes.

I remember my mum saying to do some jacket potatoes in the microwave (pre smartphones hah), but I must have misheard her as I put them on for 45 minutes instead of 4-5 minutes hahahaaa.

I'm 58 and I eat raw bacon

put a wash on and then realised a pair of pants they needed that evening had fallen on the floor. Opened the detergent drawer and put them in- logic being they’ll just get sucked into the drum with the detergent. They didn’t- they got entangled somehow and made the washing machine flood. The pants had to be retrieved with a wire coat hanger. That teenager might have been me.

@Tricho aren’t you special

There’s making a silly mistake and then there’s being totally unequipped to deal with life due to parental failures. The former are funny, the latter are sad

I used to work with a 30+ bloke who would eat raw sausages from the office fridge, because he couldn't be bothered to cook them.

My DD’s common sense seems to go out the window once she’s home. I often wonder how this girl solo travels everywhere and is still alive.

As for me I remember the first time I cooked rice. Not even my flatmate’s dog ate it.

I'm feeling a bit nervous now as I'll have a teenager on work experience starting after Easter 😀i am hoping they're not one of the teenagers mentioned on this thread lol. It'll be an interesting fortnight to say the least!

What a nasty little comment. You can fuck off now.

These are so excellent, I’m crying with laughter.

Also terrified as my nine year old thinks I’m an idiot and that she knows it all. Dread to think what we’ll face when she’s a teen 🤣🤣

I shared a flat with a student couple (early 20's) who put butter in the microwave still in the foil wrapper - did not understand why I shrieked and turned it off immediately! They had never heard of arcing.

Oh to have a teen that never makes a silly mistake!

Do they even exist?

Wrong.

My son is a fantastic cook and knows about things like cooking safely etc. But this is why this isnt about knowledge but about the total loss of common sense that happens to many many teenagers. My sons logic was that if you can cook a toastie in the toaster in one of thost bag things, you could cook an egg in one. Little bit of oil, egg, job done.

A small fire and a knackered toaster later, this was proved not so.

You know how a genius can solve the questions of the universe but cant put their trousers on the right way up without help? Teenagers are a bit like that. I am on my sixth of six and whilst I would say that the boys seemed to be the worst for it, despite getting extra "dont be a dick" lessons in terms of cooking, laundry etc, they have all gone through it at some point. In my experience they overthink things to find a short cut or cleverer way to do things because they are of course superior to us lower life forms (their parents) doing things the slow old way, and need to prove their superiority. And failing at these "solutions" is part of the learning process of how to be a fully equipped adult. As the saying goes "a man who never made a mistake never made anything."

Mine thought that the self checkout had a voice activated feature and loudly said ‘pepper’ into it. More than once. Made several people’s day. The other one ran full pelt into a glass door on holiday last week because ‘it wasn’t usually closed’ so I’ll take my crap parenting medal and wear it with pride 😂

There are some incredibly rude posters on this thread. Teenagers have done stupid things for all of eternity. My Nana, as a teenager, ran away from where she was evacuated to go and stay with her friend in a place that was being more heavily bombed than her own home town. When questioned she said that she’d read it was more dangerous ‘at home’ so she went to someone else’s.

No, I don't think you can distinguish between these.
Some parents can hammer home how to use the washing machine and teens do things without thinking like LaPalmaLlama....thats what teens do.
I remember doing things myself ...and look back and think why...but at the time....I just wasn't thinking

When I was a student, one of my friends (age 19) tried to cook pasta by filling up a saucepan with warm water from the tap and leaving it on the side? I had to explain how to boil water!

The son of one of my friends hoovered up sick in his University flat 🤢

And they wondered why it smelt awful every time they switched the hoover on after that!

Many years ago, I woke up to the aroma of frying bacon. It was 3am. Went downstairs, (dressed), son and 4 friends (19-24) sitting around the table eating bacon sandwiches and smoking. In the middle of the table was a full petrol can, purloined from our garage, ashtrays next to the petrol can. They had run out of petrol about a mile away and decided to borrow our mower petrol. Felt hungry after all the walking, so made a snack before walking back. He’s turned out really well, considering. It’s not just you and yours 😊

🤣🤣

I did all kinds of stupid shit as a teenager. Microwaved bread in the bag to defrost it (it caught fire). Left my laptop next to an electric fan heater (it melted).

i promise I actually am an intelligent, functioning member of society now!

Yeah, you’re fucked when your 10 year old becomes a teen - you will eat your words! Your smugness now will
come back to haunt you