to drug my feckin children because they won't sleep?

[ProstetnicVogonJeltz]

DD1 has pig flu a cold and is whining that her chest hurts and keeps bloody coughing irritably.
DD2 is getting really angry with DD1 because she is keepingher awake.
I'm getting narked with the pair of them because I want a seacret cigarette to have a sit down and relax and the little brats monsters won't go to bloody sleep.
what is the medised equivelant for 11 and 13 yr olds?

ladyevenstar, judging by recent threads I think you and I have a very similar view on life

I use drugs too, it's called red wine

When my boys were younger, I did consider pumping anaesthetic gas under the bedroom door.

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture, and it makes your mind do very strange things.

Kitty

"is whining that her chest hurts and keeps bloody coughing irritably"

wow, i'm glad you're not my mom.

Like you said BB.

Or, perhaps, she could simply be venting here!! She's just being human - and I doubt that what she says here bears any resemblance at all to how she's actually acting towards her children!!

True SSG - quite possible, but even when really stressed, you still need to remember that they can't help feeling ill. Secret cigarette or comfort for a sick child? I don't smoke but even if you swapped it for a nice glass of red, the child would still come first for me. But venting is fair enough, if that's what it is...

I do see your point, Bobblebuddy, but equally I can understand reaching that point of exhaustion where rationality flies out of the window and it could be easy at that point to imagine that they are Doing It On Purpose.

I hope that venting here enabled the OP to regain her sense of perspective and return, somewhat refreshed, to the fray.

Call me old fashioned, but I took the op to be a bit tongue in cheek.

PuppyMonkey - you are oldfashioned!!

(Sorry - couldn't resist).

Fwiw, I suspect the op was partly venting and partly tongue-in-cheek.

it's true as well sunnygirl..

I didn't beat my poor sick child with a rubber mallett. that would have been a bit wrong. I didn't drug them, I mearly wished that sometimes I could just for a momets peace.
I was indeed venting and a tad tounge-in-cheek.
must dash. have to empty my ash tray and hide the vodka bottles before my daily visit from SS.

Just pass the vodka over here, dearie - I'll look after it for you! [innocent emoticon]

Oh - and for what it's worth, I have never ripped one of my childrens' arms off then beaten them to death with the soggy end - despite promising it on more than one occasion - far too messy, imo.

And despite huge provocation too!