Pretty sure this is *not* how it's supposed to go

[purpleturtle]

DH and I have retreated to our bedroom because DD refused to go to hers.

DD (9) is livid that her younger brother is out until 10.30 tonight (at the theatre with a friend and her mum) and she is being asked to go upstairs. Not necessarily to sleep, mind you, just upstairs, so that DH and I can have some peace.

She has refused to budge, because DS1 will have even more to 'show off about' if she goes to bed before him. She is flailing arms and legs and throwing slippers.

I have flounced. Told her to let her brother in when he comes home and turn the lights off when she goes to bed.

It's been about 10 minutes. How long d'you reckon before she cracks?

my dc love it when i do this....they will watch tv til they fall asleep! around 2 am!!

She sounds stubborn. I reckon you'll be up there for the night

TV is off. And staying that way. (Which is a shame, because I wanted to watch something at 9). Oh, for a TV upstairs...

I can't actually let her be the one to let DS1 in when he comes home though!

We have wine, though. It could be worse.

how old is the younger brother?

my two do this and it drives me INSANE

when one goes out that late, the other one sulks about it enormously despite the fact that they may have been out late themselves a month or so ago

(mine are v close in age so often act a bit like twins grrrr)

last time ds went out late, I had fallen asleep on the couch and dd had sneaked back downstairs grr and when he came in, she was up and he totally nuts and they had a big fight. FFS!!

There's a scenario I hadn't foreseen. I do hope DS1 isn't put out if DD is still up.

DS1 is 7 - there's 22 months between them. The girl he's gone out with is actually nearer DD's age, but for some reason when her mother suggested taking our DD to the theatre she was insistent she'd prefer to go with DS1. So that is what has happened.

I think DD has come upstairs. She is stubborn. But she is also quite tired.

Phew. Seige over. (For now)

She had turned the lights out, too.

lol good dd

Oh yes - and she'd left a note outside our bedroom door that says, "DS1 shows off about finishing a book or being first to start a cereal box, let alone going to the theatre".

(Is it wrong that I find that quite funny?)

And I honestly don't recognise that as DS1's behaviour. If that is what he does, he must be extremely clever to conceal it from us, I think.

lol that is a fantastic note

you should write one back to her

I'm quite impressed by it tbh lol. She's got out her little seethe in a note then peacefully gone to bed. There's a prime minister in there somewhere!

I am such a bad mother.

It has never occurred to me to write a note back.

Do you think we should save our correspondence to help her with her memoirs when she's PM?

lol yes

if nothing else, definitely to embarrass her when she turns 21 or gets married!

How funny! Please keep the note, it's very sweet