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The most ridiculous thing your DCs have fought over?

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DigleyAndDazey · 27/03/2023 19:35

Today my toddler DCs came to blows about a broom (really old, plain wooden one that the previous owners of the house left behind, so not even like a nice, desirable, special child-friendly, colourful one or anything) in the garden. They both had a meltdown as they needed to sweep right away.

How about yours?

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Straysocks · 27/03/2023 22:47

'He's on MY sand!' Both of them. On repeat. On a vast, empty beach.

QuitChewingMyPlectrum · 27/03/2023 22:53

Whose window the windscreen was.
Which of them ‘owned’ the bom bom beom bit at the start of one of Rihanna’s songs.
One of them breathing on/near them or worse still smiling at them

IndeedDanielJackson · 27/03/2023 23:03

A lego man, which both boys (around 8 and 10) claimed ownership of due to some trading between them. Occasionally still comes up even though they are now 17 and 19 🙄

Worst one was a huge fight over the remote control, ds1 ended up with a huge black eye!

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Babdoc · 27/03/2023 23:08

When my DDs were very young, our cat killed a mouse.
They decided to bury the mouse in the garden, and wanted to hold a funeral
for it, but couldn’t agree on the choice of “hymns” - DD1 wanted Away in a Manger, while DD2 wanted Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
It escalated into no holds barred fisticuffs, hair pulling and screaming.
During the battle, the cat quietly dug up the mouse and made off with it….!

FinallyFoundIt · 27/03/2023 23:12

Oh holy crap. I'm 32 weeks with my second, don't ever remember having fights with my brother like this so this is both a helpful eye opener and like a terrifying prophecy 😬

Straysocks · 27/03/2023 23:18

FinallyFoundIt · 27/03/2023 23:12

Oh holy crap. I'm 32 weeks with my second, don't ever remember having fights with my brother like this so this is both a helpful eye opener and like a terrifying prophecy 😬

If it helps at all their relationship is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. This makes them both laugh now.

MagpieCastle · 27/03/2023 23:23

When they were teeny, Dd informed Ds that his imaginary friend had now decided to be her best friend instead. They both had lovely real life besties but the shrieking over that imaginary friend was epic.

Redebs · 27/03/2023 23:35

These are brilliant! Really needed this thread 😊

My grandkids had an argument at half term in the back of the car about a noise one of them had made. He insisted it had been a fart and she was determined it was a burp. They got distracted by seeing the sea and then forgot about the quarrel... Until I revived it by asking, 'So, was it a burp or a fart?'

They carried it on all the way home. And nobody fell asleep awkwardly just before dinner, even though they were both knackered!

Me, staying one step ahead🤣

Redebs · 27/03/2023 23:37

MagpieCastle · 27/03/2023 23:23

When they were teeny, Dd informed Ds that his imaginary friend had now decided to be her best friend instead. They both had lovely real life besties but the shrieking over that imaginary friend was epic.

OMG, she STOLE his imaginary best friend?

That is epic!

Thestruggler · 27/03/2023 23:37

Empty loo roll tube

NicknameTaker · 27/03/2023 23:39

ghislaine · 27/03/2023 22:08

Over who would die first if they both stepped into the road without looking.

I despair some days.

🤣🤣🤣

YetMoreNewBeginnings · 27/03/2023 23:45

The funniest argument my girls ever had was actually at 14.

there was a big, important party. They each decided to go shopping with their respective friends. My suggestion that their liking for similar clothing maybe made it wise to go together received a very wordy and very teenage pair of lectures about how they might be twins, but they are individuals and I mustn’t forget that. That I had to learn to accept that sometimes they’d want to do things separately…

The argument when they were getting ready later over who go to wear the dress they had both bought was epic to the point I ended up banning them both from wearing it in fear it was actually going to end up with something damaged.

Discussions about arguments or fall outs are still measured in a scale of the dress row…

NicknameTaker · 27/03/2023 23:47

There have been many over the years, but the most recent and funniest one was over sheet of A4 paper!
There was a whole box of plain white paper on the table between them, but they both insisted they wanted that one particular piece.

They we’re going at it hammer & tongs I broke it up when I heard Ds1 screaming for Ds2 to stop squeezing his nipples, we now have a now nipple twisting rule 😂

NicknameTaker · 27/03/2023 23:49
  • no nipple twisting
Redebs · 27/03/2023 23:50

NicknameTaker · 27/03/2023 23:47

There have been many over the years, but the most recent and funniest one was over sheet of A4 paper!
There was a whole box of plain white paper on the table between them, but they both insisted they wanted that one particular piece.

They we’re going at it hammer & tongs I broke it up when I heard Ds1 screaming for Ds2 to stop squeezing his nipples, we now have a now nipple twisting rule 😂

🤣🤣🤣

Mumoftwoinprimary · 27/03/2023 23:57

We have 3 toilets in our house. One day, on the way home from school, it transpired that they were both desperate for the toilet.

In order to save time, in this desperate situation, they both wished to use the downstairs toilet.

Whilst the argument was ongoing (and neither of them had been to the loo) I wandered upstairs, treated myself to a wee and wandered back down again. Where they were pushing and shoving at the toilet door in a way that didn’t seem sensible to me for people whose bladders were on the border of exploding.

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DigleyAndDazey · 28/03/2023 00:10

Babdoc · 27/03/2023 23:08

When my DDs were very young, our cat killed a mouse.
They decided to bury the mouse in the garden, and wanted to hold a funeral
for it, but couldn’t agree on the choice of “hymns” - DD1 wanted Away in a Manger, while DD2 wanted Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
It escalated into no holds barred fisticuffs, hair pulling and screaming.
During the battle, the cat quietly dug up the mouse and made off with it….!

These are all brilliant and have cheered me up during a night feed, but I think this mouse funeral might be my favourite so far.

We also have the arguments over imaginary stuff. And also if one says the other's name without permission.

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imnotwhoyouthinkiam · 28/03/2023 00:20

Who is more important, God or the Queen (was a fair few years ago when we still had a Queen.)

Who was/should be sitting next to me. DS2 had been and moved so DS1 sat down to show me something on the laptop. DS2 came back from whenever he'd been (probably for a wee) and had an absolute hissy fit. He threatened to hit DS1 with a chair, tried to get his laptop off him to smash it and ended up kicking him and actually hurting him.
I was genuinely terrified and almost called the police (DS1 wanted me to and i really didn't know what to do for the best). Its the only physical fight I remember them having. They were about 14 and 16 at the time and should be grown up enough to not have to be next to me all the time.

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DigleyAndDazey · 28/03/2023 11:15

Oh no, I was hoping this would end in a couple of years!

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Nailsandthesea · 28/03/2023 12:20

MagpieCastle · 27/03/2023 23:23

When they were teeny, Dd informed Ds that his imaginary friend had now decided to be her best friend instead. They both had lovely real life besties but the shrieking over that imaginary friend was epic.

This made me laugh out loud!

on occasion I have literally put mine outside and earphones on!

Nailsandthesea · 28/03/2023 12:21

Mumoftwoinprimary · 27/03/2023 23:57

We have 3 toilets in our house. One day, on the way home from school, it transpired that they were both desperate for the toilet.

In order to save time, in this desperate situation, they both wished to use the downstairs toilet.

Whilst the argument was ongoing (and neither of them had been to the loo) I wandered upstairs, treated myself to a wee and wandered back down again. Where they were pushing and shoving at the toilet door in a way that didn’t seem sensible to me for people whose bladders were on the border of exploding.

This happens all the time in our house

JenniferBarkley · 28/03/2023 12:30

Who owns the mood. It's lasted months. I'm hoping the brighter evenings will end it.

DC2 also claims ownership of the moon at nursery.

The imaginary friend theft is amazing. Imagine being Wendied by your sibling and your imaginary friend.

JenniferBarkley · 28/03/2023 12:31

JenniferBarkley · 28/03/2023 12:30

Who owns the mood. It's lasted months. I'm hoping the brighter evenings will end it.

DC2 also claims ownership of the moon at nursery.

The imaginary friend theft is amazing. Imagine being Wendied by your sibling and your imaginary friend.

Gah. Moon, not mood.

Cupcakey · 28/03/2023 12:32

A twig (although to them it was Harry Potters actual wand.. apparently)

MustBeThursday · 28/03/2023 12:41

I once had to confiscate an imaginary kite and "put" it on a high shelf because they were fighting over it. Imagining a second kite was not an acceptable solution.

They've also argued over whose turn it was for a choice on the TV. They both wanted the same episode of the same programme, so it didn't actually make any difference whose choice it was, but IT'S MY TURN TO CHOOSE descended into tears all round.