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Cremolafoam ·
03/07/2013 12:40
Strops take it from me 14-15 is the worst . Dd was vile during this period and even now at 18 recognises it as such . I think it's the brink of their true personalities being born. Peers suddenly become so important- their opinions count for everything and poor dd is then stuck between a whole load of what she wants to do( prob still too young) and what she knows she's supposed to be doing( what mum thinks is right) throw in what the teachers expect if her, what the magazines think she ought to look like and the dazzling attraction of risky behaviour and you've got a right witches brew.
I certainly felt like I was no longer a parent at this time and had transitioned into a ' consultant'
It will take a while but she will emerge
Better braver brighter.
This too shall pass
Hattie:
Was it kings london or kings cambridge you liked? Dd is currently at Clare open day today . 
Cremolafoam ·
03/07/2013 12:45
Oh and I had a particularly sordid moment( not proud
) when I threw dds mobile in the septic tank.
bigTillyMint ·
03/07/2013 15:25
Oh God, DD isn't 14 for 3 weeks - I (and she!) have another year of it yet? She said Y9 has been really hard - we were both hoping Y10 would be better
Glad to hear your DD is a bit more positive - at least she is "letting it all out"
Stropperella ·
03/07/2013 20:35
Gah, I could say a lot of stuff now, but it's not politic. Suffice to say, I think I could write a dissertation on "Adolescent histrionics: when to take them seriously and when to call your dcs' bluff". 
wilbur ·
03/07/2013 21:37
Ds2's rash turns out to be shingles, not insect bites . Poor thing - he's had such terrible hayfever and now this. He's been laying about this afternoon, really tired which is so unlike him. Not sure if it's the shingles or the anti-viral he's been given to combat them.
Stropps, so sorry about dd, but I can add to the evidence of 14/15 year old angst as I was a complete cow to my parents and beyond miserable at times and then completely fine at other times. Oh, and I had zero friends, for various reasons, and spent every weekend forever sat on the sofa listening to my parents have dinner parties. BUT it all got a lot better in sixth form where I met a lot of lovely folk I still hang about with today. It sounds like she has good support at school and home, she will get there, I'm sure.
MrsSchadenfreude ·
03/07/2013 22:20
I made an interesting salad tonight to go with our curry - tomato, cucumber, mango, green chilli, green pepper, onion and fresh coriander all swooshed together with olive oil and vinegar and a small teaspoon of fennel seeds and a bit of salt. Delish.
Sorry to hear about the shingles, Wilbur, that can be so painful.
DD1 is nearly 15 and so far very little trouble at all. She is, however, very young for her age, and only interested in boys if she can beat them at chess or play football with them. I think DD2 will be Trouble when she hits that age though, as she is much more like me feisty than DD1.
CointreauVersial ·
03/07/2013 22:25
Poor DS with shingles, Wilbur. Why did I think only adults caught shingles?
All quiet at Chateau Cointreau; the fuss over DS's pill antics has died down, and Lessons have been Learned.
Meanwhile, it is Day 20 (20!!) of my period, and the worst day yet. Flooded the bed again this morning, then had to make a couple of dashes to the loo at work (I wore a dark skirt in a busy print, just in case). Pints of blood and clots.
Miserable.
CointreauVersial ·
03/07/2013 23:11
Well, I have been period-free since Oct/Nov last year, so I guess they've all come at once. I already have a doctor's appointment next Wednesday (when he should have my blood test results), so I'll hang on until then, although every day I think "this must be the end of it, surely there's no more left in there?" I have to confess I was actually quite worried today. But what else could it be but a monster period? Bah!
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Cremolafoam ·
03/07/2013 23:25
CV you have my every sympathy. That is indeed grim. I'd be beside myself with self pity- you are beyond stoic.
Oh Wilbur shingles- poor wee sausage . Has he got the rash of doom? I've had it twice on alternate sides. Pain is ghastly -poor child.hopefully it will be a brief bout.
Stropps you are doing everything right -dont forget look after yourself too-
Dd is stuck on a guy who ' just wants to be friends'
queue -tears at bedtime
< rolls eyes / passes tissues>
Blackduck ·
04/07/2013 06:11
Ds had shingles last year (during the are we moving or not period) I didn't know children could get it either and he had absolutely no symptoms outside of the rash (which I didn't see until he was on the other side of contagion bad mother alert)
I, too was a awful 15 year old, can recall picking a fight with my mother ever single night for a least a term - and was friendless too (had moved schools) I could, as my mum would say, have fought with myself:)
Mum has Royal Brompton appointment next Friday re bypass - I can feel my stress levels rising already.
CV I think my longest period was about three weeks and didn't really tail off, just stopped. I haven't had one since at least Dec.
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