They do turn out lovely!

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Eventually! My ds has just gone off with a bottle of wine as his girlfriends are cooking spag bol for the boys and they are all going to watch the football! He has really turned a corner from the sullen pita of the last couple of years! Hang in there they become normal again

How lovely to hear, my ds's are 5 & 10 so all that to come!

I'm so glad to hear that Noddy but please tell me he's not 23 or something! I've had the shittest of shit weekends with DS (nearly 15) and am wishing I could turn the clock back to when he was a lovely 4 year old and start all over again ... One minute he's lovely and then the next he's rude, aggressive, and a complete nightmare! Someone wake me up when it's all over please.

Hope you've had a lovely evening with your DS & girlfriend

Thanks for that noddy. DS1 turned 13 last Thursday, I feel it may get worse before it gets better.

He is 18 and has only been like this for last 6 months. 15/16/17 nightmare! I never thought it wold end

Oh noddy that's good to hear. So fed up withh Dds moods already and the GCSEs are only just over.
I keep thinking one day one day she'll get that I am not some domestic slave woman who is on her case all the time

Ah, so only 6 more years to go for us. Thanks for the encouragement, though :)

I honestly found it tough as he was such a lovely boy! No trouble at all just changed over night!

:) Very good to hear. I still like mine atm- they are 13- at the moment but one has come through to a (temporary, I fear) lull after a vile initial puberty period where we were tearing our hair out and the other seems largely unaffected so far so am waiting for storms from him in due course.

Further reassurance, I have 4 DC 14, 19, 21 and 25.
All but my 14 year old have got through the awful stage (14 yo just entering it aghh!!) but it gets a lot easier with each child, you know what to expect, learn to laugh and ignore the less serious things. Or as older two say you are less harsh on the younger ones and they get away with more. but no harm done.

My eldest has moved out but pops home a fair bit to see us all, she compliments my cooking and tells me how much she misses me doing my washing and how amazing i am for keeping such a tidy kitchen, its brilliant.
Next one is still at uni and home so often. He was a nightmare until he came home from first year uni when suddenly he was asking me to teach him to cook, suddenly decided it was ok and fun to be youngest DD's best buddy and help her with homework and drive her places for me.
Next one has only just come out of her nightmare stage, she spent a few years constantly annoyed at me and using me as a taxi. She spent tonight helping youngest get ready for a sleepover party and told me she filled the car up with petrol today.

And my youngest, no such wonderful news yet, it is all just beginning. Apparently I'm not allowed to tell her her eye make up was all smudged down her face, apparently it was on purpose and I'm not doing her a favour telling her. It was also apparently therefore ok for her to not say bye to me and not reply to my lovely text saying 'have a good night darling what time do you need picking up in the morning?'. Oops.

Lovely post :)

Thanks noddy and Happy - it's good to know.

Oh yes, they do get nice again - it's all true. I think 18/19 was the tipping point for both of my older ones. At 17 they both made me cry on a regular basis.