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Teenagers

Parenting teenagers has its ups and downs. Get advice from Mumsnetters here.

Best lines from teens (lighthearted)

87 replies

3catsandcounting · 20/06/2014 11:39

"You think you're funny, but you're not"!!
(Oh, but I am, I'm hilarious!)

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Standinginline · 20/06/2014 11:41

That was my most used like towards my parents when I was younger ,lol.

Standinginline · 20/06/2014 11:41

*line

madeofkent · 20/06/2014 12:16

'I must have inherited it from you'

To her stepfather Grin

MRJJ007123445667687876 · 20/06/2014 19:16

"you are the beta people round her"
(shock, gulp, laugh)

Sparklingbrook · 20/06/2014 19:20

'You know what I want for Christmas? Some bloody respect around here'
From my DS1.

My friend's DS1-

'You want to work on your parenting skills a bit'

Hmm
Sparklingbrook · 20/06/2014 19:21

Friend's DS1 to his Mum. not me BTW. That wouldn't be funny.

Pagwatch · 20/06/2014 19:24

DS1 told me I was using Facebook wrongly the other day .

Grin
3catsandcounting · 20/06/2014 19:33

Oh hi, sparklingbrook; I love reading your posts; how's DS doing with his braces - are they off? DDs having hers removed on her birthday next week!!

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notnowImreading · 20/06/2014 19:34

My friend's 7 yr-old DD gave her a long-suffering sigh, a withering sidelong glance and said, 'You know, I do hate it when old people try to be cool.'

Sparklingbrook · 20/06/2014 19:49

Hi 3. Yes thanks, they have been off for about a month. Just the retainers now. The teeth look great-bit of getting used to seeing him without the braces.

It's his birthday too next week. Smile

KarlWrenbury · 20/06/2014 19:51

fcuking lighthearted

Pagwatch · 20/06/2014 19:55
Grin
MrsRonBurgundy · 20/06/2014 20:08

I don't have teenagers but I remember my favourite line to my mom, when feeling distraught over not bei along allowed to a party or a new clothing request was turned down. Was "it's times like this I REALLY wish you'd used protection, I DID NOT ask to be born"
I was a brat. I apologise to my mom frequently and am not looking forward to karma coming to bite me in the ass

500smiles · 20/06/2014 20:26

"If you think you're leaving the house dressed like that you've got another think coming!"

I was in my DIY clothes and the only reason I was leaving the house was to give him and his mates a lift Hmm

chocoluvva · 21/06/2014 12:17

DD's friend overheard saying to DD about me, "Her skirt's not that embarrassing".

ssd · 21/06/2014 18:23

ds2 used to have this song on his phone when I rang him,

"she's fat, she's round
she bounces on the ground
its yer MUM, its yer MUM"

FantaSea · 21/06/2014 19:47

My DD bought me some face cream for my birthday when she was about 14. She said 'I would have bought you the age-defying one but it was too expensive' !

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 21/06/2014 19:53

DS1, aged about 14, complained that children playing up on the next table in the restaurant pub 'were ruining his dining experience'

moggiek · 21/06/2014 20:01

'Your best years are behind you, Mum'. I was 35 at the time Smile

eekihaveadate · 21/06/2014 20:06

My dad complained about DS being too loud on his guitar and not turning it down when requested or wearing his headphones and answering back and huffing when told to turn it down.

"DS why DO YOU behave like this?"

DS "Dunno granda, must be my bad genes"

Grin Dad has 4 guitars. And my mum is never done complaining about how loud he is and how it won't wear the very expensive headphones she bought him for Christmas!

TalisaMaegyr · 21/06/2014 21:06

(Sitting next to me on the sofa) 'Is there any chance you could run me a bath and I could watch Supernatural while I'm in it?'
Me: 'Erm... No?'
'Well then, I HATE my life.'

Grin

Me: 'I want you to do something for me, and you're not going to like it.'
Her: 'I'm not waxing your back....'

ConfusedHmm

Love her.

AnyFucker · 21/06/2014 21:08

My dd today, when given the "Age Concern" sack and told to clear the old clothes out of her bedroom said "but mum, the old people will look stupid in my clothes"

Sigh

madeofkent · 21/06/2014 21:12

Grin She's right!

AnyFucker · 21/06/2014 21:14

Indeed she is.

TinklyLittleLaugh · 21/06/2014 21:17

Have posted this before but I am always calling my teenage daughters by each other's names. I jokingly suggested calling them both by an amalgam of their two names to save me being bothered to remember their names, eg if they were Kate and Poppy they could both be known as Pate or maybe Koppy).

Without a second's pause DD1 said, "that's fine, shall we call you and Dad, "Mad" or "Dum"?