Teenagers
Today I tidied my teens bedroom and found.....
myotherusernameisbetter · 14/03/2015 20:39
I'll start....
Yes, I know he is perfectly capable of doing his own room, but today DS2 (13) was away for the day and I was waiting on hospital visiting time as my Mum is very unwell, I needed something to keep me occupied so I decided to do DSs room as a treat.
He usually picks up all his laundry and clears up any rubbish on a Saturday himself as that's his responsibility but as he was away at 9am he didn't have a chance yet. We have a "no food upstairs" rule.
Anyway, apart from the dirty laundry I found:
2 empty juice bottles
1 empty smoothie carton
1 empty milk shake carton
6 empty crisp packets
3 apple cores
a pile of orange peel
1 grape
a pile of sweet wrappers
some bits of popcorn
2 plastic bowls
2 plastic cups
......and a Pringle tube full of urine 
We are going to have to have a talk when he gets home!
Dancergirl · 16/03/2015 22:00
No, I go in every day, they still like a kiss goodnight and sometimes we chat at bedtime.
dingit · 16/03/2015 22:01
A mug full of rice. I thought she may have got her phone wet, but apparently it was for an Art project...
GlomOfNit · 16/03/2015 22:46
I do suspect so, QueenBean. 
Brilliant thread though, OP. Hope your mother continues to improve.
Solo · 16/03/2015 23:05
I thought my Ds was the only one with a pile of wrappers/foodie bits etc in his room.
I did find a used condom in his room! we had a discussion about it and I asked him to dispose of them in the bin in future please . Strangely there was little to no embarrassment on either part!
Rugbycomet · 17/03/2015 02:17
My son is no longer a teenager but his room looks like a crack den.
I've given up! He's moving out...I have had enough.
DevonBird708 · 17/03/2015 13:34
You've also made the Herald down here in the South West!
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/worst-thing-ve-teenager-s-bedroom/story-26185632-detail/story.html
Cocolepew · 17/03/2015 16:22
Its on the Independents website too…
Its not just boys most definitely. My DD is an untidy brute.
boredaccountant · 17/03/2015 17:01
Jetgir1 · 17/03/2015 18:54
"HighwayDragon Mon 16-Mar-15 20:59:17
When I was 15 my mum found spoons, a lighter, kitchen foil and a cheese grater. I have literally no idea how or why they'd got there. My mum thought I was on drugs shock grin"
I could see this happening in my house, surprised it didn't tbh. It would have been my older brother who put it all there to "see what mum did"...
I am also incredibly impressed with the leakproof abilities of the Pringles tube.
Cocolepew · 17/03/2015 19:20
Now Huffpost has reported it and mentioned that posters are moaning about the press nicking it
OrangeFlamingo · 17/03/2015 23:28
Just read this in the New Zealand Herald and remembered reading the thread this morning. Definitely gone global!
poppym12 · 18/03/2015 10:50
a pringles tube?! at least my grotty DS used an old lucozade bottle 
but although this was waterproof, i daresay that unless the aim of a 13 yr old (at the time) was impeccable, there was much spraying.
PHANTOMnamechanger · 19/03/2015 15:58
I'm surprised no one has suggested OPs son is in training to be a lorry driver.
The bottles and bottles of pee thrown all over the verges and roundabouts here in south kent is absolutely gross. Makes me want to gag - pity the poor beggars who have the task of clearing it all up now and then. Bags of shit too, bleurgh!
(Apologies to any MNers who are or whose loved ones are nice clean civilised lorry drivers!)
Aridane · 20/03/2015 06:14
And again in today's DM
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3003145/Schoolgirl-asks-mother-letter-PE-one-wrote-just-perfect.html
Second bit of article
ps since when doesn3'000 views or whatever constitute going viral...
Mother1988 · 21/03/2015 18:12
There was evidence in this room of excessive consumption of almost every type of fast food known to civilized man since 1544 AD. What kind of teenager would need all these coconut husks and crushed honeydew rinds? Would the presence of teenagers account for all these uneaten french fries? These puddles of glazed ketchup on the bureau? Maybe so. But then why all these fizzy drinks? And these crude pornographic photos smeared with mustard that had dried to a hard yellow crust? These were not the hoofprints of your average God-fearing teenager. It was too savage. Too aggressive.
jd56 · 24/03/2015 01:03
A pringles can full of pee!!!! Disgusting. If my DS did that once, he would never do it again.
giraffesNeedBigPoloNecks · 24/03/2015 01:32
All those saying it's a boy thing...nope! Number of friends I have who have teens that regularly leave used sanitary towels around their rooms.
Gymbob · 24/03/2015 05:50
I'm one of those who finds sanitary towels still in the pants. one went right through the wash not long ago and came out still attached. I also nearly stood one a bright red one on the floor in her room. sorry, too much information there 
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