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Teenagers

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

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moolady1977 · 13/12/2021 18:54

Well I've upset 2 of the kids first the ds at 17 he is staying at his girlfriends house he went yesterday teatime , bear in mind I've been at a funeral all day . So back to the ds he got his gf to message me at 4 pm to take him some clean clothes and his Xbox as he was gonna stay a few more days , I don't drive , his dad is out ,his grandad has been at the same funeral as me and my oh is at work , so I said no can't do it I'm afraid if you had been in touch earlier I would have but not at this time well he has kicked off big time and now wants to come home but his gf parents are arguing so won't bring him , I told him to catch the train .
The dd rang me asking to borrow some cash again she owes me £80 already so I said I didn't have it , and she got face on and I put phone down then talking to my oh he says as long as you get it back I'll lend it her I then try to get in touch with her and no answer so I ring her bf who says she is next door , she then messages me so I ask her what she is doing and she says it's neighbours birthday I'm having a chat with her and then again asks to borrow some money I reply with no as it's now obvious what you want it for and she isn't talking to me either . Makes me mad that she was moaning about her electric going off during the night and her baby being grouchy all day and then wants money to get pissed .
Only the eldest to go but he isn't a teenager but I wonder if I can get a hat trick .

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EveningPrimeMinister · 14/12/2021 12:42

Oh op. It'll do them good to hear 'no' from time to time. You can't run around after them all the time and keep doling out money. If you do, they'll never have to take any responsibility for themselves. Hopefully lessons learned by them both 🤞

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