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Am I being a lazy cow?

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Dilraj68 · 19/05/2022 08:05

So since DD13 started high school, I've been making her breakfast.

She's at that awkward age where there's no importance for time management and being too laid back.

She'll go to sleep at a good time to ensure she's not cranky in the mornings. I get her up at 05:30 so that she has that lie in and get up by 06:00.

She'll take an age in the bathroom doing her eyebrows and than another 45 minutes doing her hair. Every morning.

She used to expect me to do her a cooked breakfast every morning while I'm having kittens stressing out that she'll be late for school. It's just a 7 minute walk.

I put my foot down and have refused to do her breakfast, for the past two weeks now. I feel a bit victorious but I want her to see and realise time management is so important. She had a, strop at first but now has realised. She needs to leave by 08:10 at the latest but too busy faffing lol.

I feel like a lazy cow sometimes when I'm sipping my coffee while watching her do her own thing.

Hopefully she'll understand not to take me for granted.

Dunno why I posted this but hoping someone else can relate!

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