Back from Uni

[onlyhalfagreenegg]

My twin teens are just back from their first year at Uni and they are driving me nuts already!
Treating my home like their student house - not tidying up, complaining there's no food.
Is anyone else dealing with the same issues? Or just me?

Not in that way, but we are drowning under all their stuff at the moment!

I’m considering moving out for the summer and I’m only half joking

I’ve asked my student DD to cook dinner tonight.
she asked what and I said that’s the hardest bit.
Last week we agreed who would cook what which night (just for 4 week nights). I still ended up “facilitating” (16 year old).

no easy answer. I’ll miss them when they’re gone but looking forward to eating what I want.

I asked ds to pick up dinner from the supermarket on his way home from looking for a job in town - he expressed utter shock that he should have to walk home from the supermarket with food - he does bloody nothing all day. Other twin works but thinks that means she doesn't have to do anything at home because she's tired - but has enough energy to socialise with her friends - dh and I work all day - but somehow that doesn't seem to matter. I just don't want to battle with them all summer to tidy up - life was so peaceful and tidy without them.

yes dd2 is back and she's doing the Towel Thing already. It drives me mad.

dd1 back next week and she loves to cook all the bloody time, and leave a massive mess.

The state of the bathroom every single time - water everywhere, clothes all over the place, lights left on, food left out - I'm so over this...having a break from it has only made me less tolerant of their shabby student ways. They have houses of their own - next year they can bloody stay in them.

I'm sort of relieved to hear this. I'm losing it with my 18 years old DD. Creates such a mess, seems to spend huge amounts of time in bed watching Netflix or reading and then says she's too tired to help because she's done a shift at work. My 21yr old is marginally better. At least she's out of bed most of the day. Maybe this is normal for teenagers but it's driving me nuts!