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Teenagers rewriting history

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user1471463696 · 20/04/2026 12:26

Does anyone else’s teen do this? Just little things - she will insist for example that she never wanted her room painted pink and hated it, or that she hated watching a particular film that she would watch all the time. I have different memories of course and remember her picking out the paint colour and insisting on watching the film over and over! Is it a developmental thing, or trying to glean some self-pity as someone who really had a very nice childhood? I find it hard to rise above it and not argue with her!

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LittlePinkWeed · 20/04/2026 12:29

Quote "Recollections may vary" at her.

user1469565563 · 20/04/2026 12:40

LittlePinkWeed · 20/04/2026 12:29

Quote "Recollections may vary" at her.

Haha! I said this to my son this weekend!

Morepositivemum · 20/04/2026 12:42

My son does the same but then I did it as a teen too, and actually laugh at some of the conversations I have with my mum now in my 40s when I realise she was right😅

Smartiepants79 · 20/04/2026 12:45

Mine do occasionally in much smaller ways - you didn’t tell me that- kind of thing. The things you describe would drive me nuts. I guess if it was my kids I’d be saying something along the lines of - it’s ok to have changed your mind/taste/opinion but when you were little it was your favourite. Maybe you’ve just forgotten….. and then doing my best to ignore the nonsense!

Shedmistress · 20/04/2026 12:53

I think we should all be allowed to forget silly things we did when little.

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