CAN'T be MISSED - FREEBIE

[BucksCM]

135 views and only 1 taker so far.... I have to say I am disappointed in y'all... I thought you were my friends

Yeah...but he's been taken...by Bunyip!
Unless you're going to cut him up and share him?!

[The Juggler]

oh lordy I'm scared, very scared of what is to come Pip doesn't look like you will be able to just give him away, the best you can hope for is a swap - I'm offering my 10 year old dd if that helps.

[Mouse]

My model is from the same year, but must be a different batch.

Personal Hygiene - showers at least once, sometimes twice a day, Goes through at least a can of Lynx a week, similar with hairgel. Has the amazing knack of filling the washing basket with dirty clothes...just as I've emptied it. But hey, that's got to be better than leaving it all on the bedroom floor, like his older brothers do

GSOH - makes me laugh with his dry wit (dare I say he takes after his mother )

Can work the microwave & sandwich toaster, but much more importantly...the kettle! Makes me a cup of coffee before I come downstairs in the morning, puts the kettle on again when he gets in from school, several times throughout the evening & makes me a final coffee at bedtime.

Very rarely answers back...again, unlike his brothers.

And even when he's in trouble at school he spares my feelings by telling the teachers I'm out at work, so there's no point in phoning me

[silvermist]

lol merge our names and you come up with Pist! lmao

[silvermist]

My model is from the same year, but must be a different batch.

Personal Hygiene - showers at least once, sometimes twice a day, Goes through at least a can of Lynx a week, similar with hairgel. Has the amazing knack of filling the washing basket with dirty clothes...just as I've emptied it. But hey, that's got to be better than leaving it all on the bedroom floor, like his older brothers do

GSOH - makes me laugh with his dry wit (dare I say he takes after his mother )

Can work the microwave & sandwich toaster, but much more importantly...the kettle! Makes me a cup of coffee before I come downstairs in the morning, puts the kettle on again when he gets in from school, several times throughout the evening & makes me a final coffee at bedtime.

Very rarely answers back...again, unlike his brothers.

And even when he's in trouble at school he spares my feelings by telling the teachers I'm out at work, so there's no point in phoning me

Erm, The stepford wives children comes to mind here!

On a serious note, enjoy it while you can coz you never know when it might change hun!!

[eddie]

Probably the reason I love being a CM, the LO's come in smiling, I get a cuddles, they are excited about what we are going to do, love it when I dance with them and they seem to like being in the same room as me

This exactly!!! I always say to the parents when they are having a tough time, enjoy these years because once they hit the teenage years then you will appreciate how easy it is when they are small!

Def seems to be a faulty batch - my 14 year old DS is of a similar vein and my nearly 12 yr old DD has been a teenager for at least the last 4 years.

According to my mother I was an angel during the teenage years (although I may have made up for it since).

[Mouse]

Erm, The stepford wives children comes to mind here!

On a serious note, enjoy it while you can coz you never know when it might change hun!!

Oh, I know the risks. I've already lived the teen years with the 3 older than him. No wonder my hair is greying

[Pipsqueak]

My model is from the same year, but must be a different batch.

Personal Hygiene - showers at least once, sometimes twice a day, Goes through at least a can of Lynx a week, similar with hairgel. Has the amazing knack of filling the washing basket with dirty clothes...just as I've emptied it. But hey, that's got to be better than leaving it all on the bedroom floor, like his older brothers do

GSOH - makes me laugh with his dry wit (dare I say he takes after his mother )

Can work the microwave & sandwich toaster, but much more importantly...the kettle! Makes me a cup of coffee before I come downstairs in the morning, puts the kettle on again when he gets in from school, several times throughout the evening & makes me a final coffee at bedtime.

Very rarely answers back...again, unlike his brothers.

And even when he's in trouble at school he spares my feelings by telling the teachers I'm out at work, so there's no point in phoning me

so batch wasn't faulty ... heavens you can go off some people!!! lol

(your model sounds lovely.... )

[Mouse]

so batch wasn't faulty ... heavens you can go off some people!!! lol

(your model sounds lovely.... )

I do sometimes wonder if he was my reward for having survived the previous 3!

[nipper]

Brilliant thread ladies, having a little giggle as we speak!

According to my mother I was an angel during the teenage years (although I may have made up for it since).

Ah now it's a well known fact that 'IT' skips a generation. My theory however is that 'What goes around comes around'...I am not looking forward to ten years time (my two ds is 8 1/2 and dd nearly 6). If the forum is around I might be re-awakening this thread!

[Cammie Doodle]

Can I swap you for an empty house ?

[nipper]

Can I upgrade???

[JCrakers]

Ive got a similar one to Mouse aged 13.5yrs so I'm happy with that

But I do have a very stroppy demanding 10yr old girl who is going on 15

Answers back a lot
Sulks when its not going her way
moans a lot...... (we're talking a lot ere)
asks for things constantly especially when out
never stops eating
Makes my job harder than it needs to be
Doesn't take no for an answer
Doesn't usually do as she's told

The joys of parenting

[silvermist]

If they gave out a parents guide at the birth of your first child which covered every year up to their twenties....you would only ever have one child eh!!

I have come through those teenage years with my ds's(both in their twenties now) but I do now think they were easy compared to having hormonal teenage dd!

[Pipsqueak]

Showed him this thread - he doesn't think me or any of you are funny... we are sad ... apparently!
(insert big grinning smiliie as it won't click)


tried talking to him last night;

Me: 'Rob.. I don't like getting cross with you like this, you need to shake your act up a bit
Rob: 'yeah... I know'
Me: 'surely you don't enjoy it either... how are we going to sort this out'
Rob: 'how about you just leave me alone to be a teenager - I am supposed to be moody and selfish'
Me: 'errr no thats not gonna happen son'
Robcue whiney voice) ' but I don't know what i have done wrong AGAIN'
Me: **reels of no less than TEN wrongdoings ranging from not listening, to blatently ignoring instructions, mithering his siblings, backchat and selfishness
Rob: 'yeah but you are just making it up'
Me: 'no these are just in the last week son'

hmupf... cue slamming door stamping feet... mumbling etc


so yeah - talking works....<sigh>

[silvermist]

This thread has bought back some memories from my ds's angst ridden teenage years.
God the times Ive heard....but its not fair!

Maybe you should start acting in the same way as he does, say from now til tomorrow morning, answer him as he answers you, basically give him the same treatment. He might be surprised to realise it makes you feel like c***. Worth a go I reckon.

Just laughing to myself now as I picture you storming out of the room, slamming the door and blasting out your music at full pelt!!! Do it Pip, I dares ya!!!!

[Pipsqueak]

Just laughing to myself now as I picture you storming out of the room, slamming the door and blasting out your music at full pelt!!! Do it Pip, I dares ya!!!!

I do that anyways lol!!!!!

[JCrakers]

Ive always slammed doors

My Dad took my bedroom door off when I was a teenager...'If you slam that door one more time I'm taking it off' So he did

Now I still slam doors if dh annoys me and Ive been known to throw things at him if he really winds me up (he's got the knack of winding me up and when I get cross, he laughs and makes me worse)

He always laughs at me when we have an argument and I'm looking around for something to throw at him

[k1rstie]

thanks eveyone for making me laugh. When you have th nightmare living in your home, you can easily think you are the only one with your affliction. Its good to know that most people have had, do have or will have (he he!!) a nightmare living upstairs!

[Mouse]

He always laughs at me when we have an argument and I'm looking around for something to throw at him

I can strongly recommend chocolate mousse. Load up your spoon, aim & flick...very messy, but so satisfying when you hit them when they're not expecting it