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♫≈♥≈♫miss chief

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief Report 13 Apr 2008 16:04

I was thinking about placing an add in the local paper

Teenager for sale.......one careful owner lol

Sheila

Sheila Report 13 Apr 2008 16:09

Why for sale, why not give them away ?, we could pack them up and say buy 1 get 1 free !!!

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief Report 13 Apr 2008 16:12

lol Sheila thats a good one........lets see how many we can round up.

Jane

Jane Report 13 Apr 2008 16:12

Dear desperate housewife,be prepared for them to come back,just as you are used to having a life again.Mine are 22 and 25!!!!!!!Hopefully for not too much longer.I think I am keeping Andrex toilet rolls going,bread , biscuits ,cereal anything you care to mention.What really p.....s me off is my moisture cream,hand cream perfume etc seems to just vanish.Also my nice Fengal bath and shower stuff.Nothing is sacred.And there is no privacy!!.We thing once they have finally moved out ,we will move and not tell them where we have gone.!!Good idea?
Helen

Sheila

Sheila Report 13 Apr 2008 16:19

Hi Helen

I know I had 3 girls, it it ain't nailed down it comes under their collective use..... thought I had to stop sharing when I moved away from home, and I was not fighting with my Sister, now I am fighting with the kids :O)
Funny thing this privacy rule with teenagers , you have to understand it is all one way !!!! you cannot look at their mobiles, or e-mails or enter their bedrooms unanounced they on the other hand get the right to do all this and some ............ ;o)

Jane

Jane Report 13 Apr 2008 16:23

Hi sheila,
Tell me about it.Im thinking of having the lock on the inside of my bedroom door put back on .The previous owners had one and we took it off.How daft were we!!!!!!!!!

Sheila

Sheila Report 13 Apr 2008 16:31

Helen

Do you really want me to answer that ;O) a friend once said to me also, make sure when the kids move out you get the front door key of them , see what he means now ;O)

Do you realize tho, the circle of life is now complete we have now turned into our parents and our kids have turned into us ......yikeeeeees when did that happen :O)

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief Report 13 Apr 2008 16:31

Sheila you got it in a nutshell

hi Helen

Sheila

Sheila Report 13 Apr 2008 16:38

Funny thing is we bought all the girls mobile phones when they where younger so we could keep tabs on them, reckon they put a block on them, whenever we rang the mail box came on, however, their friends always managed to get in touch about going out etc.......
Now it has come full circle we go anywhere and it is them phoning us, where are you, what time you back........my oh my vengance is sweet ;O)

Jane

Jane Report 13 Apr 2008 16:45

Hi Miss Chief
We and how many other thousands/millions are in the same boat.I sound so old fashioned now by saying (Idont remember it like this in my day)I was so good as a teen!!!!!

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 13 Apr 2008 16:49

When my daughter moved out she put a whole new meaning to the phrase 'home shopping'
She would come home, look through my cupboards and fridge and go out with a carrier bag full.
Thank goodness for BOGOF's

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 13 Apr 2008 16:53

OMG I'm getting really worried now.

Tell me which are worse boys or girls, I have one of each.

Karen x

Moy

Moy Report 13 Apr 2008 17:01

Got it in a nutshell !!

The frightening thing is I think I've turned in to my mother!! Thats even more frightening for my husband !! LOL !!

I only have boys so don't know what girls are like these days , but I am the worst mother in the world, and the only one who says NO !!!! .... I think not , they think I'm stupid !! LOL

Lyndi

Lyndi Report 13 Apr 2008 17:06

Quite a few years ago when my son was in his early teens I cut out a letter I saw in a newspaper (think it was a column by Dr Vernon Coleman).
This thread made me look to see if I still had it - I have - all yellow and faded!!
It still makes me laugh:

Q. My parents are stupid. They don’t know anything but they are always trying to tell me what to do. I am 16 and I get really fed up with them thinking they know best.

A. I DO sympathise. It must be terrible for you. What your parents do not understand is that you, like all 16-year-olds, have been blessed with the sacred gift of total knowledge.
On you 13th birthday, you were touched by the finger of infinite wisdom, but your parents, being grown ups, were and are blind to your new status. Being blind, they see you as an ignorant, pig-headed, spotty, sulky, over-demanding, ungrateful little git.
Try to be patient with them, even though they may not serve you as they should. And make the best of your days of wisdom for they are limited. On the eve of your 18th birthday (far, far closer than you think) the finger of infinite wisdom will be lifted from your brow and you will come face to face with your true self.
You will realize that you are, in truth, the ignorant little git your parents always thought you were and that the world, far from owing you obeisance, is a hostile and frightening place. Make the most of your years of total knowledge for they will never return.

Jane

Jane Report 13 Apr 2008 17:06

O K How old are yours? I have one of each and I have to say girls are the worst for the nicking and (borrowing!) boys are very laid back(almost horizontal)But both never think about putting the new toilet roll on the holder or chucking out empty shampoo/shower gel bottles.They just seem to end up on the floor right next to the bin.It is obviously too much effort to lift the lid.You have good reason to be scared.It ain't good.Start practicing with the whip now,Although I doubt it will make any difference.Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

Desperate Housewife ♥

Desperate Housewife ♥ Report 13 Apr 2008 17:15

pmsl Lyndi.


Helen I have a few years yet to go but oldest is 10 and he has already forgotton where the bin is (thinks it's his bedroom floor) there is no hope.

Youngest loves cleaning but she's only little, I know it wont last.

ShimmsRedRoseAndMistletoe

ShimmsRedRoseAndMistletoe Report 13 Apr 2008 17:18

Lyndi, luv it, made me laugh.

Talking about lifting the lid Helen, what don't they understand about aiming right?!

I've been told that just when you think it's all over, it starts again ... grandchildren. "Mum, can ....?"

Just remembered another one, "I hate you!" (on a roll now) ... you're ancient and the best one, "Don't ever come and support me again when I play football!"
Me: "Why not?" "Der, how embarrassing! I could hear you cheering when the other side were doing well!"

Might emigrate!

ShimmsRedRoseAndMistletoe

ShimmsRedRoseAndMistletoe Report 13 Apr 2008 17:19

See's ya all later, school tomorrow must do some work or I'll be called into Head T's room for a ticking off and I'm ancient! x

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief

♫≈♥≈♫miss chief Report 13 Apr 2008 17:21

Hi just popped back in........looks like i've opened a whole can of worms lol

at times when i'm talking to my kids (trying to inspire them) i stop and think......my gawd.....i sound like me mam. lol

Moy

Moy Report 13 Apr 2008 17:28

Just showed my 17 yr old , he wasn't amused !!!!!

It's certainly made me chuckle xx