The good - DH got an additional $1700 in CS deposited in the bank yesterday. You guys know that he got a chunk a few months back, but he didn't see anything else so we assumed that the Beast had gotten super pissed at CompanyThatBoughtHerCompany and perhaps had quit. Now we think that she has probably restructured her contract with them so that BeastCorp (you know, the entity that was supposedly she had to close, poor Beast) invoices CompanyThatBoughtHerCompany on a monthly basis. She likely thought that this would get her out of the Withholding Order. But, nope, big chunk came yesterday. Now she is only in arrears to the tune of a little over $2K/
The bad - I had to take my mom in today for a biopsy of some lumps on the orbital bone of her right eye. Surgeon came out to tell us that while he is not positive until the pathology comes back, he thinks it is neurofibroma - something that usually only appears in children. He said, "I have been doing this for 15 years, and have never seen this in an adult, but it looks, acts and feels like neurofibroma." His other thought? Lymphoma. Ugh....
The Ugly - tonight I made soft tacos for dinner. SS14 comes downstairs, takes one look and says, "humph, there's hardly any meat." I say, "it's two pounds, SS14, same as we always use." SS14 says, "yeah, whatever you say." DH got the look from me, and he immediately lit into SS14 about disrespect, tone of voice, blah blah blah. SS14 came back with the ever-popular "I didn't know I was being rude."
That one sent me right over the edge. I explained to him that I no longer was buying that excuse. That rude was rude and rude is totally unacceptable in MY house. DH tagged in at that moment and I left the room.
so. tired. of. that. kid.
He is just like the Beast. Nothing was ever her fault, either.
Gah.....
14-yr-olds can suck it.
14-yr-olds can suck it. You've had those kids for 9 months - it's LONG past the time he can claim ignorance of proper conduct.
What kills me is when I call DH out on being an ass of one flavor or another. I get, "I didn't mean to!" I don't CARE if you didn't mean to be rude, be insensitive, be an ass, YOU WERE! It doesn't change the fact that you hurt my feelings, and you don't get a free pass just for saying that! SD16 does the same thing.
So yeah, it never ends.
~Trish
Here's the thing, I have
Here's the thing, I have raised 14 year olds. Thing1 and Thing2 are 17. I know all about "I didn't mean to" and "I was kidding" Yes you did and no you're not!!!
best part (that I left out) was when DH told him to tell me he was sorry. SS14 said, "but I'm not sorry."
Me - well, you're gonna be. I promise you that.
SS14- well, I am sorry if you thought I was being rude.
DH - ARRGGAHHHHDDDNNN^&%$&&%&%&&. (He totally went off on SS14 about the difference between "I'm sorry that I was rude" and "I'm sorry if you that I was being rude."
This is a kid who knows perfectly well how to be polite to adults. I flat out told him, I will mirror his attitude and demeanor.
As you guys have probably figured out, I am NOT one to eff with.
SD14, who has always been a
SD14, who has always been a very compliant child until a few years ago (puberty), has been doing the, "Sorry. I didn't know it was rude." Yeah, right. How many times do you have to be corrected to "get it?"
As most of you know, PITA, is 150# over weight and SD14 is 50# overweight. For people to be THAT heavy, you would think they wouldn't be so picky. SD14 has been raised on fast food, junk and sweets. That's the only foods she likes. TOO BAD!
DH makes her eat healthy at our house and any functions with his side of the family. MIL is a stickler for manners, so when anyone asks, "What are we having for dinner?," MIL doesn't want to hear from ANYONE, "I don't like that" or SD/PITA's line "I'm not a fan." It irks MIL to NO.END.
SD has been told COUNTLESS times, "No one wants to hear that you don't like something. It's rude and bad manners/behavior. Try it and be quiet."
SLOW LEARNER LIKE HER MOTHER, I GUESS!
"Raising Children Is Like Being Pecked To Death By A Chicken."
Oh, SS12, who knows how many
Oh, SS12, who knows how many lbs overweight - a lot - asks, "What's for dinner?" and when he gets an answer he doesn't like, asks "So what am I having?"
I don't answer. He can figure that out on his own. When I am out of town he gets sandwiches and leftovers with DH. Good luck with all of that!
I hate the "What's or dinner?" question.
Nearing 13 he is getting more bold about his food opinions. DH is shutting him down hard.
He will probably want to move to BMs at his first opportunity just to secure the flow of unhealthy food into his gut.
What's for dinner? My answer
What's for dinner?
My answer to any kid is/has always been/will always be: Food. You'll like it.
OMG - each skid walks through
OMG - each skid walks through the door from school and the first thing they say is "what's for dinner?"
I want to reply, "why do you care? You're just gonna bitch about it anyway," but instead, I say, "not sure yet."
Ive always answered like ktq.
Ive always answered like ktq. Food or shit n sugar lol
`Tis better to stay quiet and be thought stupid, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I may be switching to "food."
I may be switching to "food."
Tee Hee A fun one
Tee Hee
A fun one is...
Kid/Skid: What's for dinner?
ME: Your FAVORITE! (very enthusiastically)
At MY house that always means tuna casserole. I absolutely LOVE it and I don't know how I ended up with 4/4 BS's that absolutely HATE it. It took YEARS for them to realize that every time I said that, they were having tuna casserole?
This just popped into my
This just popped into my head, had to share. Maybe my kids are DER Der der...
We've always butchered our own meats. So my kids grew up eating liver, tongue, etc. They loved it.
My XMIL watched the boys for me one time. I returned to a distraught grandma. I thought the boys liked liver? They do. They wouldn't eat dinner because they said they didn't like liver. OH... I've never told them it was liver. I always just say it's "meat" nothing more. Worked like a charm LOL
Here's where DER Der der comes in. It wasn't until 3 or 4 years ago that they finally figured out they were eating liver and tongue. That's only because one of them walked in while I was boiling off a tongue
They're adults...
Our house sounds like
Our house sounds like this:
"What's for dinner?"
"Food"
"What kind of food?"
"The kind that you eat"
"What kind is that?"
"The kind that won't kill you"
"What's that?"
"Food"
If that doesn't get whichever person is asking to stop, it becomes, "You'll find out when you eat it"
this is good. I think I will
this is good. I think I will steal it.
today I resorted to this:
SS14 - when's dinner?
me - I don't know yet
SS14 - what's for dinner?
me - food
SS14 - what kind?
me - the kind you get from the store
How did I do?
I like the "$hit and sugar"
I like the "$hit and sugar" response.
That would be funny to say and then have SD go home and tell her mother I said that. ahahahahahahahaha
"Raising Children Is Like Being Pecked To Death By A Chicken."
Hahaha I said "food" and got
Hahaha I said "food" and got grandma on my back about the fact that little miss perfect wanted to know "what food" because she doesn't like xyz!!!! My answer was Well in MY house you eat what is on your plate or go to bed hungry... Grandmama was "not amused".. TOUGH SH1TE!!!!
Yep. Eat what we have! If
Yep. Eat what we have! If not, go to bed hungry!
"Raising Children Is Like Being Pecked To Death By A Chicken."