Please tell me that I am not the only Mother!

Nope. If mine texts me, I know I better get her to the Dr. She hates to miss school so if she is complaining of pain, I know something is wrong.

It doesn't end when they get to college. These kids would of never survived with a corded or pay phone!

I ignore them. My dh is amazed at how much our dd texts me.

Please college students don't text your parents. They too have a life and probably are wanting you to figure yours out.

I disagree with the last line.  My college kid texts me often.  Not to complain, but just to say hey, see how we are, tell me about classes, or sometimes tell me she loves.  She doesn't complain, ask for money or look for advice.  She has a life and so do I, but I'll always want to know what's up with her.

Mine could be bleeding with bone sticking out and he would say "it kinda hurts" or "are there any bandaids upstairs?" I do worry one day he really will get hurt and won't take it seriously. He won't see the doctor for any reason, but he will get his eyes tested (he agreed to see the eye doctor finally). He also talked about going to the dentist at some point, too. I won't push my luck.

My son used to be like a few years ago. I started letting him stay home, but he had to hand over all electronics and just rest in bed. He could sleep, read, or eat, and that was it.

I was nice about it, but I just emphasized that if he was getting sick so often it was probably partly due to a lack of sleep, so any sick day should be spent letting his body rest. (I pointed out that studies showed that screen time negatively affects sleep, which is why he couldn't have those things when he stayed home sick.)

Then, when he went back, I'd be sure he got every bit of make-up work done right away, which he hated. So the combo drastically reduced the number of days he claimed he needed to stay home.

My DH and I often joke that our ds14 would die if he had to go through child birth. We never know if he's actually in that much pain or if he just doesn't know how to handle discomfort.

Reminds me of the one time he wasn't feeling well with a stomach bug. On our way home he is spazzing about the pain in his stomach. At that point we worried if he needed to get his appendix looked at.

So I took him to the er, while in the waiting room he tells me he feels like he needs to have a bowel movement... shortly afterwards he comes out and he's feeling much better. Before I can say let's go home, we're called into the doctors office where I end up looking like a Paranoid mom who doesn't know the difference between a stomach ache where your child just needs to poop vs appendicitis. We had a stern talk on the way home...

If I kept doing that, my mom would probably text something snarky back like, "Fart and you'll feel better". 

Then again, I'm just like her and can't seem to settle down and rest when I'm sick and really should be resting. 

I'm neurotic. I know it. Major germaphobe. So of course I would always take any health complaints seriously. As for period pain, having had them myself, I know it can be dreadful. I used to be so ill with my periods, pretty much from when the started to when I had a complete hysterectomy at age 38. Both my daughters inherited the painful periods, one more than the other.

And much as you might like to sometimes ignore your kids sometimes, I'd say that if you do, you are telling them they can't come to you with their problems. I'd rather deal with the complaints than silence.

One more thing: if your kid throws up, PLEASE keep him or her home for at least 48 hours after the last symptom; this is the recommendation by the CDC and many studies. Sure, maybe your kid doesn't have a bug, but if they do, they need to stay home at least this long to minimize spreading the contagion.

I'm sure you aren't the only mother but I dealt with it in elementary school. Complain about not feeling well step one was a visit to the doctor step two was you went to bed in a dark room. No tv, no electronics, no toys, no books, no siblings or anything to entertain you. Lay in bed and sleep for 24 hours. You may leave to go potty (but mom WILL be paying attention to how long you are in the bathroom)  a very bland diet (flat coke and crackers) maybe rice and apple sauce for the second meal. Mom pops in ever couple of hours to take a temp.   It only took once to realize it was NOT fun.

Now, if they seriously hurt, were running a fever, or a doc could confirm anything wrong they got the full load of sympathy and waited on hand/foot.

My daughter texts too, but snapchats a lot!  That's the only reason I do snapchat, to get pictures of her at school and with her friends/boyfriend.  I screenshot every picture with her and other people.  And it's my alma mater (so proud!) so I love when she sends me pictures of the beautiful campus!  She is 5 hrs. away.  She is actually much more talkative now that she is away at college!

My fourteen-year-old does that.  She's bored.  I tell her, "I'm sorry," and that is generally about it.

I consider it mandatory to finish high school.  However, should the bitching continue into college, I would tell them they can simply stop going.  And "Kwitchyer bitchin"