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Post by LAM88 on Jul 22, 2014 14:16:46 GMT
I think it took more energy to hide it than it would have to throw it away. I'd love to hear his logic when you point out to him that in the time it took him to move his mattress, shove all the trash back there, and then move the mattress back, he could have just thrown everything in the trash and not created a breeding ground for cockroaches. Today I am even more thank full for my nutty kid who not only keeps his room immaculate, but also goes behind his brother picking up anything that is out of place. But one thing I can suggest, besides getting him a trash can by his bed, is not allowing food upstairs in the room. I never really made it a rule in my house, but it just became a custom that we don't eat upstairs. Oh...and he needs to empty the trash can every week on garbage day.
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Post by triplettkarla on Jul 22, 2014 14:18:40 GMT
Typical boy, nip it in the butt or his wife will be picking up after him have one of those
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Post by purplebee on Jul 22, 2014 14:20:20 GMT
Oh yes, I've BTDT. A few years back, dh and then 16 yo ds went to visit family for a week. I took the opportunity to clean out the black hole which was ds's room. Smaller room with about a 2' space between one side of the bed and the wall. I lay down on my side to start raking crap out from under the bed when I realized my hip was out and I could NOT get up. No phone within reach. I just knew I was going to die there in the pit before someone found me! Small consolation was the fact that I probably could have found enough food within reach under the bed to survive for a few days..... I did manage to extract myself, and ds and I had a come to Jesus meeting when he returned.
One positive result was that I did find plates, cups and about 6 missing forks in the morass under the bed! Boys!
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Post by garcia5050 on Jul 22, 2014 14:20:52 GMT
We get ants in the summer. I once found two ants stuck in my sons earwax. That's enough to keep both my kids rooms fairly clean. At least from food and food wrappers.
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Post by freebird on Jul 22, 2014 14:21:57 GMT
I guess I'll be the lone dissenter here. That mess (and all these stories) would probably set me on fire. You don't get to be a pig in my house. My oldest was always a mess so I didn't go in his room as much as I should have, but I never found piles of food or dishes under his bed. When I had to go in to clean, fire would rain down around him. lol Now my 27 yo SS lives with us and he's a slob. He's moving out in 5 weeks and I suspect my stress levels will go down greatly.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 22, 2014 14:26:54 GMT
That is one of the irritating things. Food is NOT allowed in their room. I saw a half drank pepsi can on his desk and tell him that's not allowed and it needs to go to the kitchen. He, of course, has no idea whose it is or his brother must have done that.
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 22, 2014 14:28:36 GMT
That photo just made my day!!! I thought my son was the only one!! Thank you - I feel SO much better now.
The trash I would find under his bed was insane. And the rest of his room...well, it all matched. But he knew if I had to go in and clean it - there was no telling what would stay and what would be tossed.
Me, too! DS is slowly learning that if he doesn't clean his room to my satisfaction, I will get frustrated and Mom Tornado takes over. There's no telling what "treasures" the Mom Tornado will snatch up as it rampages through his crap.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 22, 2014 14:28:48 GMT
We get ants in the summer. I once found two ants stuck in my sons earwax. That's enough to keep both my kids rooms fairly clean. At least from food and food wrappers. There was a bag of unopened chips, an unopened snickers bar, and then a handful of wrappers. Most of that stuff was klenexes, schoolwork, playing cards, and random crap.
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Post by liya on Jul 22, 2014 14:30:10 GMT
Reading this releaves some of my stress. My DS has been doing this for years ( no matter what I do to curb it.) At least I'm not alone and he's not abnormal. I really thought he was. He has done most of it-wrappers in the couch cushions, annihilating granola bars, being too lazy to put things in the trash. My DD wasn't like this.
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Post by kimpossible on Jul 22, 2014 14:37:36 GMT
Such a boy thing to do!
Perfect scrapbooking material to show him much later in life, with a girl he's keen on!
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Post by LAM88 on Jul 22, 2014 14:41:14 GMT
I guess I'll be the lone dissenter here. That mess (and all these stories) would probably set me on fire. You don't get to be a pig in my house. My oldest was always a mess so I didn't go in his room as much as I should have, but I never found piles of food or dishes under his bed. When I had to go in to clean, fire would rain down around him .I'll join you on that bench. My one son is a natural born neat freak, but even his clutter bug brother is just sloppy, not dirty. He would never leave anything gross lying around his room because it would gross him out too. My DH says that kids learn by what they live, although I point out to him that his niece is a slob and her parents are neat freaks so that doesn't always hold true. But if I found that kind of filth in my kid's room, my reaction would be swift and severe to the point where it would not happen again.
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Post by wezee on Jul 22, 2014 14:44:16 GMT
LOL Very creative.
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Jul 22, 2014 14:53:57 GMT
I guess I'll be the lone dissenter here. That mess (and all these stories) would probably set me on fire. You don't get to be a pig in my house. My oldest was always a mess so I didn't go in his room as much as I should have, but I never found piles of food or dishes under his bed. When I had to go in to clean, fire would rain down around him. lol Now my 27 yo SS lives with us and he's a slob. He's moving out in 5 weeks and I suspect my stress levels will go down greatly.
I would also go from 0 to 90 in a half second with that.
I was the one that mentioned the Gatorade bottles...they aren't allowed to stay in the window, just that's his plan. Which at 14, sounds like a good plan in his head.
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Post by raindancer on Jul 22, 2014 15:01:56 GMT
Ewww! My son has a loft bed. I think I'm going to make him keep it. I also do what I call an "edge check" around my kids rooms when they "clean" them because in kid land at our house "clean" means the center of the room can be vacuumed and the stuff can just be pushed up against the walls. (and they include trash in their acceptable list of stuff that can be pushed up against the walls).
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Post by raindancer on Jul 22, 2014 15:04:05 GMT
My DS was a bit of a slob with the under bed stuff so once I messed with his head a bit. There was a couple of girlie type magazines there so I swapped them for some of my gardening mags. He never said a word, but under the bed stayed clear after that. I swapped the magazines back several weeks late. Bad Mum This is brilliant. I'm stashing this one in my head for later use.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 22, 2014 15:05:39 GMT
Ewww! My son has a loft bed. I think I'm going to make him keep it. I also do what I call an "edge check" around my kids rooms when they "clean" them because in kid land at our house "clean" means the center of the room can be vacuumed and the stuff can just be pushed up against the walls. (and they include trash in their acceptable list of stuff that can be pushed up against the walls). We were just discussing the loft bed. Can you tell me, does he like it? What does he use the space underneath for? What kind is it? How far off the ground is the bed and how far from the ceiling?
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Post by TXMary on Jul 22, 2014 15:05:55 GMT
I don't have kids, but we have two nephews we are very close to. They spent a lot of time at our house when they were little. When we moved out of that house, we found a lot of candy wrappers behind the entertainment center. Turns out the youngest one would just throw them back there because he was too lazy to walk to the trash can in the kitchen. I could have killed him. lol We laugh about it now that they are grown!
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Post by raindancer on Jul 22, 2014 15:07:18 GMT
I guess I'll be the lone dissenter here. That mess (and all these stories) would probably set me on fire. You don't get to be a pig in my house. My oldest was always a mess so I didn't go in his room as much as I should have, but I never found piles of food or dishes under his bed. When I had to go in to clean, fire would rain down around him .I'll join you on that bench. My one son is a natural born neat freak, but even his clutter bug brother is just sloppy, not dirty. He would never leave anything gross lying around his room because it would gross him out too. My DH says that kids learn by what they live, although I point out to him that his niece is a slob and her parents are neat freaks so that doesn't always hold true. But if I found that kind of filth in my kid's room, my reaction would be swift and severe to the point where it would not happen again. I don't' allow food in rooms, only cups of water. So this would set me off too, but I also figure each family has different "triggers" and you may permit something that just would send someone else over the edge. It's not a hill everyone wants to die on, I get that.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 22, 2014 16:17:01 GMT
My DS was a bit of a slob with the under bed stuff so once I messed with his head a bit. There was a couple of girlie type magazines there so I swapped them for some of my gardening mags. He never said a word, but under the bed stayed clear after that. I swapped the magazines back several weeks late. Bad Mum EPIC!!!!!!!
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 22, 2014 16:17:49 GMT
New pic
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Post by elaine on Jul 22, 2014 16:21:06 GMT
New pic And with this, you get to house the Mom of the Year trophy for the week!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 22, 2014 16:21:43 GMT
I'll join you on that bench. My one son is a natural born neat freak, but even his clutter bug brother is just sloppy, not dirty. He would never leave anything gross lying around his room because it would gross him out too. My DH says that kids learn by what they live, although I point out to him that his niece is a slob and her parents are neat freaks so that doesn't always hold true. But if I found that kind of filth in my kid's room, my reaction would be swift and severe to the point where it would not happen again. I don't' allow food in rooms, only cups of water. So this would set me off too, but I also figure each family has different "triggers" and you may permit something that just would send someone else over the edge. It's not a hill everyone wants to die on, I get that. I think that's the deal with many kids hiding the wrappers....only water was allowed in my kid's rooms, but lo and behold the number of chip bags and candy wrappers found on cleaning day! They didn't toss them in the trash because that wasn't properly hiding the evidence.
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Post by violet on Jul 22, 2014 16:25:39 GMT
Oh no. Now I need to go look under my boys beds, and I'm afraid of what I'll find. Kids can be so weird!
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 22, 2014 16:32:46 GMT
My son was actually not that bad.. although bad enough.. the Gatorade bottles though, holy cow you would think he was saving them for the world to end. DH doesn't tolerate to much so he is usually in the room inspecting.... When DS left for the military, we were going through his stuff to get rid of, I pulled out a storage bin (not see through) and opened the lid, it was FULL of empty water bottles.. He forgot he had them.. yeah he said he was saving them but forgot why... LOL
DD, who is 17, now is much more worse.. she is forever leaving dishes in her room, under the bed, etc... ugggg
other DD who is six..her thing is to clean her room and shove everything under her bed.. so far maybe an empty Capri Sun here or there.. but typically just toys, not food...
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Post by scrapqueen01 on Jul 22, 2014 17:04:47 GMT
Dd 10 is just like that. Can't throw trash away to save her life but when we are in a store and she sees something not on the right shelf she has to put it back where it belongs. Oi drives me crazy.
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Post by flypea1 on Jul 22, 2014 17:12:03 GMT
Yikes!! My kids were pretty messy like that I was so worried that they would be life long messy people But now when I go to their homes and apartments they are so clean!! I am not sure if its because Mom is coming over or if they really changed lol.
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Post by Rhondito on Jul 22, 2014 17:22:29 GMT
Oh my gosh, I think I'm getting hives just from looking at the picture! lol
My daughter's room gets like that, only with clothes.
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Post by khaleesi on Jul 22, 2014 17:23:37 GMT
Yikes!! My kids were pretty messy like that I was so worried that they would be life long messy people But now when I go to their homes and apartments they are so clean!! I am not sure if its because Mom is coming over or if they really changed lol. Just don't open their closets One of my stepsons was/is messy and this thread brought back so many memories!
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Post by twinks on Jul 22, 2014 17:40:09 GMT
Years ago, my younger brother used to "air out" his jock strap on the chain of the swag light in his room. It was just gross.
My DD has gone out of town for a couple of weeks and I have been cleaning her room. I was talking to her the first night she was gone and I started to make a bulldozer sound. She asked what I was doing and I remarked, "That is the sound of me warming up the bulldozer that I am going to use when I clean your room." To be fair, I warned her for 2 weeks prior. I supplied her with a large Rubbermaid container that she could put anything that was "near and dear to her heart" in and that was considered off limits. I said that any clothing left on the floor was being sent to the Good Will. When I finally got into her room it wasn't too bad. But garbage under the bed, OMG! I think that is what was holding up the mattress.
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Post by phoenixcov on Jul 22, 2014 17:45:15 GMT
You are not alone. I have one kid like this, but it's my girl. . . ack. My girl too. And she's going to college this fall. I fear for her roommate.... Just think what the college room could be like if your DDs roommate is as untidy.
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