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Post by phoenixcov on Sept 7, 2016 12:58:29 GMT
My Son is 36 and Grandson is 5.
I really miss the teenage years and this thread has bought all the fun memories back.
Can anyone lend me a stroppy teenager for the weekend? I need to brush up on my teasing techniques.
Loving all your stories.
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Post by scrapqueen01 on Sept 7, 2016 13:04:44 GMT
I can remember so many times when dd was little that she embarrassed the crap out of me. Now she's learning that payback can be a bitch.
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Post by debmast on Sept 7, 2016 13:07:29 GMT
There's a new Disney emoji app. You could download that and have a whole new emoji keyboard to annoy him with. WHAT? Disney emojis? I need to find this one too |
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Post by ccookwood on Sept 7, 2016 13:49:07 GMT
Ahhh yes, every time my dd says OH which is often we say IO. We think we're funny and that's all that matters!
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Post by kimpossible on Sept 7, 2016 14:08:44 GMT
My Son is 36 and Grandson is 5. I really miss the teenage years and this thread has bought all the fun memories back. Can anyone lend me a stroppy teenager for the weekend? I need to brush up on my teasing techniques. Loving all your stories. You can have mine for longer than a weekend if you like! LOL! No, I'm just kidding, all in all my DS is an awesome kid. I remember being embarrassed by my parents too at that age so I guess its just a part of growing up, you have to be annoyed by your folks! |
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Post by kimpossible on Sept 7, 2016 14:09:42 GMT
We went away for the weekend and he was using my better phone to play Pokemon go. Last night, before going to bed, I changed his avatar completely!! He probably won't notice until after football practice tonight. I do minor programming at work and am fairly tech-savvy, but he THINKS I am completely technology-challenged. I think it's better this way. (For him to think I don't know.) But emojis, yes, that's a quick win. I'm going to start using them more. I love when they underestimate what us Mom's know! Good job!!!! |
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Post by kimpossible on Sept 7, 2016 14:12:50 GMT
I bow down to your experience and abilities in the teenager annoying stakes, I am taking notes. We have just entered the teenage years but annoyingly, she is being totally loveable and reasonable at the moment! I think she is doing it to confuse me. Oh yes, just wait! |
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Post by kimpossible on Sept 7, 2016 14:14:46 GMT
Insist I am Batman...usually in public. Even got the car salesman to let me sign copies of the paperwork for her car as batman  Commence the eye rolling and the huffing and puffing. Its fantastic. I swear deep down she is cracking up but heaven forbid she show it  You are batman - I will back you up! LOL - us teenager mom's have to do that you know? |
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Post by kimpossible on Sept 7, 2016 14:16:33 GMT
So, teen moms, have you reached Master Status yet? You know, the mere threat of your showing up somewhere and doing something embarrassing drives them to cut their crappy behavior? DS is required to text when he reaches his destinations since getting his own car. He was having trouble remembering to do so when band camp started this summer. I told him if he missed a text again, I would show up. I would get right next to him on the football field and check him over to make sure he'd arrived safely. Then, I'd cheer from the sidelines for him. Go, DS! Toot that horn! He knew his band director, father of five, would support me. Guess who hasn't forgotten to check in since? You are awesome! |
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Post by Anne-Marie on Sept 7, 2016 15:54:12 GMT
Have not read all the responses yet - bookmarking though because I always can use new material. Great thread!
On the first day of school, 11-year-old DD and her BFF wanted to ride together (new school for them this year - middle school) so the BFF's mom and I took them to Starbucks and drove them together. Just to mortify them, BFF's mom kept asking about getting out at school and taking first day photos on the lawn, in front of the school sign, with us, with the principal, etc. They could not get out of the car fast enough when we got there. She did get a couple of fun shots of them running away from us and into the school as she hung out the window of my car and I blew kisses.
I have the Bitmoji app, which I really only downloaded to use when DH and I are sending silly texts. We are very easily entertained. But I do use it with DDs sometimes as well, and the 11-year-old HATES it. Which is one of the main reasons I make a point to continue to use it. When she texts back something that lets me know she is annoyed, I typically throw out the "NAILED IT!" Bitmoji just to have the last word.
She also hates when I say "on fleek" (which she recently advised is now just "fleek" - FYI) or "bae" or anything else that is considered even remotely hip. Oh, I'm also not supposed to use the word "hip". Of course I would never use any of those words (I am not even a little cool) if it didn't bug her.
DH is in our community's schools fairly regularly for fire safety education and he is always there in uniform and makes a point to try to hug or smooch DD on the cheek when he sees her. Her classmates, especially the boys, seem to think it's so cool that he is there and her friends that know him always rush him to say hi - but apparently just having parents (and a stepdad - even worse!) is horrendous. She obviously likes it and just doesn't want us to know though - because there have been a couple of times he was at her school and she didn't see him and she was clearly bummed afterwards.
It is impossible to embarrass older DD who is 14. She loves any attention, either positive or negative, as long as all eyes are on her. Which means we concentrate all our efforts on her little sister!
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Commence the eye rolling and the huffing and puffing. Its fantastic. I swear deep down she is cracking up but heaven forbid she show it 
