Do you ever feel like shortly before you wake up or shortly after you left the room, your kids got together and planned a mutiny? Like they decided today was the day that they were going to all make you earn it?
Today's that day! Am I the only one whose kids do this? It's rare. Super rare. But then comes the day it's a 5 against 1 handicap wrestling match with no holds barred. Basically Hell in a Cell.
What do you do when that's your day? I'm drinking more than one beer.
Oh My Goodness, Donna. There was so much judgement in that response, it is wildly ridiculous. For one thing, the entire post was said in jest. For another, two beers does not in any way make an alcoholic. Before I had these two beers, I had two beers two months ago. Not exactly habitual. I am not an alcoholic, the child of an alcoholic (he was a minister she was a tea totaler), or codependent. I am a normal mom whose kids had a bad day.
I think, Donna, that perhaps you take some of these too seriously. Perhaps you also need some kind of support group for those without sense of humor or open mind. Maybe you should reread your response and reconsider the tone of your answer as well as all the assumptions you made.
That's why God made duct tape, and comes in different colors now.
Enjoy your beers. 8-D
My children work out a roster of who's on duty to drive me crazy. They like to share the work out amongst themselves. Sometimes they tag-team.
That's funny! I've had similar days. Those are the days I wish I drank :P I go to Target and walk up and down every aisle, its usually a 2 hr trip!
Oh no, I don't feel like they are in league, I KNOW they are!
My children share a brain for mischief. They can make mutiny from (today it was bubble blowers) ANYTHING.
Hah.
What do I do? Laugh.
Seriously. I just can't wait to talk over their shenanigans if/when they are parents themselves. I have a lot of fun when my mom chuckles and starts a story with, "Well, there WAS this time YOU did something like that..."
MIne are ! But mine can act wonderful while I am gone - with someone else there or not but as soon as I walk in the door it's all over ! All heck breaks loose - wrestling, fighting, chasing each other - you name it - it's happened. My question is why can't they let dad experience some of this ??
Hi, L.:
Yes, something is wrong in your family discipline style.
I suggest you start taking parenting classes and attend
some support groups from AA, Al-Anon, and Co-Dependents Anonymous.
Good luck.
D.
Here's what my kids (11 & 12 years old) do: they sit perfectly still & quiet as long as I'm in the room with them, but apparently they're just saving their strength for the times that I walk into the kitchen for a drink, go to the bathroom, etc. because it takes approximately 3.2 seconds for them to be wrestling on the floor once I'm out of the room. I have never figured out if they have a special signal to each other, or if it's always the same one of them that starts it, or what, I just see the pattern. It's bizarre & I really thought at this stage of the game we'd be over it, but I guess not. *sigh*
