Grrrr... Teenagers and Bathrooms

[fionas]

I must say that DSD was EXCEPTIONALLY nice to me after she found the cotton buds and used tissues in her bed!

I expected a tanty but there was none so that was good, and I know she felt bad.

See, the problem is, I do remember what being a teenager is like. But I just get so jacked off with having to remove stuff from DD's mouth and then dealing with HER tanties, all while having a bad back and having DD rolling around the bathroom floor with a used cotton bud in her mouth.

[Rivlas]

My DD leaves dishes all over the house and I refuse to wash dishes after I have finished so when this happens I put all her dishes into a tub and leave it for her to wash. She knows not to get clean ones out and the good thing is that she has certain cups she uses so has to wash them if she wants a drink.
As for the bathroom I now just throw the clothes she has left there on her bed. Make up I put on the floor and if the grandkids get into it bad luck. She knows it should be in the cupboard.
I even wrote on the bathroom mirror "Please put makeup away ", maybe the next step is to write it bigger.

[helle]

OH I was the QUEEN of messing up the bathroom when I was at home.
globs of foundation, eyeliner, buds, basically any peice of makeup/cotton that touched my face also went all over the vanity. Aaah, those were the days.
It's not so much fun now that i have to clean it up myself though

[Bathsheba]

My 14yo DD has her own ensuite and it is just as you all describe I try not to go in there. The TWO hair straighteners draped all over the sink get me the most... they are usually left on. I don't touch it. I never clean it. Usually of a Saturday morning I say: "You need to clean your bathroom before you ask me to go out anywhere" and that does the trick. She also scrubs her own shower recess and cleans her own toilet. My boys never go in there fortunately. Mental note to self: if we move make sure she continues to have her own bathroom! Oh and if I can't find something it's usually there: my gold tipped tweezers, my masquara... I'm about to go in there and look for my new Clinique lip gloss.... nothing is sacred.

[helle]

I'm about to go in there and look for my new Clinique lip gloss.... nothing is sacred.

Isn't that what having kidlings is all about, though

I must say I cant help but giggle... this was me not so very long ago!

[Bathsheba]

LOL my mother said a similar thing Teagz when I complained about my kids taking and wrecking stuff.... until we stayed at her place while on holidays... when it was HER stuff she cracked it

The thing with teens is that most of the time they have you convinced that you are both on the same page about something... then all of a sudden they will do something thoughtless and you just go "whaaa???" I thought you knew not to do that!