About the princess - she is pushing so hard and Im soooo tired.

So she has a school formal coming up very very soon. She has also been awful and poisonous as usual lately. She expects me to buy her dress, shoes etc, I have told her she is expected to contribute in some way, mainly because she is so LAZY.

Don't get me wrong OF COURSE I want to do these things, Ive been looking forward to it since she was born but I can't bring myself to do so under the circumstances. I don't want to give in.

She still hasn't had any pocket money (going on 3 years now) because she is unable to simply unload the dishwasher each morning and feed the cat. She sits there and watches me running around like a headless chook and refuses to help, or snarls when I ask her to. She keeps threatening to leave school/home if she doesn't get her way ( I simply shrug and tell her its her choice, Im over being threatened), I don't know who she is anymore.
I was talking to her dad last night and he is very disappointed as when she is at his house, she doesn't even need to be asked to do the dishes. At home she screams bloody murder about 'having to touch other peoples dirty dishes' - hence she UNloads the dishwasher here.

For the last few weeks I have told her she can earn some extra bucks for doing extra jobs - she never even asked what she could do, just went back to her room to read even though she had 2 days off school (melb cup). I have given her ample opportunity to earn some $$$, or even get POCKET MONEY and she hasn't bothered one IOTA.

So why should I cart her around the shops on a spree for things she simply DOES NOT DESERVE? Yep I know teenagers are horrible but that does not mean I have to be spoken to like a piece of crap. I'm so willing to forgive the usual teenageness, but not the rudeness and hurtful thing shes says to me.

Her sense of entitlement shocks me to the core. Please give me some backup and tell me I am doing the right thing by standing fast...or if you think Im going over the top let me know

xoxoxoxoxo