chefmeg
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I don't want to be a grown up anymore! My Dh was gone for 12 days, and in this time it seems like both kids have decided to become, well, no nice way to put it....HORRIBLE! My 11 yo DS is rolling his eyes, telling me "whatever" and each time I ask that boy a question, he replies in a surly manner. My 8 yo DD is walking around pouting...and when I ask what is wrong, she gets tears in her eyes and says "nothing".
Silly me thought that when DH got home, they would improve....NOT! He just had a run in with DS and I looked at DH like "I told you so" because he didn't really believe things went downhill while he was gone. I just cannot be the entertainer around here...as long as we are doing what they want, all is well. But as soon as they are told to do something we want, the ickyness (is that a word?) begins! My mother warned me about this! I actually had to go for a 2 hour drive ALONE today to try to calm down...they were horrible in church (and old enough to know better), they were rotten at the resteraunt for lunch, they bickered and picked on each other all afternoon and now we have sent each of them to their rooms for bed....it is only 7:20 pm!
I'm tired........I know school starts in 3 weeks, but how will I keep from either killing them or losing what little sanity I have left before then!? DH says keep them busy~I feel like that gives into the "doing what they want"/entertaining part and I have other things to do! I have 4 shows this week for goodness sake and I need to still be able to run this household..................OK, I think I am done.......thanks for reading this far!
Silly me thought that when DH got home, they would improve....NOT! He just had a run in with DS and I looked at DH like "I told you so" because he didn't really believe things went downhill while he was gone. I just cannot be the entertainer around here...as long as we are doing what they want, all is well. But as soon as they are told to do something we want, the ickyness (is that a word?) begins! My mother warned me about this! I actually had to go for a 2 hour drive ALONE today to try to calm down...they were horrible in church (and old enough to know better), they were rotten at the resteraunt for lunch, they bickered and picked on each other all afternoon and now we have sent each of them to their rooms for bed....it is only 7:20 pm!
I'm tired........I know school starts in 3 weeks, but how will I keep from either killing them or losing what little sanity I have left before then!? DH says keep them busy~I feel like that gives into the "doing what they want"/entertaining part and I have other things to do! I have 4 shows this week for goodness sake and I need to still be able to run this household..................OK, I think I am done.......thanks for reading this far!