swellmomma Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 The ideas they think are good in the moment, seldom are. That's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 My mother told me that the main thing with boys in their teens is to keep them alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 I'm seeing a glimpse of this in my 12yo. I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 My mother told me that the main thing with boys in their teens is to keep them alive. your mother was right. and FTR if your son comes to you asking for polysporin and a bandaid while holding his crotch. Don't even ask, just point him to the medicine cabinet. :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBeth Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 your mother was right. and FTR if your son comes to you asking for polysporin and a bandaid while holding his crotch. Don't even ask, just point him to the medicine cabinet. :svengo: And try not to laugh until he leaves the room. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 If you hear a huge bang (like explosion) in the shed, don't even go out to look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 And try not to laugh until he leaves the room. :D totally failed on that one. I made the mistake of asking, and then busted out laughing. I swear I am saving this stuff for ammo for his graduation, wedding day, telling my grandkids etc. Poor boy won't stand a chance with all the fodder he is giving me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Last summer my best friend -- mother of one daughter-- annouced she finally understood what my life was like. After watching him run zig zag through ditches filled with nettles in shorts-- he was bored--then uncomfortable but aware of what he was doing to himself. Fun??? Spontaneously trip over his own feet and fall on his face--3 inches in a couple of months makes a boy very uncoordinated. Sleep there and back. He sleeps on her dds shoulder which is quite funny since they argue most of the time when he is awake. I can't wait for 14--will he lose what little comman sense he still has??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reeciecup Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 In my experience, 15 is no better. Can anyone out there give me hope for 16? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 My oldest son is just 13. And it is amazing to watch how incapable he is of thinking clearly. I thought this was the "logic stage" :laugh: I have 3 boys. I think I have some long years ahead. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punks in Ontario Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 If you hear a huge bang (like explosion) in the shed, don't even go out to look! except it was the basement followed by a very loud yell. After a few of these I finally went down and warned them that I was too tired to go to emerg. that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 except it was the basement followed by a very loud yell. After a few of these I finally went down and warned them that I was too tired to go to emerg. that night. I thought i was the only mom that tells her kids she is too busy for a trip to the ER so don't get hurt, once I told them no one was allowed to get seriously hurt because I was going to declutter the house, and it would be too messy for the emts to get through so the injured person would just have to lay there and die, so if they didn't want to die they should stop and think before their next action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murphy101 Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Sigh 4 teen boys under 18 here Laugh Cry Drink (coffee or wine or hot chocolate) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 My mother told me that the main thing with boys in their teens is to keep them alive. Like. :) your mother was right. and FTR if your son comes to you asking for polysporin and a bandaid while holding his crotch. Don't even ask, just point him to the medicine cabinet. :svengo: Ok, this totally sounds like something Zee would do, and he's only 9, LOL. In my experience, 15 is no better. Can anyone out there give me hope for 16? Yeah, 15 isn't any better. I love my boys fiercely. But they do sometimes do things that make me make this face ----> :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 You guys are lucky. My identicals started around five and are still getting into stuff at 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2cntrykids Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 In my experience, 15 is no better. Can anyone out there give me hope for 16? Sorry, I can't tell you that 16 is much better. That was a rough, rough year for my step-son. 17 and now 18 have proved to be a big difference in maturity and reasoning. Fifteen and Sixteen just sucked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted December 14, 2012 Author Share Posted December 14, 2012 You guys are lucky. My identicals started around five and are still getting into stuff at 18. Well ds started very young, but I thought things would improve not get worse. When he was small gramma always knew what he did wrong because it became the new home rule "we don't climb out windows" "we don't jump off the roof" " we don't climb into the neighbor's window" "we wear clothes outside" etc. Apparently this will be rule #1 of the teenaged handbook in our home Seriously times like that I wish I still had a husband. Because some conversations should just never take place between a teen boy and his mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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