Living together: Not a girl, not yet a woman

Not a girl, not yet a woman

By Anonymous - 28/02/2020 01:00

Today, I got a very accusatory phone call from my daughter's teacher. According to my daughter, I absolutely refuse to let her eat in the morning. In reality, I told her it’s her responsibility to get herself up and get breakfast on her own before we leave. My daughter is 17 years old. FML

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By really karen?! - 29/09/2021 20:00 - United States

Today, I had to place a call home because a student was late every single day. The mom rudely replied, “Yeah well she doesn’t really like getting up in the mornings. Can’t you just wait and start class like 30 minutes later?” Now I have to have a conference with this spoiled brat and her mother. FML

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Ungrateful

By Anonymous - 04/03/2021 11:01 - Germany

Today, my teenage daughter insisted it was my job to take down the tray full of empty dishes, because I was the one who had carried it upstairs. Sound logic, so far. Why had I carried the tray upstairs? To serve her breakfast in bed. FML

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By AnonymousCow - 20/09/2016 13:04 - Australia - Perth

Today, I told my daughter that she wasn't allowed to eat in her room, so she sat at the table and glared at me for 10 minutes while she ate. She's 15. FML

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By mom - 26/04/2018 15:00

Today, after it appeared my daughter was throwing away any vegetables in her school lunch, I packed her all vegetables so she would have to eat at least one. Nope! She threw them out and complained to school that "mommy doesn't feed" her. I got a call from the school. FML

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By Aldoch - 30/05/2012 22:41

Today, my daughter is still acting out her teenage issues. This morning, when I told her to, "Have a nice day" she screamed at me, "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" FML

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Helpless

By Anonymous - 19/02/2021 21:30

Today, I have to cook for her if I don’t want her to live on sweets, remind her to actually eat her food before it goes bad, then clean and put away her dishes. When I ask her to help, she complains that she "can never do it right anyway." My teenage daughter? No, my mom, age 62. FML

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Logic 101

By Anonymous - 07/03/2020 17:01 - Canada

Today, my 17-year-old daughter didn't do the laundry. Her excuse? "If it was meant to be done, it would have done itself." This is the same daughter who yesterday tried convincing me she was responsible enough to get a dog. FML

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Teenagers, amirite?

By JustShootMe - 02/11/2020 07:57 - Australia - Gladstone

Today, my daughter told me she would rather hang herself than hang out with me. All I did was remind her to go to bed at a reasonable time to get some sleep for an activity she likes doing. FML

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IT'S ALL TOO MUCH!

By scott - 10/06/2020 20:08

Today, my daughter had an anxiety attack. Why? Because I told her she needs to be making her bed every day. FML

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Unpaid

By Anonymous - 12/01/2022 10:59

Today, I informed my daughter-in-law that I’m a granny, not an unpaid, on-call 24/7 babysitter, and no, I will not be babysitting her kids all day so she can go to an all-day brunch with her similarly selfish girlfriends. She threw an actual tantrum and threatened to put me in a home. FML

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WistayShlaio82 13

Friday 28 February 2020 1:34

Well, sorry your almost an adult physically but not mentally daughter can’t sort their priorities

Ol Reemo Williams 2

Friday 28 February 2020 1:22

Teach responsibility!!

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Ol Reemo Williams 2

Friday 28 February 2020 1:22

Teach responsibility!!

WistayShlaio82 13

Friday 28 February 2020 1:34

Well, sorry your almost an adult physically but not mentally daughter can’t sort their priorities

rotflqtms_ 21

Friday 28 February 2020 4:34

If she can't get herself up in time to eat breakfast then she doesn't want it enough. My nephews have been making their own meals since they were in Elementary school and still do. They make their own lunches the night before and bring them with them to school. They make their own breakfast in the mornings too and if they don't feel like waiting for their mom to get home, they make their own dinners too (as they know how to) The oldest one just hot into high school, but they have been doing it for ages. So a 17 year old I'm sure can handle breakfast. Even if it's just a bowl of cereal, I'm sure she's capable. If she wants to sleep in longer, she'll have to sacrifice whatever she is willing to sacrifice. But she's too old to be coddled.

RichardPencil 30

Friday 28 February 2020 4:54

Mama, you need to feed your babies! Children can't be expected to take care of themselves until they reach full adulthood, which usually occurs in the mid-30s.

spinspinsugar 12

Friday 28 February 2020 22:16

yeah maybe 50 years ago. I moved out when I was 25, not in my mid 30s yet but I'm doing pretty well

RichardPencil 30

Saturday 29 February 2020 18:57

I think it's the opposite -- kids in the olden days could become self-sufficient sooner. There were lots of middle-class jobs for people with only high-school diplomas.

Sady_Ct 37

Friday 28 February 2020 10:29

I willingly cooked meals for my whole family from the age of seven (with appropriate teaching and supervision of course) at 17 and almost an adult if she’s not making her own food it’s on her...