Today, my son accused me of being a "Karen" about house rules, and insists he’ll follow normal rules but ignore my supposedly "insane" rules. I consider all my rules normal, so he pointed out he’s 6ft6 and 100 lbs heavier so he will ignore rules he doesn’t agree with, and good luck stopping him. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, about a minute after telling my son not to pick his nose, he caught me picking mine. This has led to a cascade of, "Why should I follow dad's rules when even dad doesn’t follow dad rules?" He now questions everything I tell him, and is breaking every rule in the book to make his point. FML
Today, my teen son came home in a terrible mood because his girlfriend won’t listen to him. I thought he meant conversation-wise, but he meant she refused to obey his commands about what clothes and makeup she wears, who she can talk to, where she can go, and so forth. My son is an asshole. FML
Today, my fiancé's kids say they never want to come back to our house because I’m “mean” and have "too many rules." Rules such as brushing teeth twice a day, flushing the toilet after every use, no food allowed in the bedrooms, and no sleeping in until 2pm. Guess that makes me unreasonable. FML
Today, my son is smarter than average, almost genius level, and he has now reached an age where not only does he question me at every turn, he actually out-argues me 90% of the time and I can’t do anything about it because technically he’s right and I’m wrong. FML
Today, my son had a screaming meltdown because I told him to clean his own room and that I refuse to be treated like his personal maid. He’s 16. FML
Today, my son won't go to his team dinner because the other kids made fun of him for "eating like a monkey." My wife says this is my fault. Funny, when I tried to teach him not to eat with his fingers, she got mad and ranted that "people ALL OVER THE WORLD eat with their fingers, it's normal, stop criticizing him!" FML
Today, my son warned me that unless I get his older brother to stop picking on him, he’d do it himself. I didn’t take it seriously, until I got home from work to find he'd had beaten his brother unconscious. His justification was that he's warned me he’d "do it himself.“ FML
Today, I tried to tell a kid he couldn't skate without a helmet. He called me a Karen and pushed me into a fountain, so I called the cops. The cops arrived and questioned the kid, who said I deserved it for being a Karen. They accepted that, and told me to stop harassing kids. FML
Today, my mom got mad at me. She told me that the neighbor was stupid for letting their kids play all over the street alone. I said it was fine, because the mom walked right next to the daughter as she played on her scooter. She argued, “Why do you always have to disagree with me?” FML
Today, my son came running in, saying he had a project due tomorrow. I asked when it was assigned; he said two weeks ago. I refused to help, saying that he failed to act responsibly and had to live with the consequences. Now he's throwing a tantrum and my wife is screaming at me. FML
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jc1015 25
is he 18? point out the front door and tell him he's free to do as he pleases somewhere other than your house. also anything that you've paid for gets to stay as he makes his exit
RichardPencil 32
You should evict him for threatening you.
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jc1015 25
is he 18? point out the front door and tell him he's free to do as he pleases somewhere other than your house. also anything that you've paid for gets to stay as he makes his exit
RichardPencil 32
You should evict him for threatening you.
Tubbytoy42 5
you raised him. he is who you shaped him to be.
Mylife 12
I'm sorry but he, sound like a total douchebag. Try getting a male family member to get after him, I pretty sure that he will clean the whole house.
spinningrecords 14
Either you created a monster or you have insane rules, so figure out which is the real truth and move on.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
This is very true. He didn't say he wouldn't follow any of her rules, just not the insane ones. Without knowing what he considers to be an insane rule it is possible that he was perfectly justified in his stance. Too many people on here were willing to make a comment without knowing some very important details.
Grizz8831 14
op should have given a "for instance" instead of telling us they think their rules are normal. if they didn't think they had normal rules would they have those rules...
D J's MOM 17
whomever said you didn't raise your kid right didn't take into account social media. kids see so much crap that is hard to compete. good luck with your entitled snot of a son.
ccarter15 1
Therapy, he’s probably a bit of a douchebag, and some of your rules are probably insane. Let a professional help.
Charlie Given 28
Now is the time to remind your son that this is your house and if he ever speaks to you like that again there's the front door and also you may want to have a police officer come over and give him a little talking too about domestic violence. That is totally unacceptable behavior and it is your house your rules regardless if he thinks that they may be insane. I have a teenager myself who thinks that the rules of having to pick up after herself, clean her room once a week, and do dishes once a week is total bullshit.
wysegirl 24
if he has any privileges I would remove them.. no phone, no game systems, no internet..
HereWeGo24 6
Looks like it’s time for him to go