*start rant*
Do your kids drive you crazy? Mine do. They don’t mean to (well, most of the time they don’t mean to. I’m positive that some of the time they do shit to push my buttons) and honestly, it could just be that I’m completely fucked up in the head and am so easily crazed that they have nothing to do with it. Of course I’m going with it’s their fault so on I go. Today we discuss just 1 child…
My oldest daughter is 10. 10 going on 16. She thinks she rules freakin roost. She orders the 5 year old around and tells her what to do. I hear this is a normal thing for kids that are a few years apart in age but I’m telling you it makes me cukoo! Seriously. I’M THE MOM! I can’t tell you how many times I say that to her. Let me also say that she’s such a cutie and is going to be a total heartbreaker. She has a kind heart and will give you the shirt off of her back. That being said…she lies. And lies. And lies. She lies about what she’s eaten, what she’s not eaten (she has food allergies). If she’s sick, if she’s not sick. What’s she done at school or not. I could go on and on. She cries wolf so often we have no idea when to believe her.
I know I’m just venting here but tell me, have any of you dealt with the whole lying thing with your kids and if so what the heck did you do to stay just this side of the sanitarium??
I rely on two very reliable forms of birth control. So far, it’s kept me relatively sane. LOL
Sorry, no real advice here. Just admiration. I have no idea how moms do it. *hugs*
Hee hee…don’t mean to laugh here, but I so feel you pain! They are monsters. Love them to pieces, but they are monsters non the less. I don’t have much on the advice front yet…mine is only 5 and we have not had to tackle the big guns with lying yet. He does think he is the boss though, so I can feel you with that one.
I wish you much luck and have to say you are not crazy…for me to say that I would have to admit that I am also. =)
Good luck girl!!!
HOLY CRACKIN CLUSTER-FUCK BATMAN!!!..SOMEONE STOLE MY KIDS!!LMAO..I AM SO FEELING YOU ON THIS TRACY .I HAVE THE EXACT SAME SET UP AS YOU,AND I WILL ALSO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT I LOVE MY GIRLS ENDLESSLY , WOULD GIVE UP ANYTHING FOR THEM ,INCLUDING BOOKS, A VERY HORRIFIC AND SHUDDERING THOUGHT,ONE THAT MAY VERY WELL PROVE ME TO BE A LIAR IF PUSH CAME TO SHOVE!!YES TRACY THE EXACT SAME SET UP!! A 10 SOON TO BE 11 GOING ON ..I SWEAR I DIDNT DO IT MOM!! AND A VERY PRECOCIOUS 5 YEAR OLD!!..I FIND SOMEDAYS,LOTS OF DAYS LATELY,THE MATURE RATIONAL ROLE MODEL ADULT “MOM” GOES TEARING OUT THE BACK DOOR LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL AND IN ITS PLACE I BECOME THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENEMY OF MY DAUGHTER, READY TO THROW DOWN IN THE SCHOOL YARD. HAIR PULLING , SLAPPING , AND A COUPLE OF WELL PLACED PUNCHES!!..LMAO..TAKES ALL MY STRENGTH TO COME OUT OF THE RED HAZE OF INSANITY AND REIGN MYSELF IN SOMETIMES…LOL!!OH YEA THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE 10 YEAR OLD LIAR..IM SURE YOUR WELL VERSED IN THE FINE ARTS OF THEIR DRAMA…LETS SEE IF THIS SOUNDS CLOSE?…WHO ME?..I WOULD NEVER DO THAT MOM!!!..HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY THINK THAT???..ALL THE WHILE THEY LOOK RIGHT AT YOU .. WITH LITTLE ANGELIC PUPPY DOG EYES AND QUIVERING LIPS..THE HIGH PITCHED VOICE ADS TO THE DRAMA..LOL..THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT IT ARENT THEY?..DONT GET ME WRONG MY DAUGHTER IS A GREAT KID..VERY SMART , BEAUTIFUL, COMPASSIONATE , FRIENDLY, SHES GOT IT ALL GOING ON AND THEN SOME..AND YET I SEEM TO HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE AT HER SCHOOL(I LOVINGLY REFER TO IT AS THE BAT PHONE)AMAZING HOW A FEW LITTLE WORDS CAN MAKE YOU CRINGE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE YOUR CAFFIENE KICKS IN!!..GOOD MORNING MRS . CRUCI …THIS IS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MR.(IM GOING TO MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR COOKIES AND SMOKE AN EXRA PACK OF CIGARETTES TODAY)FROM YOUR DAUGHTERS SCHOOL!!..LMAO.YEAP, I AM WALKING THAT SAME FINE LINE BETWEEN REALITY AND INSANITY ON A DAILY BASIS RIGHT ALONG SIDE YOU.WHY DO YOU THINK SAM AND I ARE ESCAPING TO YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS? ITS CALLED SELF PRESERVATION AND REJUVENATION. VERY MUCH NEEDED IN THE BATTLE OF THE TWEEN. WHEN THE PLANS ARE A DEFANITE I THINK YOU NEED TO COME ESCAPE WITH US FOR A FEW DAYS, WE CAN TORTURE SAM WITH ALL OUR MOMMY PAINS..LMAO ..STAY STRONG TRACY BABY WE CAN DO IT!!..WE ARE STRONG , VERGING ON THE REALM OF COUGAR WOMAN.WE TRAVERSE INTO THE DARKEST CORNERS OF BOOKS AND THRUST OURSELVES INTO THE MOST HORRIFIC PARANORMAL PLACES IMAGINABLE CREATED BY SOME VERY CREATIVE AUTHORS, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO GET SLAMMED UP AGAINST A WALL AND TAKEN EVERY WICH WAY PHSICALLY POSSIBLE BY THE MOST WICKED ALPHA MALE IN THE GROUP,VISCIOUS TONGUES AND BARB COCKS!! WE POO POO THEM ALL, FLESH EATING DEMONS?..BRING EM ON!!! AND WE DO THIS ALL WITHOUT BATTING AN EYE..SURELY WE CAN TAKE ON A COUPLE OF TWEENS AND COME OUT THE VICTORS!!..I KNOW WE CAN ..IM SURE OF IT!!……I THINK?
I generally just lurk hre, but I hav to comment today because Tracy, I think we might have twin daughters. Really.
My daughter is so just like that. She just turned 11. She has the biggest heart of anyone I’ve ever met, but that child lies more than any single person I’ve ever met in my entire life.
I’ve tried everything from putting soap in her mouth to grounding her to bribing her. I’ve gone almost bald from tearing at my hair over it.
I wish I could offer you some advice that would help, but I have yet to find a viable solution. Good luck!
Kids lie. They are testing and seeing what’s what. I know I fibbed to my mother..and..uh..still do. It’s about growing an identity that’s separate from your parents…and it’ll really pick up in high school. SHEESH. That said, foster the independence. No gift is greater, I think, than letting your kids know that you have standards of behavior, that you love them, and that they can be their own person.
Jenb – lol Birth control can be a beautiful thing!
Drea – I hope to heaven you never have to worry about it! Thanks for feeling pain! 🙂
Denise! Yes, I have to say I cringe when my cell rings during school hours. I never know what will be said. One day it rang 3 times all from the school – thought I was gonna have a nervous breakdown! lol Obviously you feel me since our kids are so alike in age. *sigh* I know it will get better one day!
Holly – No freakin lurking chickie! 🙂 Obviously yours, Denise’s and my children were triplet separated at birth! If you find any great solutions let me know. 🙂
LB – it will pick up in High school? What kind of craziness are you speaking? I can’t even imagine.
I do try to foster the independence and try to let her be her own person, I guess that’s why I have such an issue with the lies – I just don’t understand why she feels it’s necessary. But the testing makes sense (you’re very wise). And of course she knows I love her as I show her and tell her in many, many different ways every day.
Holly – I meant no lurking as must post! lol
LOL Jenb cracks me up b/c i was thinking the same thing *g* good luck with the kiddies!
LOL Sarai – Maybe I should have tried that!! Just kidding! They make me nuts sometimes but I don’t know what I’d do without them!
Sarai–I know better than to have kids. I was a holy terror and my husband was worse (still is), so we dare not breed demonic little redheaded children. *shudders*
Hmmm, well, mine just turned 9 and he’s a boy not a girl. He doesn’t necessarily lie but he does do the silent treatment or gives me the “I don’t know” answer! I think they are similar on some levels. It is just as frustrating when he doesn’t answer!! And what do you do to make them answer…really there isn’t anything. I tell him I will beat him but he just tells me I’m not allowed!! *shrugs* whats a mom to do?? I figure one day he’ll grow out of it, but this year in school it has gotten him in some trouble with his teacher with the silent treatment!
Hugs to you, Tracy!
Thanks Amy! Honestly I sometimes pray for silence…but then she wouldn’t be who she is! 🙂
Jen OMG I know my mom cursed me with 2 just like me and hubby was cursed with 3 if that tells you anything. To this day we refuse to even consider it.
Sarai–That’s a scary one, when Mom screams “I HOPE YOUR KIDS ARE JUST LIKE YOU!!!!”
So…uh…no, thanks. I’ll pass. LOLOL
I think my mom screamed that at me several times…but they didn’t turn out like me! I think that’s a very good thing! lol