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Title: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by catlind on Jun 7th, 2009 at 8:06pm
Got this in email from my Mom - not sure of the original source:
Enjoy! Quote:
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Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by cash5542 on Jun 7th, 2009 at 8:32pm
This is great! Thanks for sharing.
Charlotte |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by swimchica623 on Jun 7th, 2009 at 8:35pm
haha this is funny! I was a low maintance teenager though...right?
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Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Guiseppi on Jun 7th, 2009 at 9:25pm
My girls are 25 and 22........where the hell was this manual 15 years ago!!!!! It explains everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
Joe |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Linda_Howell on Jun 7th, 2009 at 10:36pm It left off the last and most important thing though. At about the age of 30 her brains and common sense will return and you will be her best friend. She will apologize for all her rude and disrespectful behavior and the last 15 to 17 years of stress and nail-biting will all be worth it. |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Redd on Jun 7th, 2009 at 10:50pm Linda_Howell wrote on Jun 7th, 2009 at 10:36pm:
In my experience, it can happen much sooner than 30..... [smiley=blush.gif] |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by LeLimey on Jun 7th, 2009 at 11:00pm
30???
kill me now... |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Linda_Howell on Jun 7th, 2009 at 11:22pm
O.k. well that is my experience only. LOL
However.... and this is a biggy....boys don't take that long. Boys still remain pigs, but they stop doing that horrid "rolling of the eyes" much earlier and actually want to be seen in public with you, LOVE your cooking, don't give a whit about what designer label they wear and stop being high maintenance around 10. They'll also be very protective about MOM ;) |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by midwestbeth on Jun 7th, 2009 at 11:40pm
Oh, how very true...... ;D
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Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Melissa on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:06am Linda_Howell wrote on Jun 7th, 2009 at 11:22pm:
Eli is showing that already, and he's 5. Therefore, I am prepared for war as he gets older, LOL. |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jun 8th, 2009 at 4:15am
TEENAGERS ARE THE REASON SOME ANIMALS EAT THIER YOUNG AT BIRTH ;)
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Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Lefty on Jun 8th, 2009 at 8:09am
Please, Please don't tell me little daughters get worse...! :'(
Ceara my 4 year old, she already chews me up and spits me out whenever she fancies it. Little daughters should not develop eye lashes until their mid 20's. Lefty...! |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Em on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:57am Quote:
My 4-year-old nephew does that to me now when I talk to him. It's usually accompanied with a 'humph'. On another note, can someone remind me why I'm going through this now if this is the 'reward'? ;) |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Linda_Howell on Jun 8th, 2009 at 11:28am Because the rewards far outweigh the troubles Em. ;) |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Em on Jun 8th, 2009 at 11:33am
Thank you Linda. I really need some encouraging words right about now.
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Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Lefty on Jun 8th, 2009 at 11:47am Em wrote on Jun 8th, 2009 at 11:33am:
Em When you are with your kids there is an aura and happiness around you that only children can give...! You know the fits of laughter you experienced when you messed about with your school friends. The side hurting ones. Well you don't really get them very much as an adult. Kids give that back to you x10. Nothing in the world will come close to what you are about to experience....! ;) Lefty...! |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Brew on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:01pm
They're lying to you, Em. It's the Big Lie that all parents tell non-parents.
Misery loves company. |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Lefty on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:12pm
Brew, brew ,brew...! Don't listen to him Em, It's all good...
PS.... Make the most of that wee hour you get to yourself once they go to bed... It's the magic hour, don't waste it and please try and keep tabs of the wine consumption during this hour, it has been known to spiral for some. Lefty...! |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Brew on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:17pm
If anybody thinks I was serious, they need a lesson or two in basic comedy. ;)
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Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Lefty on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:22pm Brew wrote on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:17pm:
Dido... ;) Lefty...! |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by DennisM1045 on Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:24pm
Great post Cat!
Like Joe said, I could have used this a few years ago ;D Linda, it's 30 or when they need college money. Whichever comes first. Em, don't worry hon. You'll have many years of joy leading up to half that time in agony. ;) -Dennis- |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by catlind on Jun 8th, 2009 at 4:22pm
Em, despite the trials that teenagers put their parents through, they also go through a magical transformation during this phase. You get to sit back and watch as they become a real person; their own person. All the years of patching up skinned knees (band aids are a parents best friend) and hugs while they shed tears of disappointment, frustration and heart break, culminate in the rebellious teen years - the years when failure becomes their teacher. At that point you have already imparted all the lessons of value you can - they know right from wrong, and they are testing the waters as their own person. It's an amazing feeling as they go from being totally dependent on you for everything, to discovering they can do it themselves (except the money thing - not sure when that ends LOL).
It is all worth it, there are no words to describe the value of the friendship you can foster with your children as they work their way through their teen years :) Cat |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by cavalier on Jun 8th, 2009 at 7:14pm
So, it didn't just happen to me then?
I just part exchanged my daughter for a couple of camels and a goat, Or thats what i thought was living in the bedroom. |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Linda_Howell on Jun 8th, 2009 at 8:03pm
Em:
Forget teen-age yrs. for now. After 9 months of what you're going through and then labor...I guarantee you that when you're rested and the nurse brings this teeny-tiny human being to you, you'll say OMG, this was SO worth it. When you bring this child home , put him in his pram/carriage/bassinet....and look at him/her you will be filled with the most protective love you have ever felt in your life. When that child smiles at you for the 1st. time and you KNOW he/she recognizes you, you'll melt. Same thing with 1st. steps, 1st. word, (usually DaDa) 1st anything....you'll realize why you became a parent. It makes being alive a good thing. A thing of worth. Of course there are going to be bad times...times when you'll cry your eyes(or tear your hair) out. In the end when they come to you and say.."ya know what Mom, you're the greatest" you won't even remember those tears. When they succeed at a job, at choosing a life partner, at all the things you so patiently taught them...well, you'll cry happy tears. You're going to be just fine, as soon as you stop throwing up. Trust me. ;) |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Brew on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:37pm Quote:
Uh, Linda - that's gas. ;D |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Linda_Howell on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:46pm NO IT IS NOT. why do only men say it's gas? Hmmmm Mommy's always know when they....oh never mind... ::) |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Brew on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:57pm Linda_Howell wrote on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:46pm:
Again, just jokin' around. |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Em on Jun 9th, 2009 at 7:24am
Thanks all! A much needed laugh and smile was provided.
Time is going quickly now, so hopefully the end of the sickness is fast approaching and I can start getting really excited! |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Mosaicwench on Jun 9th, 2009 at 8:36am Linda_Howell wrote on Jun 8th, 2009 at 10:46pm:
Sorry Linda - in our case it WAS gas. LOL! |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by Tiannia on Jun 10th, 2009 at 2:03pm
cat -
That was great. :0 /huggs Tia |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by minnie m on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 12:50pm
I can so relate to this april is 12 going on 30 [smiley=oops.gif]Beth keeps looking @ her and asking if she will be like her I just sigh and say yes.This too shall pass....right?? Yes the pre-teen daughter shows up every now and then.being a parent is the most amazingly beautiful experience you will ever have....on a side note tonight is a great night for the girls and I.beth has her fifth grade moving up ceromony,next year is middle school :-/ [smiley=yikes.gif] while beth and I are @ that ceremony April will be @ their softball banquet with my mom the girls team won first place for their prep team.they had a great season and won some great games,had lots of fun.
Love to all ,Minnie |
Title: Re: Teenage Daughters owners manual Post by catlind on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 7:31pm
I continue my struggle with my 15 y/o going on 30....she just got her drivers permit - NC lookout!
I was cursed with "I hope you have a daughter just like you" - the ultimate curse to lay on a child. Thank the universe and everything good and Divine in it that she isn't just like me, at least not completely. The only good thing about it is - you can't con a con - so she's got caught more than she knows ;) Ugh - will they ever turn into humans? ....erm...did I? ;) Cat |
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