Do you irritate your kids?

[LaraK]

So what do you do that makes your kids wild? Do you embarrass them in public? Have a catch phrase for requests? What is you secret payback for all the headaches they've given you?

 

[LaraK]

I'll start....

Whenever my DD asks me for something that there is no way she's getting and then badgers me for it, I break out into song. I start singing "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by Jimmy Cliff...

 

[disykat]

Sometimes when they start to get attitude I just can't resist saying "Oh, that look on your face reminds me of when you were two, I just want to grab you and hug you and squeeze you. You were so cute!"

 

[Rex Rules]

The thing we do that embarrasses our DD beyond belief is any public display of affection between DH and I - holding hand, kissing, etc. She blushes bright red. If she fails to notice, one of us will say ooo, kissing! And she goes into Oh, gross, mode!

 

[Dalton5]

Do I irritate my kids?

As much a humanly possible

 

[Alicnwondrln]

yes, they will get over it.

 

[Tiggeroo]

apparently the music I listen to, which is kinda main-stream hip-hop like Shaggy, Akon and Sean Paul. They also hate some of the stickers on my car, such as tigger, sexy pirate girl and Surrender the Booty.

 

[inaminute]

Do you irritate your kids?

I certainly tried when they were young!

Now that they're grown, though, it's fun to remind them of some of the things they did to drive me crazy. They usually cringe, so I guess I'm STILL irritating them!

 

[Magickndm]

My daughter is 16. Just me being alive embarasses her.

 

[disney junky]

I teach where my kids went to school. When my son was in seventh grade, I passed him in the hall and said hi. He looked the other way...guess he didn't want to acknowledge me in front of his friends. I told him that night at dinner if he ever didn't say hi to me in school, I'd kiss him right then and there.....never was a problem again. Always got a hi from both him and his friend.

 

[rie'smom]

What do I do that irritates my 13 yo DD? Breathe.

 

[Jestocost]

My daughter is 16. Just me being alive embarasses her.

Even at 13 this is sometimes the case with my DD. When all else fails, however, I dance. Sometimes even threatening to dance is enough.

 

[HOGFAN]

IF dd19 and I are in a clothing store, I will try on hats which embarrasses her to no end.

 

[mrsgus06]

Since I am outnumbered 6 to one, I treat them like the government would, I never negotiate with terrorist and yes, I lay awake in bed every night and think of ways to tourture my children. Right now, all I have to do to some of them is be in the same room!

 

[tkd lisa]

For my DD (15), it's dancing in public, particularly at Disney!

For my DS (13 1/2), it's singing particularly to "his" songs on the radio.

And for both of them, when I really want to annoy them, I snuggle them, and say "I just love you SOOOOOO much!" when we're out in public! It always makes them smile though, even as they're backing away saying "Mawwwwwww aaaam!"

 

[jennyl772003]

That's what kids are for, right?

When we go shopping, we drag him through the women's underwear department. We call him Bob, even though his name is Bailey. When we walk together, I try to run him into things and I hip bump him so he trips a little (he holds on to me since he is visually impaired, so he never actually falls) If my son starts whining that he hurt himself, my DH threatens to cut off whatever hurts.

All in good fun of course.

 

[tw1nsmom]

My kids are only 7, so I have a ways to go before my shear presence bothers them.

One thing that bothers them now is when they say, "I'm hungry." I'll say, "Nice to meet you Hungry, my name's Mommy." To whih they'll say, "Moooommmmyyy, stop!"

 

[pittypat]

I do that unbelievably shocking thing of striking up converstaions with strangers in public places. I also visit with other moms in a "you tell me what you know and I tell you what I know" kind of way that my DS16 calls the Mother's Mafia.

 

[Acklander]

My mom has a very heavy Boston accent which for some reason drives ds22 crazy. When ever he goes too long without calling me or doesn't return a phone call I'll start leaving messages on his answering machine using the obnoxious accent, usually along the lines of "Dont be retaaahded and call your mothah"

 

[Parkhopper]

Even at 13 this is sometimes the case with my DD. When all else fails, however, I dance. Sometimes even threatening to dance is enough.

This is the EXACT same thing that I do with DS12! It works like a charm!

Suzi