I once told my daughter that she should say something like "just a minute" so I know she heard me when I ask her to do something. She took that as an open invitation to say "just a minute" to me evry single time! GRRRRRR
My 14 yr old dd likes to wear her earbuds even when her Ipod is off. She gets irritated when I pantomime her to take them out. She has lost her IPod privleges for a couple of days over that.
My 11 yr old took 3.5 HOURS to unload the clean dishes from the dishwasher and put the dinner dishes in it this evening. I was gone for the first two hours but left him clear instructions that he needed to take care of the dishes. He had the nerve to call me and ask where his model airplane kit was but hadn't done the dishes. He argued and carried on when I came home and told him to get on the dishes. He couldn't BELIEVE that he had to scrap other people's (his parents' & brother's) dishes. The indignity of it all. He then had the nerve to tell me that unloading/loading the dishwasher was too much work for him.
He has now sealed his fate and that of his brother's - they WILL now be responsible for loading and unloading the dishwasher. I can just imagine their little faces when I share the news at dinner tomorrow.
I was never allowed to say "wait" or "hold on" or anything similar. The rules were, you answer nicely, then you ask for another minute. I've gotten so that now I answer everyone that way; "Yes? Just a second please."
With my family I use a joke we took from Get Smart: "Yes? Moment, please!"
OMGosh thank you for posting this. I thought I was the only one going slowly insane!!! The worst part is that my ever - sweet 4 year old (who tells me every day, "Mommy call me a sweet tart!" in his cute little voice) is picking up on this too!! Grrr - as if the 13 and 8 year olds weren't bad enough, they are corrupting the munchkin, too!
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