tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post8995979879157498056..comments2023-10-08T16:27:56.948+01:00Comments on auntiegwensdiary: In which The Beautiful Children sulkauntiegwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-36016261885005290312011-12-23T07:58:37.153+00:002011-12-23T07:58:37.153+00:00You are a genius. Is this your version of an Arab ...You are a genius. Is this your version of an Arab Spring revolution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-38986863047928832682011-12-22T21:17:25.379+00:002011-12-22T21:17:25.379+00:00Boy Is that a familiar scenario! Routine and respo...Boy Is that a familiar scenario! Routine and responsibility (and a variation of strong words and ultimatums) are essential in make kids feel secure. We'll always use little wisps of sort heart from time to time. I had a mother who didn't give a shit about my future and development and that still hurts to this day!<br /><br />Have a lovely break away and I'll wish you a very Merry Christmas, now Gwen in case I'm not around....xHelenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447013188405986054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-66499295535458818922011-12-22T07:38:25.498+00:002011-12-22T07:38:25.498+00:00Wow judging by the number of comments this is a bi...Wow judging by the number of comments this is a biggie for many ladies - we should have a monthly club and share strategies - oh yes Auntie we are there - handsets and laptops regularly cruise round in my car during groundings and I regularly open up The Complaints Department and tell everyone how much I need their help to tidy rooms, deliver dirty laundry, load/unload dishwasher... I worked all day yesterday to return home to an absolute pigsty and went into the teenage bedrooms with bin bags and tipped every offending article into one, I now have the bags in my car destined for the refuse site - they were warned! how many inflatable parrots, old magazines, odd socks, broken keyrings, watches, disused toiletries, coke cans, crisp wrappers and cat hair can a mum take?! Oldest boy returned home from work at nearly midnight, didn't notice but shouted out 'have you got another uniform ready for my work tomorrow (nope).. nobody has noticed my blitz or missed the offending articles.Elderberry-Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197689596360708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-15191408269771928152011-12-21T14:33:05.988+00:002011-12-21T14:33:05.988+00:00Jon - please do lock me in the boot, it's now ...Jon - please do lock me in the boot, it's now full of chocolate and pringles, I have to hide everything or it gets eaten immediately<br /><br />Chris - 23 eh, I just count the time till they go to uni, it helps get me through the days :) xx<br /><br />Susi - move up my dear, I shall join you<br /><br />Speccy - you have to play to your strengths, fortunately mine are eating and drinking :)<br /><br />Suzanne - oh I kept it up, my son caved first and I now have a signed contract that says he will do any chore asked of him without moaning in return for laundry, go me :) xx<br /><br />MaM - I thought it was a cunning plan the hiding of the routerauntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-44474584935451695702011-12-20T16:44:15.164+00:002011-12-20T16:44:15.164+00:00Good on you!
Sounds like it long overdue and good...Good on you!<br /><br />Sounds like it long overdue and good on you for standing firm (is it wrong that I'm amused you have the router in your handbag??)Muddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-46900749582973579672011-12-17T21:54:28.726+00:002011-12-17T21:54:28.726+00:00I think striking is a great idea. I may join you.
...I think striking is a great idea. I may join you.<br /><br />XXSuzanne Ross Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561888635304578484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-88818283968445411772011-12-16T13:13:27.995+00:002011-12-16T13:13:27.995+00:00I love this! My little folk haven't turned tee...I love this! My little folk haven't turned teen yet, but this is a great reminder to be on my guard. <br /><br />cake and gin- super survivial mechanism :)speccyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910768878700620483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-26841556179378166292011-12-14T17:14:16.540+00:002011-12-14T17:14:16.540+00:00You've reminded me of what a friend once said ...You've reminded me of what a friend once said to me me many years ago when I was just about to go into meltdown : "Your job as their mother is not to do everything for your children, but to teach them to do everything for themselves". It removed so much guilt from my shoulders, and from then on I sat on sofa eating cake and drinking gin, watching them learn all those useful `life skills`. Now they are two wonderful adults with partners who are constantly amazed at how "good they are at everything domestic". And I'm still on the sofa with the gin and cakes ! xsusienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-58618471757336580712011-12-14T13:58:59.818+00:002011-12-14T13:58:59.818+00:00Yay! Go Auntie Gwen! Hopefully your tactics will ...Yay! Go Auntie Gwen! Hopefully your tactics will work - mind, I had a friend who swore her children didn't 'turn back into people' till they were 23!!! Hopefully they will spoil you rotten at Christmas with all their help!<br />Glad to hear hotel was fab - hope you had the best time, enjoy gin and cake , they sound like a wonderful idea!<br /><br />love Chris xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-82001251363080593962011-12-14T13:55:12.086+00:002011-12-14T13:55:12.086+00:00Well done Auntie!
By the way, you are sleeping wi...Well done Auntie!<br /><br />By the way, you are sleeping with five of your friends in this hotel and they are your family? TMI, I think we should lock you in the car boot!!<br /><br />Like the Crackberry bit :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-6599522463275813522011-12-14T13:53:22.627+00:002011-12-14T13:53:22.627+00:00Well done Auntie!
By the way, you are sleeping wi...Well done Auntie!<br /><br />By the way, you are sleeping with five of your friends in this hotel and they are your family? TMI, I think we should lock you in the car boot!!<br /><br />Like the Crackberry bit :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-25820890651676616622011-12-14T10:59:39.399+00:002011-12-14T10:59:39.399+00:00Ayak - I still have all the gadgets and I had a ni...Ayak - I still have all the gadgets and I had a night away in a hotel, I'm quite happy<br /><br />Libs - it was a gorgeous hotel, really beautifully decorated<br /><br />WM - oh I so want one of those to hang up in the kitchen now<br /><br />LFBS - yep I know that feeling, it takes so long to put things right we do keep doing them ourselves xx<br /><br />CQ - ah the teenager, a creature tricky to tame<br /><br />Sandi - yep no pay of holidays in being a mum is there?<br /><br />Helen - that is the only thing that has saved me, when they were little if I said something was going to happen, it did, so this week, they will remain gadgetless and grounded xxxauntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-82544971424311808452011-12-14T09:12:10.252+00:002011-12-14T09:12:10.252+00:00I've been shouty, shrieky and cross all day at...I've been shouty, shrieky and cross all day at mine and they are only 1 and 3. God help me when they are teenagers. I remember something a lady I used to work with told me, she said that when her children were young she threatened to cut the cord off the television if they didn't start behaving and doing as she asked. Sure enough she took the scissors and cut the cord off and left it like that for 2 weeks. She never had any trouble from them again because they knew that her threats weren't threats, they were promises!<br />xXx HelenSweet Seahorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688866517471969410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-37931863604937326532011-12-14T03:31:34.572+00:002011-12-14T03:31:34.572+00:00Yep, my kids are on the lazy side too, I have to a...Yep, my kids are on the lazy side too, I have to ask a few times before something is done 'in their own good time' What rankles with me: I have paid for my daughter to go to dance classes since she was 9, I went without clothes, holidays etc just to be able to afford her classes. My birthday I get a hug, teachers birthday, $100's get spent on her. I'm not paid to be her mum, I do it because I love her. The teacher gets paid to teach her......grrrrrr!!!! Other than that I am pretty lucky, we are past the eye rolling etc stage (as you'd hope at 21yrs)<br />Enjoy your time out and away, feeling a tad envious.<br />xx SandiSandihttp://www.sandiart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-14146701898282677352011-12-13T23:29:57.762+00:002011-12-13T23:29:57.762+00:00Welcome to my world. Only tonight, I have had to ...Welcome to my world. Only tonight, I have had to remind my lovely daughter that she may not tell me to shut up as she is not my equal. I had a major, major sense of humour failure on Sunday night over all the things you have written about. I know it's no comfort, but they are all the flippin' same!Curry Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357154781453417176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-44050204429082194172011-12-13T22:56:51.735+00:002011-12-13T22:56:51.735+00:00Yes I get the 'poor mum' thing, to which (...Yes I get the 'poor mum' thing, to which (he) always adds 'you're always tired aren't you?' and then he offers to do something and then makes such a hames of it that it takes twice as long to clean up the mess than if I had done it in the first place. Sound familiar? Well done for going on strike and in a hotel too, sounds fab :)Looking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-86396219558486440782011-12-13T18:25:42.894+00:002011-12-13T18:25:42.894+00:00Well done you! A sign we saw in the printers at B...Well done you! A sign we saw in the printers at Blists Hill Museum says it all:<br /><br />Children! Fed up of your parents? Then get your own back - leave home, get a job and pay your own bills!<br /><br />He he he!Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243697047355131343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-51925698021082836992011-12-13T17:56:53.761+00:002011-12-13T17:56:53.761+00:00They will get over the change in regime...stay str...They will get over the change in regime...stay strong! and enjoy Kilworth house...all will be well..xxlibbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-5889717500943256182011-12-13T16:04:49.442+00:002011-12-13T16:04:49.442+00:00Oh well done you! Can you make it last a week thou...Oh well done you! Can you make it last a week though? I was never any good at it when mine were teens. I hope you have a lovely time at the hotel...well deserved xAyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-6133308271373551232011-12-13T16:03:07.634+00:002011-12-13T16:03:07.634+00:00S -self removal, best tactic by far
Lesley - sorr...S -self removal, best tactic by far<br /><br />Lesley - sorry, maybe it's just mine, drink the champagne and you won't feel quite so badauntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-64462272244239191712011-12-13T15:37:59.219+00:002011-12-13T15:37:59.219+00:00You have burst my wee bubble: I thought my pre-tee...You have burst my wee bubble: I thought my pre-teens might grow out of their "mummy is my slave" ways. You should definitely have spend the lunch money on a bottle of champagne. Cheers!Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-53561517037097422402011-12-13T15:29:09.478+00:002011-12-13T15:29:09.478+00:00I swear I could tolerate it all, every little last...I swear I could tolerate it all, every little last bit, if the eyes didn't roll. As soon as those eyes roll I down tools. I always have, mid plait..mid breakfast...mid whatever...I simply stop and walk away. Self removal is a fantastic power and it works on men too! Enjoy yourself, I'll be the one wiping the hole in the misty window, nose pushed up against the glass, looking in and wishing :DAGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-84683849232198050632011-12-13T12:50:18.082+00:002011-12-13T12:50:18.082+00:00Andy - the sulking in the bedroom has been the hig...Andy - the sulking in the bedroom has been the highlight of my week :)<br /><br />NB - definitely, auntiegwensguide to taming teens will be written and put on the sidebar when I stop having fun in a posh hotelauntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-11973046467046671572011-12-13T12:29:21.960+00:002011-12-13T12:29:21.960+00:00Could you please, please, please come down to Esse...Could you please, please, please come down to Essex and adopt the same approach with The Boy and The Cat. The Cat's Mother and I are weaklings, barely able to survive let alone stand up to our two. Alternatively correspondence lessons will suffice...xxNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837862718388354747.post-41400409926844725202011-12-13T11:32:03.361+00:002011-12-13T11:32:03.361+00:00One of the things that makes me smile most about g...One of the things that makes me smile most about grumpy teenagers is their notion that sulking in their bedroom is a punishment for harassed parents.<br /><br />Kilworth House looks lovely, I could do with a visit there myself I think. Hope you have a fab time!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169515180440853249noreply@blogger.com