My first tour of duty

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:22 pm

I have one child, whom I love like crazy, however I feel as if in his teenage year of 15, I am doing a tour of duty, please advise!:wah: :

BEFORE I GO INSANE FROM HIS MOOD SWINGS

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:05 pm

Oh, the great change - the I know everything man..

You can direct - not order - sure there are rules/boundaries - he'll push

Patients - bite your tongue - listen and read between the lines.

Hang in there - it'll get better - he's finding himself right now - just keep communication open without invading his area.

Tough time - tough age - tough all the around for everyone.

Good luck

Patsy

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:32 am

Well my brother is 27 and still at that awful stage. We don't speak.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:14 am

Having been there, and still dealing with a 22 year old with " Mood Swings",

my advice is... watch those mood swings carefully to make sure that they are from puberty and not indicitive of any other problem. Its very, very tough and trying to deal with.

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:14 am

crazygal;582576 wrote: Well my brother is 27 and still at that awful stage. We don't speak.

lucky guy :wah: :wah:

how you doing crazylady , did you put your clocks forward , i have not :wah:

Tater Tazz · Post by **Tater Tazz** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:33 am

All I can say is Goodluck!

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:07 am

Pick and choose your battles. Ask yourself each time you want to scream, is this really THAT important. When the answer is yes, don't back down.

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:10 am

Thanks: :wah: :wah: :wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:14 am

Indian Princess;582560 wrote: I have one child, whom I love like crazy, however I feel as if in his teenage year of 15, I am doing a tour of duty, please advise!:wah: :

BEFORE I GO INSANE FROM HIS MOOD SWINGS

If hes teetering on the proverbial fence in life, be sure you get a good running start before you push him to the right side.

Its hard to tell which way theyre going to go. By all rights I should have ended up in prison but the wind blew my way and I saved myself.

I could have used a little (lot) more help though. Thats your job.

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:22 am

Just remember how it was for you at 15. Then have sympathy for him.

Uncle Fester · Post by **Uncle Fester** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:03 am

A good kick up the butt worked for our son :-5

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:05 am

all three of my boys went through this....it really is a brain damaged stage...one second they feel like a kid the next an adult....they dont know from one second to the next how they feel...be strong...set boundries....

try not to react to the mood swings....

wishing you lots of luck here....:p

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:34 am

anything like this

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:40 am

:wah: what the heck was that?

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:43 am

harry enfield kevin and perry two growing up kids , one of them is played by a woman , i'll see if i can find some more its so hit pubity :wah:

RedGlitter · Post by **RedGlitter** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:45 am

:wah::wah:

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:57 am

there is a feature film its quite funny

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:05 pm

Don't be too hard on him--someday he'll pick your nursing home.

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:37 am

jimbo;582583 wrote: lucky guy :wah: :wah:

how you doing crazylady , did you put your clocks forward , i have not :wah:

Oh sorry, just saw this. Not doing too bad thanks, better in a couple of weeks when I have my body back to myself. NEVER again!

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:39 am

crazygal;583465 wrote: Oh sorry, just saw this. Not doing too bad thanks, better in a couple of weeks when I have my body back to myself. NEVER again!

your possessed that explains a lot :wah: :wah: have a great day:-6

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:41 am

jimbo;583466 wrote: your possessed that explains a lot :wah: :wah: have a great day:-6

Possessed, obsessed, fed up! Even missing shopping. Either my parents are getting it for me or I'm buying from Tesco online! I wanna walk around a shop. :-5

Carl44 · Post by **Carl44** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:43 am

crazygal;583468 wrote: Possessed, obsessed, fed up! Even missing shopping. Either my parents are getting it for me or I'm buying from Tesco online! I wanna walk around a shop. :-5

it wont be long now ,jade will be walking you will be doing the toddler mother thing ,you will see a woman with a bump and then say i wish i was pregnant :wah: :wah: i swear they all do it

crazygal · Post by **crazygal** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:45 am

jimbo;583471 wrote: it wont be long now ,jade will be walking you will be doing the toddler mother thing ,you will see a woman with a bump and then say i wish i was pregnant :wah: :wah: i swear they all do it

I'll be walking her! lol

I guess you're right, maybe not, time will tell. It's just this time around it's been really hard from the start. I'm too scared to go through this again!

Gotta dash. You have a good day now ya hear!

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:43 am

Teenage mood swings - also known as hell on earth!

Good luck, it will get better but at times you can't believe that. Brilliant advice from everyone else, just stay calm and remember in a few years you can take the mick out of him for the hell he puts you through now!

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:45 am

Peg;582633 wrote: Pick and choose your battles. Ask yourself each time you want to scream, is this really THAT important. When the answer is yes, don't back down.

This reminds me of my son's girlfriends mom...the other day we were talking and I was sharing how the kids don't help as much as I'd like with cleaning, and she looked at me with a straight face and said "pick the battles you know you can WIN"....this is from a woman that owns and runs a daycare center!!:-4

IP, my heart goes out to you...I wonder how I made it this far with my three and really wonder that I should give advice...ha ....hair color is the best advice I have!!:p :-4

minks · Post by **minks** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:05 am

I am with Peg on this, pick your battles wisely. Not every "incident" needs to make the tabloids :wah:

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:46 am

Holding my own, and yes the hair color thing is a definate yes!:wah:

Indian Princess · Post by **Indian Princess** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:45 pm

I can sometimes only look at him with my jaw dropped down and total blank stare

upon my face. How can they think it is other people!!

Someone push me off a cliff.

I love him but OMG!!