Comments on Twipply Skwood: Death by Teenager

I tried that...except I think that traditionally w...

2009-06-26T13:07:00.158-07:00

I tried that...except I think that traditionally when you ship the kids off to the grandparents, you're not actually supposed to go WITH them...

Thank goodness I still have a decade or so before ...

2009-06-21T19:25:26.859-07:00

Thank goodness I still have a decade or so before we get to the dreaded teenage years. After that, well, I'm shipping the kid to his grandparents.

Please do Maureen - maybe, (just maybe) we'll make...

2009-06-21T11:52:39.320-07:00

Please do Maureen - maybe, (just maybe) we'll make it!!!!!

Very funny Bruce & Alf!!!! Cassie - I know my swe...

2009-06-21T11:44:24.389-07:00

Very funny Bruce & Alf!!!!

Cassie - I know my sweetheart. It's a big change to go from practically being able to spit on the down town of the fourth biggest city in the US to being a family in the burbs.

Oh my gosh Ricardo, I can NOT imagine! And to think I wanted six or eight kids! I have a friend with four girls too and all through this I kept wondering how she was going to make it.

Funny Arizaphale! I have tried the "could be worse" route, but that's so hard to feel even for adults. I never even considered up and moving to Australia. Vermont maybe...

Ahahahahaha... I am laughing to keep from crying i...

2009-06-20T20:23:53.604-07:00

Ahahahahaha... I am laughing to keep from crying in total and absolute understanding. Yes, I DO have a teenage daughter. I'll pray for us both.

Ah Cassie....middle nowhere Texas? Kidstuff. I mov...

2009-06-20T16:13:15.284-07:00

Ah Cassie....middle nowhere Texas? Kidstuff. I moved my daughter out to middle nowhere AUSTRALIA! 12000 miles away from her friends and family! Be lucky you have YOUR Mum ;-)
Mind you, I moved her when she was 7 so she wouldn't notice....but I'm about to rectify my mistake. Unhappy with the relative ease of our international move I now plan to move her to a girls school next year! In Year 10! When everyone else has already got their friends and she will be a Lily Loser on her own! So you see, be lucky you have a kind, gentle loving mother who ONLY moved you to Texas!
Mwah. We love you kids
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I have a friend with 4 daughters and some are in o...

2009-06-19T15:48:49.794-07:00

I have a friend with 4 daughters and some are in or entering their teens. Be lucky you have one Jill. I see the parents aging before my very eyes.

cassie says... the reason i am so sulky and life-...

2009-06-19T11:24:45.015-07:00

cassie says...

the reason i am so sulky and life-ruining is because you moved me out to middle-nowhere, texas. i was fine for the first 6 months of my teenagerhood...well, maybe a little more sarcastic than usual.

Why are your ruining her life? That seems pretty ...

2009-06-19T09:14:48.670-07:00

Why are your ruining her life? That seems pretty rude, Jill. GOD. (Eye roll. Door slam).

Remember, that which does not kill you, makes you ...

2009-06-19T08:29:46.544-07:00

Remember, that which does not kill you, makes you stronger (or at least teaches you how to fix toilets.)

Arizaphale - Oh I wish I could send mine to the gy...

2009-06-19T05:06:26.748-07:00

Arizaphale - Oh I wish I could send mine to the gym! I mean, not I didn't ruin her life or anything, but I've explained to her that she wouldn't feel the devastation quite as poignantly if she were getting any exercise what so ever.

Thanks Jillene! Enjoy these next three years...

SJ - Right! Exactly! However, as I understand it, the rules are that they get to sulk over it for a good many years...

DJ - I'll bet she's STILL that self same sweetie. Sometimes. Like, at 8:23 PM every other month on the new moon...

Christine - Yeah, I think the boys' emotions are just set to "stun" while the girls' are set to "KILL". At least I thought my death was imminent earlier this week. Then again, maybe we former teenage girls just never quite grow out of the powerful emotions thing... :-) A definite second on your hopes for us getting through!!! :-)

Yes, I get the impression that teen girls are more...

2009-06-19T03:03:34.975-07:00

Yes, I get the impression that teen girls are more lethal. Here's hoping we BOTH make it through the teen-parenting years.

Oh...I am soooo glad I do not have a daughter. I ...

2009-06-18T23:12:32.285-07:00

Oh...I am soooo glad I do not have a daughter. I get to listen to the man next door arguing with his almost every day now...it is not a happy sound :( and she was a real sweetie last year (when she was a pre-teen).

Har har! C'mon you know parents have to ruin lives...

2009-06-18T23:03:52.898-07:00

Har har! C'mon you know parents have to ruin lives if they don't who would!

Nooooooooo!! I REFUSE to have teenagers (even tho...

2009-06-18T15:26:57.819-07:00

Nooooooooo!! I REFUSE to have teenagers (even though it will happen in 3 years). I am freaking out about it!! UGH!!

Your teenager is beautiful though. I guess that's thre reason why we keep them instead of selling them to the Circus!!

Oh yeeeeeeees! Yesterday I looked at her sulky fac...

2009-06-18T14:39:46.094-07:00

Oh yeeeeeeees! Yesterday I looked at her sulky face (my teenagers...not yours) and could have slapped it. But I made her go to the gym instead and she felt better after an endorphin rush.