Will reply to comments, but in order to clear my mind of negativity, and anon i will reply further to the comments on the rabbit hole post, but i need a bit of ordinaryness (that may not be a word, but it is now) if that makes sense.
Last week was back to school shopping, its probably the worst kind of shopping for me, ok apart from when i was out with the bossman shopping for socks for him...but not going there!
So yes, one 12 year old girl, who thinks she is 16, one 17 year old, who thinks its perfectly reasonable to pay £1110 for a laptop and cannot understand my outright "no" and sons 17 year old girlfriend who really should have her mobile surgically attached to her ear cos she never seemed to be off it..well
it made for one stressed out mum!
I ended the day downing nearly a whole bottle of wine, sod the consequences, well that was my attitude then.
A long day of
"I dont need to try it on, it will fit"......."Im not going through this again, your damn well trying it on"
"Im not wearing that, grannies wear skirts like that"....."your not wearing a skirt that is more like a belt either"
"everybody (huge over-dramatic emphasis on the everybody) wears some make-up to school"...."I dont care what everybody does, your not"....a full on sulk followed where i didnt get spoken to for about an hour....it was lovely while it lasted.
Oh and getting the shoes, bless her she has size 9 feet which for a 12 year old makes it quite difficult to get suitable shoes, girly ones, she argued that its ok to have heels...does she think im that gullible that its acceptable to have 3 inch heels? apparently so, umm no nor are bright greens ones....black for school!
4 shoe shops later, we compromise on a pair, but then it was trainers for both of them.....i must be getting old, trainers are trainers arent they? oh no, no, no, its about having the right style, the right colour, the right label, "mum, Nike was like last year.......its about Vans now" and im meant to give a fuck about all of this?
I confess i caved because it was either caving in or losing my rag in the middle of Sports Direct,
All this before lunch time.
I think i did well to wait until the evening before i hit the bottle.
Oh yes, kudos for making it to evening and not just breaking out the bottle in the store!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely hate taking my kids shopping for clothes and shoes. Why are they always so sure that everything fits without trying it on? And what's with being so damn picky, I'm not that picky!!
My 11 yr old is built like a bean pole--almost as tall as me with half the waist size. It's damn near impossible to find him pants! And shoes...Omg, finding a mens 9 1/2 that's narrow enough...Meh. I can only imagine how much worse it will become when they start attending public school!
So yea, didn't mean to use your blog as a venting ground--got a tad carried away.
Yours in complete sympathy and understanding,
lil
lol lil rant away anytime, i think shopping with kids deserves a rant!
DeleteI have a similar problem with my daughter, she is tall, well developed for her age, and its a nightmare shopping for her let alone with her.
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(((hugs))) thankfully we get a lot of stuff passed down and around so the strops can go on in the front room which is less stressful!
ReplyDeleteoh yes, i could manage that, at least in the front room one can drink whilst its all going on lol
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Sympathies. I took my kids shopping for school uniforms. It's meant to make it easier, isn't it? Could have fooled me. They don't like the pleats, the zip, the elasticated waists too tight, too loose... argh! They're only 6 and 9, what are they going to inflict on me as teenagers. If my youngest says she's never going to wear something, she means it. Very stubborn... just like her fath... ooops.
ReplyDeleteAs for being sent to Coventry, it does have its benefits, nice and quiet.
Yes!!! lol funnily enough it was the pleats in skirts that i thought was nice...but what do i know....im old!
DeleteIm finding my daughter, who is not quite yet officially a teen more hard work than my son ever was and is...apparently girls are more difficult...great!
oh the silent treatment is wanderful....just does not last that long lol
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Ugh tell me about it, I did back to school shopping today too and am currently on my second (ok fine third) glass of wine. He's only five and we fought about which crayons to buy! I despise Crayola and their marketing ploys.
ReplyDeletelmao......its difficult at that age in a different way, because they tend to want the latest commercial fad, i remember for my son it was Spiderman, everything had to be about that! lol
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Oh...we did the Vans thing this year too...and combat boots!! Urrrggg...I so get all of this unfortunately. My 10 year old has all these outfits posted on Pinterest and then wants to run around trying to find the exact same items. I really wish I could poke my eyeballs out sometimes. it would be less painful:)
ReplyDeletewhat annoys me is in 6 months time or less Vans will be out and something else will be in!...never had all of this when i was growing up lol
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Sympathies all around! I spent 3.5 hours finding a pair of sneakers for my 7 year old with feet so wide they're practically round, and EVERYTHING hurt his feet. UGH!!
ReplyDeleteI find shoes/trainers the hardest things to buy because they have to fit well, my daughter has wide feet added to that being size 9 as well and yeah i get you....nightmare!
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Argh Tori, I feel for you. Shopping with kids is a mare! You did do well holding off till evening!
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Roz
I know, i was quite proud of myself lol
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Ooof. Glad mine are boys! If it has Minecraft on it they are happy. Although getting jeans to fit them is usually an ordeal.
ReplyDeleteI never wanted a girl, dont get me wrong of course i love her to bits, but girls seem to be more difficult.
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I'm SO not ready for this!
ReplyDeletelol, i dont think anyone ever is really ready for it all, until your going through it....cant say even then im ready!
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