Please tell me it gets better

[vraiblonde]

What about the plastic pouch inside the cereal box? I swear mine hacks it open with a dull rusty machete making it completely impossible to reseal or to pour the contents into a bowl without showering the kitchen floor with Frosted Flakes.

That was an easy fix - Tupperware cereal bins. That way the only thing they can do to screw it up is leave the lid open so the cereal gets stale. And since I don't eat cereal, I didn't care.

My bugaboo was the toothpaste. They'd leave the cap off so there's this paste crust you have to chisel through in order to squirt it on your brush.

 

[Pete]

That was an easy fix - Tupperware cereal bins. That way the only thing they can do to screw it up is leave the lid open so the cereal gets stale. And since I don't eat cereal, I didn't care.

My bugaboo was the toothpaste. They'd leave the cap off so there's this paste crust you have to chisel through in order to squirt it on your brush.

That is where those chalky little mints you get at restaurants come from isn't it? Dried toothpaste nuggets pried out of sinks?

 

[Merlin99]

That is where those chalky little mints you get at restaurants come from isn't it? Dried toothpaste nuggets pried out of sinks?

I told my daughter that years ago, I think she still believes it.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

You want to borrow girl, Pete? She cooks (very well I might add), does her own laundry, feeds the animals, cleans and is on the honor roll.

 

[vraiblonde]

You want to borrow girl, Pete? She cooks (very well I might add), does her own laundry, feeds the animals, cleans and is on the honor roll.

And she plays a mean Rock Band drum, too

 

[lovinmaryland]

You want to borrow girl, Pete? She cooks (very well I might add), does her own laundry, feeds the animals, cleans and is on the honor roll.

I think that is the key word though *girl*

My boys are awful at cleaning up after themselves, chores, etc... almost every day I come home and there is cereal on the floor, peanut butter on the counter top, etc... how freakin hard is it to wipe up after yourself when you make a sandwich

 

[Graymatter]

Shouldn't have named him Goober....

 

[CalvertNewbie]

I think that is the key word though *girl*

My boys are awful at cleaning up after themselves, chores, etc... almost every day I come home and there is cereal on the floor, peanut butter on the counter top, etc... how freakin hard is it to wipe up after yourself when you make a sandwich

Sounds a bit like my hubby. He's 37. So no Pete, I don't know that it will necessarily ever get better. You'll have to wait until he moves out and then he can mess up his own house.

 

[bresamil]

You shoud have served him frozen pancakes.

 

[twinoaks207]

Yesterday at the request of Boy I mixed up some pancakes. I ran the first couple batches through and he wanted to help. I told him to go ahead and take those out of the pan and load it back up.

that is when it happened. Goober reached over and grabbed the ladle out of the big stainless steel bowl sitting 2 feet away and dipped......then dripped batter the entire 2 feet to the pan......repeat 2 more times.

It was then I pointed out the stainless bowl had this really cool attachment called a FRIGGIN HANDLE and you can pick the bowl up and hold it over the pan while dipping out batter so you do not leave a 2 foot trail of spillage.

Please, please tell me it will get better and it is not permanent.

He's a boy, right?

Hope you're not holding your breath over this...

When my boys are finally out of my house (and I'm not holding my breath for that one either), I'm going to go over to their houses and do the following:

• drop many little piles of rice all over the stove while getting out one spoonful (and LEAVE it there to harden)
• leave shoes and socks on the floor right where people have to walk.
• put all of the recyclable soda cans in the sink instead of taking them outside to the recycle bin
• hide all of the silverware so there's none around when it's time to set the table
• hide all of the glasses, too, as long as I'm hiding things

There's lots more but I don't want to tip them off before they move out!

 

[jazz lady]

Yesterday at the request of Boy I mixed up some pancakes. I ran the first couple batches through and he wanted to help. I told him to go ahead and take those out of the pan and load it back up.

that is when it happened. Goober reached over and grabbed the ladle out of the big stainless steel bowl sitting 2 feet away and dipped......then dripped batter the entire 2 feet to the pan......repeat 2 more times.

It was then I pointed out the stainless bowl had this really cool attachment called a FRIGGIN HANDLE and you can pick the bowl up and hold it over the pan while dipping out batter so you do not leave a 2 foot trail of spillage.

Please, please tell me it will get better and it is not permanent.

Not permanent, but you've got a lot of years to go.

 

[Bann]

Yesterday at the request of Boy I mixed up some pancakes. I ran the first couple batches through and he wanted to help. I told him to go ahead and take those out of the pan and load it back up.

that is when it happened. Goober reached over and grabbed the ladle out of the big stainless steel bowl sitting 2 feet away and dipped......then dripped batter the entire 2 feet to the pan......repeat 2 more times.

It was then I pointed out the stainless bowl had this really cool attachment called a FRIGGIN HANDLE and you can pick the bowl up and hold it over the pan while dipping out batter so you do not leave a 2 foot trail of spillage.

Please, please tell me it will get better and it is not permanent.

It's not permanent, but... this, too, shall pass.

Hopefully!

Thing2 goes to HS next year. I'm thinking his NJROTC Head Guy Whats in Charge might not appreciate hearing "I dunno", "Why, what'd I do?" accompanied by the obligatory :shrug: