How to Survive Life in the Suburbs

ALWAYS the Bad Guy

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Homework to be done?  I make them do it.

Rooms to be cleaned?  I ride them till they sparkle.  Kinda.

Did they brush their teeth?  With toothpaste?  You know I am the one who checks, and then sends them back to floss.

Pop for dinner?  Umm no.  Okay, usually no.  Sometimes yes.

Veggies and fruits.  They are consumed on my watch.

TV.  Turn it off.  GO and PLAY.  These are words uttered by the Mama.

Why must I always be the parent to scream declare…  “You are not wearing those filthy socks to school!  What will people think, that we can’t afford to wash socks?  That I chose to let you go out into the world with your pinky toe sticking out of your stinky socks.  Go and get a clean pair!  Quick like a bunny!”  NOW!!

Oh good grief SweetGirl, you are the one who wanted, begged, to take piano, why must I now set a timer and INSIST you practise.

Nag nag nag.  Is this my full time job?

Well at least this nagging crazy Mom got them to clean up their rooms, take their toys OUT of my family room, and straighten out their closets.  So I figure I win right? 

Until I stumble into the toy room that was just “CLEANED” and it looks like this…..

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I have found the place where all toys go to die.  I give up. Apparently it is Dad’s turn to be the Bad Guy, cause I’m pretty sure this girl is gonna cry.

 

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    • Comments

    2. Breath!!!!!!! it’s going to get better, some day they may have hubbie’s? SO’s that will have to deal with this as a house cleaning problem not a room cleaning problem. I know my husband is constantly reminding me of my “skills” while I “enforce” the cleaning of rooms around here. 😛

    6. oh wow.. oh my…

      see, love me some little ones.. but this is REALLY why i love my sweet kitty bella… cause hey! she’s too little to do much.. lol

      just kidding!!!

    7. I feel your pain.
      I am always the ‘heavy’ too…sometimes I even lose it and holler!!!
      I try to take deep breaths though…in a few years, the husband and I will be the only mess makers here. What will we do without the daily challenges??? 🙂

    9. I was just thinking this about myself yesterday. I am always the bad guy too. Dh is the double bad guy though since he always says listen to your mother and just agrees…its MY mom that makes me look mean. If I say NO they can’t have things like toys and stuff they go ask my mom and she gets them what they want. anything and everything!

    11. I swore up and down that my hubby and I would share these parental roles. But because of our roles, I’m here more. Which means a large percentage of discipline falls on me. And this morning, when it all started at 5:30 am, with crabby whining and complaining, I thought I might scream. I think I did.

    12. I’m the disciplinarian parent, the bad mom, no fun mom, and mean mom. Eeek, the toy room…erm..I’ll send my kids in to declutter it and tell them anything that is still laying around will be put into the donation bag. Works like a charm all the time 🙂

    13. I know exactly what you mean. It’s non stop in my house. My boys are 7 and 13 and I have to check on them and remind them about everything. From cleaning their teeth, taking dog out to not forgetting their lunch and backpacks.

      My hubs works away from home and we see him only 5-6 days a months so I have the pleasure to be the bad guy full time.

    14. Ain’t mamahood fun 🙂 My son would clean his room. It would sparkle and he would give me his big “I did it” grin UNTIL I looked under the bed or opened the closet. Yikes!!! So that is where the toys go….

    15. I always feel like the bad guy too. Its no fun. I even asked my husband what it was like to be the good guy, the other day. He told me it was nice. gah!