Mean things your teen has said to you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I hate you"
"I don't want to live here"
"You never do anything for me"

But it's not mean. I have to laugh at outbursts like this. Like, are people really hurt by these types of outbursts?

+1. Most of these are rude but I can't see it bothering me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This dinner tastes like prison food.
You are the epitome of motherhood.
You are not my real mother (he is adopted).

Isn’t being called the epitome of motherhood a compliment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I hate you"
"I don't want to live here"
"You never do anything for me"

But it's not mean. I have to laugh at outbursts like this. Like, are people really hurt by these types of outbursts?

+1. Most of these are rude but I can't see it bothering me.

To the poster who keeps judging others for being bothered by mean things, their kids have said - Here is some free insight- just because it doesn't hurt you does not mean it isn't hurtful.

[Anonymous]

I hate you
I wish you had not come back from your business trip (after trying to get DS out of his room after being there for four days straight)

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend’s mom is a better mom to me than you.

[Anonymous]

Not everyone wants to be like you.

My younger brother said this to me when he was a freshmen in high school. I was trying to help him with his homework. I will always remember this moment!

[Anonymous]

Friend’s kid said to her—you’re not my mom, you used to be my mom but you’re not now, told them they were more fun before they got sober (the mom’s been sober for years), and a couple of more choice really mean things. I was stunned at the viciousness of it. Father is abusive. Parents are divorced. Repeated my advice to get the kid into counseling.

[Anonymous]

You are fat and jealous you don’t look like in this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just because you had no social life in high school doesn’t mean you should prevent me from having fun

I heard a version of that one. He said I probably wasn't much fun when I was his age and that I didn't have a life. Another time, I told him about growing up with my violent, alcoholic father and how that made me not want to drink much. I also told him that my lack of a social life made it possible for him to do all of the awesome stuff he was currently doing! Gave him something to think about.

[Anonymous]

If I grow up to be like you, I'm going to kill myself.

*When I took away screen time privileges for the weekend.

[Anonymous]

I hate you. I wish you were dead (and she ran away).

Another time - I hate you. I wish I was dead.

This because I insisted on doing homework and screamed when she didn't.

We did have a talk afterwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate you. I wish you were dead (and she ran away).

Another time - I hate you. I wish I was dead.

This because I insisted on doing homework and screamed when she didn't.

We did have a talk afterwards.

It's such a fun age, isn't it?

[Anonymous]

Mine makes fun of my texting. Like saying lol too much or using the crying laughing emoji. Conversely I make fun of her “didn’t properly learn phonics” spelling.

[Anonymous]

“You laugh too much”

[Anonymous]

Telling me a meme was old

But she referred to it a few weeks later. I said it’s old. Ha ha. She said, well sometimes you can refer to old memes just for fun.

I said, yep that’s what I was doing. So don’t call me out. I get that it’s old, or I don’t get it. But I can refer to an old meme and it doesn’t mean I’m stupid.

Really inane exchange, but that’s life when your kid calls you out for an old meme, then uses it a few weeks later.