Teenage Princess!!!

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Anonymous wrote:“Hey mom, would you mind stopping at the grocery today to get xyz supplies? I thought it would be nice to make cookies for bf. Thank you!! Cxxooo”
-swing by and get the stuff

“Mom get me sugar by 6pm”
-“sorry I’m busy today”

Ding ding ding...it's all in the delievery. I get tons of love you xoxox from DS even when he's not asking for something. This is his master plan!

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Does she have a car? Why can't she go herself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP--we have a lot of last minute unreasonable requests lately and she does not pull her chore weight at home...needs constant reminders to do a pre-determined set of chores. I can't complain about schoolwork, solid As in high level classes. DH ended up taking her after school, but we made her pay for ~$50.00 in baking supplies. DH and I were gifted a dry batch of cookies for V-day and the good batch went to her friends/BF at school.

That's sweet she gave you some! My daughter only made valentines for her friends this year.

OP, I think getting things at the store isn't a problem, if your DH has time. I think you should teach her that such help should be reciprocal when you live with people. So, sometimes you can ask her to pick some last-minute things up at the grocery store, and pay her back for them. Doing things for her with love should lead to her doing things for you in the same way, over time.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP--we have a lot of last minute unreasonable requests lately and she does not pull her chore weight at home...needs constant reminders to do a pre-determined set of chores. I can't complain about schoolwork, solid As in high level classes. DH ended up taking her after school, but we made her pay for ~$50.00 in baking supplies. DH and I were gifted a dry batch of cookies for V-day and the good batch went to her friends/BF at school.

What kind of cookies require $50 worth of ingredients ? Were they good cookies at least?

Seriously. OP, I want to know more about these cookies. Why did you need to spend $50 on supplies?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why so rigid, OP?

If her tone is demanding, you just tell her that, and point out she could have thought ahead and told you when you all went grocery shopping.

OP--The demanding tone s addressed almost every week. We went grocery shopping this past weekend and when asked: "do you need anything?", the answer was a "no, I am good." There is no "thought ahead" unfortunately.

Of course not - she is a teenage! The brain is not all the way developed yet.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG just pick her up and go to the store with her, maybe even bake with her.

She will be gone next year and we will hear about how much you miss her and she won’t call you.

This.

OP if this is the biggest problem you have with your 17 YO DD, thank your lucky stars.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG just pick her up and go to the store with her, maybe even bake with her.

She will be gone next year and we will hear about how much you miss her and she won’t call you.

This. But tell her to ask, not demand, and she should say thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Text back - You can go to the store to buy the ingredients on the way home from school. See you at 630! Or whatever time you normally get home.

+1 and I'd add something to the list that she can pick up for the household.

OP--she is not driving yet, so we HAVE to take her.

I think that if you choose to live where your kid has to be driven anywhere, you can't then be angry at your kid for asking to be driven.