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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is wearing me down- any advice?   They are 11 and 13.  I SAH and they do make comments like "my job" is so easy and there life is sooo hard- makes me crazy.  [/quote]

It's 'their.'

You allow them to speak to you this way.  They don't respect you because you don't act like you deserve it.[/quote]

No it's "they are"[/quote]

You're both right, although 2nd PP looks ridiculous for correcting 1st PP.

"They are 11 and 13" is perfectly correct as is, so yes, 2nd PP.

However, in "...so easy and [b]there [/b]life is ..." It should in fact be "their", as 1st PP correctly observed.

BUT the grammar nitpicking is rather beside the point. OP, I can see how this would drive you nuts. Perhaps it's time to significantly increase the contribution that they are expected to make to the household? One doesn't tend to appreciate what one is able to take for granted, and if in fact your job is "easy" they have no logical grounds for complaint when you inform them that now parts of it are their job instead. As for their life being hard, I would either ignore those comments, or ask if they need you to take on more of a role in managing their lives to make it easier for them (by which I mean more rules & micromanagement of homework and such, if it's too hard for them to manage privileges and freedoms on their own), or simply fake empathize and tell them sure it is but you've btdt and you managed fine so you're sure they will too.[/quote]

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