Re: Venting!

Jeanne,

I do the IM thing myself. It is much easier than going down stairs to their
lair and then aggravating myself with the mess I find (I swear girls are
bigger pigs than boys) and then setting off a whole new chain of events.
This way I IM them let them know what is up - phone, dinner, etc. and give
them fair warning that I am heading to the basement so they can do an
emergency clean up when needed. I give them a couple of days heads up when
I want to look in their actual rooms so there is no excuse for finding a
total disaster. So far it has worked for us.

I remember back in the "old days" I use to go into their rooms nightly and
the "toy room/family room" and clean. I'd put their stupid toys in order,
sort out their little tykes guys and sort their food for their play kitchen.
Not like they cared either. Took me a long time to lose the compulsiveness
and now I settle for passing health department codes. One day they will be
gone and my house will be mine.

Maureen

"haggis" <haggis58@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I don't do cellphones yet, myself *waving at Neal* and I find the incessant
>yammerers incredibly annoying. However, I am a computer addict. It strikes
>me as hilarious that I will IM my kids and they might answer once or
>twice--but generally come stomping in to glare at me and say, "We are in
>the SAME HOUSE. Why don't you just come talk to me?" Well. . .
> 1. I don't like getting the "you can get out of my room now" bit. They
> always act like I'm interrupting something and are too stupid to keep
> things neat so I don't have to mention the mess (which is usually
> considerable--I don't think my daughter even uses her dresser anymore), so
> I suppose they're trying to get rid of me before I give the order to
> clean.
> 2. We're all at our computers--why SHOULDN'T I ping them? It's better
> than yelling to get their attention. Often, I'll knock and yell that
> dinner's ready or someone's on the phone, and I get no response because
> they're wearing headphones. With an IM, I know they got the message--and
> when they finally emerge to find I've eaten and the rest of the food is
> half cold, they can't claim to have had no clue ("Why didn't you TELL me
> dinner was ready?!") They can't hear over their music, but they don't like
> it when I barge in. Since it's a no-win situation, I'm going to pick the
> most efficient method to pass the word and get on with my life.
> 3. It irritates them. I can't resist a little payback. (OMG--is this
> where the passive-aggressive grannies get started?!)
>
> jeanne
> (who--as the youngest/middle child--always got the hump in the back seat
> and could've used a DVD distraction on those long family vacations 30
> years ago)
>
> Bambi C. wrote:
>> A while back, I was in the city and waiting at a red light. I looked
>> over at the car next to me. There were four people in that car, and each
>> one was talking on a cell phone! It just struck me funny and kind of sad
>> ... why couldn't they just talk to each other?!?
>>
>> Bambi C.


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