Free advice for parents/ would be parents
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When your 14 year old stepson calls you from a party asking if his mate, who you haven’t meet before, can stay over say "NO!".
If you say yes, assess the state of said mate when collecting him. Do not decide “He’s had a few but looks okay.” Do not let him sleep in 9 year old stepdaughter’s bedroom.
He will puke on bedroom floor/bed on way to toilet. He will then puke all over toilet, top down naturally to get the best possible spread.
Whilst you spend the next 2 ½ hours, with deeply embarrassed stepson, cleaning bathroom (thank God it is fully tiled), bedroom floor and stripping bed down ‘friend’ will be comatose on the landing, covered in puke.
When you have done all you can do not leave ‘friend’ sleeping on landing but wake him up and advise him that he is to spend the night in the bath. Failure to do this will result in ‘friend’ returning to bedroom in middle of the night.
When you get up to take ‘friend’ and stepson into town to go on a weekend camp check room ‘friend’ has slept in fully. Do not leave it till an hour or so after you have got back as it will only be then that you will discover that ‘friend’ pi$$ed himself in the night, soaking through whole of mattress (orthopaedic, only bought in December, £200.00) and onto teddy bears/etc under bed.
If you are lucky you will only have to buy new duvet and will only have to spend w/e cleaning room and toys/etc before partner and stepdaughter return on Sunday evening.
Said ‘friend’ will then disappear of the face of the earth.
You have been warned.
PS Stepson has been taught the art of knowing when to say enough, we are not stupid enough to think that he wont drink at a party, I know I did, and so have taught him to use his brain. He has also been informed of the benefits of the ‘tactical chunder’
If you say yes, assess the state of said mate when collecting him. Do not decide “He’s had a few but looks okay.” Do not let him sleep in 9 year old stepdaughter’s bedroom.
He will puke on bedroom floor/bed on way to toilet. He will then puke all over toilet, top down naturally to get the best possible spread.
Whilst you spend the next 2 ½ hours, with deeply embarrassed stepson, cleaning bathroom (thank God it is fully tiled), bedroom floor and stripping bed down ‘friend’ will be comatose on the landing, covered in puke.
When you have done all you can do not leave ‘friend’ sleeping on landing but wake him up and advise him that he is to spend the night in the bath. Failure to do this will result in ‘friend’ returning to bedroom in middle of the night.
When you get up to take ‘friend’ and stepson into town to go on a weekend camp check room ‘friend’ has slept in fully. Do not leave it till an hour or so after you have got back as it will only be then that you will discover that ‘friend’ pi$$ed himself in the night, soaking through whole of mattress (orthopaedic, only bought in December, £200.00) and onto teddy bears/etc under bed.
If you are lucky you will only have to buy new duvet and will only have to spend w/e cleaning room and toys/etc before partner and stepdaughter return on Sunday evening.
Said ‘friend’ will then disappear of the face of the earth.
You have been warned.
PS Stepson has been taught the art of knowing when to say enough, we are not stupid enough to think that he wont drink at a party, I know I did, and so have taught him to use his brain. He has also been informed of the benefits of the ‘tactical chunder’
wedge girl said:
I have all that to look forward to.At the moment I only have to contend with vast quantities of makeup and nail varnish being deposited everywhere.
I know the feeling. Our decorator finished our staircase on Friday (£400 spent).
Got in from work at 3am on sat morning. At 8am I woke up to my other half screaming at child no.2(2 1/2years old)
Trudged downstairs to find nice bright pink lipstick scribble on new wallpaper
I honestly don't know how I refrained from putting her through the window!!
ledger said:
I would have thought a bill presented to the boys parents to cover
new matress
new teddy bears
new bed linen
would do the trick. I don't expect you'll get any money, but might wipe the smirk of off his face.
Thought about this. Then was reminded by Mrs that one day it could be one of our 3 (although the bed wetting was the bit that really got me).
From the woeds I've heard he's never seen dad and mum quite likely isn't sure who dad is anyway. Lad is a complete prat but hasn't exactly had any good role models/loving family. No excuse but perhaps part of a reason.
Given stepson's thoughts on the subject I suspect that once 'friend' is seen again he will learn the error of his ways. At 14 stepson is 5'10" and built like a brick sh1thouse. Not that he'd bop him one, he's too bright to do that.
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