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For me, yes, I think it's going to be worth it. I really dislike grocery shopping, and it HAS been nice to just open my front door, and there's the stuff. lol PLUS, they have no-minimum ordering, so...say you want turkey NOW. Order it, schedule the delivery, and BOOM. No muss, no fuss.
Cool. I did it once. It was convenient for the most part but they don't always have the timeslot available you want right? I hated how much the prices were jacked up ... but I also hate going to the grocery store too lol. It's part & parcel with being an adult, though so it's ok. It's just like something ya gotta do. I wonder if they'll deliver to rural areas?
It's not the act of shopping so much as it is the drive. We have 2 houses ... one in the country and one more in the suburbs. We alternate between them both ... so the country house there's not many grocery stores nearby. The suburb house it's like a 5 min drive so it's not too bad.
Not really. I just inherited a teen overnight one night 2 years ago so I'm a bit lost as to how to parent one ... especially a boy.
I'm trying to think if I ever did this when I was a teen ... wanted to say yes I did and thought I did but I asked my mother and she actually said I was like a model teenager lol. My sister on the other hand ... oy lol.
But yeah ... things are pretty ok. I'm just not used to this so I find myself sometimes maybe getting annoyed @ things that are really just 'normal' for teens.
We all have gotten annoyed at our kids. Just like it's normal for teenagers to eat you out of house and home...it's normal to be annoyed at your kids.
I was as mad as the OP for the first year or so (I had no kids), I literally had to coach myself to think of him as if he were my teen. It helped oodles.
For gosh sakes, hold on to your sense of humor. Scolding the kidlet just made him surly at me (understandable), making jokes about his bad behavior cracked him up AND made him look at it from another side without being defensive. Of course, that's him, but you DO have to demonstrate HOW to handle conflict in a positive light.
"Hey did you not notice that your socks were a tad tight?"
"Yeah, I guess so" /shrug
"They are MINE. Good lordy, your father better speak to immediately about how to buy the right condom. You can't just go around squeezing your body parts into things that are too small. "
Not only is it different, it's difficult. I don't have kids by choice because I don't want to deal with disciplining. Stepson was living full-time with his mom in another state but decided to come live with us 2 years ago ... and it wasn't planned either. It was literally a call to his dad "hey can i come live with you?" "yes" "ok can you come pick me up now? mom kicked me out" ... it's a very sad story honestly ... but the thought of having to parent a teenager never was something I thought would have been a reality. I guess @ the back of mind it was always a possibility but I never actually thought it would happen.
I love my stepson. I don't exactly love being a parent. I try my best. My husband is a good dad but when he's @ work, I'm the one at home with the kid so I'm the one having to 'parent'. I guess @ 17 they don't need too much 'parenting' but I'm the one dealing with stuff like this b/c I am home all day. So I tend to get stressed and frustrated a lot more than my husband does over it.
I guess in a way 'parenting' a teen is new to him too ... we're trying to do this together, it's not easy ... especially too there are certain things we disagree on and certain things I'd do differently with my own child if I had one.
trial & error, I suppose.
I guess this is just normal teen behavior then. Thanks everyone! One day I'll figure it out.
I know you all are busy, but have you ever taken stepson out, just the 2 of you, on an outing? Maybe go to the movies, out to eat...just about anything I guess. It might help him know that you want to know him, and that he's not just an inconvenience to you and your husband.
It might be weird for him, feeling like no one wants him. (I'm definitely NOT saying you and your husband don't want him...but he might feel like the proverbial 3rd wheel.)
How does he get along with his mom now? He might crave some motherly attention, and he might appreciate on a deep level, if you try and bond, one on one, with him.
You're right ... but my point is, does a 17 year old really need to be told he has to share?
Dunno, sounds like sharing by any age of occupant in this house is an issue.
My two sons had to be told each time something was off limits for a dinner or an event. To this day I still label what the item is being saved for. If someone disregards that, the rule is: replace it.
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