Kids really?! Now?!

Tony_Brewski
Tony_Brewski Posts: 1,376 Member
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Ok parents.... has anyone figured this out...

We sit down and do NOTHING I mean litterally not a damn thing and our kids leave us along. Wouldn't pay us attention if we paid them.

The second we turn on the TV for the nightly news, sit at the computer, open our check books to balance, answer the phone or head to the bathroom... we suddenly hear.

Dad! Dad! Dad! Dad! or Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!

I always ask my kids, "Why do you only want my attention when I am doing something?" They look at me like have an arm growing out of my face. I reply with, "When you are doing something I let you be so you can enjoy it." Normally I hear, "I know and I thank you"

WTF?!
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  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    it is what it is. just goes with the territory. happens to me all the time.
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    It's not just kids. Trust me on this.

    At work we have this thing about 'they know'. We can have absolutely nothing to do and not a soul will walk through the door. We have a ton of crap to catch up on and everybody and their brother will come in
  • AJ_Pete
    AJ_Pete Posts: 863 Member
    Every single time I turn on Sex & the City.........


    "OLIVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


    "But, BUT.... you were just playing with your dinosaurs in your bedroom not watching Olivia for 45 damn minutes! Fine..... here's Olivia."
  • Tony_Brewski
    Tony_Brewski Posts: 1,376 Member
    Every single time I turn on Sex & the City.........


    "OLIVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


    "But, BUT.... you were just playing with your dinosaurs in your bedroom not watching Olivia for 45 damn minutes! Fine..... here's Olivia."

    I hear that!
  • Tony_Brewski
    Tony_Brewski Posts: 1,376 Member
    It got to the point where I'd turn on How It's Made or something like that just to bore my kids, now they ask for it. O_o
  • Dark_Roast
    Dark_Roast Posts: 17,689 Member
    It got to the point where I'd turn on How It's Made or something like that just to bore my kids, now they ask for it. O_o



    My kids love 'How it's Made'! And 'Mythbusters' and 'Bones', I think we have watched every episode!
  • mzkfigs
    mzkfigs Posts: 5 Member
    My favorite is when you go to the bathroom and they immediately run to the door too...
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Right!? Mine were all quiet last evening so I thought..., I'll just step out for a minute and call my best friend. Not two seconds later one was in bed with me jumping around. The other came in and tackled her. Full on wrestling match ensued. Then they wanted to talk to him to. Ok fine. Talk a few minutes and let me have him back. That worked for a few minutes. I finally gave up and we just texted a while. Much easier!
  • amanda_ataraxia
    amanda_ataraxia Posts: 400 Member
    My favorite is when you go to the bathroom and they immediately run to the door too...
    This.

    The luxury of being able to use the bathroom alone!
  • Sasssy69
    Sasssy69 Posts: 547 Member
    My favorite is when you go to the bathroom and they immediately run to the door too...

    This. I just yell, "There's not a DAMNED DOOR TO NARNIA IN HERE. I'll be out in a minute! Leave me be!!!"
  • legs_n_bacon
    legs_n_bacon Posts: 478 Member
    You did it to your parents, your kids do it to you, and one day their kids will do it to them. And you can show your kids no sympathy when they ask you why their kids never bother them unless they are doing something.

    It's the circle of life.
  • linhmaimac
    linhmaimac Posts: 148 Member
    Its your fault for not using online banking. Who balances checkbooks anymore? Lol :tongue:
  • tistal
    tistal Posts: 869 Member
    My favorite is when you go to the bathroom and they immediately run to the door too...


    every damn time. like we are gonna be transported somewhere else when we walk through the bathroom door. no, i just want a couple of minutes to pee in peace!
  • livinfitanfun
    livinfitanfun Posts: 122
    My kids are smaller 3 and almost 2. My kids don't know the meaning of personal space at all! lol I have learned to NEVER watch a movie that I really want to see when my kids are around b/c when the good part starts happening all hell breaks loose in the house! The joy of kids........
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    Its your fault for not using online banking. Who balances checkbooks anymore? Lol :tongue:

    Agreed! I find it easier to use a program like YNAB to balance the checkbook instead of the paper way. Plus you get rid of the whole paper trail and save trees. Whatever you do don't stop balancing though!!
  • HeatherNicoleMomOf4
    HeatherNicoleMomOf4 Posts: 201
    My favorite is when you go to the bathroom and they immediately run to the door too...

    i know this .I have 4 kids ages 6,3,2 yr olds and a 6 month old. I can never go to the bathroom in peace, and if for once the kids dnt follow me in there the cats do
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    Single Dad...with sole custody of a 14, 6, and 5yr old.

    Trust me man...I feel your pain.
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    Apparently I can't cook dinner without a 20 month old climbing my legs.
  • AnnMarie518
    AnnMarie518 Posts: 93
    Its your fault for not using online banking. Who balances checkbooks anymore? Lol :tongue:

    I have to chuckle at this...your right, alot of people dont balance their own checkbooks anymore...but I think thats because alot of the younger generation (not saying you, just making a generalization is all) dont know HOW to balance a checkbook. Goes right along with the 18 year old cashier at the store who rings you up, tells you your total is 15.25, you give them 20.25 and they stare at you confused.
  • DMZ_1
    DMZ_1 Posts: 2,889 Member
    Not dealing with this is one of the upsides of a no kid lifestyle. :smile:
  • vytamindi
    vytamindi Posts: 845 Member
    Not dealing with this is one of the upsides of a no kid lifestyle. :smile:

    No kidding! :drinker:
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    I was just complaining to my husband about this.

    We've been prepping for a yard sale all day, plonked the kids down in front of a movie. I swear, the second that movie is done, suddenly they're hungry, thirsty, have something SO important that they want to tell you...etc etc.

    I feel like I never really get anything done without the TV babysitter. T_T
  • Bahet
    Bahet Posts: 1,254 Member
    I haven't watched the last 10 minutes of anything without interruption in 15 years.
  • Bahet
    Bahet Posts: 1,254 Member
    Its your fault for not using online banking. Who balances checkbooks anymore? Lol :tongue:

    I have to chuckle at this...your right, alot of people dont balance their own checkbooks anymore...but I think thats because alot of the younger generation (not saying you, just making a generalization is all) dont know HOW to balance a checkbook. Goes right along with the 18 year old cashier at the store who rings you up, tells you your total is 15.25, you give them 20.25 and they stare at you confused.

    I think most can handle the $20.25. But if you give them $21 they look at you like you just handed them some colored beads.
  • tlo23
    tlo23 Posts: 68
    I feel your pain...trust me I do. We are "one" and DONE!! lol
  • apedeb09
    apedeb09 Posts: 805 Member
    My daughter likes to wait until I'm trying to make an important phone call to tell me a 10 minute story about nothing at all. -_-
  • RainaWalks
    RainaWalks Posts: 72
    i have nieces and when they are over....it is pretty much...when they want to be left alone...leave them alone...when they want you...boy...they'd better get you...

    the one that drives me craziest is 'i'm bored' and 'i plugged the toilet'...so help me...when i hear those two things i am happy to be childless....part time is hard enough....hats off to all you parents out there...
  • thekarens
    thekarens Posts: 254 Member
    Enjoy this time. Eventually they will be teenagers and they won't ever want to have anything to do with you at any time, unless they want money, the car, etc. Mine are 17 and 20 and they almost never come out of their bedrooms except for school and work.
  • MikeInAZ
    MikeInAZ Posts: 483 Member
    I have gotten in the habit of locking the bathroom door. Even if I'm home alone. Come one, can't a guy have 5 minutes with a kid busting in and asking for attention. At least this way, they can't open the door!
  • Pimpmonkey
    Pimpmonkey Posts: 566
    I am thankful everyday that the bunch I have goes home at the end of the day...none of them are ours! (and some of them are quite grown!!!)

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