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Hey kids, what do your parents do that drives you nuts?

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When my friends' parents would offer food, I would only eat if I was actually hungry. Like I dropped by a friends house @ 7pm but had dinner @5 I would refuse food. However I've known some of my friends for about 8 years now along with the family we go to each others family events, cousins PT the whole thing. It's quite common for the parents to just say "If you wanna eat something you know where it's at" so now I just raid the fridge if I'm hungry it's just family really.
 
Teenagers.....

In general they know "everything", are "invincible", and seemingly dont have the ability to listen.

Ahh, I have much to look forward to when mine hit that age at approximately the same time🙁

 
tell your son and his friends to learn some f-ing manners.. you never ever go to someone's house to raid their cabinets and fridge... he's not making fun of you, i think it's more that this generation of teenagers has no idea of what good manners is... no offense to you or any other parents of teens.. that's just the way they are
 
what a crock of ******! offering food is being polite and acommodating. raiding other people's fridges and cabinets is bs. If someone came into my house and denied my offer for food, then ransacked my cabinets i would call the police...
 
Originally posted by: habib89
tell your son and his friends to learn some f-ing manners.. you never ever go to someone's house to raid their cabinets and fridge... he's not making fun of you, i think it's more that this generation of teenagers has no idea of what good manners is... no offense to you or any other parents of teens.. that's just the way they are
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that, sadly, is fairly accurate, I'm a teenager and I shake my head at some of the ridiculous actions of other kids my age, I stopped letting this kid I know come to my house at lunch because he was so rude, he'd start opening cupboards and asking what stuff is, taking off lids to look inside, found some hamballs once, asked if he could have some, and because i'm so nice I said he could have one, I turn around to get something out of the pantry, I turn around and he has 3 on his plate reaching for a fourth, that was a big wtf moment... not to mention the other irritating things he did...

I'm sure by raiding the cupboards they were doing it with the son, which by their standards makes it fine because he lives there too.

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Originally posted by: JoPh
emo kids
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i wish my lawn was emo so that it would cut its self ^_^
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:laugh::thumbsup:
 
Disclaimer. I haven't been a teenager in 7 years.

If a parent of one of my friends offered me food I wouldn't be offended at all and whether I took the food or not, thank them.
 
...i offered them some food.

Are you saying you were cooking something for them to sit at the table and eat? I can see getting that reaction if that was the case. I bet 90% of the nitwits who replied to this topic almost never have a meal at the table with their family, except special occasions.
 
Fvck 'em. If those little sh!ts don't have the general courtesy to say "thank you/no thank you" and instead opt to "raid" the fridge, they'd be in for some serious asswhuppin' in my house, IMO.

(In other words - no, it's not "uncool" to offer them food.)
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I think they are incredibly disrespectful to say that.

Just raid the fridge on their own? No, I would never go into someone else's house and just raid their fridge, even if it was a friend. And i do not think my daughter would just take it upon herself to have her friends over and raid the fridge without asking me first, or my offering them food.
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🙂 Agreed completely!

Funny story: I asked my son's girlfriend if she wanted some cheese and crackers for a snack (I didn't want to eat in front of them.) She said "yes," somewhat enthusiastically. "What kind of crackers would you like?" "I don't care." I returned a minute later with:

saltines
ritz
tollhouse
cheese nips
graham
and cinnamon graham crackers
plus, 4 types of cheese.

I said, "I don't care either. " 🙂 Funny moment... I guess you had to be there.
 
Show your kid and his little friends this, give them a big smile and kindly ask them again if they would like you to get them some food.
 
i hate when my dad is a total d!ck and won't admit that i'm right. like when packing the car for college, he wouldn't let me pack stuff even though last time he put my monitor on a passenger seat and when he hit the breaks, if flew off (luckily no harm done). absolute bullsh!t
 
Originally posted by: badmouse
My teen son & friends were hanging out in my kitchen, so i offered them some food. They told me that offering food is considered to be A TERRIBLE THING that old people do - they prefer to raid the fridge & cabinets themselves.

Is this REALLY bad manners on the part of the old person, me? Or are they making fun of me? Or am I really behind the times?

Are there other "rules" that I'm breaking? Tell me what's considered bad behavior by parents these days, please.
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You need to fsck up those little bastard friends of your sons. That's just down right disrepspectful and rude. Kick em out.
 
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
i hate when my dad is a total d!ck and won't admit that i'm right. like when packing the car for college, he wouldn't let me pack stuff even though last time he put my monitor on a passenger seat and when he hit the breaks, if flew off (luckily no harm done). absolute bullsh!t
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so let him do it his way, then wait for him to leave or drive off and do it yourself. people who are very stubborn are usually unintelligent as well (which is where stubborness can be derived - the total unwillingness to see someone elses point and consider it)...problem solved.
 
oh, and OP, you knew the answer to this before you even considering posting it. its your house and you were being very mannerly and courteous by offering food. tell them to leave if they dont like people being nice to them (which may seem ironic, but you have to convey your point).
 
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