I so got told off by my children this morning!!!!
By Anne18
@Anne18 (11029)
November 21, 2011 12:46pm CST
I so got told off by my children this morning......... because the dining room was cold as there was no heating on!!
My fault totally..... let me explain.....
Our house has a very old heating system run by coal. To save on a bit of heating I recyle the heating from the tumble dryer to warm the house up downstairs, so my normal routine at night time is as follows.
I always put a wash in after tea so it is all washed by the time I go to bed, when I rise at 5.45am in the morning the first thing I do is take the washing from the machine and put in the tumble which is in the dining room and tumble it. I leave the dining room door open and the heat travels through into the kitchen and family room, meaning that when the children get up at 7am the house is nice and warm. BUT.... last night I forgot to put the washing in, so therefore there was no warm rooms this morning, and I got told off!!!
What have your children told you off for in the last few days?
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17 responses
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
21 Nov 11
Hmm, I know my son said something to me recently...Oh, I know, I left the cabinet door opened and it is at the right height that if he is not paying attention, he can and did bang his head hard on it. Poor guy, I felt bad for leaving it opened, but when he started yelling at me for it, my sympathy went away...
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Nov 11
Carmel, I actually did this myself a little while ago.
I repainted my cabinet doors and drawers and left them open to dry.
Well, lo and behold, I hit my head really hard and drew blood.
Nothing serious, but one heck of a headache the rest of the day.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~ 1 person likes this
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
21 Nov 11
No, I don't think he hit it hard enough for a big bump, maybe a small one though. He kept saying that it is probably bruised, which it could have done, but at least no one can see it with all that hair..lol
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
22 Nov 11
Well, not told off so much as the other day I forgot to bring cat food in from the car. The food bowl went empty and, I guess, the other cats were telling Zhaan that if we failed to feed them, they were going to eat her first.
Well, she was yelling at, and taking swings at, all the other cats until I discovered what the problem was and feed the little darlings...
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Nov 11
My grandson tells me to butt out when he is being rude to his mother and I speak up. He usually does come back later and apologizes for being this way. He has a mood disorder and so he gets angry and says things he doesn't mean sometimes. It still hurts but he usually realizes it after the fact.
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
21 Nov 11
I get so upset when I forget important things like that!! But it will usually work out in the end!! When my kids were in junior high I stopped doing their laundry because I would feel so bad when I did not have enough of their clothes clean for them. Or I didn't wash their favorite shirt. I showed both of them how to do the laundy and made them each responsible for their own.. that didn't give them the right to tell me off anymore!
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
28 Nov 11
Apparently I make promises to my children as a form of reward. When they do something great (little things), I supposedly make them a promise that we'd go to a local candy store and pick them up a few. Or some slushies if they come with me. The funny thing is I always seem to forget it.
And when I do, I also get told off by my kids!
@fabsprecious (1565)
• United States
21 Nov 11
Luckily for me my children are still at a young age, so I have yet to encounter the telling off parent experience and probably won't encounter it for a few more years, they are only 4 and 6, but I am pretty sure that I will have my experiences soon.
I remember when I was younger I tried telling my mom off one time, and based on that experience I don't think I ever had the courage to do it again. With that I say it all.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
22 Nov 11
My daughter is 29 and still lives at home, with her two daughters.. I don't know who is worse, her, my teen grand daughter or the three year old! All much more outspoken than I ever would have considered with my parents!
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
23 Nov 11
Well, everyone loves to tell everyone off in my family, so it comes with the territory. No one ever seems to be happy with anything.
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
22 Nov 11
That is a very good way to recycle heat, and get a second purpose out of something you need to do anyway.
As for me, I do not have children, but if I did, and I forgot to warm the room up, I'm sure they'd tell me off too. LOL I bet I'd tell my mother off, if she forgot to warm up the room. LOL
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
22 Nov 11
Nope mine are grown and know better now. HAHAHA!
But praise I did get recently.
Went shopping and brought a trunk load of food
to my daughter and the 4 grandkids.
She mentioned on FB how awesome her parents are.
I loved seeing that on a public place such as FB.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
22 Nov 11
Luckily, I do not have this problem at my place because I live at a tropical country.
In the past few days, my children were just asking for special foods they wanted to eat during their lunch. Even though I refused their request, they would accept my explanation too. Oily foods are not healthy to us.
From what you have told, I can judge that you are very good in planing and saving in your daily life.
In my personal view, it is good to let our children to experience the bad time once a while. ha! ha!
@Pushhyarag2000 (1416)
• India
22 Nov 11
I have a grown up daughter who is doing her professional course. She has to study quite a bit for periodical assessment exams. Her habit is not to miss early morning sleep yet managing time to get her studies done. So she has a routine of waking up at about 3 am, complete about two hours of study and go back to bed to cherish that deep sleep at dawn. 
. It is her mother's normal responsibility to wake her up and she does it religiously. That's a standing instruction for her. During this term, my wife had to go out to see her mother so was not home. I had to officiate for her. 
. I forgot to check the setting before retiring since I had worked till late. Daughter is not used to waking up on her own. Somehow, she was woken up at about 4 am and she realized I had erred. She managed to complete her studies and stole a quick early morning sleep. But I got told off by her with her mother who arrived next morning in all support for her.
. It is her mother's normal responsibility to wake her up and she does it religiously. That's a standing instruction for her. During this term, my wife had to go out to see her mother so was not home. I had to officiate for her. . I forgot to check the setting before retiring since I had worked till late. Daughter is not used to waking up on her own. Somehow, she was woken up at about 4 am and she realized I had erred. She managed to complete her studies and stole a quick early morning sleep. But I got told off by her with her mother who arrived next morning in all support for her.
@gagagaohlala (294)
• Philippines
22 Nov 11
I don't have a child yet but as soon as I'll have one, I'll tell and will always remind him or her to say to me whatever is on his or her mind and just be open to me so we could talk things out. It's how I was raised and brought up too so I will be passing it on to my kids as well. I have always been open to my mum and that if she were to comment on your post, I bet she'll say, "I have been told off by my daughter countless times already!" LOL. We are just like that and she doesn't take it negatively, instead she learns from is as I learn from her. Same goes with my aunts, I tell them my opinions in a very open manner, but of course I always put in mind the respect I have for them.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
21 Nov 11
hi Anne, I'm glad we do not need a heater here, there's another storm brewing down Southern Philippines and it's raining very hard here plus the strong winds hope they all pass before Christmas, it's around 3 a.m. and I just woke up. I just turned off the aircon cause OMG i just received our electric bill this afternoon
and like you I would like to save a little bit on power costs.
Although I always encourage my children to talk to me directly, they always tell their mother to tell me if they want to tell me off about something ( guess it's a very Filipino or Asian thing when it comes to your father)although I love them so much that I want them to be open to me. None that I can think of right now if there was anything they told me off recently.
and like you I would like to save a little bit on power costs.
Although I always encourage my children to talk to me directly, they always tell their mother to tell me if they want to tell me off about something ( guess it's a very Filipino or Asian thing when it comes to your father)although I love them so much that I want them to be open to me. None that I can think of right now if there was anything they told me off recently.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
21 Nov 11
That works? I mean it's the first time I hear someone heath the house that way. Where does all the humid air go to?
At this moment it's so freezing cold I leave the heath on put it a bit higher if I am the first downstairs (wich mostly is useless since we leave 1 hour later at least for school).
I think my kids are easy.. they don't seem to care that much about the cold, I am the only one always freezing (but still sitting in the cold as well since home alone I don't put the heath on. If it's cold just before I leave to pick them up.
The only thing they like is to have a hot water-bag/bottle with them if they go to sleep. That is fine with me I like that too.
