Comments on: What Have I Spawn?

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:02:31 +0000

..Ask her why she had the dishes in her drawer and tell me her answer. My girl does the same!

By: Fedora

Fedora — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:51:01 +0000

Aiyiyi… I’m definitely no neat-nik (much to my husband’s constant and ongoing dismay), but I have to draw a line at the dishes in the drawers–we get ants here whether we want them or not, and that’s just sending the little buggers an engraved invitation…

I’d be OK with the trash can in her room as long as she periodically empties the trash therein into the main can.

Unfortunately for my hubby, so far our kids seem a bit lacking in the neat/clean gene… hang in there, Rhonda!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:34:26 +0000

Ok my son HAS a trash can in his room, but where is the trash?? All over the floor I go in their with blinders on so I can view a straight path as I walk, trying to ignore all the other crap he has everywhere. He is not allowed food in his own domain, stems from finding moldy dishes there years before, that I think were there for said years!

And don’t get me started on laundry..geez I clean, dry and fold so everything for school is proper lookin, and where does it go…on the floor!

I keep hoping he grows out of it, he’s 16, perhaps he never will!!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:56:10 +0000

A horrible state of affairs. You take your dishwasher apart and clean it so you can wash your dishes in it?

Okay, you’ve admitted it. You like stuff to be clean. No problem. I’m the same way but not to such extremes. And yes, I’ve tried to teach my kids to clean up after themselves but all you can do is teach them. It’s up to them to do the rest.

#2 has left so much trash in her room (but not her dorm room, mind you) that I’ve had to go in there once every 3-6 months (only because I force myself to wait) to heft out 4 big garbage bags of merchandise tags, grocery bags, shoe boxes, lint, water bottles… you name it.

#3 likes to leave empty soda cans in his room.

#1 and #4 are my angels. Yes, it’s possible that some children throw trash away. Yet, I do remember finding a few dishes on #1’s dresser. And #3 and #4 don’t like to empty the trash in their bathroom. No, that would be too easy. They’d rather let the trash overflow until they have a large mound crawling up the wall. Ack!!

Climbing to the 2nd floor? Not a good thing.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:25:13 +0000

Sorry, would be my requirement.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:24:05 +0000

You are on a roll this morning…. . I am somewhere in between your daughter and yourself. I however, couldn’t handle dishes in drawer and a room that is trashed to that extent.. . Does girl plan to empty said trash can in her room on a weekly basis to the outside trash can? That would me my requirement for her to have a trash can of this magnitude in her room. Anywho, I hope you have a wonderful weekend, per the weatherman… .

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:16:01 +0000

It’s sad, Jen, but it’s happened. I found a salad plate in her sock drawer. I have no idea what had been on it.

Danniele! There were five of us! All those glasses! Quite disturbing.

By: Danniele

Danniele — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:29:19 +0000

Yep, pretty bad. She’ll be growing mold before you know it.
Of course, I do remember not being able to set my glass down in Scotland before SOMEONE had it picked up, rinsed, and in the dishwasher. It got to where I had to protect my glass. I mean, what’s the point of washing something when you are going to use it again, for the same kind of drink? (I know Rhonda is cringing as she reads this…

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:10:59 +0000

Holy guacamole, Batgirl! Dishes in the drawer you say? And yes, your darling offspring needs a garbage can in her room. I’m still reeling over the dish in the drawer…