pips_pekins Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Months ago I offered to get a couple of tickets for DS and a mate for Reading. Mate never paid for ticket and you've guessed it, can't go. DS found this out a few weeks ago but did nothing about it until a few days ago Surprise, surprise, no takers. I would go myself, (I do like a good festival), but my back is so bad at the moment that I am wary of spending 4 nights in a tent especially if it is damp. I am sure that girls are more organised and would have had it sorted... If anyone is going to Reading or Leeds, have a great time. I thought it looked a good lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I'd try flogging it on eBay. If you sold it this evening it would be there Special Delivery on Friday morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I like the line up too,but I don't do Festival 'facilities' Get your son to mention it on his Facebook profile status,as there might be someone interested in his group of friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Get your son to mention it on his Facebook profile status,as there might be someone interested in his group of friends. Good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Dont talk to me about boys - I am anti teenage boy at present - its the attitude - hacks me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pips_pekins Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 I like the line up too,but I don't do Festival 'facilities' I know what you mean. We stay in Tangerine Fields - showers and flushing loos , luxury . Tried Facebook but nothing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pips_pekins Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Dont talk to me about boys - I am anti teenage boy at present - its the attitude - hacks me off. MY DS is actually a really nice lad as are his friends but he is part teen part goldfish when it comes to using his brain. The other day my mother rang when I was out. She asked him to tell me that his granddad was in hospital after a suspected heart attack. Message? What message :-S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) Dont talk to me about boys - I am anti teenage boy at present - its the attitude - hacks me off. What do you mean? Not all of us go out looting basmati rice... Edited August 24, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I have to say that I have 2 teenage boys (&1 teenage girl) and they are lovely My 17 year old dropped his sister off at a friends and then took his little brother out to the cinema and bought him pizza Ask me again in a week or so and I might have gone off them all though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I think it's some and some; I know some lovely teenage boys, some who are nightmares. Teenage girls can be just as bad.... or good. At the moment, my teenage girl swings between being an angel or a stroppy madam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Show me any hormonal human being and you can have a nightmare or an angel on your hand.... Not just reserved for teenagers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I leave pen & post it notes by the phone but can Eldest remember to take down a phone call message? No! Not when I had a message about a job interview (the caller knew that she was speaking to a Teenager so spoke veeeery slooooowly), when my mum had a suspected stroke (turned out to be a brain tumour); & has obviously missed the phone call about us winning the Lottery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 And I thought it was just my boys who were incapable of taking a message . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 All that my DS (15) says on the phone is Uh, except when he was on the coach home from hathrow after his recent trip to Iceland, then I couldn't shut him up My DS is lovely most of the time but deliberately bad at doing anything useful He did help me stack a winter's worth of logs today though, started off grumpy, but once his little sister turned up for him to boss around he had a great time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Oh don't talk to me about phone messages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowberry Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My Eldest has worked out that doing everything badly is a Cunning Plan to get out of doing it ever again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My Eldest has worked out that doing everything badly is a Cunning Plan to get out of doing it ever again... My teenage son's father has a gold medal in that one DD (11) will ring me on my mobile to tell me of any messages she's taken................DS (14) will have a full, coherent conversation with the caller & omit to tell me anything..............eventually irate husband/mother/friend/dentist will call back & find out I've missed a call again He does let my chooks & hounds out though when he's home, saving me a trek back at lunchtime on work days, so I can't complain really............can I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My OH is 21 in a few months, and forget taking a phone message, he out and out ignores the phone entirely! I think boys are teenagers until their 40s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mine's 60 in December..there really is no hope for the boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mine's 60 in December..there really is no hope for the boy I've learned to accept this I think, if I acclimatise myself to it now, I won't be disappointed later on in life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My Hubby now put the phone on speaker if I'm in the room so I can hear whats happening. I got fed up with him talking to his family, I would ask if they are all Ok and anything I need to know. Always got the " No, they are all fine" only to find them all stood on our doorstep the following weekend, they had arranged to visit for the day Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I love my three boys to bits and I love my daughter to bits and I think they are equally awful and good at stuff, its just the kind of stuff that's different. I was very lucky and didn't have 'attitude' from any of them as teens, although DD would be very quiet at times, something I often wished for with the boys. One joined the army at 16 and he did get in trouble with sgts a few times, but never for the same thing twice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My son is now 33 and is still kinda hopeless when it comes to relaying messages. I have to ask my daughter in law all the time if I want to find out what is going on as he forgets everything. I remember a few years ago when he got some Oasis tickets and a few of his friends dropped out and he left it so late to try and sell the tickets that he ended up being out of pocket. It must be a male thing I'm sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mine is nice when he wants something. He has changed recently from fairly ok to nasty at times and as only female in house I bare the brunt of it. His mates who I used to like have turned him into a materialistic money orientated individual. He is langusihing on my sofa with god knows how many mates discussing GCSEs and they are only in year 10! Their brains appear to have migrated into their underpants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 DH is in his 40's, and doesn't relay messages either... the first thing I usually hear about a message is when my mobile gets an sms from my mum saying 'still waiting for you to call me back', and I look at DH blankly and ask 'did my mother call??' and he goes 'oh yes, a few hours ago...'... Sigh... Not sure if DDs will be any more helpful when it comes to phone... we tend to leave the answer machine on anyway, so they don't have to pick up and take messages, I just pick up the messages from the machine when I get back... much more reliable!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
