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Children
By meadowcroft1964
18 August 2008



Round and around like a merry go round 

The arguments stay the same

They refuse to shape up or ship out 

All they say we do is complain to them it all a game 

They think we spoil their fun

Telling them It's their washing left in the drum

That It's their ironing that waits undone
 
They what me under thumb

Just to serve not to live

They just take never give

I've had about enough

My children PISS me off





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Written by Josie (2847 comments posted) 17th August 2008
Violet - are they children or adults? If they are adults then, like the rest of the animal world do, you should kick them out of the nest to care for themselves. A gentle nudge and if that doesn't work, then a shove is the answer to this.
Josie
Written by meadowcroft1964 (112 comments posted) 18th August 2008
They are 23 and 16 and try as I may I can't get them to stay away

Written by Josie (2847 comments posted) 18th August 2008
You're making them too comfortable, that's the problem. Put the rent up and stop the washing and cooking.
Poor Lambs!
Written by Katanga (1537 comments posted) 18th August 2008
As I am 51 going on 10, I can see both sides. 
 
Being cruel to kind must be an icredibly difficult approach for a mother to take, though Josie implies it's a breeze! 
 
The Mrs Rachman (?) of Ilkley . . . 
 
Ha! Ha! 
 
Cheers! 
 
John X

Written by mia_ms_kim (1057 comments posted) 18th August 2008
I found the last line so funny. Where I come from, children live with their parents until they get married. So adult children tend to mature a little late in my opinion. But then we have the duty to look after our parents in their old age, so they reap the benefits later in life. 
 
Mia :grin

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