A life with adolescents is one here in which something is always broken or too small. If one is resolved, the next will follow. It never ends, having a teenager in the house costs money. A debilitating teenager altogether.
Our teenager went on an exchange. A whole week in Italy with a whole group of peers, where he slept with a host family. He felt like it. Two days before departure, Mr. came home from school with a huge rip in his jeans. Just, spontaneously came into it, according to teenager. “Oh yes mom and those other pants are way too tight.”
There was nothing for it but to drive like crazy to the clothing store before closing time and hope that there would be suitable pants in the racks. Fortunately, he succeeded. At the airport I heard from a fellow adolescent parent that they had been stressed before departure. The teenager in the house had dropped his phone, it was out of order. It was some consolation that it's not just always a party with us.
My teenager had a fantastic week. Except one thing. His phone was not working properly. He could spontaneously only app with WiFi. When we got home, we immediately drove back to the phone shop. Yes, because Mom drives him everywhere. Or should I not have done that?
At school our youngest teenager works with an iPad. He is transported to school in his school bag, on the back of his bicycle, five days a week. Spontaneously there was a crack in the screen recently. “Mom, I really don't understand how that is possible, I'm really not doing anything special,” he says with the most innocent look in his dark brown eyes. I remember earlier stories of a bicycle that spontaneously ended up in a verge, over a field and on the ground. (“Laughter like that, it was smooth, I took one step forward and I was already pooping (?)”).
I have a different definition of 'nothing special' than the teenager in my house, but okay. The fact was, an iPad with a huge crack in the screen. The IPad was repaired for only 189 euros (waaaaaaaaaa). Today I receive this app:“There is another crack in my screen…I'm not doing anything crazy with it or something. I take it out of my bag and suddenly see a big crack.” I can't suppress a huge sigh. A dilemma runs through my mind, should he pay for this himself, or is I pulling the wallet?
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When the football season starts again, one of our teenagers always has a problem with the football boots. They are too small, the sole is loose, there is a hole in the front or the lace is broken. And if the football boots are too small, then so will (soon) be tennis shoes, gym shoes and everyday shoes. Not only the children's shoes have to be replaced often, but also the adolescent shoes.
Fortunately, we can pass sports shoes that are too small from the oldest teenager in the house to the youngest teenager, otherwise I could have taken a second job to finance these. We also pass on clothing that is too small for the oldest, especially with sportswear. Hopefully they will continue to be fans of the same clubs.
And I haven't even mentioned their bikes yet. Whether it's a flat tire, a dress guard that hangs loose, a lamp that doesn't work, there is always something broken. The oldest can now fix a tire, that makes a difference. The cause of all these defects? Of course they themselves have no idea. Many educational issues are associated with the demolition practices of our two teenagers. I don't know what's best to stop this. I hope it's the age and that in a few years they will have grown and worn out.
