Post by nomorewirehanger on Feb 10, 2016 9:32:19 GMT -7
OK. So to preface this: my nesting kick is in overdrive. Other than being in serious need of a home decorator and more storage in the dining area/ office/ daddy space?
My house has been hovering between spotless and "clean but lived in" for the last month.
L and Pen and I are LOVING IT. (Yay for happy ocd people!)
Only room that hasn't seen much change is the boy.
Now...other than setting his laundry on his bed (knowing full well he will throw it on the floor) I stay out of there. (Though since he's begun running track I sneak in and douse it in febreeze. Daily. Boys are stinky)
He was asked last weekend (while grounded) to clean it. Deep clean purge dust furniture vacuum. Etc.
Not by ME mind you...by his father.
He has an over flowing toy box full of nothing but nerf guns, Lego's , and random sports paraphernalia for sports he does not play. He has a bookshelf overflowing of dust covered tomes he does not ever read.
The only thing in that room not covered in an inch of dust is his power button on his Xbox.
(He's deathly allergic to dust mites and can't figure out why he stays sniffly)
His idea of cleaning it was to stack shit against walls and pick up trash.
When it was kindly suggested to him it was time to go through the toy box...pick a few of the nicer nerf guns and his buds may actually use...hand a few down...and chunk the rest? He threw a fit. Not no but hell no.
The gigantic (and I mean he can fit in it) duffle bag full of hot wheels that he hasnt opened in YEARS? NOPE."mine"..
"Son...pick out some favorites to put on a shelf. Chunk the broken ones...divvy up the rest between your sisters and cousins *girls love cars too* "
"No. They will ruin them"
Yes. Because they are so valuable.
The thousands (shit you not) dollars worth of Lego sets? Let your sisters help you put them together to display if you want to keep them! Get the ones with missing pieces and hand them down to just be "played" with by kids who still PLAY.
NO. mine.
Is 14.5 too young to exhibit boarded tendencies? I can't figure out if there is am actual emotional attachment to this shit or if he's just too lazy to put in the work it will take to make his room a nice "teen sanctuary" as opposed to a dust filled ....blob. (both?)
Any of y'all with older kids been through this?
My house has been hovering between spotless and "clean but lived in" for the last month.
L and Pen and I are LOVING IT. (Yay for happy ocd people!)
Only room that hasn't seen much change is the boy.
Now...other than setting his laundry on his bed (knowing full well he will throw it on the floor) I stay out of there. (Though since he's begun running track I sneak in and douse it in febreeze. Daily. Boys are stinky)
He was asked last weekend (while grounded) to clean it. Deep clean purge dust furniture vacuum. Etc.
Not by ME mind you...by his father.
He has an over flowing toy box full of nothing but nerf guns, Lego's , and random sports paraphernalia for sports he does not play. He has a bookshelf overflowing of dust covered tomes he does not ever read.
The only thing in that room not covered in an inch of dust is his power button on his Xbox.
(He's deathly allergic to dust mites and can't figure out why he stays sniffly)
His idea of cleaning it was to stack shit against walls and pick up trash.
When it was kindly suggested to him it was time to go through the toy box...pick a few of the nicer nerf guns and his buds may actually use...hand a few down...and chunk the rest? He threw a fit. Not no but hell no.
The gigantic (and I mean he can fit in it) duffle bag full of hot wheels that he hasnt opened in YEARS? NOPE."mine"..
"Son...pick out some favorites to put on a shelf. Chunk the broken ones...divvy up the rest between your sisters and cousins *girls love cars too* "
"No. They will ruin them"
Yes. Because they are so valuable.
The thousands (shit you not) dollars worth of Lego sets? Let your sisters help you put them together to display if you want to keep them! Get the ones with missing pieces and hand them down to just be "played" with by kids who still PLAY.
NO. mine.
Is 14.5 too young to exhibit boarded tendencies? I can't figure out if there is am actual emotional attachment to this shit or if he's just too lazy to put in the work it will take to make his room a nice "teen sanctuary" as opposed to a dust filled ....blob. (both?)
Any of y'all with older kids been through this?
