Thought you might like a laugh!!

[Ineed2]

Dd2 is nearly 15 and away with the fairies, she sooo disorganised, she regularly forgets stuff for school. Today it was her planner she thinks I work on a thursday [I did last term] so she text her Dad to take it to school. I laughed and said what chance have I got of finding that. Anyway I went in to the place she calls her room and found it in exactly the right place, on the floor in between this mornings wet towel and last nights undies.
So don't dispare folks they are all the same, do what I do shut the door and go for coffe with some friends.LOL.

[rose1927]

Exactly, I came home from work at lunch time and had to pick up 2 wet towels and search for my make up, hair straightners and deodrant in the rubbish heap she calls her room .... its just great, I make a cake and ate that with coffee too.

[BohoHobo]

Oh and it gets worse My teen son isn't too bad but my teen dd is hell on legs! Her room looks like someone tipped it up and put it back again and I can't recall the last time she actually put anything in the washbasket OR washed her own clothes.....I am hoping guessing she keeps buying new knickers...

[mumeeee]

My 18 year old DD actually put clothes in the washing machine with out being asked to last night. I nearly fainted with shock! She is dyspraxic and has a slight learning difficulty. So she is a couple of years behind other tenagers>

[Ineed2]

Aahh the washing thing, I learnt a very hard lesson with Dd1 now 21, she used to steal my knickers when she ran out of her own and when I eventually lost it over the washing used to empty her room, sometimes 8 loads. What a nightmare.
Hence Dd2 has been doing her own washing for nearly a year now, she is pretty good and we haven't had any knicker stealing, so far
Boho... lol, you made me laugh about the room being tipped up.
Mumee... bless at your Dd, you never know she might be one of the rare ones that likes clean clothes, If she's a couple of years behind she should be at her worst now!!

[mumeeee]

Ineed2. I usually have to nag her to bring her clothes down. She has a laundry basket in her room and it's often over flowing. Also like a lot of teens she seems to like to store stuff on her floor. whether it's clean or dirty clothes or even college books.
DD1 abd 2 were both doing thier own washing from about the age of 16 but they were extremly untidy!

[bottyburpthebarbarian]

Oh god I wish I hadn't read this thread.

The DS's were fine - well a bit untidy but not too bad.

DD1 is 11. Her room is awful already. I said I was going to put a sign on it to say "Abandon hope all yea who enter here"

Cleaned the room at the weekend - roughly 5 loads.

DD2 is 8.

I obviously have many more years ahead of me.

[Ineed2]

LOl booty... yep although I will have a teenage girl in the house for roughly 21 years aaaggghhh!!!
Camped for one night [I had my own tent] with a group of 6 teen girls in one tent at the weekend, you would not believe how much mess they can make in one night.
I think your sign idea is brill.

[NineTails20]

My DS is 11 and is suddenly allergic to cleaning her room. Her dad is about ready to tackle the mess with a flame thrower. And her idea of cleaning is 'Shove it under the bed, no-one else will notice.'.

The boys, however, will actually clean their rooms and make sure their beds are made and the window is open before they go to school.

[cumbria81]

just make them do their own washing - it saves a lot of hassle.

[hellsbells4]

A glimmer of hope - I recently tackled dd's room while she was away for a few days (with her permission), and so far she has kept it really tidy, - even found her bed made yesterday!! She has just turned 18, so could this be a turning point?? Previously I used to be too embarrassed to even let the cleaner in there!
Now we just need to sort out all the other issues - like getting some college work done, earning some money, not spending hours on socialising and face-book. Give me ds's any day!!!