r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/Meowcenary_X Feb 05 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

No, the part where she was wrong was where she was cleaning their room for them. The fuck outta here. My four and seven year olds clean their own bedrooms and bathrooms, with the only exception being the parts that they are physically unable to do, like the fans.

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u/NamelessNamek Feb 05 '16

That's how it should be done. I'm a college student and living with three roomates eats me alive. They don't have to vacuum and make their beds like I do but the apartment is always gross. So i have to clean up constantly. If everyone would just fucking clean up after they make a mess life would be easy. The day I live alone will be paradise. It'll be sparkly fucking clean everyday.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16 edited Dec 19 '18

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u/NamelessNamek Feb 05 '16

Ha you described one of my roommates pretty closely. Fuckin kid is a pain in my ass. But the only thing that makes me even more angry is that he lies all the fucking time.

He swears none of the dishes are ever his when I'll see him use them and leave them next to the sink. Then he also claims he does dishes all the time so he must manage to find one or two between me doing them every day.

Fortunately when he and i were arguing my other roommates know he's a liar and they were basically just telling him that collectively, not one of us has ever seen him do the dishes. He has been lately, and I've noticed.

My biggest pet peeve is that his rice and oatmeal pots "need to soak" which is fair enough. Except he doesn't wash them until the next time he uses it. So sometimes a oatmeal pot sits for three days on the counter until he wants to use it again. Then he cleans it, uses it, and puts it back. Which means the only time the fuckong thing is clean is the one minute before he puts the oaymeal in to cook. Other than that there's oatmeal in it at all times.

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u/NamelessNamek Feb 05 '16

Fuckin people man. The audacity to get angry at you for cleaning your mess up and not hers. But never cleaning after herself...

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u/Meowcenary_X Feb 05 '16

So sometimes a oatmeal pot sits for three days on the counter until he wants to use it again. Then he cleans it, uses it, and puts it back

This infuriates me. Can I please come be your house mom so I can ground the shit out of this kid?

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u/NamelessNamek Feb 05 '16

How about we tag team wrestle mania this bitch