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Ode to 15

DevilElf's picture

Devil has been 15 for just about 2 months and I'm already praying for 16. Please tell me that 16 is better. Please tell me that my own two aren't going to be this insufferable at 15. Devil is the oldest and if I have to go through this three more times, someone might end up locked up. My friends IRL and I have a theory that any age evenly divisible by 3 is bad so maybe it is just for the year, right?

For two months now all I hear out of her mouth is how cool and wonderful and smart and talented and pretty she is. This girl was a talker before she hit 15 so I'm hearing a LOT of this. She got into the honors program at high school so she's talking about how she'll get into any college she wants. She is so cool, too, and has the coolest friends. And so on ad nauseum.

My oldest has been tight with Devil since they met and even she commented that Dev has gotten "too self-centered" lately. ODD and I are going away this weekend and will miss the SKids and I can't tell you how happy I am about that. Which makes me feel guilty because I really like Dev, she's a good kid, but if her head gets any more swollen I'm going to have to bring her down a notch just to be able to survive.

Help!!! Tell me this ends!

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DevilElf's picture

DH hasn't been telling her these things. In fact, he's a bit frightened of what's going to happen when she realizes she's not "all that." I have two wonderful kids of my own who I'd pounce on in a heartbeat if they went on like that - I think that's why it bugs me so much.