How low can teenagers get????

[mrs_overall]

I thought I'd seen it all but my 17 year old son has really done it this time! I went into his room yesterday and found that he'd moved his bed. I moved it back again and saw that a large piece of carpet (2ftx3ft) was missing from the middle of the room. It turned out he'd been sick on the carpet & rather than clean it up or tell me, he simply took a stanley knife and cut the stained, vomitty piece out.
He now owes me �300 for a new carpet AND he's grounded until he is an OAP.
Any more suggestions for punishments? (No thrashing suggestions please...he's 6'5" and I can't reach)

[mccfluff]

sorry mrs o but i find that really funny. i would find the offending peice of carpet and make him wear it. I'm still laughing trying to imagine why he thought that would be the best solution :-)

[bigmamma]

Lol mrs_overall , I' m creased up laughing at this funny thread :-D

[mrs_overall]

I wish I could say the same bigmamma. Not only do I have a ruined carpet but I've been accused of being a strumpet and in another follow on thread I've been accused of fancying my son's friends!!!!
I should have a rueful smile on my face but I'm too scared in case my lippy is all over my teeth lol

[netibiza]

Oh mrs o there's a lot worse to come yet!!!

[mrs_overall]

Thanks for that netibiza. I have two younger children as well. I can't wait!
looks for something sharp in the cutlery drawer

[bigmamma]

This wasn't as big an expense as your carpet mrs_overall but my son , now 23 , when he was 15 got a new golf club .He decided to show me how it swung .....!!! ......one expolded light bulb .....one wall clock ......and one ornament later he saw the error !

[unrulyjulie]

bigmamma, my son, now 16, blew all the electrics by swinging on a light fitting! Lucky for him it was only the lights that went out that day! heaven help us all with our kids no matter how old!! :-)

[bigmamma]

Lol unrulyjulie ! :-D

[HAHA..]

make him get a job and pay for the carpet
if he wont kick him out
pay his way or get out
he wouldnt get away with it in his own place
good luck by the way

[mrs_overall]

He has a part time job plus his EMA plus his savings so I reckon he'll have paid for the carpet by next weekend lol

[its_me_baby]

tell u what u wanna do cut the dirt marks out of his cloths and see how he likes it.
lol
i got 2 boys so god help them as they get older

[flflflflflfl]

hes lucky to have a mum with such a good sense of humour! Definately embarass him though!