Teenage boys...

[ummmm]

Couldn't you just hit them with a brick??

Son 1 comes to me and says he needs new school trousers as his are ripped. Fine, how much? (town is 10 mins away) No...He wants me to go and get them. I cannot guess buy trousers for a 15 year old boy.

Son 2. 'who are you talking to'
Me 'Jo, we're having a family get together. It's to raise money for Cynthia Spenser Hospice'
Him 'I'm not going'

^^^yes you bloody well are

Back to school tomorrow...yay

[B00]

you could make it interesting...

Give son 1 some money, send him to town, and have bets with partner on what he actually buys instead.

[Maydup]

....and ask son 2 to either come to the event, clean his room or donate £20.

[mccfluff]

tell son 2 you are buying his outfit, i would go with lederhosen

[B00]

how old is son 2? If he's old enough to stay at home on his own, let him do that. Nowt worse than dragging a sulky teen to a family do.

[mccfluff]

no Boo, you dress said sulky teen in something embarrassing then drag them to the do and laugh at them all night

[ummmm]

Son 2 is 13...and he only 'thinks' he hates the world. He'll love it when he gets there.

[jackthehat]

Send son No. 2 to buy trousers for son No. 1.

If he gets it right let him off the 'get-together'....... :o)

[Smowball]

Your son 2 sounds just like my one here!

[albaqwerty]

Boy, am I glad mine are now 18 and 19. (Could still hit 'em with a brick at times!)

[Old_Geezer]

Tell son 1 that he can 'want on'. You're supplying the money, you're not his servant too. Either he goes buy his trousers or he goes to school wearing ripped ones.

Tell son 2 you apologise profusely, you didn't think such an ordeal would be one he might not have wanted to get involved with, and now realise that you should have asked first.

[trt]

Give him a needle and thread!

[ummmm]

That's what I'll have to do trt :-)

The reason son 2 didn't want to go is because he seen <insert my surname> football match. He thought he'd have to play. Bless. He's fine with it now he knows he doesn't have to play