You know you love me, right?

As the parent of teenagers, there are certain opening sentences that strike fear into the bottom of my bottom. One of these, used by both de brevren on a regular basis is ‘Mum… you know you love me, right?’ to which I have to dutifully reply ‘yeeeees’? and wait, cringing slightly, for the bombshell that follows.

The answer can be a miriad of different horrors… a recent selection include:

‘Well, that’s good because I got an F in my Maths mock’

Shiiiiiit.

‘Well, that’s good because I think I lost that tenner you gave me. What? I put it in my sock for safe keeping…’

‘Well that’s good because I want you to take me to that big skate park in London on Saturday…’

Yup. That sort of thing.

Very occasionally they keep me on my toes with:

‘Good. ‘Cos I love you too’

And then I have to look all non-cringey and pretend I wasn’t expecting something really bad.

4 Responses to “You know you love me, right?”

1. notsupermum says:

   January 26, 2012 at 4:17 pm

   Ah yes. I get “Mummy, you know that I’m your favourite daughter?” or “Mum, would you like a cup of tea” quickly followed by them asking for something.
   • English Mum says:

     January 27, 2012 at 4:18 pm

     Ahhh the ol’ cup of tea trick! Sadly, this does actually sometimes work with me
2. FionaCambouropoulos (@coombemill) says:

   January 29, 2012 at 9:53 am

   Oh I am so there too!
   • English Mum says:

     January 29, 2012 at 10:02 am

     Hideous! I wonder when it gets better?! x