growing pains

by thespian @ 2008-03-31 - 17:50:51

i think the expression 'growing pains' is an old fashioned one.
i seem to remember it being used an excuse for everything from delinquent behaviour (for example, me telling a very conservative neighbour to f off) to teenage disease (for example, thick glasses, greasy hair and acne ... yes, that's me again).

but now, i think everyone over the age of about 12 should be called a growing pain.
what happens to kids that turns them from lovely, cuddly, playful things into pale, morose, broody, moody, and boring?

this ramble stems from meeting up with two of my many nieces at the weekend - one, just reaching her tenth birthday and still just about my bundle of joy; the other, 13, and obviously a growing pain on legs.

to cut a VERY long weekend short, what i want to know is, if every kid has growing pains -
WHY CAN'T SOMEONE GIVE THEM TABLETS FOR IT?!

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jackfrost ^pro
2008-03-31 @ 17:53

Thats why they invented x box and PS3 :))

i think i am at the age where i am starting to get dieing pains.. :))

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thespian ^pro
2008-03-31 @ 17:58

don't worry jack, you're growing on me!

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la_spice [Member]
2008-03-31 @ 17:55

That's so true - I recognised my nephews when I read this! :))

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thespian ^pro
2008-03-31 @ 17:59

bless them (not!)

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trintrin1x [Member]
2008-03-31 @ 18:15

It only lasts for a couple of years

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thespian ^pro
2008-03-31 @ 19:17

i think i've still got mine, to tell you the truth.
but don't tell anyone!

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jenray ^pro
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2008-03-31 @ 18:19

trintrin1x is hopeful...!! a couple of years...if my memory serves me right, it started at about twelve to thirteen and went on for several years, and didn't improve when they hit twenty one...but having said that...I also knew some great kids who loved to talk with me, while our lovely son would get in a real strop because in his mind they'd come to see him and not to spend time talking to his Mum! LOL...now he and I chat happily but certainly had trouble then...big hugs...

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thespian ^pro
2008-03-31 @ 19:18

hi jen - yes it is interesting. i also spoke to another niece, now 18, and she was perfect. already through the sulky stage. it does vary a lot xx

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jenray ^pro
http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
2008-03-31 @ 20:17

The worst kid I ever met was one of our nieces, she was wicked in the literal sense of the word...and a wrecker of the first order...ruined my relationship with my hubby's brother and his wife with her lies she told about me after they made us have her for a week's stay...she's the only person I cannot and will not forgive for what she did...she was utterly selfish then and grew into an utterly selfish adult...hmmm...bad, bad memories...big hugs...

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2008-03-31 @ 18:21

I have two nieces and a god daughter who are just the same :-)
Mind you, sometimes I think parents induce it with the way they speak to them!

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thespian ^pro
2008-03-31 @ 19:20

good point.
i do remember wincing every time my perfume-soaked auntie told me how tall i'd grown!

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2008-04-03 @ 07:25

this kid I used to knock about with got told off his doc that the pain he was suffering was merely growing pains. turned out to be rickets.....

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litstudent [Member]
2008-04-03 @ 15:59

It's all worth it though when they say 'I love you' - even though that only happens when they've done something horribly wrong first!