Am I Riding Solo

Living at Butler Manor, I sometimes wonder if I'm riding Solo (parents of teens might catch on to the "riding solo" which is ONE of the most annoying songs ever, there are many.) The rest of the people living at Butler Manor are riding together in a completely different time zone!

I have questions, can someone PLEASE answer them for me.

1. When asking a teenager to do a chore (and/or turn over their cell phone), why do they answer you back with a 5-10 minute speech as to why they feel like they should not have to do the chore (and/or turn over their cell phone).

2. When having a conversation with a teenager, why do they appear to be listening?
This is just an example and surely does not happen at my house: at the end of my conversation with most teenagers, they blink wildly and say...OMG where you talking to me? Um....looking around the room there appears to be just me and you here, so yes I was talking to you...which again gets the wild blinking and the question, OMG where you talking to me again cause so-so just txted me and was all like omg did you seee him this morning and I was like oh he's just a poser and blah blah blah blah .....this would be where I drift off into never never land).

3. Where do they come up with some of the questions they ask. "Hey Kaye Kaye, it says in the Arkansas State Highway Driving Manual that you have to watch out for pediatricians crossing the road, why?"
(Do you seriously think that word is pediatricians? Why in the world would random pediatricians cross the road? Answer from teen: Um because they don't have a car? ME: do you know what a pediatrician is? A Baby Doctor. Why would you have to watch out for random BABY DOCTORS crossing the road? Teen: I DON"T KNOW, THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU!)

My final question FOR NOW.

4. Why do kids in general wait to get stuff for school signed, ask you if what they have on looks good, how does their hair look, can I have $$ for this or that, and my all time favorite...hey kaye, what are you doing in there? WHEN YOU ARE IN THE FREAKING SHOWER.
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