Some Things Never Change....

...for example - the battle with kids over dishes. This is one that has fallen through time unchanged, I'm sure.

Being Friday night means it's pizza night (of the take-a-away variety).

The 'deal' in this house is allegedly that whoever cooks the dinner doesn't have to do the dishes.

Mistyqee cooked pasta monday night (as she usually does), I washed and (due to mucho experience) advised Thunderbolt the dishes were to be dried before he went to bed.

Tuesday night I cooked.

Wednesday night I cooked.

Thursday night is CYO - Cook Your Own (due to late night shopping), it's usually frozen meals which mean hardly any dishes.

Friday night I buy pizza for dinner - very few dishes.

Tonight I stated that I would not order pizza until the dishes were at least started - yep they were still sitting there from Tuesday night.

I didn't lose my cool, I simply stated that I was meeting my responsibilities but they were not and, therefore, that I would not meet my responsibility tonight (ie buying pizza) until they had (at least started to) met theirs.

Dishes were started within 5 minutes.

I really dislike the whole 'fighting over dishes' thing. We were supposed to have an arrangement. They are old enough (16 and 17) to negotiate together over washing/drying. They are old enough that I shouldn't have to remind them there are dishes they are meant to do.

Now we have a new arrangement.

A new arrangement has been struck, only time will tell, though I am holding out no hope that the battle of the dishes is over and done with.