Spoilt

[Harley Q]

I don't really know how to put this, but I was visiting relatives at Christmas and I've always known that my cousins were spoilt. It never seemed that bad until we were having dinner, roast beef in fact, my fourteen year old cousin, I kid you not fellow escapists, actually asked her mother, my aunt, to CUT HER MEAT for her. Then my aunt actually did it.

Am i wrong in thinking that getting your parent to cut up your dinner for you at 14 years of age is pushing it a bit and badly needs hit with the reality stick? Has anyone else observed ridiculous behaviour like this?

Ps- reality stick is metaphorical, im not suggesting we go around beating up kids.

 

[lacktheknack]

That's not really all that bad - I have to cut up my twenty-two year old sister's meat (for different reasons).

Truly spoiled would be demanding that her beef be flower shaped with all the gravy dammed up by the mashed potatoes.

Not to say that her mother should probably be a bit less motherly, though.

 

[Recron]

It really depends, did she kindly ask? or did she demand it like a 5 year old not getting her way, if it's the latter then here you can use my reality stick.

 

[FamoFunk]

Hmm, even my 21month old Daughter can cut up her food and eat it herself lol.

It's spoilt I guess, but not OTT, I guess they're just stuck in their ways and maybe still clinging on to the baby days?

 

[Jedamethis]

Blimey. And I thought having your Mum make you breakfast in the mornings was a bit spoilt...

 

[EeveeElectro]

Maybe she struggles to cut steak herself and didn't want to look like a pansy in front of guests? I know when I used to eat steak, I could barely cut it.
That's not the worst I've heard of... My sister blew £16,000 in 6 months on useless stuff for herself and hundreds of toys for her daughter, so now my niece always demands the best and expects to get everything. We've had to steer her away from that.

 

[dakorok]

I'm just irritated by all the underage kids whose parents bought them the newest COD or something similar. Seriously parents, the ESRB rating isn't a fucking guideline. Your 9-year-old is not mature enough for these games.

 

[Harley Q]

It wasnt steak, it was was thinly sliced roast beef, which you can easily cut with a general knife, no steak knife needed.

oh and all of her food must be seperated and mustn't touch any other piece of food. ugh.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

But you know, handling a fork and knife (in BOTH hands no less), can be quite tricky.

 

[Harley Q]

But you know, handling a fork and knife (in BOTH hands no less), can be quite tricky.

I just shove my face into the plateand hope i get something good

 

[LightningBanks]

That is very bad indeed

Id say Im spoiled with money gifts etc. But then I do a fair bit of housework and stuff for free etc etc. I dont nessecarily like begin spoiled, as it stops me getting the full value out of things, and I wont throw a tantrum if I dont get something like most spoiled kids.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

But you know, handling a fork and knife (in BOTH hands no less), can be quite tricky.

Yeah, I mean the dual-wielding penalties are through the roof if she didn't take the two-weapon fighting feat...

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Maybe she struggles to cut steak herself and didn't want to look like a pansy in front of guests? I know when I used to eat steak, I could barely cut it.

Ehh, not so sure. Roast beef isn't nearly as tough as steak, and she is 14. I'm pretty sure I could cut up a steak when I was that age.

My girlfriend's 'stepmother' (her dad and her aren't actually married) is horribly spoilt. Her parent's used to pay for everything because she's too ditzy to earn money, but now she's with him he buys her whatever she wants because she's a quarter of a century younger than him and has massive tits.

 

[SwimmingRock]

I was going to say: The sad part is that you can't really blame her for being spoiled since her mother clearly enables it and probably encouraged it at a younger age.

Then I was going to add: Oddly enough, my mother still always tries to cut my food for me when I visit (I'm 24, btw) and it irritates me.

Those two statements seem to contradict one another. I have no idea how to resolve this right now and I'm too tired and sick to try. In short, your cousin is the kind of person who weirds me out and best of luck living with your family.

 

[Arawn.Chernobog]

This type of nonsense if why children are becoming such unbearable brats, they aren't challenged at home enough, they have everything "cut out" for them (pardon the pun) so when they become teens and young adults they either just assume there are no penalties to failure and attempt to have their way in any scenario or become apathetic and unable to take risks without someone else doing the workload for them...

I know, I'm probably pushing for the slippery-slope fallacy ("You start with them not cutting their own steak then you have them asking for you to come talk to their boss when they're in risk of being fired because they just can't do it themselves!") but it's just so annoying, I remember my father challenging me... ALL THE TIME, I remember succeeding and failing and I remember that it taught me to think first, take reasonable chances and solve things for myself rather then rely on others.

Parents, challenge your damn kids! He wants a new toy? HE HAS TO WORK FOR IT! She wants to eat her steak? HAVE HER CUT IT HERSELF, she's 14 ffs!

 

[Cain_Zeros]

It wasnt steak, it was was thinly sliced roast beef, which you can easily cut with a general knife, no steak knife needed.

oh and all of her food must be seperated and mustn't touch any other piece of food. ugh.

Well that last one's OCD tendencies, but the roast beef thing, yeah, unless she's got some sort of disability, your cousin's spoiled and lazy as hell.

 

[smearyllama]

In my house, we work on a combined salary/ honor system deal.
I do work without being prompted too much, and I get a game or something in exchange every now and then.
It works.
I'm not spoiled, and I don't expect too much from my parents (I keep my dad out of trouble a lot}.
This is a good system.

Your cousin's family's is not.
I could use a knife as soon as I had the proper hand-eye coordination, and I cut my own food, unless there were extenuating circumstances.
If I want my food set up all fancy, I make it myself, which is how most meals are handled here.

There's little to be done, and I recommend letting things run their course, so your cousin will just have to adapt to environments where everything isn't done for her.

 

[Radeonx]

Blimey. And I thought having your Mum make you breakfast in the mornings was a bit spoilt...

Oh, please.
I'm 22, with a soon to be career, and my mom still makes me breakfast and does my laundry when I'm home.
Of course, being a college student, I'm not used to homemade things that my mom could make, but my point still stands!