"I'm Awesome"

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My SD12 who I dislike for various and valid reasons pops off spontaneously, "I'm awesome!!" or if you ask her something, anything, she answers, "Cause I'm awesome that's why." Or while we are eating dinner, she just blurt, "I'm Awesome".
It really bothers me that if it were BD13, I wouldn't think a thing of it or be annoyed by it.
The fact that I can't stand the sound of my SD's voice and can't stand it when she is present at all makes me just cringe-in fact sometimes I feel like I could just puke when she says it.
I don't say anything when she says it and neither does her dad, so I'm hoping that since she's getting zero response she will just stop. Otherwise, I will have to start wearing my ipod to the dinner table again.
I wish I weren't so bitter, but there has been A LOT that has happened-before I left my dh for a while and started counseling with him. Just a lot-sd has been a nightmare. She still is, but her tactics are no longer working since me and dh started counseling.
SD is gone for a 2 week visit with relatives right now, which is AWESOME!

It's a phase....I hope : )

It's a phase....I hope : ) Smile and nod. I would guess the less reaction you give, the quicker it will go away.

Hope so and THANKS!

Enjoy your skid free 2 weeks

I am enjoying it for the most

I am enjoying it for the most part, but there's always the nagging reality that she will return:(

Good answer, except knowing

Good answer, except knowing my SD, she'd go, "No! I know I'm right!" And that would piss me off since she is always correcting people and is very argumentative and also she is a giant Know-it-all.

^^^^that was awesome!

Or: "So awesome you can't

Or: "So awesome you can't wipe your A$$(sad but true), So awesome you don't even shower regularly, so awesome I can hear you opening the bathroom drawers while your sitting on the shitter, so awesome you haven't figured out that I haven't kept my REAL toothbrush in the bathroom in YEARS, and so awesome you can't wash your potty fingers after you use the bathroom".

Yeah, you DO rock!

My SS20 went through a patch

My SS20 went through a patch of talking about tigers incessantly at dinner. We'd all be having a nice conversation about something non-tiger related and he'd butt in and start talking about them - a video he'd seen of tigers, a random fact etc. He came to stay for 3 weeks in a row when BM went on holiday and I was about to go clinically insane so I decided instead to make it into a secret game. Where I got a reward if he spoke of tigers 3x during dinner, less reward for 2x and a small one for 1x. So then I was HOPING for him to talk about tigers. Childish I know but was the only thing that got me through!

You are by far more creative

You are by far more creative than I will ever be. What kind of reward? I could really make something like this work for me-not just the "I'm Awesome" thing, but there are tons of other things I could use a reward for-maybe sweeten up the bitter SM I have become.

Oh my god, this? We'd all

Oh my god, this?

We'd all be having a nice conversation about something non-tiger related

is seriously giving me the giggles. Like, I'm going to have to step away from my desk because people are starting to give me funny looks.

Is your skid's name Calvin by any chance? That's the only thing that could make it funnier...

Kinda hard to imagine a nice

Kinda hard to imagine a nice conversation if it's non-tiger related, huh? lol

I totally missed the hilarity the first time I read this lol!!!

I stepped away from my desk

I stepped away from my desk to get it under control, but every time I read it I start snorting again.

Just having a nice, non-tiger related conversation....

I am laughing SO HARD at

I am laughing SO HARD at "non-tiger related conversation"

Rags and Gemini, I can't!

Rags and Gemini, I can't! SS14 always talks about how he's the best at everything. About 2 weeks ago, SO tells me, "Oh did you know that the teacher told me that SS9 won for the relay race on the field trip? She said he's the fastest kid in the class! And SS9 is so humble, he never even mentioned it!" SS14 jumps in and says, "Well I'm actually the strongest kid IN THE SCHOOL!". He's also currently an aspiring boxer, says that he's waiting for the Money Team to scout him. Believes he will meet Floyd Mayweather and become a billionaire. I keep trying to encourage a Plan B, cause you know, most of us don't usually successfully make it to our initial planned acting/singing/dancing career, but no. He just started boxing I want to say 2 months ago and is already the BEST boxer. He even gave himself the acronyms TBE, The Best Ever.

Oh, lets not forget, he's also the "Smartest one in class". Goes to the IP or IE or whatever that special class is, but states he gets the best grades. Thing is, I honestly don't believe he needs to be in the special ed class, I think he can make it in the regular classes. But of course since BM1 put him in 4 years ago SO states it's been a bitch to try to get him out. Can't make this shit up even if I tried. TBE at school AND strength AND boxing. I don't want to kill his boy ego, so I say nothing. I just sigh inside.

Oh, yeah. SD is in the

Oh, yeah. SD is in the "gifted" program. Where we live, it's just an enrichment program, but SD tells everyone that she's in ADVANCED classes. Bullsh*t. My daughter tested for the gifted program and scored what her teacher expected but with her ADD, they decided not to add her to the program. SO I'M CONSTANTLY HAVING TO HEAR ABOUT HOW SD IS SMARTER THAN MY DAUGHTER. Drives me crazy-I feel like telling my SD that while she may be academically talented, she is socially retarded. Furthermore, my BD is in her 4th year of piano lessons (which SD dropped out of because she sucked so bad) and is an amazing artist. (Really!) She is also a sweet, friendly, good person.But Sd and DH act like that doesn't count.
The one quarter that SD got 2 C's, it was the teacher's fault. You believe that sh*t?
Funny, where we live you have to do a math placement test to see if you go into pre-algebra or basic math. My daughter got into pre-algebra but AWESOME SD has been placed in basic math for the fall. Know what she said about that? It's because the algebra classes were too full and they pick the kids who get in in alphabetical order so she missed the cut because of her last name. Mmmm hmmm. Awesome.

Yeah! Awesome ferret face,

Yeah! Awesome ferret face, liar, thief, user, con-artist, pathetic b*tch mom!

I would do something like

I would do something like that. How's it go?

lol! or -

lol! or - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iJHaQuyUNA

Just maybe she is awesome in

Just maybe she is awesome in which case it would be a bad idea to get on the rough side of her. When she's grown and Dictator of the World she could make life tough for you.

So true.

YES!!!!! That WILL shut her

YES!!!!! That WILL shut her down!!

My skids will walk around

My skids will walk around singing 'I'm so awesome, I'm so great, everyone loves me, I'm gonna be famous!' or some shit like that.

Sure enough. Google: song

Sure enough. Google: song I'm so awesome

My SS went through similar

My SS went through similar phases like that.

First it was "I know". It was a reflexive response to everything. It was really irritating.

SS: "Drac0, what time is it?"

Me: "It's 12:30."

SS: "I know."

Me: ????

DW and I started calling him on it. "Well if you *know* why are you asking!?"

And then it was "Fail!".

SS: "What are we having for dinner?"

Me: "Pork chops."

SS: "EW! Fail!"

I called him on that too. Every time he uttered the word "Fail" I said, "SS, you shouldn't be talking about your grades like that."

If I had to deal with this,

If I had to deal with this, I'd give that kid an even more annoying answer EVERY time she said it: "Hi Awesome, I'm ncgal. Nice to meet you." Then I'd force her to shake my hand. Every. Time!

Show her how stupid and annoying it is. Maybe she'll stop just so you'll stop answering her that way!

I like it. And there's

I like it. And there's nothing 'mean' that they can go crying to daaaaadddy about either.

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