5 Ways you Know You Are Raising a Teenage Son

This is my life right now as humorous or unrealistic as it may seem to some of you whose sons haven't hit the teenage years yet, just wait your day will come.

7 Ways you Know You Are Raising a Teenage Son

#7-An Increase In Your Water Bill-Seriously how many times a day can one kid shower?! Sometimes my husband and I will just look at each other and be like "how many showers is that today?" Or "Is he seriously showering again or right now." Don't ask me what the sudden attraction to water is when just a few years ago we had to fight with all our might just to get him to take a shower.
#6- Growth Spurt-I often look at my son and think to myself who is that "man" towering over me complete with facial hair and muscles and where has my little boy gone?
#5-Every time you get in the car with him in the drivers seat your blood pressure immediately goes up. Maybe this doesn't happen to all of you, but I have talked to several who have told me that yes there is a definite difference between girl and boy drivers. Why is it that boys think they are training for the next Indy 500? I feel like every ride there is lots of yelling and arguing and me holding onto the handle above my seat. Also did I hear correctly that you and your friends were racing at lunch?! And why is there suddenly a stigma against wearing a seat belt? Can we please get through this phase quickly.
#4-Food Disappears at an Alarming Rate and You constantly Hear the Phrase What is There to Eat? Every single day when I pick my son up from anywhere I can almost guarantee that I will hear the phrase. "Can we go get some food?" At home it is always "What is there to eat?" or "Do we have any good food?" I can buy something and if it's something he likes most likely there will be none of it left come the next day. At odd hours of the night my husband and I will wake up and look and each other and be like "What is he doing?" as cupboards are banging, the fridge is opening, or the microwave is dinging as he fixes himself a midnight snack.
#3-One Sided or One Worded Conversations- No matter how much you would love to have a great heartfelt conversation with your son about how his day went or what is going on in his life it just isn't happening. Most of the conversations you have are pretty one sided with you dragging ever word from him. :How was school today?" "Good." Okay elaborate Please! Either that or you are opening up to them and suddenly you hear them say as they are staring into the mirror "my hair looks dope today". Really did you just hear one word I said to you! Then when they finally do open up about something its maybe something you wished they hadn't shared like the fact that he spent his lunch hour lighting golf balls and history text books (that one by accident) on fire. Yeah maybe it's better if we just go back to the one sided conversations and you keep this stuff to yourself.
#2-Sudden Attention from the Opposite Sex wherever you go. Does it seem that girls are suddenly giggling as you walk by, or how about coming up and exchanging phone numbers with your son. It could be the treats showing up on your doorstep or the parents asking you how old your son is and then saying that there daughter thinks he is cute. Then there are the pictures of him and his "girlfriend" showing up on Twitter and Instagram. Whatever it is you have a problem on your hands. Can we please just lock him away for a few years until all of those raging hormones calm down.
#1-You suddenly know how to speak a foreign language. Apparently sometime over the past year My husband and I have learned to speak a foreign language. That must be the case, because maybe the most frustrating thing for me about my teenage son is the fact that almost every time I talk to him he just looks and me and smiles or looks at me with a goofy or mocking face. At times when my husband or I will say something to him he will just bust up laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world. Was it really that funny? In fact we didn't think it was funny at all? Obviously we must be speaking a foreign language to be getting this type of reaction either that or he has really learned how to push our buttons and he thinks its funny to see us riled up.

If you have experienced one or many of these things then you like me are probably raising a teenage son. Though I love him to bits at times I find myself wondering if we are going to make it through the next few years. Those of you who have raised a teenage son please tell me it gets better?!