I know my cousin's kids are like that all the time... she never had an example of good parenting since her parents were usually out partying while her and her brothers were getting in trouble with the law. Her dad is now in jail, her brother had been in jail as a teen, and she started having kids at 17 (she was pregnant when her mom passed away)
She has no control over those kids at all. I am kind of the only person in our family who even talks with her and she has really grown up as a person and adult, but she doesn't know HOW to raise kids. She has never reprimanded them for anything so they know they will get away with anything. They say empty threats and don't follow through. She just lets them go and go and go until they pass out from exhaustion. The kids will sleep in her bed every night because they scream otherwise. They get their way all the time because if they don't, they scream. That's just their life, constantly, every day. They are 10x worse in public.
I could not believe the difference in her oldest girl and my brother's oldest girl... they are only ONE year apart. Makena is like a mini diva teenager with the biggest attitude I've ever seen, and Adrianne is still just a kid with her Hello Kitty outfits and carrying teddy bears around. You would think they're 5 years apart!
Anyways, I know my parents did a good job of raising me, and my brother and his girlfriend are doing a great job of raising those little girls, so I know we have some good examples around when we start a family
Believe me, I don't want to wait too long! With so many young families around us and my friends all getting married and having kids, I keep asking Scott why he needs to keep waiting to buy me a ring lol! His friends are still all college students - some seem like life-long students!- who care WAY more about computer games and staying out late than settling down. He doesn't want to lose them so he's hanging on to his old lifestyle as long as possible I guess
His best friend even told him he's changed and he doesn't know him anymore, which I thought was really rude
He wasn't happy at all that we bought this house together, and he made it a point to say I should let Scott away for a weekend to visit him in Vancouver... when we had thought we could go visit him together since I've never been there
Anyways, I know the time will come so I'll just be patient!