Teenage logic

When we moved into our new home I bought matching desks and chairs for my daughter and me to go in our very own home office. I am quite sure that I have never seen her use hers once. Homework is done on her bed, on the sofa, sitting on the floor . . even when we are in the office at the same time, she will be sitting on the floor rather than on her chair.

This afternoon her geography assignment appears to have got stuck to the sheepskin rug 🐑 When I ask for an explanation she just shrugs 🤷‍♀️ Occupational hazard of having to do homework, I guess 😐

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Are you surprised? I'm nearly twice as old as you but I still remember being a teenager, I'm sure you do too!

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@ninalanyon It's frustrating. She chose the furniture herself, was very particular about it coming from IKEA (so it took weeks to assemble . . ), then will only sit on the floor!

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@SunshineGirl Why do so many people find IKEA furniture so difficult? It comes with clear instructions, you don't even need to be able to read. I don't think I have ever had any trouble putting IKEA stiff together.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@ninalanyon I have difficulty with pictorial instructions. Don't know why, they just cause me a mental block. I find a list of instructions easier to follow. My brother-in-law ended up doing it for us, although he didn't follow the instructions either (a male thing) and there was quite a lot of drilling and planing that certainly wasn't envisaged 😐

NativePortlander1970

@ninalanyon I think the hard consonant Swedish language offputs a lot of Americans. My maternal Grandfather was born in Stockholm and spoke Swedish all the time while my mother and older siblings, but they never learned to speak it for some reason. When we visited iowa in the the summer of 1976, it sounded really strange to me, he died in 1978 when I was eight.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@NativePortlander1970 Swedish? What? The whole point about IKEA instructions is that there are no words, just pictures and a few numbers.

NativePortlander1970

@ninalanyon I mean the names of the items, sorry, I should have clarified.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@NativePortlander1970 But Swedish is quite a rounded sort of speech, at least it feels that way to me. Less distinct than Norwegian I think, but that might be because I have much less practice with Swedish, especially since I retired and have fewer occasions to speak with Swedes.

But I suppose you are actually referring to the printed names of things, lots of Ts and Ks.

NativePortlander1970

@ninalanyon It still sounds hard to western ears.