Mine is cake. The fact that if I make cake / buy cake it is automatically assumed that it is "dessert" for SD8. I know it is just cake, but it symbolizes the idea that I am expected to share everything with her. There are plenty of other dessert things in our house. Why does she have to have what I bought special for me?

Rollos. Every freaking time I buy a package of Rollos I have to hide them from the SDs. Oh how I love those tiny caramels covered in chocolate.

My symbol for my fight.... a birthday cake.

My SS21 continues to eat mashed potatoes and corn with a teaspoon. I was brought up not to eat like this after the age of ummm... 5? As long as I have known him he continues to do this knowing full well it drives me insane. But he still does it. And I don't make mashed potatoes when he is over.

And moving the sound bar for the TV in the family room. I KNOW you SSons bought it for DH and me for Christmas. Thanks, your dad loves it more than me but it beats getting a kick in the pants. But... please for the love of God STOP turning it around and moving it when you are home. Just leave it where I want it. It works just fine for your father and me. And it is a GIFT and no longer your property so leave the damned thing alone before I find out how to short circuit it and shock your hair into a 'fro. There is no need to take it off the console and angle it towards the particular seat you choose for that day. I know, you are only moving it about 6" sideways and 20 degree angle tilt. Just leav eit alone. It may not be up there with stealing and raping and pillaging but seriously. Eat your food like an adult and stop moving the freaking sound bar!

Mine is my tv in my living room! It is MINE I bought and it is BIG! I like to watch a lot of tv when i am home. i bought tvs for all the kids including my dh so they will leave mine alone but NOOOO b/c it is big they like to play their games and leave on the wrong settings every freaking time!@

Of course I have been accused of being petty when i go to the store for food and come back and they are on MY tv and I get upset. They have their own why do they have to mess with mine!?

Mine is cereal. I don't like to share it. The kids leave the top open and it gets all stale so I hide it in my bedroom with everything else!!

I have two symbols.

One is feet on the sofa and coffee table. DH's kid (d16) has very dirty, stinky feet. She doesn't wear socks with her shoes and ewwww...gross. Anyway, she is always putting her feet on the coffee table or on the sofa. First.....funky gunk is always left behind on the table. Second, her feet STINK so she always leaves a funky smell behind on the cushions of the sofa. :sick:

Number two is using utensils. Why can't this human being use a freaking fork and knife when she eats? Everything is considered finger freaking food. Soup, salad, pasta, steak, chicken, fish. Everything. It drives me nuts and I can't stand watching her eat. She's 16 freaking years old and reasonably intelligent. WTF???

I'm counting down too....2 more years. 2 more years and we can move to a little 2 bedroom place, save some money and it will be MINE!!! All MINE!!!! Muwwwaaaaaahahahahaha!

Oh gross this reminds me of SD15's man feet!!

Mine is Crystal Lite.

I buy them for ME. I buy Kool-aid packets for the kids.

SS16 ALWAYS takes my crystal lite. It is completely irrational how I obsess over my packets of crystal lite. To the point that I count them. DAILY.

I'm going to change my avatar accordingly...

I posted on your original post but I'll repeat it. My big thing is food/drinks in bedrooms. Hate it. No need for it. It's a shame when you can't pull your nose out of a freaking computer screen long enough to come to the kitchen and have a snack or a drink.

Of course, I know damned well stuff is "snuck" up there, as the carpeting was ruined (spilled sodas) and there were crumbs and sunflower seeds (and even a wad of GUM!!) on the carpet when we pulled it up to put the hardwood flooring in.

Interesting, we didn't see ANY of that when pulling the carpet in either of MY kids' rooms. Why? Because they know better.