FROM borrowing your clothes to stealing some of your most expensive and branded makeup, being a mum to girls can become a costly task.
And Luisa Zissman knows this all too well.
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Speaking to co-host Anna Williamson on their shared podcast LuAnna, Luisa, 37, revealed the most infuriating thing about being a mum to girls.
Luisa, who has three children, one of whom is 14-year-old Dixie Zissman, shared that it’s also costing her hundreds of pounds.
She said: “It’s my f***ing children taking my shit. It’s having girls, right?
“So I bought for my phone those little sticky sucky things. So when I record content, I’m like, where have they gone?
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“Dixie’s like, ‘Oh, by the way, they’re in my room.’
“I’m like, ‘Go away, you entitled little teenager.
“Bring them back. Don’t just tell me they’re in your room.”
And it doesn’t stop there. Luisa also mentioned that the same happens with her beauty products.
She continued: “I went to put dry shampoo in my hair this morning. Guess what? A whole new bottle of dry shampoo is no longer in my bathroom cupboard.
“It is the most infuriating thing. I feel like I want to put a lock on my bedroom door.”
To which Anna, who is also a mum-of-two, replied: “I think you actually need to.
“You’ve got three girls, Lou. You’ve got no hope, you’ve got no hope.”
Luisa carried on with her “rant” and explained that she also has to be wary of her designer collections going missing, as she’s had her makeup brushes disappear too.
She said: “Dixie, whole brand new Chanel makeup thing, gone.
Teenage boys aren’t gonna rob my s**t. They don’t want my dry shampoo
Luisa Zissman, 37
“And then I’m like, ‘Where [is this]?’ Then I think I’m going insane.
“But she just goes on the rob. It’s the most annoying thing. And it is in these moments I wish I had boys.
“Because teenage boys aren’t gonna rob my s**t. They don’t want my dry shampoo.
“They don’t want my Chanel makeup. They don’t want my phone sucky thingies.
“So f***ing annoying, the dry shampoo.”
The podcast video, shared on their TikTok, gained over 586,000 views, with 514 people rushing to the comments section to share their thoughts.
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Many were parents who understood where Luisa was coming from.
One wrote: “But heaven forbid you borrow anything of theirs. I borrowed a brow gel off my daughter and anyone would have thought I stole Christmas like the Grinch.”
A second parent commented: “Two girls and a boy here – it’s my son that steals my hairdryer and hairspray and doesn’t put them back.”
A third said: “I’ve got a lock on my door, and she still manages to take my stuff.
“And god forbid she finds my clothes in the dryer – she just takes them and wears them, and when I ask, I get, ‘Oh, I didn’t realise.’”
Another added: “I tell my daughter, you can use anything as long as you put it back.
“I spend half my time looking for my own stuff! It drives me mad.”
Is it ok to spoil your kids?
Dr Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the book “How to Raise an Adult,” offers her expert advice on parenting, particularly around fostering independence and resilience in children.
Dr Julie said: “Success in life comes from being able to handle setbacks and challenges, not from being protected from them.
“Our children are not our masterpieces. They are their own masterpieces.
“We should focus on who our children are, rather than what they accomplish.
“Let your kids fail. Let them struggle. Let them figure things out for themselves. This is how they will learn to be capable, confident adults.”
