Awww, I feel for you.

I wish you luck...BUT, you said she gave you until tonight. Does that mean you had several days to clean your room? If that's the case then I agree with her (sorry) because you didn't live up to your end of the agreement. You can hurry up and get your room super-tidy...THEN ask her to reconsider her decision. Just make sure to ask AFTER your room is nice and clean. Good Luck! :D

By continuing the clean. Tell your friend what's up when you call to follow through with your mom's request that you do so. Tell her that you'll continue to clean to see if your mom changes her mind when you're done. If you think her deadline is unreasonable, I would have to say that your room was unreasonable unclean. Don't let it get to that point again. Pick up your clothes and put them in a hamper or basket before you go to bed every night. Keep a trash can in your room and use it. Don't throw anything on the floor for any reason. Usually just doing those two things will alleviate the majority of the mess. Anything beyond that will be easy and quick to clean up.

SHE IS YOUR MOM SHE IS IN CHARGE SHE CAN MAKE OR BREAK WHATEVER DECISIONS THAT SHE WILLS TO DO. mR bILL

How can you be cleaning your room if you are on the computer? Seems like she caught you. But I would certainly try saying you were only taking a break - no one can do something continually for a long, long time, not even her. Best of luck!

You can start by keeping your freakin room clean. If I were you, I'd clean the hell out of it, clean the bathroom and then mow the lawn or something. How badly do you want this friend over?

Maybe you should be cleaning and not online. I'm sure you noticed your room was dirty before now.

Don't try to argue with her. Finish cleaning your room, and then talk to her. If she sees that it got done, even though she said that you couldn't have friends over, she will almost certainly change her mind if she sees that you finished the job anyway, instead of arguing with her.

Well, if your mother gave you a time limit to have your room clean and you passed that limit, what else can you expect? The world is full or rules and regulations, so you might as well just get use to it. This may be a hard lesson for you to learn, but learn you will. Your mother is correct.

First of all, I CAN'T tell you how to convince her this is unreasonable. It's her house and, like it or not, her rules. However I WILL offer these observations as a parent myself. You can take them or leave them. It's my experience with my own children that some things require CONSTANT monitoring and supervision on my part to get done. For a couple of my children this would be cleaning their room. In fact, it's a constant battle over "She's not cleaning!", "I'm tired!", "I'm hungry!", "Why doesn't SHE help?", and any number of other things that do nothing but keep them from doing what they are supposed to do. The longer this goes on, the less likely I am to be understanding about a deadline. In fact, if it ends up with me putting so much effort into getting them to clean their room that I might as well do it myself, then even if it DOES get cleaned, I'm as likely to say "tough" because of everything that I had to go through to get a simple thing accomplished. It's very disrespectful and, quite frankly, a slap in the face to have to got through all that myself, sometimes right up to the deadline (or even after, if I'm feeling generous). I do not know what happens in your household. I don't know how well you hold up your end of the responsibilities or take charge of your duties without being told, or if you are a person who does or does not give your parents grief over such matters. Likewise, I also do not have any such similar information on your parents. But I will say this: You are FAR more likely to get what you want by doing what you're supposed to PROMPTLY, ON TIME, and with a MINIMUM of lip and back-talk (read: none). I would suggest this for now: Get your room CLEAN. And I mean SPOTLESS. No dirty clothes; toys, books, gizmos, and gadgets put away where they belong; laundry folded and put away; shoes stowed; bed made up neately; floor swept/vacuumed. And do it with no lip hanging out and no attitude. After all, it's YOUR responsibility to keep your room clean. THEN talk to your Mom. Calmly and with respect. Beg a little, if you have to. (I did, when I was younger.) Good luck.

You can convince her by getting off of AB and getting your rear in gear to clean. Its not an unreasonable request, and you still have plenty of time to accomplish it! Good Luck!

God didn't explain why he didn't want Adam and Eve to eat from the tree, he just said, NO. One could argue, "Its unreasonable for God to have put the tree there if they couldn't eat from it." But I say, It's His garden, and His tree, therefore, "Because I said so" is quite justified. Pick your battles. She holds a burden that you are not yet ready to bare, so allow her a few wins without resistance, and trust her wisdom as you have benefited from it in the past. Soon, you will become a woman and you too will carry a burden of your own. You will understand it better by and by. Axe

Many people have to endure unreasonable parents as children. The best you can do is sit tight until your 18 and please, please understand that it isn't about you. If you can separate their actions and behavior from yourself and your own self worth then you are far less likely to suffer any psychological damage. If you want some reading material on better understanding and dealing with your parents let me know and I'll comment you a book or two.

If it took more than a day to clean a single room...you weren't trying. Every tuesday morning I clean my entire house. That includes dusting and vaccuuming. There is no reason it should take longer than that and I think your mom understands that. She gave you extra time and he she even gave you motivation by taking away something you liked if you didn't do it. I think it was more than reasonable and I think you should have just buckled down and done it. Since it's a weekend you don't have an excuse to say you had school or anything all day.

For every bloody person who says that if it has taken her more than a day that she isn't trying I hope to God you come down with a real life that makes you unable to devote your life to cleanliness. When cleaning one's room often one is encountered by things *other* than laundry such as as little shelf trinkets and books and tissues and hair and make up accessories and these take *time* to sort. I am assuming that when LOLA says.. set out to clean her room she wanted (or was made) to do more than shove things into drawers. Good for her. When she said she would clean her room she meant it. Not to mention there are often a myriad of things which one never knows what to do with as such those things get piled to be dealt with later and when later comes one still has a pile to deal with. LOLA might also have had homework to do, or she might have also wanted to eat/sleep and perhaps if she's lucky bathe in her two days of allotted cleaning time. Lastly she didn't ask if you thought she was lazy she asked for help on interacting with her mother. Is it so difficult to answer a question?

ummm maybe tell her you need some advice on what will look better where .. if she's anything like me she'll take over and do it for you .. lol :)