The mediation agreement didn't last long. last weekend but one ss had been enjoying himself in the street on the bikes and scooters, with all our children's friends one minute. Next minute (we can safely assume) bm had messaged him that she'd like to get him an hour earlier, as they were going to buy him a brand new bike on the way home, and he'd have chance to still try it in daylight. I definitely don't think he'd know what actual time it goes dark, as the clocks have just changed here.

Myself, dh and our friends and neighbours discussed this afterwards, and the fact dh stood his ground, yadda.

Fast forward to this week and the neighbours presented us with a fabulous, albeit used mountain bike for ss. Whilst I was thrilled for him as he has nearly outgrown his bmx, I definitely didn't want any part of one-upmanship so I insisted hes told its a 2nd hand  gift from 'o and s'.

So we present this bike to him and he's totally disinterested, oh its got these gears, that thing (drinks holder) is in the way.

I mean, it's a seriously good looking good brand of bike. I actually said to him nevermind I'll train on it myself! I said to dh after what is up with that? His exact words where 'yea I'm disappointed, it's obviously not good enough as he can't brag it's new and how much it cost :('

Yuk. Cue the neighbours excitedly asking me what he thought of it and me lying (with best intention) smiling through gritted teeth.

I'm grateful for the bike anyway