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I have posted on this topic before but now we are down to the wire. So SD17 turns eighteen in six weeks. I think DH and I need to sit down with SD17 and have serious conversation letting her know that time is up. If we don't, I can just see her saying, well you didn't let me know etc etc and she will go nowhere and it will drag on and on. She has told BM that she wants to graduate with her BF, so she is trying to butter up DH into letting her stay until graduation. Meanwhile MIL has already told her to come live with her and she would buy her a car.
My 13 yr old SS was sick from Tues-Sat....too sick to go to school, football practice, football game, or do his chores. But, miraculously, my DH took him to ex-wives house to trick-or-treat Sat. evening after being too sick to move off the couch, where he sat all day "being sick& infecting the rest of the house". I'm sorry, but I blew up. What are the rules in your houses regarding sick kids?
Has there been some mass Exodus that I don't know about it? The boards have gotten more and more quiet. What gives?
So, SD’s girl scout meeting was canceled last Monday. BM told us last night that they had a make-up meeting tonight – last minute!!! Imagine that! We had already planned on going out to eat and shopping tonight. So DH told BM that we already had plans and he would think about it and let her know what we decided to do. When DH picked up SD5 today from school she said “Guess what – we get to go tour the police dept. tonight for GS”.
I am SO SO SO glad that we had Ched this Halloween! We enjoyed it SO MUCH with him and I know DH and SS6 will remember the good time they had that night.
Halloween went SO well for us! We got to BM's house @ 3pm. She called my DH telling him she was @ Costco and would be late. She showed up around 5 minutes late. SS6 got out of her car wearing a Halloween costume.
Hubby asked her what time to drop off their son, she said to keep him overnight (gee, that was no surprise to us since she loves to get rid of him as much as she can!)...and to call around noon on Sunday.
Okay, so here we go. I am a divorced mother of three boys (22, 17, & 16). I haven't had any huge problems with them. They do what is expected of them, I never spanked them, or have ever had to ground them. They do homework, are in honors classes, take out the trash, mow the yard, clean up after themselves. I have been very very lucky.
There are twenty-eight days left until BM's spousal maintenance ends. 11/30/09 is THE LAST DAY. DH has been paying her for almost 2 years now.
I am counting down the days...I have a Countdown set on my home page to remind me of that joyous day!
I think I'm looking forward to that more than any other day this year!
I can NOT come soon enough, I tell you!!
The bits that I have read online and in the bookstore make me feel like someone out there gets it! I told DH about the book once before, and I told him what I'd actually like to do is read it and then give it to him to read. I think he'd be shocked at what my world is really like because no matter how much I talk to him, he can't totally understand. I'll let you all know how the book comes along as I get reading.
Wow, well, what a 180* turn in my outlook since last week. After our blow-out regarding SD 20 and the lack of responsibility and maturity on her part, DH and I have discussed a lot of things and are 'hashing it out'.
The holidays are ahread of us. DH and I were planning a 4 day weekend getaway for Thanksgiving. All was well....until yesterday. 26YO SD broke up with her live in BF and now DH has cancelled our plans - he wants to have Thanksgiving dinner at our home so that he can be there for SD. She was planning to spend the holiday with BF's parents and BM is out of town.
So of course, our plans don't matter. I will not be cooking dinner. He and SD can do so if they wish. Maybe I'll volunteer at a soup kitchen or do my own get away.
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