BM had to work late one evening last week. Usually when she works late their tradition is that SS15 orders pizza hut when BM calls to tell them she’s on her way home. Well last week SS15 was with DH for a boy scout activity. BM called DH and asked if he’d take SS10 too so he wouldn’t be home alone. DH was fine with it. But SS10 was p*ssed-off when he found out he was not staying home alone. Apparently, SS10’s plan was to play on the xbox and order pizza hut by himself. BM wouldn’t allow it (an amazing moment of clarity for her).

So SS10 decided he wanted pizza for dinner at our house that night. DH said no way because he had planned to grill that night. SS10 was a total pain at dinner with us. Throughout the meal he would chew his meat and then spit it back out into his napkin – when questioned SS10 claimed that it was fat off the meat he was spitting. At the end of the meal after SS10 was excused from the table DH looked in the napkin and it was full for perfectly fine meat. An upset DH called SS10 out, SS10 was indifferent and silent.

So the next evening BM ordered pizza hut for dinner to make up for the night before. SS10 wouldn’t eat the pizza and was a crab the rest of the evening.
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DH also just found out that SS10 has decided to drop out of summer school. Last week was his 1st week of summer school and SS10 skipped 2 out of the 5 days. BM hasn’t said a word to DH about this, SS15 told us. This is after SS10 was telling DH and me all about the cool science class he was taking and how they were teaching how to build rockets. SS10 is telling us this on one of the days he had skipped summer school. What a little liar.

And although SS10 wasn't required to go to summer school – IMHO – I don’t think a 10 year old should decide to drop out of summer school that’s a decision for parents to make.
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Oh and the icing on the cake – DH invited SS15 and SS10 to go boating with us on Saturday (not our weekend but he knew BM wasn’t doing anything special). SS10 says no still pouting over DH calling him out about wasting food. Whatever, SS15, DH and I didn’t even miss him; we had a great time without him. DH even commented he was happy SS10 stayed home so he didn’t have to listen to him whine.

~BettRay