Well, that was a bad week with SS being here. I'll be honest, I broke out into a happy dance when H left to take SS back to BM. Some part of me wishes that I hadn't looked at the August schedule, only to see that SS is coming back again next weekend. The other part of me knows that I couldn't handle that type of "surprise." BUT the dread is already building. 3 more days with this kid in my house.

The whole situation is exhausting. SS is exhausting.

Just more on this topic because I find it so very, very interesting.

After SS threw his fit last night (that H did NOT feed into AT ALL) -- SS settled down and acted like nothing happened. No one else addressed it either because we don't want to give the behavior ANY attention at all since SS intentionally acts that way for the attention. If H continues to complete ignore it the behavior should go away.

Who knows what, if anything, was accomplished. It kind of sounded a lot like the same ol' conversations to me.

EXCEPT (drum roll please):

ONE thing that struck me as interesting is that H, without me saying a WORD (ever), brought up how clingy and needy SS is. I swear to God, I have never brought this up. I've watched it from afar and felt like yakking when I see it, but I have never said anything to my H about it, because it was one of those things that might have been really hurtful for me to say. So I've never brought it up.

"You didn't ASK me to make time to talk to you tonight. I can't read your mind."

So I call you, tell you that if we can't pay off the $600 on my student account by August 23rd, I won't graduate, get a copy of my transcripts, or even a letter from the Univ. stating that I have completed all graduation requirements. You blow me off and tell me, "we'll talk about it later." Then, "later" comes and you tell me that you didn't make the time because I didn't ASK you to make the time?"

AND I AM THE PROBLEM???

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I can't believe I blew up in front of SS.