DH is a "man's man", which is basically just code for "I have two daughters and I don't know anything about women, nor do I feel like I should have to learn. So if you could just take care of all the 'girl stuff', that'd be great." What it translates to in the day to day is that when asked to pick up shampoo and conditioner, he will grab a 2in1 and think he's the hero of the day. It also means that he knows squat about how periods work (even though he can look at a car engine and tell you exactly what's wrong with it. So it isn't stupidity so much as it is ignorance). SD15 uses this to her advantage, though and since I've disengaged, she's been conning DH.

Let me set the scene:

It's 9pm on a Sunday. DH has weekends off and so all weekend he has been available in some capacity. He's been to the grocery store, even. However, SD15 waits until now, right as everyone is winding down for the night, preparing for Monday and the new week. She waits until now to call up the stairs (even though DH has been downstairs spending time with SD15 and SD10 in some capacity all day long). She waits until she hears our bedroom door close, or the bathroom door. I imagine she can't differentiate which door is which, but nonetheless she waits until she hears a door close. 

"Daaaaadeeeee? Daaaaaad. Daaaaaaaddeeeee?!"

I see DH roll his eyes. He's annoyed. And yet--

"Yeah?"

"I need pads and tampons. Now. It's an emergency." 

Mind you, I used to be the one that took care of these things. I'm a female, it wasn't a big deal to buy her some when I bought them for myself. Until I got tired of the disrespect, her attitude, etc. I told DH he needed to take the control back with his girls. SD15 used to ask for period supplies a week in advance. But now, since Dadee is responsible for them, she has taken to waiting until right before bedtime, or right up until the last minute to ask. We live in a rural area. The closest store is a good 30 minutes, one way. She knows this. She also knows when she is going to start, and whether or not there are pads or tampons in her bathroom. But of course, Dadee doesn't know this. Dadee also doesn't know that she actually DOES have supplies. A Costco sized amount of them. Makes me think about the first women in space and how the men thought they went through 100 tampons a day.

You want to know how naive DH is? When I tell him, "Hey, sorry to break it to you, but not only does she have enough but she knows about when she's going to get it and could've asked earlier... Not that she needs to ask for more because she literally has a Costco pack of 96 downstairs..." 

DH says to me, "She has been asking since last month, so it isn't last minute." 

After I laugh for about five to ten I compose myself and explain that she asked last month because she was asking for last month's period. Since then, she received a large amount of supplies and I mean, I don't know for sure, but I THINK 96 pads/tampons will suffice. Unless she's planning on building a pad fort and a tampon log cabin as a project for school.

Honestly I've had it with this girl and if she isn't out at 18 then I am.