So I havent been on here in a long time... havent needed to vent until now. Anyway, lately I havent been able to see one of my my step sons as he has been with his friends on every day that he would useally come to visit me and my DH. I get that most kids would rather be with friends then parents / step-parents and especially at the ripe age of 16. However what I find highly anoying is that he will find work arounds lately to still spend time with his Dad and avoid me. I never had any real issues with this particualr skid... in fact we get along quite well. Lately thou it seams as if he is avoiding me like the plague. He will drive out of his way to go visit his father at work after he gets out of school.. almost every day.. then on the weekends he is suspost to be with us, he is out with friends and dosent come over.. then on Tuesdays when he would normally come over he drives over after school but drives back to a friends house before I can get there to see him and say hi. His brother I still see on a regualr basis. I have asked my DH if anything was wrong and said it feels like I havent seen him in a long time..and he just shrugs and says oh, he's just being a kid, spending time with friends dont be so sensitive about everything. The other thing about this that bugs me is that just last weekend we were at his grandmothers house (of course he wasnt there, but with some friends) and she made mention of some exciting /important news. He is very close with his grandmother, so I thought I would include him in on the info too, so I just sent him a text with the info. (we sometimes send texts to each other, so this isnt out of the norm) and he dosent even reply, but rather calls his fathers cell phone and asked about the details I had JUST sent him, then proceeds to say, tell Grandma I said hi. No saying hi to me I guess. It just came across as an intentional snub to me. My DH of course didnt think anything of it. Is it me or does it seam like somethings up? Also not only does he go to his dads work to vist after school, he then calls his dad before he leaves work.. then again every night at the house (the phone calls he has always done) I picked up the other night when he called bc DH was in the bathroom and all he said was Hi, is dad there? No conversation what so ever. I am not mad that he is spending time with his father, he always has, its that he seams to be avoiding me and I'm not sure why.. or am I just looking too deep into this?