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| I Will Not Go Down Without a Fight |
He's at it again with his disrespect and attitude. The contract that was written for him has been broken. Basically every point outlined has just gone to shit. I knew this was going to happen...I said it right from the start. But it did last longer than I thought. I had originally said a week before everything was back to normal but he has gone about a month now. Yipee.
So what now? He knew that if he started again with any of it he'd go live with his dad. Now, is it right for me to say to his mom send him away? Clearly he's not happy here and it's not because of me. He's even said it and I believe him because we have a good relationship. It's him and his mother that do not so why does he insist on staying here?
I mean he has threatened to leave but never followed through. He's spend days at his friends house when things got too heated. I just don't understand. What more does he expect? His mother is trying. God, she tries so hard to make things work and yes, money is a little tight right now so things have been cut back in the way of spending. I'm ok with it. Why isn't anyone else ok with it? They can't live without internet. They can't live without tv and they definitely can't live without their phones.
I'll admit, I'm pretty addicted to the net and if I had to go without it, that would be very hard but I've done it before, I can do it again. There are just too many novelties in life for kids now. They have cell phones, high speed internet, ipods, whatever else is out there. I remember what it was like when I was growing up. We never had much money but we were happy. I saved pennies and in 1989 I was finally able to buy a Nintendo. I worked hard getting that change. I rolled it myself and took it to the bank with my mom to cash it in. When the teller asked what I was going to buy with that I gleefully told her. I was so excited. We only had two games to share between my sister and I but we had a blast.
We got two pairs of shoes a year. One pair was our outdoor shoes that had to last a whole year. The second pair was for gym class at school. Sometimes that ended up being our outdoor shoes once the school year ended. We went shopping for clothes in August for school and that was pretty much it. I mean we did get the necessities like socks and undies whenever we needed but we weren't getting expensive clothes. My parents were on a budget and we knew that. We respected that. We had nothing but respect for our parents no matter what. Even if we were madder than mad we still respected our parents and never talked back to them.
Now I witness nothing but hostility towards their elders in this household. The kids have absolutely no concern for anything. It's a fight to get them to do chores and when they are asked to do something, it takes a week to do. Implimenting rules is a death sentence.
I demand something be done. And I demand it's done now.
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Posted by restinpieces on 2009-03-02 11:42:38 | Rating: | Views: 31
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