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[gwendolyn_]

Today was the "Authors Tea" at Nic's school. All the children had written books and this was a chance for them to stand up in front of a mic and read them to us. One of the boys in his class wrote his book about money (which I thought was kind if funny). Nic's was about Dinosaurs (of course). He got up to the mic, smiled, read his book, showed

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[jackbonjersey]

That must be so frustrating. I'm sorry to hear that.
You are a good mommy.

[darkengobot]

"Well, he's the one who is losing out and when the boys get older they'll realize all of this".

Not really. He's not missing out on anything. He's doing what he wants to do, because he's selfish. Later in life, when he realizes that he missed out on the formative years of their life and wants to try to "patch things up", it won't be for any other reason than that he's still selfish

[gwendolyn_]

I agree, darken. The problem is mommy doesn't cry, the children cry and mommy gets angry. I think I need to start communicating a bit better to them about why I get so mad at him. They think I'm just mad at him cause I hate him for whatever reason they don't know. Maybe it's time they know a little bit of why I get angry at him

[henwy]

If that fails just beat it out of him. If that fails just drop him on his dad's doorstep one day.

[darkengobot]

Dad probably is better. He probably lets them do whatever they want because it makes him feel better about himself. He gets to be the "cool dad". (Of course, that's not being the "cool dad", it's being a shitty parent.)

I dunno. If they were younger, I'd say move away, make it harder for him to engage is crappy parenting.

I'm sure you know that you'll be the horrid wicked old witch until the boys reach 25 or so, when their life starts to be run by their brain instead of their ego.

[bellatoes]

I'm sorry S