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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 496140" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Pitt...I think you were put in that awful position where nothing you could do would have been right. You were just plain damned. If you had hung up that phone and told your son to stuff it and gone ahead with your plans as they were (and I think this is what your wife and friends wanted you to do if I read it correctly), then if your son was found hurt or heaven forbid, dead, your family would have turned against you with fury saying you hadnt done the right thing. Now that you have a ruined vacation and son is being an ass, well, your the ass.. Sigh.</p><p></p><p>Many of us have been there before. Sure not exactly the same situations but our kids do tend to try our souls. I do think you and your wife need to sit down together and figure out just what your plans are and where your line in the sand is. That is so very important. You cannot waiver. I learned the hard way that my sons dad and I had to be a strong team. It made him be a better person. </p><p></p><p>It may be you are going to have to let your son experience some hard knocks before he decides he is ready to learn from them. It is very hard to watch. I know that one from experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 496140, member: 1514"] Pitt...I think you were put in that awful position where nothing you could do would have been right. You were just plain damned. If you had hung up that phone and told your son to stuff it and gone ahead with your plans as they were (and I think this is what your wife and friends wanted you to do if I read it correctly), then if your son was found hurt or heaven forbid, dead, your family would have turned against you with fury saying you hadnt done the right thing. Now that you have a ruined vacation and son is being an ass, well, your the ass.. Sigh. Many of us have been there before. Sure not exactly the same situations but our kids do tend to try our souls. I do think you and your wife need to sit down together and figure out just what your plans are and where your line in the sand is. That is so very important. You cannot waiver. I learned the hard way that my sons dad and I had to be a strong team. It made him be a better person. It may be you are going to have to let your son experience some hard knocks before he decides he is ready to learn from them. It is very hard to watch. I know that one from experience. [/QUOTE]
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