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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 528374" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thank you all!</p><p>Liahona, I think you're right about our difficult children picking up on our vibes. </p><p></p><p>I blew it yesterday ... we went to difficult child's friend's house and the friend was not there. The g-ma said she hadn't seen difficult child all day. I was ready to blow a gasket. difficult child didn't answer his phone. The other friend he was with didn't answer his phone, either. You can imagine how my mind was zinging all over the place. </p><p>The gpa gave us directions to the park, and finally, difficult child called, using his friend's phone. (Good. Now I have that cell ph #)</p><p>The park is a dead end on both sides, so you have to go way out of your way to drive around it. Argh.</p><p></p><p>difficult child could not say where he was. I told him to read me a house number. He repeated that he would meet us at a certain street. After 4 go-rounds, I screamed at him on the ph, "If you don't tell me where you are right now, I'm calling the police!"<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/highvoltage.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":highvoltage:" title="shocked :highvoltage:" data-shortname=":highvoltage:" /></p><p></p><p>I don't know if I'm more upset that difficult child went AWOL, or that he seriously had no idea where he was. During a calmer moment, I am going to take him for a walk and teach him how to read house #s and pay attention to street signs. He's 15, for Pete's sake!</p><p></p><p>We finally found him (we found his friends, who said he was looking for us, and round and round the park we went. We finally just stayed in one spot) and he was HOT. Turned out that I had set him off by telling him that I was calling the police.</p><p>"I did not say I had called them. I said that if you didn't tell me where you were, I would call them. It sounded to us like you were deliberately being vague because you were doing something you weren't supposed to be doing."</p><p></p><p>"I TOLD you I didn't KNOW where I WAS!!!"</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/overreactsmiley.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":overreactsmiley:" title="overreactsmiley :overreactsmiley:" data-shortname=":overreactsmiley:" /></p><p>Sheesh.</p><p>We went out to dinner and he stewed in the car for 20, and finally came in. (If we leave him alone, it usually works. He called husband on his cell and husband met him at the door. He sure doesn't like to go any place alone.)</p><p></p><p>So, all is well. For now.</p><p></p><p>And I have a good grip on that gma, too. She said she hadn't seen him all day because "We went to church and then to WalMart." She implied that the whole famiy had gone, but K, one of the boys, told us that only the youngest one had gone with-her. She was totally clueless and couldn't think outside the box at all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 528374, member: 3419"] Thank you all! Liahona, I think you're right about our difficult children picking up on our vibes. I blew it yesterday ... we went to difficult child's friend's house and the friend was not there. The g-ma said she hadn't seen difficult child all day. I was ready to blow a gasket. difficult child didn't answer his phone. The other friend he was with didn't answer his phone, either. You can imagine how my mind was zinging all over the place. The gpa gave us directions to the park, and finally, difficult child called, using his friend's phone. (Good. Now I have that cell ph #) The park is a dead end on both sides, so you have to go way out of your way to drive around it. Argh. difficult child could not say where he was. I told him to read me a house number. He repeated that he would meet us at a certain street. After 4 go-rounds, I screamed at him on the ph, "If you don't tell me where you are right now, I'm calling the police!":highvoltage: I don't know if I'm more upset that difficult child went AWOL, or that he seriously had no idea where he was. During a calmer moment, I am going to take him for a walk and teach him how to read house #s and pay attention to street signs. He's 15, for Pete's sake! We finally found him (we found his friends, who said he was looking for us, and round and round the park we went. We finally just stayed in one spot) and he was HOT. Turned out that I had set him off by telling him that I was calling the police. "I did not say I had called them. I said that if you didn't tell me where you were, I would call them. It sounded to us like you were deliberately being vague because you were doing something you weren't supposed to be doing." "I TOLD you I didn't KNOW where I WAS!!!" :overreactsmiley: Sheesh. We went out to dinner and he stewed in the car for 20, and finally came in. (If we leave him alone, it usually works. He called husband on his cell and husband met him at the door. He sure doesn't like to go any place alone.) So, all is well. For now. And I have a good grip on that gma, too. She said she hadn't seen him all day because "We went to church and then to WalMart." She implied that the whole famiy had gone, but K, one of the boys, told us that only the youngest one had gone with-her. She was totally clueless and couldn't think outside the box at all. :rolleye: [/QUOTE]
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