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<blockquote data-quote="butterflydreams" data-source="post: 110064"><p>My difficult child has been bugging me every day for the last week to open an early present. I had only purchased 2 gifts for each him and his sister because the main gift was $150-$200 (a PSP with-game for him and a MP3 player for his sister)each. I explained to him no because he only had 2 presents to begin with. Well, I wrapped the presents this morning and stuck them under the tree - bad mistake, I know. Anyway, my daughter called me an hour or so after I got to work this morning and asked me if I had told her brother that he could open one. I told her no - she then proceeded to tell me that he was sitting on the couch with his PSP opened in his lap. I was so upset! I never thought he would actually open a present under the tree. I don't suppose he thought ahead to what would he say to me when I got home and found he had opened it! I told him then that he can't have it today and had my daughter lock it up in her room. One of my friends here at work said that she wouldn't let him have it at all or let him wait until next month (his birthday is in January). Another friend said to just put it back under the tree exactly like it is tomorrow morning, letting him have it, but he is the one who will only have the 1 present to open now on Christmas morning and that she went through something similar with her son at about the same age.</p><p></p><p>I know that he doesn't always think rational right now, I know he was upset when he got up this morning. He came downstairs when he woke up crying about missing his dad. I understand but that doesn't mean it didn't upset me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="butterflydreams, post: 110064"] My difficult child has been bugging me every day for the last week to open an early present. I had only purchased 2 gifts for each him and his sister because the main gift was $150-$200 (a PSP with-game for him and a MP3 player for his sister)each. I explained to him no because he only had 2 presents to begin with. Well, I wrapped the presents this morning and stuck them under the tree - bad mistake, I know. Anyway, my daughter called me an hour or so after I got to work this morning and asked me if I had told her brother that he could open one. I told her no - she then proceeded to tell me that he was sitting on the couch with his PSP opened in his lap. I was so upset! I never thought he would actually open a present under the tree. I don't suppose he thought ahead to what would he say to me when I got home and found he had opened it! I told him then that he can't have it today and had my daughter lock it up in her room. One of my friends here at work said that she wouldn't let him have it at all or let him wait until next month (his birthday is in January). Another friend said to just put it back under the tree exactly like it is tomorrow morning, letting him have it, but he is the one who will only have the 1 present to open now on Christmas morning and that she went through something similar with her son at about the same age. I know that he doesn't always think rational right now, I know he was upset when he got up this morning. He came downstairs when he woke up crying about missing his dad. I understand but that doesn't mean it didn't upset me. [/QUOTE]
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