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<blockquote data-quote="Wiped Out" data-source="post: 154153" data-attributes="member: 1631"><p>Thanks all! I appreciate all of your responses!</p><p></p><p>If husband and I are going out for a date night we do wait until difficult child is sleeping and then easy child can handle it no problem. Due to his medications, once he is out he is usually out for the night.</p><p></p><p>The health club part is hard because we both need our workouts (we're usually not with each other most of the time at the club as we do different things) and to do them at two separate times is almost impossible during the school year. There just isn't time for one to do a workout and then the other. This really was working for a long while and just in the last week started backfiring. </p><p></p><p>For now I'm thinking of letting difficult child earn some money each time he goes to the health club without complaints or some game time since he loves playing games. Once he is there he is fine and has fun it's just the not wanting to go part. </p><p></p><p>I think easy child doesn't like having difficult child around because she likes having the place to herself. I don't think we'll make her go but she wouldn't be with him if we did. He goes to the playroom, she would just sit on the couch in the main area doing her homework.</p><p></p><p>Linda-I'm not insulted at all. The times we have left difficult child with easy child have been times when he is in a very calm mood, watching tv and perfectly content. We really monitor his mood before leaving (of course, that doesn't mean his mood couldn't change). Interestingly, he has never been violent with her when she watches him, bothers her yes (not all the time) but never violent, never even attempted to be. However, that isn't to say he couldn't be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wiped Out, post: 154153, member: 1631"] Thanks all! I appreciate all of your responses! If husband and I are going out for a date night we do wait until difficult child is sleeping and then easy child can handle it no problem. Due to his medications, once he is out he is usually out for the night. The health club part is hard because we both need our workouts (we're usually not with each other most of the time at the club as we do different things) and to do them at two separate times is almost impossible during the school year. There just isn't time for one to do a workout and then the other. This really was working for a long while and just in the last week started backfiring. For now I'm thinking of letting difficult child earn some money each time he goes to the health club without complaints or some game time since he loves playing games. Once he is there he is fine and has fun it's just the not wanting to go part. I think easy child doesn't like having difficult child around because she likes having the place to herself. I don't think we'll make her go but she wouldn't be with him if we did. He goes to the playroom, she would just sit on the couch in the main area doing her homework. Linda-I'm not insulted at all. The times we have left difficult child with easy child have been times when he is in a very calm mood, watching tv and perfectly content. We really monitor his mood before leaving (of course, that doesn't mean his mood couldn't change). Interestingly, he has never been violent with her when she watches him, bothers her yes (not all the time) but never violent, never even attempted to be. However, that isn't to say he couldn't be. [/QUOTE]
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