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I hate that I can't believe a single thing that comes out of difficult child's mouth
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<blockquote data-quote="WSM" data-source="post: 323500" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>Stepson used to show up with things people had just given him too. And while he seemed to have the general good regard of his peers, he didn't have friends either. But still people were always giving him things: like a brand new gameboy, and a clock radio, and money, and books, and clothes and money...</p><p> </p><p>And husband would believe it.</p><p> </p><p>One of the best stories was $65 a classmate gave him. Why would a classmate going to a school where most of the kids came from families living under the poverty level give a 12 year old $65? Because stepson had been this kid's 'slave' all year and the other boy wanted to reward him. What's this other kid's name? "Stephen". Stephen what? Well, stepson didn't know his last name. Hmmmm....stepson was only going to a military school where everyone was ONLY called by their last names, and he was going to a school where at the most there were 50 kids--not like there would be a kid you didn't know. I would have believed stepson wouldn't know this kid's first name, but never would I believe that stepson didn't know this kid's last name. Also this was a military school without hazing, so how could anyone be anyone else's 'slave' (and it was a heavily minority school where the concept of slavery and political correctness would have been a prime consideration).</p><p> </p><p>husband swallowed the story, hook, line and sinker. I pushed him to investigate. So he talked to the school administrator. Who said oh maybe, Stephen comes from a 'rich' family.</p><p> </p><p>Well, that was all husband needed. A 'rich' family at that school would have made maybe $40K a year. We were the richest family there. And what 13 year old kid, even a 'rich' one has an extra $65 to give to his 'slave'. husband didn't think he needed to get Stephen's last name and call Stephen or his family to verify. After all the school had verified it was possible. Of course stepson once stole $20 from the school that he was supposed to give to them for transportation and the school covered for him, out and out lied and said they 'miscounted' the money stepson turned in and weren't short $20 after all. And then we found the money in stepson's bed.</p><p> </p><p>Uh-huh, this is all believable. </p><p> </p><p>And the fact *I* was missing $65 was just an odd coincidence and had nothing to do with stepson, who would NEVER steal from me... <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WSM, post: 323500, member: 5169"] Stepson used to show up with things people had just given him too. And while he seemed to have the general good regard of his peers, he didn't have friends either. But still people were always giving him things: like a brand new gameboy, and a clock radio, and money, and books, and clothes and money... And husband would believe it. One of the best stories was $65 a classmate gave him. Why would a classmate going to a school where most of the kids came from families living under the poverty level give a 12 year old $65? Because stepson had been this kid's 'slave' all year and the other boy wanted to reward him. What's this other kid's name? "Stephen". Stephen what? Well, stepson didn't know his last name. Hmmmm....stepson was only going to a military school where everyone was ONLY called by their last names, and he was going to a school where at the most there were 50 kids--not like there would be a kid you didn't know. I would have believed stepson wouldn't know this kid's first name, but never would I believe that stepson didn't know this kid's last name. Also this was a military school without hazing, so how could anyone be anyone else's 'slave' (and it was a heavily minority school where the concept of slavery and political correctness would have been a prime consideration). husband swallowed the story, hook, line and sinker. I pushed him to investigate. So he talked to the school administrator. Who said oh maybe, Stephen comes from a 'rich' family. Well, that was all husband needed. A 'rich' family at that school would have made maybe $40K a year. We were the richest family there. And what 13 year old kid, even a 'rich' one has an extra $65 to give to his 'slave'. husband didn't think he needed to get Stephen's last name and call Stephen or his family to verify. After all the school had verified it was possible. Of course stepson once stole $20 from the school that he was supposed to give to them for transportation and the school covered for him, out and out lied and said they 'miscounted' the money stepson turned in and weren't short $20 after all. And then we found the money in stepson's bed. Uh-huh, this is all believable. And the fact *I* was missing $65 was just an odd coincidence and had nothing to do with stepson, who would NEVER steal from me... :knockedout: [/QUOTE]
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