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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 370404" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>We just got back to the hotel from the actual grad ceremony. We had lunch with nephew after, and will be joining them at the hotel pool soon. husband promptly came in and flopped on the bed. Now he's asleep.</p><p> </p><p>I've almost decided passive aggressive is all he knows. Nephew has written in every letter home about missing food. Two Brooms was certain he was just goiing to die the past 2 months because the poor kid was deprived of the food he likes. So we took him to the restaraunt of his choice. He picked a seafood restaraunt that he loves, and Two Brooms happens to hate. Oh, no way was she not going to go, but she even told the hostess how much she hates that place. And I sat there and watched my husband in action, only almost 40 years older. </p><p> </p><p>I occassionally yank him out of the car or whatever he's sitting in griping and tell him to straighten up. Today I just did it in front of the kids. But man, does it stink to just have another kid on this trip. I gave him til midnight last night to make plans for today. He went to bed at 10. So I made the plans...again. I'll just be sure to point it out...</p><p> </p><p>This has been goetting worse over time, and now that you mention it, hearing has been getting worse...I'll have him check into that. And he's not driving. Not a lick. He will have to drive some on the way home, but it will be out of town. </p><p> </p><p>He is barely functionally literate. I would guess he is dyslexic. His sister is. And suspect that is part of the problem. He can't read the map, so he thinks he can drive and I'll read the map. If I'm driving, he's not doing anything, and from his parents' attitude, the man's place is behind the wheel, in command. I just can't keep up with him, tho. We went down to the river walk before I banned him from the wheel and I told him to turn left out of the parking lot, but he thought the street was one way to the right. INstead of stopping and figuring it out, he just took off. And never really figured out if the street was one way or not, so we took off on a detour downtown trying to turn around and get back on the road we were on without doing a uturn, and I'm trying to read a tiny map in the dark to figure it out while he's just barreling down the next street. STOP ALREADY. So we can get a plan. But he doesn't do it that way. And I can't do it "his" way. Then he gets mad at me cause we're "lost". </p><p> </p><p>Wee is not husband's bio son, but I have no doubt husband is dyslexic, and it has never been addressed. ExMIL was a counselor in the district when husband was a student, and Two Brooms would not allow her son to be "labeled" or get any kind of SpEd services. There was nothing wrong with him. It was all the teachers' faults. So it has never been addressed. Which makes me even angrier when he is short tempered with Wee. Of all people, HE should get it. But not sure he does.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for the well wishes. It hasn't been the relaxing time I've hoped, but I've enjoyed seeing the area, and have actually enjoyed visiting with husband's sister. Its superficial, but that's the good part of it. And I have a tiny little flame of hope that nephew is out of the grasps of this family and will learn accountability and responsibility and integreity. In fact, he told me quietly he already has, and that's a really bright spot in the trip for me. Two Brooms would never let him "fall", and thus he was heading down some really ugly paths. There's a chance now that table has turned, and I'm proud of him for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 370404, member: 1848"] We just got back to the hotel from the actual grad ceremony. We had lunch with nephew after, and will be joining them at the hotel pool soon. husband promptly came in and flopped on the bed. Now he's asleep. I've almost decided passive aggressive is all he knows. Nephew has written in every letter home about missing food. Two Brooms was certain he was just goiing to die the past 2 months because the poor kid was deprived of the food he likes. So we took him to the restaraunt of his choice. He picked a seafood restaraunt that he loves, and Two Brooms happens to hate. Oh, no way was she not going to go, but she even told the hostess how much she hates that place. And I sat there and watched my husband in action, only almost 40 years older. I occassionally yank him out of the car or whatever he's sitting in griping and tell him to straighten up. Today I just did it in front of the kids. But man, does it stink to just have another kid on this trip. I gave him til midnight last night to make plans for today. He went to bed at 10. So I made the plans...again. I'll just be sure to point it out... This has been goetting worse over time, and now that you mention it, hearing has been getting worse...I'll have him check into that. And he's not driving. Not a lick. He will have to drive some on the way home, but it will be out of town. He is barely functionally literate. I would guess he is dyslexic. His sister is. And suspect that is part of the problem. He can't read the map, so he thinks he can drive and I'll read the map. If I'm driving, he's not doing anything, and from his parents' attitude, the man's place is behind the wheel, in command. I just can't keep up with him, tho. We went down to the river walk before I banned him from the wheel and I told him to turn left out of the parking lot, but he thought the street was one way to the right. INstead of stopping and figuring it out, he just took off. And never really figured out if the street was one way or not, so we took off on a detour downtown trying to turn around and get back on the road we were on without doing a uturn, and I'm trying to read a tiny map in the dark to figure it out while he's just barreling down the next street. STOP ALREADY. So we can get a plan. But he doesn't do it that way. And I can't do it "his" way. Then he gets mad at me cause we're "lost". Wee is not husband's bio son, but I have no doubt husband is dyslexic, and it has never been addressed. ExMIL was a counselor in the district when husband was a student, and Two Brooms would not allow her son to be "labeled" or get any kind of SpEd services. There was nothing wrong with him. It was all the teachers' faults. So it has never been addressed. Which makes me even angrier when he is short tempered with Wee. Of all people, HE should get it. But not sure he does. Thanks for the well wishes. It hasn't been the relaxing time I've hoped, but I've enjoyed seeing the area, and have actually enjoyed visiting with husband's sister. Its superficial, but that's the good part of it. And I have a tiny little flame of hope that nephew is out of the grasps of this family and will learn accountability and responsibility and integreity. In fact, he told me quietly he already has, and that's a really bright spot in the trip for me. Two Brooms would never let him "fall", and thus he was heading down some really ugly paths. There's a chance now that table has turned, and I'm proud of him for it. [/QUOTE]
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