Some time ago, I wrote a thread about how difficult child always seems to have money even though she has no job and gets no money from us. In that thread, I had asked for theories....and OH did this board ever come up with ideas.
helpme guessed right off the bat that difficult child might have been selling her "free" school lunches.
tiredmommy hoped she was wrong about difficult child getting paid for "sexual favors".
Well, seems like we have our winners....
Yes, difficult child was overheard bragging that she gets paid for "hugs"....{lalalalalalalalalalalalalala--I'm plugging my ears and wagging my tongue so that I can't hear any more details --lalalalalalalala}
And school lunches here cost $2. difficult child is currently eligible for the Free Lunch program, so she pays nothing and then turns around and sells her free lunch to someone else for $1. Then each day, she uses the dollar to buy a candy bar instead.
Her extra money usually goes toward sodas and other goodies from the vending machines.
I'm just disgusted.
And now, with husband getting a better job...we will no longer be eligible for the Free Lunch program. But I will be d**** if I'm gonna spend money on school lunches so difficult child can sell them to somebody else. But of course, if I send her to school with no food and no money I'll be this bad parent - so it's a lose-lose-lose situation all around.
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In other news, difficult child keeps messing up her graduation plan. All students are supposed to declare a general career area of interest and then the school schedules classes accordingly. So if a student thinks they want a career in the sciences, they will follow the school's "Science Core" program...if a student thinks they want a career in journalism, they will follow the "English Core" program...etc.
difficult child keeps changing her core program. First she was in English Core....then Foreign language Core...now she is in ROTC Core--which should mean she is planning on joining the military after graduation. But, since difficult child is failing ROTC...she is thinking of changing again.
Last night--difficult child announced her new career plans:
She has decided to go into modelling...
Which she feels will help her launch a singing and acting career.
I dryly commented that she is a little too short for runway--since runway models start at 5' 9".
difficult child explained that she is only too short by 5 inches, so it should not be a problem.
My fear? Any girl who wants to be a model/singer/actress as the easy way out AND who is willing to accept money for "hugs" {lalalalalalalalalla} is going to find a way to make a lot of money in some pretty unpleasant ways...
I'm just disgusted.
And sad.
helpme guessed right off the bat that difficult child might have been selling her "free" school lunches.
tiredmommy hoped she was wrong about difficult child getting paid for "sexual favors".
Well, seems like we have our winners....
Yes, difficult child was overheard bragging that she gets paid for "hugs"....{lalalalalalalalalalalalalala--I'm plugging my ears and wagging my tongue so that I can't hear any more details --lalalalalalalala}
And school lunches here cost $2. difficult child is currently eligible for the Free Lunch program, so she pays nothing and then turns around and sells her free lunch to someone else for $1. Then each day, she uses the dollar to buy a candy bar instead.
Her extra money usually goes toward sodas and other goodies from the vending machines.
I'm just disgusted.
And now, with husband getting a better job...we will no longer be eligible for the Free Lunch program. But I will be d**** if I'm gonna spend money on school lunches so difficult child can sell them to somebody else. But of course, if I send her to school with no food and no money I'll be this bad parent - so it's a lose-lose-lose situation all around.
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In other news, difficult child keeps messing up her graduation plan. All students are supposed to declare a general career area of interest and then the school schedules classes accordingly. So if a student thinks they want a career in the sciences, they will follow the school's "Science Core" program...if a student thinks they want a career in journalism, they will follow the "English Core" program...etc.
difficult child keeps changing her core program. First she was in English Core....then Foreign language Core...now she is in ROTC Core--which should mean she is planning on joining the military after graduation. But, since difficult child is failing ROTC...she is thinking of changing again.
Last night--difficult child announced her new career plans:
She has decided to go into modelling...
Which she feels will help her launch a singing and acting career.
I dryly commented that she is a little too short for runway--since runway models start at 5' 9".
difficult child explained that she is only too short by 5 inches, so it should not be a problem.
My fear? Any girl who wants to be a model/singer/actress as the easy way out AND who is willing to accept money for "hugs" {lalalalalalalalalla} is going to find a way to make a lot of money in some pretty unpleasant ways...
I'm just disgusted.
And sad.