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Here we go again!
I'm sitting here tonight trying to clear my head of all the stuff related to my dad's impending demise, and suddenly I get an automatic email from the bank stating that there has been suspicious activity on husband's credit card and that he has to call to verify the charges and then they will reactivate the card!
So I immediately log onto the account and discover 4 different charges ranging from $3 to $64.97 from some fairly non-descript places. "Phone Biller", "BLVD" and "IP CIS CALL". I have no clue what these are, and the transactions are all pending. So I go to husband's wallet and see that the affected card is missing! At first I'm thinking he left it at the grocery store tonight, because next to his wallet is a receipt from the store and he used that card for the purchase.
But then, my difficult child-dar kicks in and I decide to check on difficult child 1 because I suddenly realize he's been acting a little "off" tonight. He's up (it's nearly 2am) playing his gameboy in the dark. I ask him if he knows where dad's credit card might be. He's a little too quick to answer no, a little too quick to give me the overly confused and concerned look. IOW, HE'S LYING! I ask him again, telling him that it would be better if he just told me the truth. He denies any knowledge. Deny, deny, deny.
So I walk out and I tell him that I think he's lying and that I WILL find out (I always do) and that his punishment will only be that much more severe for the lying when I do find out.
Two steps out of his room and he cops to having "done something I shouldn't have done." That translates (these days) into something porn related.
So I confiscate his phone, his gameboy and I proceed to inform him of the charges he's racked up -- about $80 worth. I tell him I hope the cheap thrill was worth the trust he's managed to destroy, not to mention the cash that he has to pay back and then I asked him what he thought his dad was going to say when he finds out in the morning that his credit card is suspended and that difficult child 1 essentially stole $80 from him.
AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
So I look at the phone, and sure enough, he called three 800#s that are porn related.
I really, really hope this Strattera starts to kick in soon. He's only on day 5 and not up to full dosage yet. We have GOT to have SOMETHING to address this lack of impulse control at night. Either that or I lock him in his room!
So I immediately log onto the account and discover 4 different charges ranging from $3 to $64.97 from some fairly non-descript places. "Phone Biller", "BLVD" and "IP CIS CALL". I have no clue what these are, and the transactions are all pending. So I go to husband's wallet and see that the affected card is missing! At first I'm thinking he left it at the grocery store tonight, because next to his wallet is a receipt from the store and he used that card for the purchase.
But then, my difficult child-dar kicks in and I decide to check on difficult child 1 because I suddenly realize he's been acting a little "off" tonight. He's up (it's nearly 2am) playing his gameboy in the dark. I ask him if he knows where dad's credit card might be. He's a little too quick to answer no, a little too quick to give me the overly confused and concerned look. IOW, HE'S LYING! I ask him again, telling him that it would be better if he just told me the truth. He denies any knowledge. Deny, deny, deny.
So I walk out and I tell him that I think he's lying and that I WILL find out (I always do) and that his punishment will only be that much more severe for the lying when I do find out.
Two steps out of his room and he cops to having "done something I shouldn't have done." That translates (these days) into something porn related.
So I confiscate his phone, his gameboy and I proceed to inform him of the charges he's racked up -- about $80 worth. I tell him I hope the cheap thrill was worth the trust he's managed to destroy, not to mention the cash that he has to pay back and then I asked him what he thought his dad was going to say when he finds out in the morning that his credit card is suspended and that difficult child 1 essentially stole $80 from him.
AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!
So I look at the phone, and sure enough, he called three 800#s that are porn related.
I really, really hope this Strattera starts to kick in soon. He's only on day 5 and not up to full dosage yet. We have GOT to have SOMETHING to address this lack of impulse control at night. Either that or I lock him in his room!