Big Bad Kitty
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As I posted yesterday, my 2 younger stepsons (Beefcake and the Kidd) came over and spent the night last night.
The plan was for those two and Tink to go to Matt's today and then come back Sunday in time to see Copper and my oldest stepson (the Snake). Well I dropped them off at 5, but by 9:30 Beefcake called me and asked me to come and get them.
Evidently Matt & Michelle were fighting (what else is new). Their little guy (18MO) had hit Tink, and she smacked his hand and said "no no". Well Michelle yelled at Tink (typical, her little angel can do no wrong - he's Young Prince Sparkle Fanny) and in an amazing turn of events, Matt yelled at her to lay off Tink. Well she went nuts and started screaming about how GRACIOUS she is to even allow HIS kids in HER house. The nerve. So he told Beefcake to call me and ask if I would come and get them. Of course I did not hesitate, but so much for my couple days off. I made sure to let Matt know that while I had no problem taking the kids back, I was BEYOND furious with Michelle. I told him that I had not shopped to be able to feed these kids all weekend, and I told him that it inhaled extremely deeply that because of HER, he was not going to be able to see his kids. Not fair to him OR them.
So we got home, and the kids needed time to wind down. Tink had not even taken her medications yet (despite strict instruction that she get them around 8). At around 10:30 Kidd and Tink were complaining that they were tired but they could not sleep because Beefcake had the TV on. (they were all out in the frontroom, slumber party style). So I put Tink in her bed and made up a sleeping bag for Kidd next to her.
I came in my room to fart around on the computer and wind down before hitting the sack. About 20 minutes later, Beefcake came into my room. He had been crying. Now I have not seen this kid cry since he was about 7. I sat and talked with him for over an hour. This kid is so broken up over his dad. He's SO not a little kid anymore, and he sees Matt for what he is - a loser. He is so angry at him for not stepping up as a father. He is so hurt that Matt never talks to him seriously, instead either makes a big joke out of everything or blows him off when he wants to talk. The poor kid pretty much poured his heart out to me. My heart is in pieces that these kids are all suffering so tremendously due to their father's inadequacies, and he just has NO clue how he is affecting them. He told me that he was afraid that he was going to end up like him. I told him that he is already a better man that Matt will ever be, and he is only 13.
Aw this poor kid. I feel so bad for him. He said he never wants to go back there again, They are so much better off here with me than over there. But Kidd and Tink, who really don't know all of what is going on, are crushed that they won't get to be with their dad. And all three of them have had it up to their eyeballs with Michelle.
Anyone caring to join me in a prayer for these kids' broken little hearts, as well as a prayer that at some point, Matt gets his act together? Yeah, I know that the latter is probably futile, but I read a quote once that said "Never give up on anyone...miracles happen every day" and I took it to heart.
*sigh*
The plan was for those two and Tink to go to Matt's today and then come back Sunday in time to see Copper and my oldest stepson (the Snake). Well I dropped them off at 5, but by 9:30 Beefcake called me and asked me to come and get them.
Evidently Matt & Michelle were fighting (what else is new). Their little guy (18MO) had hit Tink, and she smacked his hand and said "no no". Well Michelle yelled at Tink (typical, her little angel can do no wrong - he's Young Prince Sparkle Fanny) and in an amazing turn of events, Matt yelled at her to lay off Tink. Well she went nuts and started screaming about how GRACIOUS she is to even allow HIS kids in HER house. The nerve. So he told Beefcake to call me and ask if I would come and get them. Of course I did not hesitate, but so much for my couple days off. I made sure to let Matt know that while I had no problem taking the kids back, I was BEYOND furious with Michelle. I told him that I had not shopped to be able to feed these kids all weekend, and I told him that it inhaled extremely deeply that because of HER, he was not going to be able to see his kids. Not fair to him OR them.
So we got home, and the kids needed time to wind down. Tink had not even taken her medications yet (despite strict instruction that she get them around 8). At around 10:30 Kidd and Tink were complaining that they were tired but they could not sleep because Beefcake had the TV on. (they were all out in the frontroom, slumber party style). So I put Tink in her bed and made up a sleeping bag for Kidd next to her.
I came in my room to fart around on the computer and wind down before hitting the sack. About 20 minutes later, Beefcake came into my room. He had been crying. Now I have not seen this kid cry since he was about 7. I sat and talked with him for over an hour. This kid is so broken up over his dad. He's SO not a little kid anymore, and he sees Matt for what he is - a loser. He is so angry at him for not stepping up as a father. He is so hurt that Matt never talks to him seriously, instead either makes a big joke out of everything or blows him off when he wants to talk. The poor kid pretty much poured his heart out to me. My heart is in pieces that these kids are all suffering so tremendously due to their father's inadequacies, and he just has NO clue how he is affecting them. He told me that he was afraid that he was going to end up like him. I told him that he is already a better man that Matt will ever be, and he is only 13.
Aw this poor kid. I feel so bad for him. He said he never wants to go back there again, They are so much better off here with me than over there. But Kidd and Tink, who really don't know all of what is going on, are crushed that they won't get to be with their dad. And all three of them have had it up to their eyeballs with Michelle.
Anyone caring to join me in a prayer for these kids' broken little hearts, as well as a prayer that at some point, Matt gets his act together? Yeah, I know that the latter is probably futile, but I read a quote once that said "Never give up on anyone...miracles happen every day" and I took it to heart.
*sigh*
