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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 48690" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>DDD, re: <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You know, there are times when one parent is more effective than the other. The male competitiveness concept can disrupt a relationship for a year or two or more. on the other hand, Moms can get played more easily in most cases.</div></div></p><p></p><p>I think you may be right. wife tried the "soft touch" by taking difficult child to breakfast this morning. Don't know how that went, but I'm a bit worried because she wanted to talk to him about her impending "vacation".</p><p></p><p>Yep, that's right. She decided last night that she and my daughter are going to the west coast for three weeks over the 4th of July holiday, leaving me at home with difficult child and my other son!</p><p></p><p> :slap: :slap: :slap: :slap:</p><p></p><p>I can't blame her, since her father is up in years, and she shouldn't miss any chance she has to visit him now (which isn't very often). And she needs the break - we both do. But dammit, this has got to be the <strong>worst</strong> possible time to do this!!</p><p></p><p>Three weeks, and I have to work every day except the 4th. I'm already doubling up on my Xanax just thinking about it. But that's why wife took difficult child to breakfast, to tell him to "behave" while she's gone. And by the way, for at least one week she'll be in the mountains, and unavailable by any form of contact, even if I just need to talk through the day for moral support.</p><p></p><p> :nonono: </p><p></p><p>Okay, I'm really in a pickle now. I'm the one he fights with, and not only will he have the run of the house all day for three weeks, I won't have wife to help me (or give me a breather) if difficult child decides to lose his freaking mind while she's gone.</p><p> :hammer: :faint: :hammer: :faint:</p><p></p><p>And it sure puts a crimp on my plan to talk to him about his impending "future changes". Hitting him with those things before his mom leaves will virtually guarantee one (or more) ODD explosions while she's gone, since he'll have even less incentive to work with me after I "come down on him". Bleh!</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm borrowing trouble, but it's always when difficult child has too much free (and unsupervised) time that he really gets into trouble. Well, for that three weeks he WILL be unsupevised and free to roam. </p><p></p><p>And to make it worse, I know he'll want to go to one of many parties on the 4th that his pothead friends will be having.</p><p></p><p> :nonono: :nonono: </p><p></p><p>I think I'm about to find out just how hard it is for all the members of CD who are single parents with difficult child's. I can't take vacation, at least not three weeks of it. And if I did, what would it accomplish (other than to waste my vacation time on something that is definitely NOT a vacation)?</p><p></p><p>Panicking here. Currently trying to dream up threats, bribes, or some other mechanism short of imprisonment to coerce him into not being any worse than usual (which I think I could handle). No relatives I can send him to, no friends to send him to that I trust to supervise him any better than I can, and no camps or other "diversions" available during that time, either.</p><p></p><p>Plain and simple, I'm stuck.</p><p></p><p>Anybody want to rent a kid for three weeks? Cheap? He's strong, can shovel/rake/whatever, and only needs to be beaten a couple of times over the head to get his attention. Any takers?</p><p></p><p>Not really. But boy, I sure ain't looking forward to the near future.</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 48690, member: 3579"] DDD, re: <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You know, there are times when one parent is more effective than the other. The male competitiveness concept can disrupt a relationship for a year or two or more. on the other hand, Moms can get played more easily in most cases.</div></div> I think you may be right. wife tried the "soft touch" by taking difficult child to breakfast this morning. Don't know how that went, but I'm a bit worried because she wanted to talk to him about her impending "vacation". Yep, that's right. She decided last night that she and my daughter are going to the west coast for three weeks over the 4th of July holiday, leaving me at home with difficult child and my other son! [img]:slap:[/img] [img]:slap:[/img] [img]:slap:[/img] [img]:slap:[/img] I can't blame her, since her father is up in years, and she shouldn't miss any chance she has to visit him now (which isn't very often). And she needs the break - we both do. But dammit, this has got to be the [b]worst[/b] possible time to do this!! Three weeks, and I have to work every day except the 4th. I'm already doubling up on my Xanax just thinking about it. But that's why wife took difficult child to breakfast, to tell him to "behave" while she's gone. And by the way, for at least one week she'll be in the mountains, and unavailable by any form of contact, even if I just need to talk through the day for moral support. [img]:nonono:[/img] Okay, I'm really in a pickle now. I'm the one he fights with, and not only will he have the run of the house all day for three weeks, I won't have wife to help me (or give me a breather) if difficult child decides to lose his freaking mind while she's gone. [img]:hammer:[/img] [img]:faint:[/img] [img]:hammer:[/img] [img]:faint:[/img] And it sure puts a crimp on my plan to talk to him about his impending "future changes". Hitting him with those things before his mom leaves will virtually guarantee one (or more) ODD explosions while she's gone, since he'll have even less incentive to work with me after I "come down on him". Bleh! Maybe I'm borrowing trouble, but it's always when difficult child has too much free (and unsupervised) time that he really gets into trouble. Well, for that three weeks he WILL be unsupevised and free to roam. And to make it worse, I know he'll want to go to one of many parties on the 4th that his pothead friends will be having. [img]:nonono:[/img] [img]:nonono:[/img] I think I'm about to find out just how hard it is for all the members of CD who are single parents with difficult child's. I can't take vacation, at least not three weeks of it. And if I did, what would it accomplish (other than to waste my vacation time on something that is definitely NOT a vacation)? Panicking here. Currently trying to dream up threats, bribes, or some other mechanism short of imprisonment to coerce him into not being any worse than usual (which I think I could handle). No relatives I can send him to, no friends to send him to that I trust to supervise him any better than I can, and no camps or other "diversions" available during that time, either. Plain and simple, I'm stuck. Anybody want to rent a kid for three weeks? Cheap? He's strong, can shovel/rake/whatever, and only needs to be beaten a couple of times over the head to get his attention. Any takers? Not really. But boy, I sure ain't looking forward to the near future. Mikey [/QUOTE]
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