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Son coming Monday for 3 nights. Suggests babysitting!
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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 634706" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>The worst that could happen is that he'd get wound up about something (maybe some political report on the news) and his mood would worry her and he'd storm off as soon as I got in. He'd never hurt her or neglect her. Yes, she's 10, not 3, and is pretty responsible. She'll probably just take herself off to bed at a reasonable time and read for a while and he'll raid my fridge and help himself to H's beer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes I'm glad I'm seeing him, it's been a while, he can fill me in on what's been happening. I'll use my toolbox of non-committal phrases and nod and smile and get a good sense of how he is and where his head is. Hopefully it will be ok and then I can go another few months without dwelling too much on him and how he is.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've done this almost exactly. I've cancelled my Monday night class and plan for the 3 of us to go to the beach for a walk and supper. I'm going to work the second night, as long as I judge everything to be ok, and let him spend some time with his sister and know that I trust him to be responsible and also for him to feel that he's doing something useful for me too. I've warned the Wednesday night class that I might have a problem and that I'll let them know asap, then I'll decide what to do once I see how the Tuesday night goes (and if he's still here - 3 nights in a house is long time for him, he gets stir-crazy after a while so might want to leave on the Weds morning anyway). I've also spoken to the 2 middle kids and they both said they'd call over and see him while he's here.</p><p></p><p>I'll let you know how it goes - I'm nowhere near as anxious as I used to be about him coming here - I just feel laid back about it really, whatever happens, happens.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 634706, member: 17650"] The worst that could happen is that he'd get wound up about something (maybe some political report on the news) and his mood would worry her and he'd storm off as soon as I got in. He'd never hurt her or neglect her. Yes, she's 10, not 3, and is pretty responsible. She'll probably just take herself off to bed at a reasonable time and read for a while and he'll raid my fridge and help himself to H's beer. Yes I'm glad I'm seeing him, it's been a while, he can fill me in on what's been happening. I'll use my toolbox of non-committal phrases and nod and smile and get a good sense of how he is and where his head is. Hopefully it will be ok and then I can go another few months without dwelling too much on him and how he is. I've done this almost exactly. I've cancelled my Monday night class and plan for the 3 of us to go to the beach for a walk and supper. I'm going to work the second night, as long as I judge everything to be ok, and let him spend some time with his sister and know that I trust him to be responsible and also for him to feel that he's doing something useful for me too. I've warned the Wednesday night class that I might have a problem and that I'll let them know asap, then I'll decide what to do once I see how the Tuesday night goes (and if he's still here - 3 nights in a house is long time for him, he gets stir-crazy after a while so might want to leave on the Weds morning anyway). I've also spoken to the 2 middle kids and they both said they'd call over and see him while he's here. I'll let you know how it goes - I'm nowhere near as anxious as I used to be about him coming here - I just feel laid back about it really, whatever happens, happens. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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