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<blockquote data-quote="WSM" data-source="post: 249506" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>Here's another thinking disorder type story. A couple weeks ago my husband had his birthday and got a GPS. We programed it and put it on the kitchen counter to charge. </p><p> </p><p>difficult child loaded the dishwasher and later when my hubs was putting the alarms on his room at bedtime, difficult child said, "I think you better check your GPS, I have a feeling WSM (me) did something to it." (I was lying in bed with a cold at the time).</p><p> </p><p>The GPS was missing. Hubby was livid and distressed and pushed over the edge.</p><p> </p><p>(no, he didn't kill him, but did say sometimes I '******' hate you--but he used the real f-word. To give some perspective, in the last two months, difficult child has thrown a laptop and a DS into the pool, carved our $1000 dining room table, caused CPS to visit twice, threw his sister's bookbag into the pool twice, etc...all since mid December).</p><p> </p><p>I was shaking, my husband takes the brunt of difficult child's behavior and it's slowly killing him. So I put gloves on and went through the garbage. Found a whole bag of cereal and two pairs of shoes. Searched the rest of the kitchen, while hubby alternated pacing the backyard and going upstairs to yell at difficult child.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, found the GPS in the running dishwasher. Ruined.</p><p> </p><p>Hubby calmed down and made difficult child write an essay about why he did it (this is after several days of 'I don't know what happened to it. I didn't do it'. Hubby said difficult child had to write why--and he was not allowed any of the 'I don't know, I didn't do it' BS. And if he had to sit there the rest of his life with an empty notebook on his lap--that's what he'd do.</p><p> </p><p>So, difficult child wrote the essay. This is why he threw the GPS away:</p><p> </p><p>He was 'jellus' because even tho he can't drive, it's a high tech object.</p><p> </p><p>It costs a lot of money. He thought hubby would sell it for a lot of money and replace all the money hubby had spent on difficult child and "I just don't want that happening". He was afraid Hubby would get a new computer with the money or a new phone (difficult child has also thrown Hubby's cell phone in the pool twice) or "just have the money for the heck of it".</p><p> </p><p>It might mean more time away from the house. He likes Hubby to be home and fix things and cook and support us. </p><p> </p><p>Also, if he had it he'd drive more and eventually crash. It would also save money on gas if Hubby wasn't driving more. (He spent several paragraphs talking about where Hubby drives--to fill space).</p><p> </p><p>He put it in the dishwasher because it was the easiest way to destroy and get rid of it. </p><p> </p><p>He mentioned he thought something was wrong with the GPS, so 'there'd be no surprises in the morning'. He concluded:</p><p> </p><p>"I guess I thought I'd be saving you from a few different things, but what happened, happened and we cannot change the past". </p><p> </p><p>So difficult child did it to save his father from crashing. It was altruistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WSM, post: 249506, member: 5169"] Here's another thinking disorder type story. A couple weeks ago my husband had his birthday and got a GPS. We programed it and put it on the kitchen counter to charge. difficult child loaded the dishwasher and later when my hubs was putting the alarms on his room at bedtime, difficult child said, "I think you better check your GPS, I have a feeling WSM (me) did something to it." (I was lying in bed with a cold at the time). The GPS was missing. Hubby was livid and distressed and pushed over the edge. (no, he didn't kill him, but did say sometimes I '******' hate you--but he used the real f-word. To give some perspective, in the last two months, difficult child has thrown a laptop and a DS into the pool, carved our $1000 dining room table, caused CPS to visit twice, threw his sister's bookbag into the pool twice, etc...all since mid December). I was shaking, my husband takes the brunt of difficult child's behavior and it's slowly killing him. So I put gloves on and went through the garbage. Found a whole bag of cereal and two pairs of shoes. Searched the rest of the kitchen, while hubby alternated pacing the backyard and going upstairs to yell at difficult child. Finally, found the GPS in the running dishwasher. Ruined. Hubby calmed down and made difficult child write an essay about why he did it (this is after several days of 'I don't know what happened to it. I didn't do it'. Hubby said difficult child had to write why--and he was not allowed any of the 'I don't know, I didn't do it' BS. And if he had to sit there the rest of his life with an empty notebook on his lap--that's what he'd do. So, difficult child wrote the essay. This is why he threw the GPS away: He was 'jellus' because even tho he can't drive, it's a high tech object. It costs a lot of money. He thought hubby would sell it for a lot of money and replace all the money hubby had spent on difficult child and "I just don't want that happening". He was afraid Hubby would get a new computer with the money or a new phone (difficult child has also thrown Hubby's cell phone in the pool twice) or "just have the money for the heck of it". It might mean more time away from the house. He likes Hubby to be home and fix things and cook and support us. Also, if he had it he'd drive more and eventually crash. It would also save money on gas if Hubby wasn't driving more. (He spent several paragraphs talking about where Hubby drives--to fill space). He put it in the dishwasher because it was the easiest way to destroy and get rid of it. He mentioned he thought something was wrong with the GPS, so 'there'd be no surprises in the morning'. He concluded: "I guess I thought I'd be saving you from a few different things, but what happened, happened and we cannot change the past". So difficult child did it to save his father from crashing. It was altruistic. [/QUOTE]
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