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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 562198" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>Buddy - You are right. difficult child will know how much it will hurt to be without him on Christmas. He is probably just being manipulative. The other part of it is that it will add to his story of woe and the attention he will get when he can tell everyone that his parents abandoned his poor homeless soul at Christmas time so they could take the favoured sister to Florida on a holiday. He loves to be pitied.</p><p></p><p>Calamity and Mattsmom - I will ask him again between now and then. We are taking our trailer down and staying in a campground so the reservations won't change if he comes or not. I guess if he tells me twice I should listen. </p><p></p><p>Janet - We had told him he needed to get a new place to live and that he could stay with us until December 1 but we may have let him stay longer if he was having trouble finding a place but actively looking and not causing too many problems. He asked me for his lighters and pocket knives back and I told him that I would give them back when he had his own place but if he intended to spend any time here overnight that I wasn't comfortable with him having them. He has lit off books of matches in his room before and he has had issues with cutting in the past. He makes us nervous. He insisted on having them returned to him and I told him that if he made that choice it was ok but that he wouldn't be allowed to stay here any longer. He took the knives and lighters. So he won't be back. </p><p></p><p>Busy - I did let him know that he had the option of seeing his grandparents over Christmas as well and he kind of shrugged his shoulders and made a face like "why would I want to do that." My mom has texted him a few times and he doesn't even acknowledge her. </p><p></p><p>So, thank you for your replies. I will ask him one more time (well, depending on his behaviour between now and then) and then we will just go on our holiday with a clear conscience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 562198, member: 14356"] Buddy - You are right. difficult child will know how much it will hurt to be without him on Christmas. He is probably just being manipulative. The other part of it is that it will add to his story of woe and the attention he will get when he can tell everyone that his parents abandoned his poor homeless soul at Christmas time so they could take the favoured sister to Florida on a holiday. He loves to be pitied. Calamity and Mattsmom - I will ask him again between now and then. We are taking our trailer down and staying in a campground so the reservations won't change if he comes or not. I guess if he tells me twice I should listen. Janet - We had told him he needed to get a new place to live and that he could stay with us until December 1 but we may have let him stay longer if he was having trouble finding a place but actively looking and not causing too many problems. He asked me for his lighters and pocket knives back and I told him that I would give them back when he had his own place but if he intended to spend any time here overnight that I wasn't comfortable with him having them. He has lit off books of matches in his room before and he has had issues with cutting in the past. He makes us nervous. He insisted on having them returned to him and I told him that if he made that choice it was ok but that he wouldn't be allowed to stay here any longer. He took the knives and lighters. So he won't be back. Busy - I did let him know that he had the option of seeing his grandparents over Christmas as well and he kind of shrugged his shoulders and made a face like "why would I want to do that." My mom has texted him a few times and he doesn't even acknowledge her. So, thank you for your replies. I will ask him one more time (well, depending on his behaviour between now and then) and then we will just go on our holiday with a clear conscience. [/QUOTE]
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