Happy Father's Day! It was almost a bust, Save for the fact that the step kids acknowledged my efforts, it was just yet another day.
I had some decisions to make as the school year was about to transition into summer break, I most certainly was NOT going thru another stress inducing summer with the youngest daughter again this year like last.
Last summer was all about supposedly prepping to take on a busy summer filled with job opportunities as a lifeguard. That sounded good and I encouraged that, I was encouraging that she do anything to keep from being idle.
But it seems I was played for the fool. As time passes, things get clearer.
The Mom had been suggesting that Driver Training was in her future, and even the schedule had been floated.
It would most certainly interfere with ANY type of summer job. To bad Mom missed the signup deadline by about 40 minutes.
Anyway, things have been on a steady decline, the kid still could not get into the routine of not presenting last minute schedule changes, and she consistently had activities going on that would hamper chores, and allow her plenty of idle time between after school let out and the scheduled activities, all of which had to be spent not here, but at some boy or another's house.
I could not seem to motivate her, she still had the air of supremacy, like she was calling the shots. During an email exchange, I was told that I needed to grow up, because teenaged kids have schedule changes. Too bad they don't have that commitment to following rules or in a showing of work ethic.
Anyways, I just figure that I don't have to put up with the disrespect, the emotional stresses of wondering what is going on at the house that I would not approve of now throughout my work day. Not happening. Not to mention the lack of assistance with the everyday jobs if the household.
So when Dad is suggesting a course of action, like getting out and making some money, learning responsibility, stepping a wee bit into the real world for a taste of what is to come, it's not wise to counter with statements suggesting that some things are just so below you you won't consider them, or that his home is like a refuge for you from the other parent's home.
I'm not a gullible stooge, and people should know better. We all have choices.
