Frustration part 2
Summer with Zippy16.5-
DH made house rules for summer....
One of them being-Zippy must be out of bed by noon
Zippy crawls out of bed between 1:30-2:00pm everyday.
DH say's Zippy can game until 11:30pm Mon-Thurs-weekends it is midnight-(Zippy runs a half hour later -Mon-Thurs-12:00pm and Weekends it is whenever)
DH says Zippy does not respect him
Why would he-DH follows up and follows through on NOTHING-he just states what it will be and walks away-if I point out Zippy is not following Dh rules-he may or may not bellow at Zippy BUT AS USUAL THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME.
Last night DH told Zippy to be up by 11am and cut the grass-it is now 2pm-Zippy has just crawled out of bed and is eating cereal and gaming downstairs-Dh will come home and say
How am I supposed to follow through when I am at work?
and then THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME.
How do I live around this? It is like having a hairy, smelly, useless bum around 24/7
I have spoken to DH until I am blue in the face and NOTHING changes-so I have been trying to just ignore it-disengaging is easier some days than others....
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i like when DH doesn't follow through
because then that opens it up for me and I don't have to follow through either...it really has a way of snapping him back on track when I TELL him...."i wanna make love tonight, i'm going to make time" then when the nighttime comes I say "*YAWN* I'm soooo tired. Gnite baby!"
There's something to be said for giving them a taste of what they give us. As for your hairy,smelly useless bum problem...they have shelters for that sort of thing }:)
"We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.”
Does Zippy still have his job at the local burgerland?
Inquiring minds want to know!!!
Yes
Zip is still barely working-his hours have been cut-gee I wonder why....
Step Parenting – you might need to step back before you step in something!
Exactly!
DH thinks that miraculously Zippy is going to listen to a boss and not do things when Zip wants to do them-"no big deal" they both say..
Oh Endora -he's just that way with me....typical teenager!
Zippy is going to waste college money that DH insists he deserves (that kid will flunk out faster than you can say....I told you so!)
Step Parenting – you might need to step back before you step in something!
I'd ignore Zippy
He's not really your problem. If DH doesn't want to teach his son to be responsible, that DH's problem. When DH complains about how Zippy doesn't respect him, I'd just say, "And who's fault is that???"
It's the same story around here too. I'd just start counting the days until zippy turns 18. I know I am.
"Evil Stepmothers aren't born, it comes with the territory"
I just smile and wave
Most times re the lack of follow through-sometimes I want to smack DH with a shovel because I can predict the future with this major underachiever (maybe there is an award for underachieving-Zippy16.5 would be the triple champion winner of it) DH blithly goes along-La La La La La my son is so great-isn't he great-just want to hug 24/7 :sick:
Like Abigail says-I count the days until he is 18-but then again DH will just look at him like he is still 5 years old with his giant daddy goggles on....
Step Parenting – you might need to step back before you step in something!
Paying for his college would piss me off.
Let's hope he flunks out quickly and DH will get a backbone and cut him off.
"Evil Stepmothers aren't born, it comes with the territory"