So Polyanna has had her eyes opened. I can't believe I thought it could be different. SO and I were having a nice cocktail in the sunshine on the patio of a favorite pub in our neighborhood. SD10 was at the clubhouse of the HOA having supervised play time with the neighbohood children. You'd think she could handle it, but more and more I'm convinced that she lacks the social skills to get along with other kids and gets her knickers in a knot waaaaaay too easily.

Anyway, she stomps back to SO's house and calls him. Of course she says she's not feeling well. Stupid. Totally manipulated, Nothing wrong with her but whiney, clingy immaturity for her age and the need to monoploize SO. How was I so blind?

Anyway, next day they were supposed to come with me to a friend's BBQ where I thought SD would have fun, there would be other kids etc. But I told SO instead that I would be going alone becasue SD was sick. He informs me that she wasn't really sick, the other kids were "picking on her".

Bull. She said she was sick, so sick she is, idiot. You were manipulated! ( oh, I know, and we talked about that when I got home. insert baby talk sing song stupid voice) Well, too bad, I don't play that game, she is not going and I am not staying here. You can do that, I'm off to the BBQ! I don't doubt that she'd get her little feelers hurt again anyway and we'd have to leave. Nope. She's sick, she said so last night ( and was rewarded with tv until midnight and miraculously was able to eat like a horse.)

Anyway, SO was whining that he thought we could all spend the day together. Doing what? It was the first sunny day we've had in forever and I want to DO something! Go for a hike, work in the yard, do a bike ride. Not sit on my butt in the car, eating out to entertain someone who was only too happy to interrupt our evening last night. Nope. You just proved what kind of a parent you are and it will only get worse from there.

Told SO I was probably not the woman to deal with the EOWE and the now dreaded weeks in the summer. The only thing that

So I left and had a very good time. SO got all upset and started texting me and freaking out and making accusations.

DRAMA! So when he told me he gives up and won't bother me anymore, I take that to heart.

Apparently he didn't really mean it. Too bad. I've escaped just in time! Sucker, dummy Fence! Thought this would be ok!

I'm too old for this crap. My kids are men now.

The only thing I dread more is adult SDs that rule the world. I guess there's no guarantee that getting them early won't prevent that!