SD started HS, and all summer DH has been telling me how happy he is he no longer has to take her to school and pick her up anymore.  He’s going to start going to the gym in the morning because of all the extra time he has.

The weekend before, SD starts balking at the .5 mi walk.  She wants to use her bike (my very nice old bike which is technically mine, and she can use so it doesn’t end up MIA @ BMs).  

So, SD has been wearing pants for the last 2 days, albeit with long sleeves in the middle of summer.

Bm failed to pick SD up for “supposed” beach vacation yesterday.  I say supposed because BM never told DH about it.  I just took my kids to the beach without her, and she may be fabricating it to boost her self esteem, she’s done that before.  But BM is also disorganized so maybe not.

Anyway, I think maybe SD is sending subliminal messages to us that she wants to go camping with us.  Either that or her dad’s constant disagreement with her attire is doing something.

So, the "modesty" issue came to a head, DH is taking away all SD's skirts, because she was body shaming other women for not being modest.  He was deeply disturbed, I think her possible borderline issues, along with her constant rude behavior and lack of friends has caused him to hit rock bottom with her.  He told me he is very ashamed about the way he's behaved in the past and he had apologized to me over and over again this past weekend.  We decided that she can earn her skirts back.

DH is gone this week on a business trip, usually the routine for this is on the occasions that SD is supposed to be here while he's gone, she goes to BM's and he picks her up when he comes home, and she stays a week. Fine.