It's been so nice in the house the past several days. No worrying about checking to see whether you're doing what you should be doing. That's not my problem anymore.

Of course, there's still the occasional call from your mother. The two of you don't really seem to understand that we don't care anymore what you think and we're not interested in interacting with you. You've made your choices and we've told you goodbye and good luck. Why the continued efforts to engage?

Does your mother really think your father needs her to tell him when there's a hearing scheduled? He gets notified of that by certified mail. Why does she continue to want to talk to him? He's not interested in talking with her. He meant what he said - go do whatever you want.

It's pretty funny how you both seem to think that he (and I) must be bluffing and playing games with you. I mean, I understand that's how both of *you* handle the world. But really, you don't know by now that your father doesn't do that? As you young punks say, "Really? Really?"

The first time you pulled this stunt, you were under a similar delusion. I attempted to be straightforward with you and to let you know what was really going on. Nothing I said to you when I contacted you was a game, or a bluff.

And now that you've done the same thing for a second time, you should realize that the consequences are even more serious. Last time, he didn't want anything to do with you. But I was still attempting to ensure that your relationship with him had every chance to recover.

Now that you've done the same thing again, the difference is that you no longer have me worrying about whether you and he can make amends. Because now I'm done as well.

As I said to you the last time, that was a mistake. This was a bigger one. And now you've lost both of us. And no, it's not a bluff. Or a game.

What a stupid, stupid choice to make. Good luck with that.