you gotta be kidding me.

ss is 9. I've known him since he was 3.5.

I taught him how to read, ride his bike without training wheels, and although I don't remember it, apparently I taught him how to tie his shoes too.

The wrong way.

His teacher (I teach at his school, and my family used to go to church with her family before she was married and had kids, she's a little older than my older sister, so we always hung out together in youth group...anyway), his teacher told me at lunch today, that she had to remind ss9 to tie his shoes like 3 times in an hour time period and she is so fed up with it she is going to give him a mark. and "well you know why his shoes never stay tied is because darth vader (she refers to BM as this also, which makes me so happy) said YOU taught him how to tie his shoes a weird way."

I said, "Wha ha huh???"

She says, "yeah, on the field trip last week, DV said 'Step-mom taught ss9 a weird way to tie his shoes so they never stay tied."

Teacher replies, "Well why didn't you teach him differently?"

No reply from DV. HAH. I have friends, Darth Vader!

But seriously, why is she blaming this on me? This is so freaking ridiculous.

More importantly, why can't I just let this one roll off my back??

(After school, I said very calmly and cooly to SS9, why are you having so much trouble keeping your shoes tied? "My mom says the way you taught me makes it too loose.")

stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid

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You left a name in the

You left a name in the BM/teacher convo...

Secondly...HAHAHAHA...Darth Vader fell down the stupid tree & hit every branch on way down.

Did you ask SS how MOM showed him to do it?

thanks for the catch, I fixed

thanks for the catch, I fixed it.

He says he's trying to practice the "right" way.

I went on Pinterest and am dying to "pin" a video on how to tie your shoes correctly, BM follows me.

Beings that there are at

Beings that there are at least TWO ways to correctly tie one's shoes, this situation is as bad as having an arguement over the pronunciation of potatoe...she's a dumb ass!

Saying that however, my SS9's shoes are FOREVER coming untied...I taught him (one of) the correct way(s) to do it yet his 7-9yo fingers have issues getting it tied tightly enough, I guess...simple fix? Teach him to DOUBLE knot...then came the untying part, but you get the picture.

Sounds like BM is just searching for something to complain about where you are concerned.

OMG, no matter HOW you tie

OMG, no matter HOW you tie them, if you don't pull tight, they'll come untied! My SD has the same problem. THey're always untied. Why? Because she is lazy about tying them.

Wow, maybe what's bothering

Wow, maybe what's bothering BM is that you and skid teacher are friends, and that might be a little annoying to her, especially if she knows that the two of you compare notes. Kinda inappropriate, I think.

she doesn't know that we are

she doesn't know that we are really friends.

SS9 has been at the school where I teach his whole elementary career. I got moved up to the grade level that he is in this year, so I just happen to be around his teacher a lot more.

We (the teacher and I) make things as appropriate as possible to BM.

MAYBE, she's just jealous that I taught him how to tie his shoes? Maybe she is jealous that I'm at school and have a lot of contact with his teacher. Too bad. She doesn't get complete say in where he goes to school. It has to be an agreed upon decision between her and MY DH.

so it's not really inappropriate. Especially when I asked if she had any preferences as to who his teacher should be next year, she told me I knew the teachers well enough to make the best decision for SS9 (as a teacher, I do get to request a specific teacher for my "child". At least one perk for being a teacher, nowadays).

Seriously Mommawowa...for

Seriously Mommawowa...for shame! You MUST consider BM's feelings when making friends &/or maintaining those friendships!

Really Hanny? :O

This made me giggle. I agree

This made me giggle. I agree though.

LMAO - very nice. Yes, BM was

LMAO - very nice. Yes, BM was complaining that SS6 can't tie his shoes and that DH didn't show him how.....

um... cricket, cricket....

BM and DH have 50-50 time...

My solution - get him velcro - COME ON PEOPLE, TEACH YOUR KID SOMETHING PLEASE

Way to go OP - again, I suggested velcro - you are better than I...

Anywho78 - maybe that's your

Anywho78 - maybe that's your problem, you don't ever consider BM. It just sounded to me that skids teacher and momma make fun of BM. You know the darth vader thing...inside joke.

Hanny, if you had read ANY of

Hanny, if you had read ANY of my past blogs, you would know that I have NO reason, what-so-ever to consider BM...EVER. Not sure of what "problems" you are referring to though. I consider the people in my life that matter...my own family, my SO, my RESIDENT Step-Kids & my friends. That's it. If you chose to make your decisions based on what is best for BM then...well...I've got nothing aside from nasty stuff from there so I will bite my tongue.

The OP stated, when talking about said teacher, "my family used to go to church with her family before she was married and had kids, she's a little older than my older sister, so we always hung out together in youth group"...this woman has obviously been a friend/associate of OP's for FAR longer than BM has been in the picture, therefore, OP keeping said friend despite the fact that she would be teaching her SS for a whole year, even though BM might have issues with it makes perfect sense.

This argument really is stupid but I'm crap at letting stupid slide.

round laces do not stay tied

round laces do not stay tied as well as the flat ones in my opinion. my kids all know how to tie and if they have shoes with round laces they will not stay tied. i have heard other parents complain about this as well. might be worth a shot to try new laces.