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Ive decided on a coarse of action

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Ss's clothes will be dumped in his room as soon as I grt home from work. If he questions me, this will be my response...

Well, your fathers next day off is Sunday, and I am not smelling and stepping over you dirty clothes for three days. You czn work out with your father how this clothes will get clean..... But it will not be by me and it will not sit in my bedroom.

What do you think?

How to succinctly explain my position....

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Well, the Mt. Everest of laundry piles sas thrown in my bedroom yesterday after school. Dont know if he did it on his own, or if dh told him to. He was 2 days shy of going an entire month without washing any clothes. And being that he hasnt showered in a week and a halv, the pile is pretty ripe.

Im sure dh has put it all out of his mind and assumes I will be washing and drying and folding it for ss thks weekend. I am most definjtely not. I neec a quick, clear succinct way to answer him when he notices that I didnt touch any of ss clothes all weekend.

Selfish Mommy brag

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The preschool director pulled me aside yesterday when I picked the boys up. She is rearranging the classrooms to put all the advanced kids in one class so that they can move faster and get more in depth into topics. Not only is BS4 being moved into the accelerated class, but he is being pulled out with two other kids for extra intensive work for part of the day because he is that much ahead of even the other kids in the accelerated class.

I won the last battle..... but the war continues....

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The laundry wars that is.

Heres a quick recap, so you know how we got to where we are right now.

Week1- no laundry brought to be washd.....one week dirty laundry in ss room

Week2- laundry dumped in laundryroom bedtime on Sunday. So no laundry in ss room, 2 Weeks worth sitting by washer.

Week three- dh starts but doesnt finish any clothes. Ss hzs one week of dirty laundry in his room that he doesnt bring to be washed.

Where is the line with disengagement? When things go to far, do you re engage?

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I have disengaged from most stuff with ss11... Dh has been made aware. But hes still not keeping on top of ss to my standards....and now I am thinking tbis is beyond anyone s reasonable standards.

Dh tells ss to shower everyday......but I know he doesn't. How do I know? Because my kids bath toys will still be strewn over the floor of the tub. No way to shower without atleast kicking the toys tk the side. Dh doesnt notice this or follow up in any way.

Honest opinions please

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For anyone who doexnt know the history.... My inlaws hate me z.d dont acknowledge my kids with dh as family.

Sil sent my husband a text on Sunday that they werr having nieces 4th birtnday tbis Sunday. Its at step_mil house (where sil also lives). She phrased her invite..... We would love it if you would come and bring all the kids.

Now, to me that sounds like she is underhandedly inviting dh and the kids... But excluding me.

Appropriate consiquences for at home when kid gets suspended from school

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Neither I nor my siblings ever got in trouble in school, so I have no frame of reference for normal "suspended" consequences. I am of the opinion that this is a very big deal and SS should be on serious lock down....while dh doesn't see it as a big deal and "all kids do this".

Check and Mate.....i win

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Today is dh's half day at work.... So he got home at 2.

(On the phone)

Hey, where should I put this clothes, there's too much from the drier to fit in the basket. Should I put it on bs4's bed?

Well, whose clothes is it?

Its a mix, ss's and it looks like yours and the boys.

Well, put ss's on his bed and put the rest on bs4's.

SS folds his own clothes now?

Well, I don't see a reason why he can't...... Long pause to see if dh would say anything...... Or you could fold it for him.

Nice try dh, but you are going to have to try harder than that to outsmart me

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(Driving home from work, dh calls) hey hun, can you do me a favor?

Sure, what do you need?

Can you put my black pants in the washer when you get home. I. Red to wear them tomorrow and the cat laid on them so they are covered in cat hair. I'll pit them in the drier when I get home.

Sure no problem.

I get home and put the wet load that was sitting in the washer into an empty basket. I wash his pants with the few things I had to wash of mine and my kids.

(Dh gets home) hey, did you get a chance to wash those pants for me?

Yep

It never ends....

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So I am back from my weekend away. Relaxing to get away but also emotionally draining (we went to attend an event honoring my late brother, he's a fallen marine). But even when I am away, I can't get away from the step crap.

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