Recap: YSS did not ask permission to have a computer in his room. YSS got said computer taken away until such time as we return it.

New: Last night was the first time he has been at the house in the two weeks since the above occurred. DH told me when I got home that YSS had something to ask both of us and DH told him to ask us together at dinner so we could both give an answer, rather than spring it on one of us. DH said he didn't want me left out of the request. He never mentioned the request. I asked if he knew the request. Yes, he knows the request. So then I asked how it wouldn't be "sprung" on me and I wasn't left out if I'm the only one who doens't know ahead of time the topic of discussion? DH told me after I explained it two more ways. (Still cannot believe that it wasn't obvious it would be sprung on me and I was left out of the loop if he knew because YSS already asked but didn't give me a heads-up on the topic.)

YSS was allowed to have his computer back to do homework since it's finals week. Fine. The deal was he had to turn in the hard drive when he was done. YSS left this morning and the hard drive was not turned in. I reminded DH. We went into YSSs room.

Now, I got to that point in the story when I was recounting this to a coworker this morning (who only knows a recap and isn't privy to all the step family details). Before I could continue he said: "And it wasn't the same hard drive, was it?"

And it wasn't. DH doesn't believe me, of course.They are two very different models of hard drive. I told DH that not believing me doesn't mean it's not true, and perhaps given all the other times he's told me I'm wrong when it turns out I'm right, he should leave the door open to the possibility. And it wasn't like I was mentioning punishment, I was observing it was not the same one.

Funny that another dad jumped to the answer and totally believes a kid would swap out a hard drive.