Its a small thing that im trying really hard not to make bigger.

Ss has this way of getting a plate out for EVERYTHING. Oh grabbing 3 cookies for a snack, need a plate. Getting a packaged cupcake, plate. Its just so irritating because by the time he walks the plate to the table he is done eating!! Then he throws the plate, which is basically clean, in the sink.
If i say something to ss he hears "not allowed to eat snack" "not allowed to get a plate"

If he is grabbing 3 cookies, grab a napkin! Those little snack bag of chips, no need to dump them out on a small plate! You can eat those from the bag ss!!

Making him wash his clean plate does nothing. Instead it makes me cringe and realize he cannot wash dishes anytime soon unless im ready to stand there and watch him.

Most kids are mean with their friends, then turn it off around adults. Ss cannot. If he has been around friends being sarcastic, trash talking, EVERYTHING is a joke(like he is on stage getting laughs) he brings that home.

It just gets old real quick.

I try to give him some attention, but its hard. He came home the other day and was excited to talk. He was trying to tell me about why him and his friend were laughing. I did not understand the story, it sounded like the friend was making fun of another kid and ss was just there laughing. I just nodded my head. "Thats nice" the more i know, then the more i have to tell him something he does not want to hear.
He is a terrible story teller. He mixes up events. He tells you stuff that "he was thinking"(but he did not actually say) he also will start telling us something, then just stops, i mean will just stop! Ive learned not to get him going again most of the time its not worth it, or it was a really pointless story. Just rude though.

Not very important vent, just felt good to get it out, since he has been around me since last wed. I had a nice run with him wanting to be around friends.
Hopefully it picks up again.