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<blockquote data-quote="Robinboots" data-source="post: 119073" data-attributes="member: 4542"><p>In spite of a lack of incidents for the past 3 whole days (!), I felt awful today. Last Sunday's altercation ocurred when I decided I'd had enough and was taking back my house; a week has passed, and while we've had those three days of no explosions, and he's been fairly respectful, pleasant, and polite - we haven't taken steps towards our goals either. The IHT stated our goals, and the first is following house rules - not us, our son. The respectful one he has followed (for the three days), but we've kinda dropped the ball on asking/reminding him of the others. Now, he is 15 and has been doing this stuff for at least 10 years....</p><p></p><p>After church, husband said let's keep the kids busy today; I said fine, thinking we'd go to WM and maybe some open houses, whatever. I was ready, and really didn't feel like doing much, but then husband says oh, their playing video games, let's wait. So I waited. And waited. He and the boys did a few other things. I finally took a nap. Naturally, I'm up now, even tho half asleep all evening. I made dinner and then "lost it" again, with husband, but not as bad as earlier. </p><p></p><p>I want my life back! I know, many of you are amazing me with your stories, and this feels pretty mild. husband has his job, boys have school and activities, and I have - all this ****. I already put off my LSAT in Dec, and can't imagine being able to retake in Feb (2 wks). I have nothing but stress and trying to answer questions and fix things and make decisions. I know I'm depressed - who wouldn't be?</p><p></p><p>I told husband all this, and he does try to understand. When he picked up our son from youth group bowling, he reiterated the rules, etc. and said while he'd been pleasant the last few days, there was more to it than that. He also asked about homework (still no sign of the backpack). I did get an email back from one teacher saying he'd been doing work......</p><p></p><p>I don't know. I feel like I can't handle any more, yet I keep doing it.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robinboots, post: 119073, member: 4542"] In spite of a lack of incidents for the past 3 whole days (!), I felt awful today. Last Sunday's altercation ocurred when I decided I'd had enough and was taking back my house; a week has passed, and while we've had those three days of no explosions, and he's been fairly respectful, pleasant, and polite - we haven't taken steps towards our goals either. The IHT stated our goals, and the first is following house rules - not us, our son. The respectful one he has followed (for the three days), but we've kinda dropped the ball on asking/reminding him of the others. Now, he is 15 and has been doing this stuff for at least 10 years.... After church, husband said let's keep the kids busy today; I said fine, thinking we'd go to WM and maybe some open houses, whatever. I was ready, and really didn't feel like doing much, but then husband says oh, their playing video games, let's wait. So I waited. And waited. He and the boys did a few other things. I finally took a nap. Naturally, I'm up now, even tho half asleep all evening. I made dinner and then "lost it" again, with husband, but not as bad as earlier. I want my life back! I know, many of you are amazing me with your stories, and this feels pretty mild. husband has his job, boys have school and activities, and I have - all this ****. I already put off my LSAT in Dec, and can't imagine being able to retake in Feb (2 wks). I have nothing but stress and trying to answer questions and fix things and make decisions. I know I'm depressed - who wouldn't be? I told husband all this, and he does try to understand. When he picked up our son from youth group bowling, he reiterated the rules, etc. and said while he'd been pleasant the last few days, there was more to it than that. He also asked about homework (still no sign of the backpack). I did get an email back from one teacher saying he'd been doing work...... I don't know. I feel like I can't handle any more, yet I keep doing it..... [/QUOTE]
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