Dh and I have been saving for dd to go on the band trip. Drop dead date to pay is Friday. Dh and I are on an extremely strict budget thanks to chapter 13 due to job losses and legal issues with bm. We had to fight to see sd and bm tried to move which we had to hire an attorney to fight. Anyway chapter 13 leaves you with barely any extra money while you pay back your creditors. We have scrimped and saved every penny so dd can go. The band goes on a trip every other year so in high school you take 2 trips. 1 to disney and 1 out of the country.

My sd, the one who is 16, had some friends this weekend and one of them made a joke about the only black thing about her was her nail polish. The friend was black and sd and her other friend are white. So the black friend told sd that the only black thing about sd was her nail polish. Sd told black friend she was as black as her since her mom was black and her dad white like this girl (white mom, black dad). Sd said she was a black girl trapped in a white body. They played around some more and then left for the movies. I asked dh about it and what he considers sd's race.

I'm watching ET right now and they said he had an iron clad prenup and his wife knew she would inherit nothing. To me that defeats the purpose of being married to that man with all his wrinkles and girlfriends. I would expect a payout at the end. Any thoughts? The house was already sold and he got to live there till he passed away so she doesn't even grt to stay in the mansion.

I swear dh will find any opportunity to tout how wonderful his dd is. She is 14 and in 9th grade and came home with no SHOES on Monday. She "forgot" to put them back on after an after school activity. Dh picked her up and she was soaked (they played after activity) so she didn't have them on. It is no surprise that someone found her expensive shoes and kept them. Dh is going on and on about how she is facing up to her responsibility, unlike my dd, and doing chores to earn the money to replace her shoes.