well ss 13 has not gotten better but has continued too go into a downward spiral!!!Just got back from a family vacation in Florida which was hell listening to ss mom yell at him and he says you can suck it mom,and other nasty little comments the whole trip,we even took one of his friends hopeing it would make it better ,well long behold he was still a little asshole.. im just sittin back and letting her deal with it ,after all i told her this would happen,found out before we left he stole a ipod from his friends mom,and also stole a bike which he doesnt know where it is now ,he said he gave to some kid he didnt know ,yah hes a real peach headed for jail,,but all the stress he is putting on her is effecting our relationship which pisses me off,which makes me dislike him even more!!!he failed everything last school year even gym and choir,so i dont expect him to do much better this year,its sad when i leave the house i have to leave our 9 year old in charge of him ,because he does crazy stuff if we leave him alone,cutting stuff up ,leaves the oven on,tries to put labtop in bathtub,just plain ignorant... mom is just ignoring his serious problems hopeing it will pass shes just as crazy as him im realizing,im just waiting wondering what the hell is this kid going to do next,i have asked her to send him to military school, hell i would even help her pay for it,but she wont..gets defensive and we fight ,, i am so SICK of fighting about this juvenile delinquent,it has stressed me to the point if things do not get better by spring i will move my ass to florida alone and they can have each other ... we been together 6 years and its a damn shame that this kid is going to be what breaks us...i just cant take much more ,ever since he moved in a year ago ss mom has been in mental hospital once and has been on meds ever since,she was fine before ,we had a good relationship,we would only fight when he would come on the weekends because of how he would act ,so i knew when he moved in permenantly it was going to be hell!!!