Now I have to stick up for BM!
And boy, I'm pissed about it!
SD14 is on her fourth grounding this year for consorting with inappropriate boys. In March, she was texting questions about sex to someone BM thought was a boy (SD claims not, but...) In July, she was sexting with a boy (Boy #2) after an absolute he-slut (Boy #1) broke up with her for not putting out. When BM heard about both of them, she forbade SD14 from speaking to either of them. In October, SD14 got caught IMing Boy #1. This week, SD14 got caught texting (on either BM's or her SF's phone) AGAIN to Boy #1. Nothing sexual this time but still with the "Of course I love you" bit. She sees this boy every day at school. While she was forbidden to talk to him, how much effort does it take to restrict it to school? Is she that stupid? If she IS that dumb, she's certainly going to be too dumb to figure out birth control, and I'm going to end up a (step)grandmother before I'm 40.
Now I'm going to have to stick up for BM's parenting. I don't agree with BM's method of parenting (talk about schizo!) but there is NO WAY IN HELL I'm going to put up with a teenager who in essence says, "Screw you guys, I'm going to do what I want anyway!"
I am highly resentful that I have to back up the bitch who called me "sick and wrong" for not being whackadoo religious. I'm not the mother, and BM has made sure to point that out.
SD14 has talked about coming to live with us, but at this point, Satan will need ice skates before she darkens my door permanently.
Christmas gifts are gone, other than coal. The computer is coming back to me, and we're donating it to charity. We're going to be making pointed remarks about "hide your phones, SD14 is around!" I believe she may be detailing my truck in close-to-freezing weather. She'll definitely be getting the cold shoulder from both of us. If we hadn't promised MIL we'd see her for Christmas, I would be very resentful of driving 2000 miles with gas prices the way they are!
Anybody have any other punishment ideas?
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What can I say? Sounds like
What can I say? Sounds like the kid bought all of that fair and square with her behavior. Frankly, she can get down on her knees tonight and thank whatever she prays to that I'M not her stepmother, because it would be raining fire on her ass right about now.
Kinda tough to rain fire on
Kinda tough to rain fire on her ass from 900 miles away when I don't have her phone number (which is to keep BM from getting mine) and her computer got taken away.
Plus, DH was useless in raining fire down - he usually gets a deer in the headlights look unless he plans out a confrontation ahead of time.
What kills me is that she is a sweet and verbally respectful girl to us. I have NO IDEA why she can't stay away from this boy, and I'm starting to not trust her. I think she found our buttons and is pushing them for all she's worth. Outside of the repeated disobedience in just this one area, she's a really good teenager.
This should be good - she won't have talked to me for a while, and when I unleash the yelling, she'll be shocked. Good. She needs to be shocked.
Just because I'm resentful
Just because I'm resentful doesn't mean I won't do it. SD14 gets her Disney time with us (fun time all the time, no punishment) because a) we're either at MIL's or our house (900 miles away from her friends) where there's no boys to get in trouble with, b) she's a polite, cheerful, helpful teen with us, and c) because BM doesn't tell us when she's in trouble.
Now I don't get to wear my "Poke fun at BM" Tshirt - the one that says, "Wife Version 2 - More Stable, Husband Compatible" because I need to show BM I'm backing her up. Curses!