Last night I overheard DH tell SS, "I'm done with this. I don't want to talk about this anymore." So naturally I asked him what it was about later that night.

He said SS kept bugging him about getting him his own cell phone. DH told him to speak to his mother (who pays us no child support) and see if she will pay the monthly bill and then we can talk about getting him his own phone.

SS kind of grumbled about it since he knows that his mom will not pay for this - nothing that might actually come in handy, but she'll buy him $70 video games to one up us when she knows he has the game on pre-order at our house.

Anyway, I asked DH why he told SS that it would even be up for discussion when we literally just decided to turn DD's cell phone line into a all-kids' line to be used when we drop them off somewhere (like the mall or the movies) and we want to be able to reach them.

++++Side Note: I gave DD12 a cell phone for Christmas nearly 3 years ago, but she never has it charged, never has it with her and now she finally lost it. So we decided that instead of turning the line off completely, we'd get a new cheap phone so that we can contact the kids for special circumstances.

DH just responded that he knows SM will not pay for a cell phone bill for SS13. HEll, she can barely keep her own phone on.