Thanks for all the replies. This whole blow-up centers around laziness, which is something I've been dealing with forever with him. I have my lazy moments, like everyone, but my parents raised me to be a conscientious worker. To add to my frustration, I spend all day babysitting two grown women who are just as lazy, if not more so. He's absolutely wonderful around other people, always helpful, etc., but with me, it's like - who cares?
So, he's decided to call his Granny and PaPa to see if they'll let him come live with them. We've been through this before, when he was failing math. When he figured out they teach math in every state of the union, he decided to stay home!
He's not a bad kid, but any stretch of the imagination, but when I ask him to do something, I expect it to be done. I'm even willing to put up with a little bit of arguing now and then, but I still expect it to be done. We had a water leak in the laundry yesterday and he called me at work to tell me. I asked him to turn the water off, clean up the floor and I'd deal with it when I got home. Well, I came home to soaking wet towels all over the dryer (washer right next to it) and all over the floor. He'd barely taken the time to throw towels around. Add that to the trash that was not taken out after three days of me asking him and a dirty room after three days of me asking him. I was livid. So, I grounded him. Poor baby, guess I asked too much from him.
I'm sure this will blow over, but I'm sticking to my guns about him being grounded. And, I'm looking for a new job. I cannot stand laziness.
Sorry for the long post, but I'm still so frustrated about the whole ordeal. |