Regarding Gabe, he threw that tidbit out there as a snide remark, not as being thoughtful. The closest corner is a block away. Like I'm going to send my son a block down the street, bag in hand, because the broom was going to be in the car. Whatever. He said some very hurtful things to me during the entire convo even though I was maintaining my calm and stating facts reasonably. He can't seem to wrap his brain around the fact that he no longer has control of Marc's time. He can't just state what Marc is going to do and expect me to go along with it when it's not his time to have him.
Gabe feels that I talk down to him. I concentrated very hard on what I was saying today to make sure that it DIDN'T sound like I was talking down to him. The fact that he told me to STOP talking down to him says to me that he is programed to believe that EVERYTHING I say is disrespectful. Yes, I have said things to him and spoken to him like he is a child in the past - because he was acting like one! I made a major effort today not to. I wasn't going to say anything at all about the overnight he didn't ask me for but I decided I had to or it would set a precedent.
Whatever....the man doesn't deserve any more of my energy or thought. He made the bed he's in, he'll have to wallow in it.
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!