Ok sweetie, you got that off your chest. You know, I dont do 2 x 4's for a couple of reasons.

Here's the thing. You are just spinning your wheels trying to get him to understand anything. All he heard was blah, blah,blah.

And please get that, now he will not come home voice out of your head. serves no purpose.

It would have served YOU better if you just didnt answer the text or just answered I'm home. Please deal with your son regarding this. And that's it.

Because now you're upset, h is not seeing the IB we see, and you have not allowed your son and h to figure this out. You told h what son was feeling. Son needs to do that. And if h doesnt hear it, well, then son has to do what he must.

And I know you want to understand what you're h is going through, but, dont get so bogged down in trying to figure it all out. It is what it is.

,So you backslid, you're human. Maybe think about what you would do differently next time. For you.

Get back on the path, IB. Get out of his head.

Keep going.