I guess XH is all amped up over his impending exit from our town because I received a call out of the blue yesterday asking that we meet to discuss S16 and 'his school'.
I asked what about and XH was loath to provide details, but when I pushed he announced that he had decided not to pay S16's school fees any more.
Now, S16 has attended this school since he was 3-and-a-half years old.
All of his friends are there. He is about to go into his final two years before trying to qualify for a university place.
He is on track to become a school leader, and was just voted MVP in the basketball team and promoted to first trumpet in the school band. It's all S16 has ever known.
And now, XH decides he doesn't want to pay half the school fees any more.
No consideration of the fact, either, that we sent our D19 to a similar single-sex school throughout her education.
I don't know if there's anything I can/should say to XH next week when we meet up to try to convince him to change his mind.
S16 has made suicidal-type comments in the past few years at different times ... I can only imagine how completely devastated he will be to hear that he might have to change to a very different type of school for his last two years.
XH keeps spending money like a man possessed, but seems to need to keep punishing us in whatever ways he can in order to make himself feel better.
What goes through the minds of these guys just escapes me... has he not thought about the possibility of never seeing his grandchildren, let alone his children again??
Any advice on what I should say when we meet to 'discuss' the issue?
Seems a little limp just to validate his resentment and anger over his 'situation'.....
