I had a nice day out with Older Guy. It was a beautiful day all day, we went the scenic route and had a couple of little walks with a nice lunch. He insists on paying, even when I try to do so. I don't want to make HUGE fuss about this, and I don't go out often with him. I am not 100% relaxed because I think he likes me too much, if you know what I mean. I feel absolutely nothing for him, he is much older anyway, but he is a decent guy. If he can accept pleasant friendship and occasional outings, that's fine by me. It is good to get away in the fresh air and different surroudnings once in a while.
Yesterday I emailed H politely, requesting him to make sure D did all her homework while she was with him. I pointed out that she is tired when she arrives home after a whole weekend of fun and there's little time to do her homework and have dinner and have her bath and wash and dry her long hair etc etc. before bedtime. Also, she doesn't like doing her homework last thing before going to bed really. Sometimes she is cranky at that hour.
So, today she turns up back home at 6.30 pm and - you guessed it, she hasn't finished her homework, only done half. Luckily she is sitting quietly and doing it while I cook her dinner. But I can see that requesting H, however politely and tactfully I do it, gets me absolutely nowhere.
Why should he bother? It is aggravating getting a child to sit and do homewok when they don't want to do it, and often she asks for help and gets worked up when some problem isn't working out right.... why should he put himself through all that hassle if he can drop it in my lap? Why am I even asking this question in the light of what I KNOW about H?
This leopard is not going to change his spots. I've got that.
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
