Honestly? Because I knew this game would be a problem. H has been gearing S5 up for it for months. As S5 gets older, I can see this being a 'thing'. Father and son will stay up as late as they can possibly get away with to play these stupid games. It's obsessive and it will continue to be a problem as S5 gets older. When he's a teenager, I can see him and H staying up until all hours of the night just like H did with his friends when he was in high school. The thing is, it didn't work out so well for H. The kinds of people that are obsessive about those types of games aren't the kind of people I would hope for as friends of my son. They are weird quite frankly and even H will admit it. Another reason it didn't work so well for H is that it fed his night owl routine. Being a night owl doesn't work very well in our society and I don't want to set up S5 to be that way from the time he was 4 yrs old, ya know? People function best in our world when they sleep at night and are at the top of their game during the day and that is what I want for my son.
That's just the mini version of why it irks me
Anything else happen earlier in the day between you two? You said you had a bad day.
Not really, I just had a bad day emotionally. We haven't really been speaking the last few days. Like I said, he was nice the day of his surgery and he's retreated since then. His quickness to snap at me and not display any kindness toward me does not make me any more kind toward him either. It is a cycle, but it is one I know I can break because I did it the day of his surgery. I was angry and hurt, but when he put his hand in mine, it all went away and I was able to be kind and considerate of him. As he's retreated again I find my wall being resurrected.
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
