Drama
Dear John,
No, I didn’t forget that Tesla had an appointment with a counselor today. I was under the impression a parent was to be there to fill out the paperwork, not sit in during her session. I find it appalling that you would take Heather along and think it would be acceptable for her to sit in during the session. I’m her mother and had no expectations or desire to invade Tesla’s private time with her counselor. I’m GLAD the counselor made Heather leave as she had no business attending to start with.
I have an appointment next week to speak with Tesla’s counselor. The counseling appointments are not to have a professional decide who Tesla should live with, they are to give Tesla the opportunity to talk, in private, to a third-party. She should feel safe and free to talk about her feelings without having the concern of upsetting her parents.
The LAST person who should have shown up for this appointment is your current girlfriend. I will share my thoughts and opinions with this counselor, as you did. I can’t imagine that us sitting together would have accomplished anything anyway. To date, we have yet to sit down together, alone or with a mediator, and reach any type of agreement. Why is that? Because, if it’s not what you want, you will not even try to reach a compromise.
Give our child some breathing room. She has a brain, her own thoughts and opinions. While you may not want her to voice them, she will eventually. You may not like what she has to say, but it’s not about you. It’s about her and her future.
Promoting freedom of thought,
~P.
P.S. As Tesla told me tonight, you are still playing softball. What happened to Tesla being in bed at 8 PM? That schedule you insisted we should follow….guess it doesn’t apply when you’re out having your extra curricular activities. At 9:28 PM she still wasn’t home, much then yet in bed. Roll your activities and the ones you have taken the liberty to enroll Tesla in, when does she have time to be a kid? Dad plays softball, runs a business, gives estimates, (still bowling? Playing poker?) Tesla takes gymnastics and dance lessons. You wanted her to take swim lessons and mentioned her taking riding lessons next month and tonight Tesla said she will be old enough to start T-ball next year. Talk about over-filling a childs schedule!
girlboxer1970 