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Oh boy- do I have a doozy of a story. The only advice I'm looking for at this point is HOW can we (dh and I) not get involved any more than we are?
These people moved in 2 years ago. The kids are- well a mess. The youngest has a problem with taking stuff (she ran off with somebody's shoes in dh's Sunday School class in 40 degree weather and it was raining, the poor kid went home without shoes b/c they couldn't find them). The older boy has anger issues. The cops were called in Dec b/c he had a BB gun and was shooting at people with it (they took it away and told him NO MORE BB guns). He also shot out one of our windows with the same BB gun.
Mom and dad have had their fair share of problems, and that's probably why the kids are so messed up. They've split up at least 2 times.
Well- she moved out in March. Mind you, her husband's in the Navy and is deployed in Iraq at the moment. She said he didn't know. And she took everything out of the house that wasn't nailed down. How do we know? Because one of the ladies from church helped her (and she shouldn't have- a whole other issue) and SHE told us how much stuff was taken. Because she's concerned for the welfare of the family- as much as we are.
Well, dh said we needed to tell the husband. Because there's guns in the house. And both parties are a mess. And we didn't want him coming home to an empty house and blowing his brains out. Or worse yet- taking a gun to go blow HER brains out. And then messing up the kids MORE than they already are.
So then she calls me today from work. And is mad. Because she got a call from her husband's commander saying that they got an email from a neighbor. I wasn't about ready to get into it and tell her that dh did talk to the command about what was going on (he even said he'd help take him home if need be- command told dh that everything was under control). So I told her we didn't do any emails. And that calmed her down.
UGGGGHHH. I have plenty of drama in my life. I have 2 teenage girls (isn't that enough LOL). I have 2 classes I HAVE to pass in order to continue on to nursing school in August. I don't want to be involved. I don't know if we did the right thing or not by notifiying his command. My neighbor SAID she'd written her husband a letter saying that she's moved out. But- she doesn't tell the truth (and then she wonders why lies slide so easily out of her kids' mouths) nor does she tell the entire story.
I worry most about the kids. There was a news article a few days ago where a 14 year old was killed accidentaly. Because there were a group of kids playing with a gun. Guess who I immediatly thought of? You guessed it- the kid next door. I don't want to wind up visiting him (or his sister) in juvi hall- but if things don't seriously change over there- I just don't know............
Thanks for listening.
Cheryl
These people moved in 2 years ago. The kids are- well a mess. The youngest has a problem with taking stuff (she ran off with somebody's shoes in dh's Sunday School class in 40 degree weather and it was raining, the poor kid went home without shoes b/c they couldn't find them). The older boy has anger issues. The cops were called in Dec b/c he had a BB gun and was shooting at people with it (they took it away and told him NO MORE BB guns). He also shot out one of our windows with the same BB gun.
Mom and dad have had their fair share of problems, and that's probably why the kids are so messed up. They've split up at least 2 times.
Well- she moved out in March. Mind you, her husband's in the Navy and is deployed in Iraq at the moment. She said he didn't know. And she took everything out of the house that wasn't nailed down. How do we know? Because one of the ladies from church helped her (and she shouldn't have- a whole other issue) and SHE told us how much stuff was taken. Because she's concerned for the welfare of the family- as much as we are.
Well, dh said we needed to tell the husband. Because there's guns in the house. And both parties are a mess. And we didn't want him coming home to an empty house and blowing his brains out. Or worse yet- taking a gun to go blow HER brains out. And then messing up the kids MORE than they already are.
So then she calls me today from work. And is mad. Because she got a call from her husband's commander saying that they got an email from a neighbor. I wasn't about ready to get into it and tell her that dh did talk to the command about what was going on (he even said he'd help take him home if need be- command told dh that everything was under control). So I told her we didn't do any emails. And that calmed her down.
UGGGGHHH. I have plenty of drama in my life. I have 2 teenage girls (isn't that enough LOL). I have 2 classes I HAVE to pass in order to continue on to nursing school in August. I don't want to be involved. I don't know if we did the right thing or not by notifiying his command. My neighbor SAID she'd written her husband a letter saying that she's moved out. But- she doesn't tell the truth (and then she wonders why lies slide so easily out of her kids' mouths) nor does she tell the entire story.
I worry most about the kids. There was a news article a few days ago where a 14 year old was killed accidentaly. Because there were a group of kids playing with a gun. Guess who I immediatly thought of? You guessed it- the kid next door. I don't want to wind up visiting him (or his sister) in juvi hall- but if things don't seriously change over there- I just don't know............
Thanks for listening.
Cheryl