New Arrival
It's a boy!
Oh, and did I mention it's 17?
To put it in a nutshell, a family member of my wife's has left an undesirable home to live with her father. Her father, in turn, has decided that they can't understand the kid enough to be of any help to him. So they're bouncing him to us. At first we were talking about doing this in two or three weeks. Then he called back the same day and wanted to send the poor guy Tuesday night/Wednesday ass-crack-of-dawn. We've bartered it down to Sunday ass-crack-of-dawn.
You know, I'm all for helping friends and family in trouble and it sounds like the kid might get a fair shake here. And, hell, my family has a policy of paying it forward; I moved here to get help, now I can be the one to offer the aid. What I'm pissed about is being asked to make huge life-altering decisions based on a couple of phone calls, and then having my desire for some time to think it over pre-empted by someone else's desire to pass the buck.
Oh, and did I mention it's 17?
To put it in a nutshell, a family member of my wife's has left an undesirable home to live with her father. Her father, in turn, has decided that they can't understand the kid enough to be of any help to him. So they're bouncing him to us. At first we were talking about doing this in two or three weeks. Then he called back the same day and wanted to send the poor guy Tuesday night/Wednesday ass-crack-of-dawn. We've bartered it down to Sunday ass-crack-of-dawn.
You know, I'm all for helping friends and family in trouble and it sounds like the kid might get a fair shake here. And, hell, my family has a policy of paying it forward; I moved here to get help, now I can be the one to offer the aid. What I'm pissed about is being asked to make huge life-altering decisions based on a couple of phone calls, and then having my desire for some time to think it over pre-empted by someone else's desire to pass the buck.