AW, is somebody having a bad day today?
I probably shouldn’t write about this because that is probably what the person causing all the drama wants – to get a reaction, but I try never to disappoint. LOL
Let me do it this way…tell you a little story, a snapshot of a day in the life of a stepfamily.
Cast of Characters
Eve = step-mom
Dave = the dad
Sam = the son/step-son
Mae = the mom, the ex-wife
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Eve picked up her stepson Sam around 2pm on a Thursday, the day after the big snowstorm. Lately she has been picking him up on a Wednesday because of her school schedule but because of the snow both her and her stepson had a snow day. Sam had called earlier that morning asking when he was to be picked up. Eve let him pick the time because she wasn’t sure when the boy’s mom would let him come over. He said to pick him up around noon, one o’clock. Eve actually picked him up a little (closer to two) later because she had a suspicion that he might be watching his sister, although she also suspected that Sam’s mom, Mae, left her daughter home alone, much like she had left Sam home alone since he was ten.
Sam was picked up and he and Eve were chillin’ out at the house. The phone rings – it’s Dave, Eve’s husband and Sam’s father. “Let me speak to Sam” he says to Eve tightly. Right away Eve can tell something is wrong so she asks, “What’s the matter?”
“Mae called me mad because Sam left his sister home alone.”
“Well what’s that got to do with you?” was Eve’s first reaction so she blurted it out, then, “I even picked Sam up later.”
“Yeah, I know but she claims she didn’t know we were picking Sam up today.”
Eve had Sam get on the phone with his Dad while she puzzled over the situation. “WTF?”, she thought to herself. She seemed to remember Dave and Sam talking on the phone two days this week, arranging when Sam would be coming out. She thought Mae was somewhere in on the whole thing.
She heard Sam on the phone with his father, “What!? She leaves my sister home alone all the time. She knew I was coming over here today – she is the one that said if you guys couldn’t pick me up on Wednesday then maybe Thursday.”
“Oh geez” thought Eve, “Then what is all the drama about? Somebody must be having a bad day.” Eve thought about all the times Mae has called to bitch at Dave, much of it over nothing. Eve was starting to get a little perturbed.
Sam was about to to hang up with his Dad but Eve stopped him wanting to talk with her husband again. She took the phone and said to Dave, “So what the heck does she want you to do?”
“She wants Sam to call her, I guess to bitch him out.”
“Was she snotty to you?”
“Kind of – I could tell she was trying to hold back. She was just bitchin’ about how Sam left sis home alone and he didn’t tell her he was coming over today. So I asked her how is this different than when she used to leave Sam home alone when he was 10?”
“Ha! You did? What did she say?”
“She said ‘I see your point but I always had the neighbors looking out for him.’ She also denied that Sams was 10 at the time, she said he was 11 but still how is that different?” Dave explained. “Then before I hung up she said ‘You need to let me know if you are going to change the date’… She knew we were changing the date, I heard in the background talking to Sam when I was on the phone with him and we were all talking about the impending snow storm and about when we would be picking him up.”
“What a dumb bitch….Yeah, I know, plus she left him all day alone cooped up in the house in the summer when he could have been with us! Phhhew, neighbors! Yeah right!” Eve scoffed, “You can’t count on your neighbors to keep an eye on your kid. And I knew she was leaving her daughter home alone before this anyway. Sam even admitted as much. UGH! I should have called CPS on her a long time ago.”
“Well I better get off the phone here so Sam can call his mom. Oh my God, she must be having a bad day. Geez, Dave, plus whatever happened to letting Sam pick the day? Remember when we first starting getting him the extra day she was all about letting Sam pick the day. I guess that is if it convenient for her…it’s all about control with her.”
“Yeah, I know… well I’m about to leave here so I’ll see you soon.”
“Ok bye Dave.”
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