This is actually about divorce and manipulation. My ex offered a car and insurance to my kid. The catch: He cannot live with me anymore. Not only is that illegal and conniving, it is a self-serving attempt to maintain her waning relevancy as he heads out of the home in six months while also being an effort to sever his relationship with me. She’s a terrible human. To attach conditions as such is clearly a manipulation, and one I don’t know that he really has the maturity to recognize for what it is. I hope he gets there. I hope he gets there fast. He’s six months from heading to college and discovering very quickly that few people have the time to wait for him to figure it out. Their jobs are on the line, so either he helps their plan or he’s overlooked.
I hate that the world moves so quickly. I hate that the people he’s supposed to trust have motives of their own to manipulate him. It’s a sad reflection of who she is as a human, but worse it is who she is teaching him to be as a person. I myself am not sure who to be in this moment. I don’t know what is best to do or what has the better stretch of value. There is a great deal of thinking that needs to happen on this.
Some Thoughts:
- Absolutely Bonkers Headline of the Day: “Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese“
- Shooting for 20 WPM tomorrow.