First off, let me say i love my DSS to bits, and i do not begrudge him anything.
This year it was arranged that we'd have him for three weeks of the school holidays, alternate weeks. As it happened, we ended up having him for six of the seven weeks, but thats by the by.
He's 12 and about to go into year 8 in high school, and his mum said he needed new uniform. We went and spent nearly £80 on shoes, socks, undearwear, trousers, shirts, stationary - basicly everything needed for him to go back to school. I didn't mind paying for any of it as i wouldn't want the poor lad to go without. When we brought him home, we gave his mum the stuff and she really pulled her face and said that he didn't need it and she would have preferred the money - this is despite manshape giving her her maintance every week, even when DSS was with us.
Tonight she has rung and said that DSS needs a new schoolbag and it's going to cost £30 (!!) and that he needs it for Monday. I know full well that DSS has a rucksack that he used fine last year and can't see any reason for him to have a new one.
AIBU in saying that we will not pay for this too?
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deemented · 02/09/2011 20:57
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