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To expect my son to let me know how his GCSEs are going?

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Youshouldbestrongerthanme · 15/05/2026 15:30

Son is with his dad this week.
I asked him before he went back to please let me know how his exams were going.
Nothing since Tuesday.
Husband says this is just "typcial teenage behaviour" but I kind of disagree?
Also, if son was with me, I'd be gently encouraging him to message Dad to let him know all was good. Ex-husband would never do this the other way around, however.

OP posts:
Hankunamatata · 15/05/2026 15:49

Well if its like my teens

Ok is all u get

Sirzy · 15/05/2026 15:46

Youshouldbestrongerthanme · 15/05/2026 15:42

@Sirzy I think I'd feel more like this if my son was living with us whilst he's doing them.

In the nicest possible way though this isn’t about you and this is one time in his life he shouldn’t be trying to feel pressure for balancing things with divorced parents.

he is coping with it his way. He knows you are there for him and that should be enough.

user293948849167 · 15/05/2026 15:46

He probably doesn’t really want to talk about them when they’re done, doesn’t achieve anything does it.
You will know how he’s done in the summer!

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Youshouldbestrongerthanme · 15/05/2026 15:42

@Sirzy I think I'd feel more like this if my son was living with us whilst he's doing them.

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middleagedandinarage · 15/05/2026 15:40

Why don't you just message him and ask?

Poppingby · 15/05/2026 15:35

I mean it is typical teenage behaviour. Annoying.

Sirzy · 15/05/2026 15:34

I think it’s best to let him deal with it in the way he feels is best. Ds is doing his now and doesn’t want to talk about it so we dont. He knows I am here if he needs any help

TheSmallAssassin · 15/05/2026 15:34

Just let him get on with them - asking how they are going is to help him, not you. When it's on your week, or if you speak to him in the normal course of things, of course I would expect him to tell you how today's went, but he's got enough on his plate without having to give multiple people a running commentary.

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