My dd is 16 and decided 2 years ago that she didnt want to see her dad anymore because of lots of issues with her step mum over a period of about 5 years and cos her dad wouldnt listen she cut off contact with him (i tried my hardest to sort it at the time but he wasnt interested, he just wanted to apportion blame to me but thats a whole other issue)
Anyway dd decided about a year ago she wants to be a beauty therapist (or whatever they are called nowadays) so we looked into apprenticeships and college. She went for an interview at a salon (live in a small town so not an abundance of them and this is the only one offering them) and they offered her an apprenticeship and we also applied at college and she has been offered a place there too. We later discovered this salon has a reputation for treating apprentices badly and out of the 4 they took on last year non finished the first year let alone the second, so we decided that dd would go to college.
Ex-h mum informed him of dd's decision and i got a ranting call last night stating that I have brainwashed dd into thinking that college would be better for her and not the apprenticeship just so that he has to keep paying me maintenence!!! I was just so bloody mad.... I told him that was a load of rubbish and he asked what other reason could there be for me talking dd into going to college instead? Errr i didnt and maybe the fact we think it will better for her than being treated like slave labour and learning nothing!!!