I chose not to post this incident this morning as I was all whiney and v cross about it so purely on a non-whinging basis, what would you do?
DD's friend (both aged 13) wanted to meet dd in town this morning at 10am as she had to be out of hte house by then. DD was already meeting another friend at 12.30 in town which IMO was a more realistic (after jobs done) time. Anyway I said no town before about 11.30 but as her friend had to go out she could come over to ours and they could go on later. So friend came at 10. From 10.30 dd was whining and nagging to go into town quietly prompted by her friend. She still needed to do stuff like tidy her room, clean her rabbit out etc so we ended up in an argument whereupon she decided it would be a good idea to cut her school tie up as "its one less thing on the floor" (!)anyway she only got as far as cutting it in 2 before she lost her nerve. So despite feeling absolute rage inside I kept my cool and decided she wouldnt be going in at all. Dh decided she could and even told her she could come back later than initially planned. I am soo cross with him too but he cant see a huge problem. He sees the tie cutting as purely monetary and thinks five or six quid on a tie isnt a huge deal. For me its rather more symbolic and is a blatant "Fuck you".
Anyway, should I make her wear her brothers (burgundy) spare tie on Monday and send a note into school. Her own school colour is green.