DD has no hobbies or interests. She's just told me this morning that she's quit Film Club at school as she wasn't enjoying it. Next thing she's telling me that she wants to restart drumming.
She quit drumming about a year ago after maybe seven months of lessons and after I'd bought her a very expensive drum kit which took over half the front room. I sold the drum kit ages ago, there is no way I can afford another one at the minute, plus I like having my front room back. There is nowhere else it can go - I live in a small 3 bed semi.
When she said she wanted to stop drumming I made her carry on for a few more weeks to make sure. There were tears then as I dragged her to her lesson. I hung onto the drum kit for a bit incase she changed her mind. She now says she did enjoy it but she was stuck on a hard bit of drumming and gave up - she gave the impression at the time of totally hating it, though she'd certainly enjoyed it before wanting to stop.
She has quit - riding lessons, Beavers, Brownies and violin lessons. I've offered to take her to running club or to skiing club as she enjoys running and skiing but she's said no to that. I've mentioned guides and she says no to that.
She starts secondary school in Sept and I've told her she can start drumming lessons at school then and if she does it for a year I'll consider another drumming kit. I'm not prepared to take her to lessons now as it was a major arse fighting through rush hour traffic to get there and also it means having to have a set day off work (I am part time but its difficult to get set days off).
Of course I've been told I'm the worst mother in the world and that I'm nasty, etc.