Ds doesnt seem to interact very well with many people. He tends to have a best friend who is the be all and end all although he does go round with a group at school, his current best friend being in the group. This friend is, I feel, taking advantage of ds and is making him pay for his friendship. This is the same one who we think stole dh's and ds's mobile phones. Last week ds gave him his ipod which despite asking for it he still hasnt given back. We were supposed to be going to Blackpool yesterday and originally dh said this friend could come then changed his mind because of various things. I saw a message on msn last week from this friend to ds saying if he didnt do something then he was going to tell us something that ds had done. Ds confessed under pressure from me that they had thrown some stones and broke a neighbours glass pane on a greenhouse but the thought that he was being blackmailed worried me. Today his pal asked if he could come over and ds begged to let him come so I did cave in. I overheard the pal ask ds to sell him a few PS2 games (despite having no money on him). Ds also asked for his allowance when he was here. It transpires this boy told him that there was this limited edition game he could get that would only be available for another month and that if he gave him these games and cash he could get it. Luckily I interrupted their trade off and explained that ds wasnt allowed to trade with friends.
Ds has admitted that he feels he needs to do these things to keep him as a friend as he doesnt have many it makes me very sad for him. Ive tried getting him to join scouts/cubs etc but he's not interested. He does play basketball and golf but there's no interaction other than playing the game/having the lesson.