Yesterday morning, I noticed my headset from my iPod was missing. I didn't trip, for my son occasionally "takes" my belongings without asking. I almost always confront the issue...sometimes there's an understanding between us, but other times the situation needlessly escalates into a shouting match.
Well, I decided not to readily confront the issue, but later found the headset next to the computer. Needless to say, I took the headset and returned it to my room. This morning as he was heading out the door for school, he asked where “his” headset was. I told him they were mine, but he insisted he just purchased it yesterday. When I asked if he knew how my headset suddenly and mysteriously disappeared…he said my headset was broken and does not looking anything like his. He was 100% convincing…but not to me because we’ve been down this road before.
I just purchased mine one week ago, only wear them at night, and they are in perfect condition. The pair I found next to the computer is exactly like mine…the same color, the same ear buds…exactly. Knowing he was not going to get his way because I was not going to give in, he proceed to tell me to shut up and started cursing…
He is 15, not deprived (…rather he feels a sense of entitlement) and is a strong willed kid. But…why lie?? He was so angry at me that I started to doubt myself…but I know…he was lying. Did he think I was stupid…or I did not care…or that he’s entitled to it (by whatever means necessary)?
I’m hoping this is just a phase…and not the beginning of something bigger.