Trouble in Paradise
Beau and I had a pretty good run of things going smoothly. Now as we are headed into year 4, it's a bit bumpy. Mostly it has to do with his kids. On Monday, Stella had counseling with her counselor, Taylor and I had counseling with my counselor, Dave. Taylor wouldn't see her because she said she didn't get the paperwork she needed from Beau along with the ROI for me to talk to her. Dave said to bring her into our session. I thought it went pretty well and it was interesting to hear what Stella had to say about why she doesn't do the dishes on her night or clean up after herself. She said it wasn't fair because Ira never had to do chores when he was her age and they were living with their mom. Also, she said everyone treats her like a little kid, so she doesn't think she should have the same expectations as everyone else. The nurse-practitioner student picked it apart and asked for examples. She said it was mostly the other people in the house who were treating ...