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| #Post#: 3375-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: Jack Date: February 1, 2018, 5:09 pm | |
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| Sometimes it seems like troubles just keep rolling on. | |
| I spoke once before about Barrett Rawlings. I've known him his | |
| entire life, and I'll quote the post about how I know him in a | |
| minute. I want to start by talking about his step-father. | |
| Dillon Simmons was one of the best friends I've ever had at one | |
| point in our lives, and we were erotically involved together for | |
| a while after Cathy and I divorced. I've known him since he was | |
| only thirteen, while he was still in middle school. I actually | |
| posted a story about one of our early interactions here - | |
| http://www.bransomtx.com/dillonmatt.html | |
| Dillon was socially awkward, not at all outgoing, and a real | |
| geek. He was also into Palladium gaming systems, especially | |
| Rifts. In the fall of 1994, both of my regular gaming groups | |
| had come apart a bit, partially because of Magic: the Gathering, | |
| then my Magic group had flayed a bit as well. I wanted to do | |
| some role playing again. Instead of trying to put one of the | |
| old groups together, I cherry picked from both of my old groups | |
| and added a few new people as well. Since we were playing | |
| Rifts, I included Dillon in the new group. | |
| Dillon turned 18 that fall. That winter, when he he was out of | |
| school (he was a senior at that point) for Christmas break, he | |
| started hanging out with me and Stevie. Steve was with his mom | |
| part of the vacation, but Dillon was with me almost every day - | |
| from working at the store to finishing Christmas shopping. A | |
| lot of the time was just watching movies, or even sitting | |
| around, talking or reading. Dillon had a great relationship | |
| with his father, and he wasn't shy about physical contact - | |
| whether it was wrestling or cuddling. There was one real cold | |
| night the two of us ended up in front of the fireplace, on a | |
| loveseat, under a comforter, and a some soft, slow wrestling | |
| occurred that some might have called petting. | |
| Cathy cooled things off a bit, but I still loved Dillon, and we | |
| were best friends. | |
| Dillon turned 21 in the fall of '97, about the same time Barry | |
| was sleeping through the night, and I left her. My master | |
| bedroom had a small sitting area, and Dillon and I would | |
| sometimes watch TV in there. One night, he and I shared a wine | |
| cooler or two, and I told him that Cathy and I were both better | |
| off, but that I wasn't just lonely, but was starved for skin | |
| contact. It ended with us stripping to our underpants and | |
| having a long, thorough makeout session that ended with both of | |
| us coming in our briefs. | |
| That was a Friday. I didn't see Dillon on Saturday, but he came | |
| over Sunday. Remember he was 21, but he told me the most he'd | |
| ever done with anyone before was that he and Matt had jerked off | |
| a couple of times. We spent the day together, but that evening, | |
| we were back in our room, and he learned how to give and receive | |
| oral sex. | |
| Dillon was shy, lonely, and h orny, and he loved me, but he | |
| wasn't actually gay. Our relationship was tight, but not | |
| frequent, until about a year later when he found a girl who was | |
| interested in him. He and I remained close friends, but | |
| sexually - I got tossed aside like a dirty rag. She didn't last | |
| two long, but it had opened the can of worms, and brought us to | |
| another problem. | |
| This was originally written in July 2009. I thought I'd refer | |
| to it often, but it never really came up again. That's because | |
| there was a lot of things I hadn't realized or put together. | |
| For now | |
| Quote | |
| [font=arial black]"I�ve known Barrett pretty much all his life - | |
| literally, since his mom was pregnant with him when I first met | |
| her, which was in late 1994. Gina already had two daughters, who | |
| were about 4 and 5 years older than Barrett. | |
| Gina, Barrett�s mom, was part of the role-playing group in which | |
| I became involved at that time. She�d actually met his dad, | |
| Clay, through role-playing, but Clay had gradually moved out of | |
| it. Still, Gina was big into gaming and she became a long-term | |
| regular in the games I organized. | |
| That wasn�t a huge problem at first. It was just me and Steve, | |
| and he was at his mom�s most every other weekend, so I was free | |
| to go to Gina�s. Later, when I was married, we started to trade | |
| houses. Cathy had no trouble with me taking off once in a while, | |
| and she loved playing hostess (she didn�t game, but she�d often | |
| sit in on our sessions as an observer, and would sometimes go to | |
| Gina�s house with me). | |
| Gina and Clay divorced in early �00. She married another of our | |
| active gamers the same year-- Dillon, who was my old friend whom | |
| I�d known since he was 12, married her. I (and several other | |
| people in our group) think they were having an affair before | |
| that, but we don�t know for sure, and if Clay knew about it, | |
| he�d never told. Anyway, during our gaming sessions together, I | |
| would sometimes take Caleb over to Gina�s, or Gina would bring | |
| Barrett over to our house, and the two of them became friends. | |
| In �02, Dillon got his dream job working for a video-game | |
| development company and they had to move to Dallas. They lived | |
| there for about six years, before he reached the point where he | |
| could work at home, and then they moved back to Bransom. | |
| Clay was pretty strict with the boy. I didn�t see him with the | |
| girls as much, but I know that he spoiled them a bit (and Gina | |
| picked up that slack and spoiled Barrett). Clay started spanking | |
| a little younger than I would have, but not a lot younger. At | |
| first, I thought he was WAY too harsh, but I found out I�d made | |
| a small mistake. Talking to him, I thought he spanked way too | |
| often and for minor things. It was after a while that I found | |
| out that what I call a few smacks or swats, he calls a spanking, | |
| as well as what I call a spanking. Once that bit of confusion | |
| was clarified, we actually agreed with each other. | |
| Once Dillon was his step-dad, he got off pretty easy. Dillon did | |
| spank, but not as often as Clay did (or I would). Dillon knew my | |
| interest in spanking and talked to me a bit about how he | |
| punished Barrett (he actually asked my advice a couple of times | |
| as the boy grew older). On a regular basis, Dillon used a wooden | |
| spoon (which his mother had used on him) on the boys briefs. | |
| Once or twice, he spanked bare (and I think that Barrett got the | |
| belt once or twice as he reached his teens). Barrett grew up | |
| around comics and role-playing games like my kids and knows | |
| about them, though he�s not hugely into them. He�s been more | |
| into the CCGs (collectible-card games) including Pokemon, | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Magic: the Gathering, which gives him a common | |
| point with several of my kids (and me). | |
| Barrett goes to school at Kearns (though he�s starting high | |
| school this fall), and they don�t live real close, so he�s not | |
| real good friends with my kids, except Caleb and Bobby, whom | |
| he�s known for a long time. Still, he�s come over a few times. | |
| More important, the younger of his sister�s, Brenda is going to | |
| be starting college this year. Dillon and Gina are taking her to | |
| find an apartment and are planning to be out of town for several | |
| days. Barrett, apparently feeling that being cooped up with his | |
| parents and sister looking for an apartment would be akin to | |
| torture, asked if he couldn�t stay with me instead. They�re | |
| bringing him over Sunday evening, 2 August. Now, I tease Dillon | |
| and Barrett both that he doesn�t get spanked a lot, but he�s | |
| really a pretty good kid. He knows that staying with me means | |
| risking a spanking, but I don�t think he�s going to actually | |
| earn one."[/font] | |
| I really liked Dillon's parents, but I always knew they were a | |
| bit red-necked in some ways. Dillon had some of those traits, | |
| but I guess he didn't show them that much around me. I think | |
| the same can be said for Gina - red-necked, but mostly covered. | |
| The thing is, once they were married, those things seem to have | |
| come out more. | |
| When I wrote this, Barrett was already 14, and had just finished | |
| 8th grade, so he was honestly mostly outside of spanking range | |
| anyway, so I hadn't really expected him to show up a ton, though | |
| I had hoped for it. On the other hand, he had an infant brother | |
| at that point - not anyone who'd be showing up on the Spankorama | |
| in the immediate future, but hope. | |
| I don't know exactly what went on, and what I do know is | |
| neither good nor happy. Let's just say that Dillon didn't keep | |
| his dream job, and that Dillon and Gina separated for a while. | |
| They did have another child together in '00, but they've also | |
| had a lot of troubles. It seems the two of them are alcoholic | |
| and co-dependent. They ended up moving to Oklahoma to be with | |
| Dillon's family, who'd inherited some land there. | |
| As much as I once loved Dillon, and I liked Gina as a fellow | |
| gamer, but I didn't like the two of them together, even though | |
| they did love each other. They just weren't good for each | |
| other, though I sometimes think they're the only ones who don't | |
| see that. | |
| So, Barrett called me this week. I have talked to him a few | |
| times over the years. His father still lives around here, and | |
| he did grow up as close friends with some of my boys, so he'd | |
| drop by to visit when he was spending time with his dad. I kind | |
| of have a loose idea of a lot of what's gone on. He graduated | |
| in '13, and he's been trying to go to college, but money has | |
| been tight, so he's not always been able to be full time, and | |
| he's had to care for Drake and Ed at times, which hasn't helped. | |
| When his parents have money, they help him out, but times | |
| haven't always been flush. | |
| Last weekend, Dillon and Gina were at a party together, and the | |
| drinks were flowing. Apparently some guy was hitting on Gina, | |
| and Dillon thought maybe she was flirting back, bad feelings | |
| flow, fight starts, police are involved, and a cop gets hit. | |
| Apparently both of them are being held on felonies, and no one | |
| has the money to bail them out. | |
| Barrett did not call me for that. | |
| No, he decided he needed to drop out of school, so he'll be able | |
| to work and care for his little brothers, while keeping a roof | |
| over their head and feeding them. He called me because he'd | |
| hoped to come down here, get a job for me, and get an apartment | |
| from me, so he can pay off the deposits as he goes. | |
| I told him no. | |
| Barrett is not someone that I consider family, and I barely know | |
| his little brothers, but I had the privilege of seeing him | |
| spanked, seeing his freshly spanked bare bottom, and actually | |
| spanking him. He was friends with some of my kids, and his mom | |
| was a role playing friend for years. More than that, I | |
| legitimately loved his step-father at one point. | |
| His parents have a double-wide trailer. The boys are going to | |
| stay there. I'm going to give Barrett enough money for the rent | |
| and utilties. His mom has some money in the bank, and he can | |
| get to that via debit card, so they should be okay on food and | |
| incidentals for a while. He's going to finish this semester and | |
| if nothing is worked out with his parents by then, I'll let them | |
| move down here, and he can work for me for the summer, and we'll | |
| figure something out. | |
| As for Dillon and Gina - I just don't know right now. I always | |
| loved Dillon's mom, so I might decide to talk to her and see | |
| what's what. I will probably ask Richard to get someone from | |
| his firm to at least call up there and see if they can get a | |
| general idea of what's going on. More than that - we'll see. | |
| #Post#: 3389-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: db105 Date: February 2, 2018, 4:43 am | |
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| What heartbreaking stories sometimes happen to people you know, | |
| Jack. Poor kids. What about Clay? Could he help? | |
| Even if he isn't related to the youngest kids he is still | |
| Barrett's father. And what abouy Dillon's family in Oklahoma? | |
| It's very generous of you to help, though. You are like a small | |
| NGO. ;) | |
| #Post#: 3390-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: db105 Date: February 2, 2018, 4:45 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=Jack link=topic=371.msg3375#msg3375 | |
| date=1517526551] | |
| Barrett is not someone that I consider family, and I barely know | |
| his little brothers, but I had the privilege of seeing him | |
| spanked, seeing his freshly spanked bare bottom, and actually | |
| spanking him. He was friends with some of my kids, and his mom | |
| was a role playing friend for years. More than that, I | |
| legitimately loved his step-father at one point. | |
| [/quote] | |
| And I have to ask: any chance you'll share some details about | |
| any of that? Or maybe you already have, I don't have the | |
| recovered archives from the old forum here. | |
| #Post#: 3399-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: kalico Date: February 2, 2018, 10:24 am | |
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| Aww hugs jack... | |
| I know it brought up allot of memories but I think you did the | |
| right thing and i hope it all works out.... | |
| I agree that they might be great people separately but together | |
| they sound kinda toxic.... | |
| Hugs kal | |
| #Post#: 3404-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: Jack Date: February 2, 2018, 2:44 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=db105 link=topic=371.msg3389#msg3389 | |
| date=1517568208] | |
| What heartbreaking stories sometimes happen to people you know, | |
| Jack. Poor kids. | |
| It's very generous of you to help, though. You are like a small | |
| NGO. ;) | |
| [/quote] | |
| I don't know what an NGO is, but thank you, I think. | |
| The honest truth is that I can, so I do. | |
| The honest truth is that yes, some heartbreaking stories do | |
| occur. That used to bother me, until I realized that, with many | |
| of the people, those are the reasons I know them. If Ryan or | |
| Daniel, or the Colter or Marsh kids hadn't had heartbreaking | |
| stories, they would never have come into my life. | |
| [quote author=db105 link=topic=371.msg3389#msg3389 | |
| date=1517568208] | |
| What about Clay? Could he help? Even if he isn't related to the | |
| youngest kids he is still Barrett's father. And what abouy | |
| Dillon's family in Oklahoma?[/quote] | |
| The honest truth is, Barrett needed some stability. He needed | |
| to be sure he could take care of things, and that meant I had to | |
| step up then if I was going to do it. | |
| He is coming down here this evening. I don't know Drake or Ed | |
| very well, so I want to talk with them, and with them and | |
| Barrett, to make sure everyone's on the same page. Barrett will | |
| meet with Clay while they're here (possibly with me there). | |
| Clay also started a new family, and he has two minor daughters. | |
| That's the reason he hasn't been able to do more to help | |
| Barrett's college career. As for Dillon's parents, they're | |
| retired and on limited income. They can help some, but not a | |
| lot. | |
| [hr][quote author=db105 link=topic=371.msg3390#msg3390 | |
| date=1517568340] | |
| [quote author=Jack link=topic=371.msg3375#msg3375 | |
| date=1517526551] | |
| Barrett is not someone that I consider family, and I barely know | |
| his little brothers, but I had the privilege of seeing him | |
| spanked, seeing his freshly spanked bare bottom, and actually | |
| spanking him. He was friends with some of my kids, and his mom | |
| was a role playing friend for years. More than that, I | |
| legitimately loved his step-father at one point. | |
| [/quote] | |
| And I have to ask: any chance you'll share some details about | |
| any of that? Or maybe you already have, I don't have the | |
| recovered archives from the old forum here. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I thought some of them were shared on the old forum, but they | |
| don't seem to show up on Leti's notes, so I could be mistaken | |
| (or I could have misspelled the last name - unfortunately, | |
| Barrett Seeley makes it hard to search for the other. | |
| I mentioned in the quote that Barrett was good friends with Cal | |
| and Bobby. Cal was barely over a year older than Barrett (I | |
| think), and the two of them were very close for a while. I | |
| remember one time, I think it would have been summer or early | |
| fall of 99, that the two of them got in trouble. | |
| Barrett would have only been four, but Clay did spank younger | |
| than I did, though what Barrett got would have barely reached | |
| the level of what I consider actual spankings. Also, i had | |
| started spanking Caleb younger than I started spanking pretty | |
| much any of my other boys, both because he was here at such a | |
| young age, and because he wanted to be treated 'like the big | |
| boys'. I 'spanked him' over my knee, and with a formal baring, | |
| but I normally used a plastic flyswatter (ton of sting for a | |
| little guy, but basically no thud), and I made it slow, but | |
| without many smacks. | |
| I don't remember what they'd been doing exactly - bothering | |
| their big brothers (well, Cal's big brothers) I think, until | |
| they got sent to their room, and then they were caught sneaking | |
| back out. | |
| What I really remember is that both boys were wearing briefs and | |
| tees - Batman for Barrett and Superman for Cal. The two of | |
| them were crying and begging as I picked up the flyswatter and | |
| marched them back to Cal's room. They knew what was coming. | |
| As soon as the briefs passed their upper thighs, they hit their | |
| ankles. As I lifted Cal, his fell off. Barrrett's staid on a | |
| bit longer, but he managed to kick them off during the short | |
| spanking. I gave enough spanks to have them both crying hard | |
| and loud, even though their little bottoms were barely even pink | |
| (their upper checks were a much darker red). I then put them to | |
| bed. | |
| I came back about 15 minutes later to see how they were. Their | |
| briefs were still on the floor, and they'd fallen asleep, arms | |
| wrapped around each other. It was so cute. I tucked them in | |
| and let them sleep. | |
| Gina left Barrett with us, and picked him up the next morning. | |
| #Post#: 3425-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: Jack Date: February 3, 2018, 5:34 am | |
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| Barrett and the boys did arrive yesterday evening. I'm not | |
| going to say everything was well - apparently the boys didn't | |
| want to make the trip, and Barrett ended up 'pulling the car | |
| over' and spanking their bottoms. He made them lay bare across | |
| the back seat, side by side, while he leaned between the front | |
| seats, put his left forearm across the small of their backs, and | |
| used his hand. | |
| That's apparently the second spanking he's given them this week. | |
| He says their mom and Dillon aren't very strict or consistent | |
| with them, and he ends up doing a lot of the discipline. One of | |
| the reasons I asked them to come down this weekend is that I | |
| think the three of them need someone to sit down and help them | |
| formalize and structure expectations. Based on what Barrett has | |
| told me, it sounds like a lot of their relationship is made up | |
| as they go. | |
| On the flip side, once the boys got here, they settled in | |
| quickly. Boys that age tend to make friends easily. We had | |
| crock pot luck for dinner - beef ragout, spaghetti, chicken and | |
| dumplings, chili, I'm forgetting something, and beef stew. We | |
| made biscuits and corn bread, and had egg noodles and mashed | |
| potatoes - everyone was happy. And full. We had a double | |
| feature of Kung Fu Panda and Megamind, with some cartoons | |
| before, between, and after. Not all the kids watched | |
| everything, and the game room got a good work out as well. | |
| It was fun, and Drake and Ed made a lot of friends. | |
| I'm glad I made Barrett come down here. He's tensed out right | |
| now. | |
| About 5:30 he texted me to say they were in Texas and would be | |
| here before 7. I texted back 'texting while driving? - do I | |
| need to spank you when you get here?' His response was that | |
| they were at a rest area - he even sent me a pic of the boys | |
| washing their hands. | |
| I thought it was interesting that he didn't tell me he was a | |
| grown up, or that I wasn't his dad. | |
| When he got here, after things settled down, he asked, 'you | |
| wouldn't really whup me would you?' | |
| I pointed out that he was an adult, and if I spanked him without | |
| his permission, he could call the police on me for assault. | |
| His response? "I wouldn't do that." | |
| I think he really is tensed out right now and under a lot of | |
| pressure, and part of him is wishing that someone - probably me | |
| or his dad - would treat him like a little kid and run things | |
| for him, even if it meant he did get a sore butt. | |
| Something that I've noticed after this many foster kids, though | |
| I realize I'd seen it often before I started noticing it, is how | |
| some kids act when they're upset or lonely. Last night, Barrett | |
| was frequently just inside my personal space or bumping against | |
| me. I've noticed a lot of boys do things like that when they're | |
| uncomfortable or want reassurance or support. As things settled | |
| down, I had him use my shower (which he loves), then I rubbed | |
| his back and we talked a bit, before he soaked into the hot tub | |
| for a while. After that, I literally tucked him in to bed, then | |
| sat with him for a while, and we talked until he went to sleep. | |
| The little guys did fine. They're upset and worried about their | |
| parents, but they also know Barrett's going to take care of | |
| them, and they were able to relax last night. I'd planned to | |
| put them into the guest room next to Barrett, but they ended up | |
| sleeping with the other kids - Ed's in C&C's bedroom, and Drake | |
| is crashed out in the fort. | |
| #Post#: 3430-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: db105 Date: February 3, 2018, 9:04 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| It's funny how you sometimes tease young adults threatening a | |
| spanking. ;D Although I don't foresee you spanking Barrett. | |
| Anyway, I'm not surprised he's tense, considering the situation. | |
| I wonder if he would have handled the kids' misbehavior during | |
| the car trip differently if he had been more relaxed. I'm happy | |
| they all had a good time and could relax a bit. | |
| #Post#: 3431-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: Jack Date: February 3, 2018, 9:25 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=db105 link=topic=371.msg3430#msg3430 | |
| date=1517670277] | |
| It's funny how you sometimes tease young adults threatening a | |
| spanking. ;D Although I don't foresee you spanking | |
| Barrett.[/quote] | |
| As I've said elsewhere - a LOT of spanking depends on the | |
| relationship between the adult and child (I guess that's even | |
| true between two adults). If a relationship is good, and the | |
| spanking was fair and deserved, a boy will often see it as a | |
| positive thing - a bonding thing. It's also something private, | |
| so a bit of teasing between an adult and a young adult can be a | |
| way of reminding the other about that bond, while also | |
| acknowledging that he's not a boy anymore. | |
| And I don't see myself spanking Barrett - maybe if he mistreats | |
| his little brother or misspends the funds I give, but I just | |
| don't see him doing those things, so I still don't see myself | |
| spanking him. | |
| [quote author=db105 link=topic=371.msg3430#msg3430 | |
| date=1517670277] | |
| Anyway, I'm not surprised he's tense, considering the situation. | |
| I wonder if he would have handled the kids' misbehavior during | |
| the car trip differently if he had been more relaxed. I'm happy | |
| they all had a good time and could relax a bit.[/quote] | |
| I think you're 100% right here. I think he's very tense, and | |
| they don't recognize that enough to respect it. They did | |
| directly disobey him, but I hope getting to relax, visit his | |
| dad, and let them play elsewhere will help him calm down a bit | |
| and get a fresh grip. | |
| #Post#: 3435-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: Zyngaru Date: February 3, 2018, 11:02 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| I can also see, when Barrett is tense, little things the boys do | |
| will seem larger than they are. The boys will seem louder, more | |
| rambunctious, more combative. When you are relaxed, some of | |
| that is just boys being boys, but being tense makes it seem | |
| worse than it really is. | |
| Just traveling with young boys can be tense in itself. "Are we | |
| there yet?" "How much farther?" "Are we there yet?" "You said | |
| in just a few more miles." "It's been a few more miles and we | |
| ain't there?" "How much farther?" "Are we there yet?" | |
| Under normal conditions a 22 year old wouldn't be caring for a | |
| 10 year old. 22 year olds just aren't prepared for it and don't | |
| have the experience. Now Barrett is caring for a 10 year old | |
| and a seven year old. They will take up most of his life. It | |
| is also different when caring for brothers than sons. The boys | |
| look at Barrett as a big brother not a dad. So they will behave | |
| differently towards him. | |
| I am glad you were able to talk with Barrett and hopefully the | |
| boys as well. This is a new dynamic for all three of them. | |
| They need to set some parameters and they need to be able to see | |
| the others perspective. That can only be achieved through | |
| talking it out openly and honestly. | |
| Jack, I know you have already thought of these things and many | |
| more and have helped them through some of it. | |
| #Post#: 3470-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Barrett Rawlings (22), Drake (10) and Ed (7) | |
| By: Jack Date: February 4, 2018, 5:38 pm | |
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| Barrett and his little brothers headed home this afternoon, not | |
| long after lunch. They called a few minutes ago to let me know | |
| they arrived home safely (and Barrett says the boys were much | |
| better behaved on the way back). | |
| While it was a short visit, Barrett and I did get a number of | |
| things done. | |
| 1) Set up a bank account for him, which I can easily access. | |
| 2) Barrett got to visit his dad, which did help him a lot. His | |
| dad does help with college, but he has his own new family, so | |
| he's not able to do a ton. On the other hand, the two of them | |
| did do some maintenance on Barrett's car, and I think they had a | |
| good time. | |
| 3) Barrett and I sat down and talked together, then we sat down | |
| with the boys. Gina and Dillon aren't especially consistent, | |
| and I feel that always causes a problem for boys exposed to it. | |
| I supervised Barrett going over his expectations with Drake and | |
| Ed, and I made him allow them to have feedback. Mostly it came | |
| down to 'do what you know you're supposed to, when you're | |
| supposed to do it', and 'when you're told to stop wrestling | |
| around in the back seat and kicking the seat back, stop'. | |
| The three of us talked about the entire situation, why their | |
| parents can't get out right now, and what's happening about it. | |
| Barrett and I explained what Barrett's going to have to do, why | |
| he's in charge, and why they need to follow the rules and obey | |
| (both in this specific case, and why it's always a good idea). | |
| We talked about a few general things, and we let the little guys | |
| air their thoughts and opinions, but I think those things were | |
| the main thrust. Just having a chance to talk things out seemed | |
| to make everyone feel better. | |
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| I did hear from Dillon's mom this weekend. I did like her a | |
| lot, when Dillon and I were friends, and I was as close with her | |
| in some ways as I was with Mary (my longest term step-mom). | |
| She's done some investigation on a few things. She knows I | |
| don't want to bail Gina and Dee out, because it would just be | |
| throwing money away, and there's a huge question if they'd ever | |
| be able to repay me. They own one of their cars and their | |
| trailer, so she suggested them signing those over to me as | |
| collateral, and me actually putting up cash bond, which would | |
| be refunded to me (them) as long as they appear for their court | |
| dates. | |
| After I found out about this, Richard was able to have someone | |
| call up to Oklahoma, and we were able to find some information. | |
| Felony charges were filed against both of them (Dillon and | |
| Gina), but they're doing research before deciding with what they | |
| actually want to proceed. | |
| They can't afford a lawyer right now, and one's not yet been | |
| appointed for either of them. Dillon's parents are on fixed | |
| income, and his dad's been having health problems, so there's | |
| not a lot of extra money, and they want to be sure where it can | |
| be best used before they do anything. | |
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| And that's about all I know for now. I did give Barrett some | |
| extra money to give his parents, so they can get things they | |
| need to get along. I've barely seen them in years, but they | |
| used to be close friends, so I figure I can at least do that. | |
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