Vent.

I can absolutely understand the mindset of my almost pre-teen daughter.
She's outgrowing family time and wants to spend every spare moment with her friends.
I get it.
I've been there.

As a homeschooler I can sympathize with this even more, but she sees her friends more than she sees her dad.
Why is it so ridiculous to everyone else in this house that I, as her mother, enforce that the 2-3 days a month she gets to see her dad is strictly for family time?
Is it really that unreasonable?
With my husband's mother constantly looking over my shoulder, critiquing my parenting, and questioning every reason I have for ANYTHING, I don't get to enforce much as it is, but this is a HUGE deal to me.
I just do not, flat out- agree with the kids taking off to be with friends for the short time their dad is home.
It's once a month for crying out loud.
WTF seriously
People are really going to need to get over shit because I'm going to get out of this situation if it kills me.
I might not be paying rent right now but it's being made up for with what I do feel I'm paying for.
Daily crap that's TAXING my sanity.
So what if I did tell MY CHILD she has to finish her schoolwork by a certain time if she wants to spend the night at her friends house?!
I don't need a third party asking "Did you tell Maesyn that if she does *this* she can do *that*?"
Fk you.
My kid. Get over it.