[lucyjoy]

Well, Mike, if you and Indy married each other it might work but if you try to bring a woman into the picture with a rad kid, you're just asking for trouble-mostly for her.

If the child is nasty mean while I'm talking to them, I stop. But, I talk to my kids a lot about things they may not want to hear. And everyone needs to hear the someone love them even if it makes them squirm.

As for if V is manipulating with saying he wants to go to Thailand-tough call. Could he be? yes-he could be saying what he thinks you want him to say. Could he really want to go? Yes, that's possible too. It's so tough to know sometimes.

And with RAD kids, they fear abandonment while running away from you so it's very hard to know what they really want.

V needs you to stay in his life. He needs to know you care. That doesn't mean he won't take off and break your heart some more but that's a risk of loving a hurt child.