Ok so hereâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s the background so this makes some kind of sense: Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m 22, unmarried and have no human children. For the past 8 months I have been dating the divorced/single father of a (wonderful) 5 year old boy. Recently the ex-wife/mom had a new baby by her new husband and has been dropping the ball a lot on the ‘little thingsâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] for my boyfriendâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s son. Nothing negligent, just things like forgetting to send the cupcakes to school or whatever – I can totally understand since she has a 4 month old at home now too and is probably really overwhelmed (the new husband doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to help out much with my boyfriendâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s son since he has his own child now…). My boyfriend has been picking up the slack from his end so the boy doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t suffer, and of course as his female counterpart he has asked me to help him out with the “mommy†type stuff he doesnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t understand. I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t mind this at all but Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m stumped here!
Today his son came home from school (kindergarten) very concerned because he needs to take valentines to school for all his classmates and his Mommy hasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t picked any out yet. The boyfriend called me in a panic and I told him no problem I would swing by and get some after work and we would all sit down and work on them tonight – no big deal, right?
Well it just occurred to me – what is the proper etiquette for a 5 year oldâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s valentines day? When I was in school all the ‘cool kidsâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] had candy attached to the cards they gave out – is that still ok or say no to the candies? Does he need to take a card and/or present to his teacher? If so, what is appropriate? Unfortunately he lives with his mother most of the time (we have him tonight) and she gets all the notes home and instructions which she is increasingly bad about passing along, so I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have the luxury of looking at that.
Any suggestions? Please?
Today his son came home from school (kindergarten) very concerned because he needs to take valentines to school for all his classmates and his Mommy hasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t picked any out yet. The boyfriend called me in a panic and I told him no problem I would swing by and get some after work and we would all sit down and work on them tonight – no big deal, right?
Well it just occurred to me – what is the proper etiquette for a 5 year oldâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s valentines day? When I was in school all the ‘cool kidsâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] had candy attached to the cards they gave out – is that still ok or say no to the candies? Does he need to take a card and/or present to his teacher? If so, what is appropriate? Unfortunately he lives with his mother most of the time (we have him tonight) and she gets all the notes home and instructions which she is increasingly bad about passing along, so I donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have the luxury of looking at that.
Any suggestions? Please?