Adding an extra night and SS said I love you

Phantomgirl · March 2009

Kinda - not directly.

Most Friday eve's I meet some friends after work for dinner/coffee etc. So last Friday SO decided to collect SS and hang out with him. They had a blast - they went out to dinner and then swimming.

I didn't get home till 9.30pm and SS was waiting up for me. At 9.40pm SO told him ok its bedtime. He was kinda staling and then asked me if I would put him to bed. I usually do on a wed night and EOW. We have had the same bedtime routine for 2 years now. Usually I sit on the side of the bathtub while he washes up and we chat, then we roll up his cloths and throw them into/at the laundry basket from across the room, then we read together and then chat for about 5/10 mins, all in all it takes me about 30mins to put him to bed.

I have told SS that I love him before BUT usually I will just say something like 'night kiddo we love ya' and leave it at that and he never responds. I am always conscious of saying directly to him 'SS I love you' as I don't want him to feel he has to respond. BUT Friday night while we were reading he was really clingy and had his arms around me and his head on my chest then he interrupted me and said 'SM I wanted to wait up for you tonight because I just love this so much (he got all shy and quiet at the love part)'. I gave him a big squeeze and I said well I'm glad you did cause I love it to and I told him that I love when he comes over and I look forward to seeing him all week. I told him that I couldn't ask for a better kid in my life. He put his arms around me and gave me what I can only describe as a 7 year old bear hug, you know with eyes squeezed shut.

I went downstairs and I told SO that I though SS had come pretty close to telling me he loves me. SO told me that SS had told him before that he loves me and that from the moment SO collected him he was asking where I was, what time I would get home, could he wait up for me.

SO said he had a blast and SS was really opening up to him - he is going to talk to BM and see if we can add some Friday nights, even EOW or once a month so that they can just hang out together. BM is pretty good about it as she knows SS loves his daddy.

Mrs.Astros_Fan · March 2009

This post is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing - what a sweet story.

xmaryrickx · March 2009

Awww, that is super sweet. Makes me wish that I would have come into my SS life before he hit the ugly puberty years.
That had to make you feel all warm and mushy-very sweet!