Who's driving this thing?

So, it's now Thursday. Much to Jack's chagrin, Tuesday has come and gone with no play date, much less a sleep-over.

I didn't hear from the mom all week, until Monday night, real late, when she called to tell me that her son backed out of wanting to sleep over. Ok, I did expect that. The trauma/drama only happened a week ago. To a kid, that probably seems like just yesterday. (I feel for him, I really do). Jack was on his way to dreamland when I told him what was happening. In order to get a sense of whether or not he was ok with just a play date, or if he wanted to scrap the plans altogether, I had him sleep on it and get back to me in the morning, when I would get back in touch with the mom. In the morning, he seemed fine with just a play date. We'd have the friend over for an hour, head to the pool, then either come back or another hour of play, or just take him home. I emailed the mom, even suggesting that we could all just meet up at the pool to make it easier (and then her younger kiddo could be included). Well, I got a response that pretty much just had me saying forget it. I was over it. You've got two moms trying to work around emotional boys. This is ridiculous, to say the least. :(