LOL! DD9's gonna be right there with her *shortly*....hee hee hee.
Shari, do you think your partner would be open to renegotiating the terms of these parenting decisions? I've felt like I have had the weight of the darn world on my shoulders with this stuff!
Perhaps instead of a simple, "no way!", the two of you can agree to have some serious pro/con discusssions and then make a compromise that both of you can live with.
You have all done all the research, so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to have her sit down and go through it with you. Perhaps she would see why the 3 yr. gradeskip is a good idea. Or, perhaps the two of you could do some brainstorming and see if there are alternatives to consider.
At the beg. or our journey, DH said: It's not like they're geniuses or anything! which progressed to: What! That sounds crazy! No way! to: Whatever you say honey, to me basically MAKING him be involved in some of these decisions.
I'm hoping it will be beneficial down the road in terms of us not resenting each other.
