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Dinner tonight.

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Gonna be a long post, gotta get something off my chest.

Dinner tonight, I butchered a whole sirloin tip, I was vacuum sealing all the steaks and leftover grind to throw in the freezer.

My 13 year old son had a friend over. Wife comes inside from the backyard where they all were, she tells me his friend probably won't get fed tonight. He lives with his grandmother, several neighborhoods away and rode his bike over here. Apparently when he stays out late, his grandmother doesn't feed him so he goes to bed early so he's not awake and hungry.

I told my wife that's not happening today on my watch.

So instead of freezing all the steaks, I left out a bunch so we'd have enough for 4 of us and we're gonna eat good tonight.

Apparently his mom is in the Army...there's no Army base near here. And he's living with his grandmother bc he said there's "problems" with his dad.

Freaking kills me. He's a great kid. Not sure what the problem entails but I'm under the impression they don't get along. This kid is coming up right, through all his trials. Very polite and well-mannered.

My son's other 2 friends came over as well unexpectedly. I didn't have enough for all of them. So they decided to go home and get food and come back to eat here. Luckily we have a formal dining room and a kitchen dinette. So they're all 4 in the kitchen and me and the wife are in the dining room.

It's so weird having 4 kids lmfaooooooo
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Thanks fellas. I didn't post it for any attaboys, it was just weighing on me. He cleaned his plate and told me how good his steak was and he went home with a full belly. I'm thankful for that. When he left on his bike, it was like talking to an adult. He's having to grow up fast...but he seems to have it handled. Not sure how I would have handled that at 13 years old!

I got some cool pics of them at the dinner table. I can't post for obvious reasons but it looked like they were having a good time. Good kids, the four of em.
 
Yea but you didnt do the kind things for em either. Youre just a good dude. Thats how you roll lol.
Thanks man. I'd like to think all of us would have done the same thing, and I think we all would!

It just messes with my head. You know my background so maybe it hits me a little different.
 
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