Doesn't it seem blazingly strange that Mark was sooooo looking forward to spending quality time with Dylan .... He was oh do busy to ask how his new house, school, friends was going?
I'd like to know exactly what groceries were bought. Seems very strange to me, he didn't actually talk to his son at all, according to him the only thing that was discussed were visiting his friends. That seems to be a sore spot with mark as he kept bringing it up in earlier interviews.
There were no firm plans for thanksgiving and where they were to spend it.
Yet dad had a whole itinerary that couldn't wait for the first full day after Dylan's arrival.
Seems to me, Dylan's disappearance was part if a To Do List. IMO
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Life doesn't always completely stop when you go on vacation or have holiday plans.
He was able to cram those errands into the first business morning showed intent to keep his schedule open for Dylan and plans he wanted to make with his friends and together.
Some people are just more naturally inclined to go with the flow and others need to have things planned out & set in stone well in advance. There is no right or wrong. Just ask my ex! LOL
Not setting plans in stone for Thanksgiving could have been due to a number of perfectly logical & acceptable reasons. Maybe a family member hadn't been feeling well, maybe they had an invitation to another place & were trying to decide how to do both, maybe they might have decided to stay at home.
Ever try to make a teenager happy with their social calendar and at the same time make them happy to accommodate plans you want to make with them? It isn't easy but it's the nature of the beast. Now add the pressure of trying to rebuild a relationship with your child that you rarely get to see and the fear of disappointment. I expect you'd be treading carefully. Lots of great ideas and plans in your head but unsure of how they would go over or if they'd even be feasible.
My teenage son sometimes won't shut up for two minutes and other times I can't get him to say more than two words. It isn't because he is mad or tired or distracted it is just because he isn't feeling chatty. I get that. I'm the same way sometimes. I don't mean a regular weekday kind of thing either. He has come home from numerous trips away & I've been excited to see him but he doesn't have much to say except, "Fine. It was good. Yea. Whatever." Then later I'll get a random 30 minute description about a game or movie or something.
Maybe they didn't have much time to "talk" because Dylan was tired or not in a chatty mood. Heck - maybe neither one of them were in a chatty mood that evening. That doesn't mean you don't want to spend time with the other person or make them disappear.
We should also remember that we have heard maybe less than 5% of the facts, information & conversations that were shared with LE by the family. We only get small little sound bites of info.
We should also remember that assuming you'll be able to talk to someone later & that you have plenty of time to spend with them isn't set in stone either. Life has a way of messing those plans too at the worst possible moment.
JMO
