My son is 8 ½. He is having some behaviors.... and I wonder if they are normal.

Quick context:1.) I am a gay dad that adopted my son from foster care, so I already feel pressure to be a perfect parent to prove everyone wrong that thinks I shouldn’t have a kid.2.) In general, I have an anxious personality.With that being said,For the most part, my son is doing great and we get along well. However, he seems to be resistant to almost everything I will say...He whines and complains every single time I want him to take a bath. He makes a big production out of it, and it takes a good five minutes to get him in the tub.He backtalks like crazy. When I say no to things, he will almost always try to convince me and not accept no.Sometimes he does behaviors that seem to have absolutely no purpose except to annoy me. He can be so incredibly rude to me, and doesn’t have a clue how much time and energy I put into making sure he is happy and has what he needs.I am just tired of the constant, constant, constant back talk and overall complaining attitude.He will usually comply with whatever I ask him to do, but it will sometimes take 15-20 seconds before he does what I ask.Sometimes he will be doing something and I will ask 3 or 4 times for him to stop and he just keeps going. I have to get really angry and almost scream at him before he will finally stop.Does this seem like normal 8 year old behavior? I’m really irritated with him right now.He does these things, but yet, he will crawl into bed with me most mornings and hug me and kiss me. He will still me he loves me, and kiss me on the cheek. But the very next minute he is misbehaving.What am I missing? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2MOnadW