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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 642199" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>2M2R - I know you mean well. I know your difficult child stole from you...I'm sure that colors your perceptions of the situation. Please remember that there is a matter of both age and severity to consider not to mention confessing wrongdoing and voicing remorse. Sincere? Maybe, maybe not. But the fact remains we have different situations.</p><p> </p><p>I'm sure you do think I'm crazy...but I am not turning away from my 19 year old son completely. I think I've made that perfectly clear. Short stealing thousands or putting us in danger of physical harm, I can't really think of <em>anything</em> he could do that would make me do that. Yes. He did a terrible thing - I just said that. I've put him out of my house and he's not coming back. We don't give him any money. But I'm dammed if I'll tell him he can't take care of his own life and he's useless so why even try. Because when you say, "WELL HERE YOU GO - SINCE YOU AREN'T LIKELY TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE HOMELESS PROGRAM, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED THIS!" that's what you are saying. I choose to believe he CAN make it to mid-January and get himself a place after that. He's made it this long and he's gotten a job. IF he gets kicked out, THEN I'll give him a sleeping bag. </p><p> </p><p>It's not like I'm planning on giving him a car for God's sake. I'm thinking more of a Subway gift card or a book.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>That's the thing. I miss it, but can't seem to get the ambition to do it...or the time. We have just been swamped. I spend more time wishing I could sleep than anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 642199, member: 17309"] 2M2R - I know you mean well. I know your difficult child stole from you...I'm sure that colors your perceptions of the situation. Please remember that there is a matter of both age and severity to consider not to mention confessing wrongdoing and voicing remorse. Sincere? Maybe, maybe not. But the fact remains we have different situations. I'm sure you do think I'm crazy...but I am not turning away from my 19 year old son completely. I think I've made that perfectly clear. Short stealing thousands or putting us in danger of physical harm, I can't really think of [I]anything[/I] he could do that would make me do that. Yes. He did a terrible thing - I just said that. I've put him out of my house and he's not coming back. We don't give him any money. But I'm dammed if I'll tell him he can't take care of his own life and he's useless so why even try. Because when you say, "WELL HERE YOU GO - SINCE YOU AREN'T LIKELY TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE HOMELESS PROGRAM, YOU ARE GOING TO NEED THIS!" that's what you are saying. I choose to believe he CAN make it to mid-January and get himself a place after that. He's made it this long and he's gotten a job. IF he gets kicked out, THEN I'll give him a sleeping bag. It's not like I'm planning on giving him a car for God's sake. I'm thinking more of a Subway gift card or a book. That's the thing. I miss it, but can't seem to get the ambition to do it...or the time. We have just been swamped. I spend more time wishing I could sleep than anything else. [/QUOTE]
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