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<blockquote data-quote="DoneDad" data-source="post: 649387" data-attributes="member: 17244"><p>Great image - I can just imagine the look on their faces when the police officer spoke up. </p><p></p><p>What everybody else said about Difficult Child is true. I'm still in "if her lips are moving she's lying" mode. wife wants to trust her, but she still keeps her jewelry locked up. Difficult Child did have at least one meth relapse that we know of. I do want to acknowledge if she acts more positively, but the boundaries aren't going to come tumbling down like the walls of Jericho anytime soon. </p><p></p><p>It is time to "parent up" and have the move out talk with some benchmarks (get a job, etc). wife agrees, we have to figure out what we want for a timeline and what will be the consequences for noncompliance (like not getting a job by x date, etc). </p><p></p><p>We can't go anywhere for an extended time now with her in the house because we don't trust her and we especially don't trust her judgement as far as who she'd let in the house. I know for us to do the things we want to do we have to disentangle ourselves from her poor decisions and let her deal with the consequences of those decisions. </p><p></p><p>The thing that makes it complicated is Z.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoneDad, post: 649387, member: 17244"] Great image - I can just imagine the look on their faces when the police officer spoke up. What everybody else said about Difficult Child is true. I'm still in "if her lips are moving she's lying" mode. wife wants to trust her, but she still keeps her jewelry locked up. Difficult Child did have at least one meth relapse that we know of. I do want to acknowledge if she acts more positively, but the boundaries aren't going to come tumbling down like the walls of Jericho anytime soon. It is time to "parent up" and have the move out talk with some benchmarks (get a job, etc). wife agrees, we have to figure out what we want for a timeline and what will be the consequences for noncompliance (like not getting a job by x date, etc). We can't go anywhere for an extended time now with her in the house because we don't trust her and we especially don't trust her judgement as far as who she'd let in the house. I know for us to do the things we want to do we have to disentangle ourselves from her poor decisions and let her deal with the consequences of those decisions. The thing that makes it complicated is Z. [/QUOTE]
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