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I don't know what to say when I see him
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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 612924" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>He is on SSI, gets about $500/month and also about $200 /month in the equivalent of food stamps. Usually when I ask about it he says he blew it all on a binge. Which makes me really really mad. When I see him begging I want to ask him to hold a sign that says "I already blew $700 of your tax dollars, please give me change". Of course I have no idea if that is true...he may have lost the SSI by failing to follow-up, , he may have gotten ripped off by 'friends'--he hates to admit to me that he has done something dumb, or been taken advantage of by these people he insists are friends. That part is very sad..he actually thinks they value him for himself, and they never do.</p><p>I do not ever let him have people in the house. I would not be able to sleep if they had even been there once. There are times I coudn't sleep with him loose in the house...I've locked him into the front foyer with a pillow and blanket, and locked him into a room. That, of course, does not go well...although he did stay in the foyer for 2 or 3 weeks once. That sucked.</p><p>I can't tell you how much it helps me to hear you all having such similar experiences. It is kind of amazing that some one so off track apparently is on another well-trodden track!</p><p>I love word origins too.</p><p>and...yes, it is importnt to me that he feel that I love him. Right now I can't get that across...I am just o angry and upset it pours out of my pores when I have contact with him. I'm working on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 612924, member: 17269"] He is on SSI, gets about $500/month and also about $200 /month in the equivalent of food stamps. Usually when I ask about it he says he blew it all on a binge. Which makes me really really mad. When I see him begging I want to ask him to hold a sign that says "I already blew $700 of your tax dollars, please give me change". Of course I have no idea if that is true...he may have lost the SSI by failing to follow-up, , he may have gotten ripped off by 'friends'--he hates to admit to me that he has done something dumb, or been taken advantage of by these people he insists are friends. That part is very sad..he actually thinks they value him for himself, and they never do. I do not ever let him have people in the house. I would not be able to sleep if they had even been there once. There are times I coudn't sleep with him loose in the house...I've locked him into the front foyer with a pillow and blanket, and locked him into a room. That, of course, does not go well...although he did stay in the foyer for 2 or 3 weeks once. That sucked. I can't tell you how much it helps me to hear you all having such similar experiences. It is kind of amazing that some one so off track apparently is on another well-trodden track! I love word origins too. and...yes, it is importnt to me that he feel that I love him. Right now I can't get that across...I am just o angry and upset it pours out of my pores when I have contact with him. I'm working on it. [/QUOTE]
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