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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 638315" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>Good to hear from you, JKF. It sounds like all things considered, you're dealing with all this fairly well. I know it doesn't feel that way .. but it reads that way <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>My eldest brother is 61, and has been homeless off and on for 20-30 years now. I know it drove my dad nuts in particular, trying to understand the "why" - they would take him in occasionally when they were alive, but always had to kick him out again eventually. As MWM mentioned, it really comes down to not wanting to live by society's rules. My brother has a pretty skewed view of the world. He's on Facebook occasionally, and I can tell when he's found somewhere to crash for a while when his posts start up again. I Google his name every once in a while, and once found an article where he was a witness to a shooting - it was kind of startling to see them refer to him as a "homeless musician." But that's what he is. 61, homeless, but still thinking he can put a rock band together and be a big star. </p><p></p><p>I don't tell you that story to scare you into thinking that your difficult child will be homeless for so long, there is definitely hope -- but mostly to point out that people can and do survive on the streets, by choice, for a long time. In my brother's case, he ended up moving out west to a warmer climate-- imagine that, moving to a warmer climate so you would be more comfortable sleeping outside. My parents bought him the bus ticket. </p><p></p><p>It's an odd life, being the parent of a difficult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 638315, member: 1157"] Good to hear from you, JKF. It sounds like all things considered, you're dealing with all this fairly well. I know it doesn't feel that way .. but it reads that way :) My eldest brother is 61, and has been homeless off and on for 20-30 years now. I know it drove my dad nuts in particular, trying to understand the "why" - they would take him in occasionally when they were alive, but always had to kick him out again eventually. As MWM mentioned, it really comes down to not wanting to live by society's rules. My brother has a pretty skewed view of the world. He's on Facebook occasionally, and I can tell when he's found somewhere to crash for a while when his posts start up again. I Google his name every once in a while, and once found an article where he was a witness to a shooting - it was kind of startling to see them refer to him as a "homeless musician." But that's what he is. 61, homeless, but still thinking he can put a rock band together and be a big star. I don't tell you that story to scare you into thinking that your difficult child will be homeless for so long, there is definitely hope -- but mostly to point out that people can and do survive on the streets, by choice, for a long time. In my brother's case, he ended up moving out west to a warmer climate-- imagine that, moving to a warmer climate so you would be more comfortable sleeping outside. My parents bought him the bus ticket. It's an odd life, being the parent of a difficult child. [/QUOTE]
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