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My 19 yr old stopped his depression/adhd medications...
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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul1" data-source="post: 682363" data-attributes="member: 19755"><p>Get a phone call last nite from my son at 11pm at nite - while i was sleeping., asking if i can loan him $40 so he can take out his girlfriend today??? I said to him do you know what time it is and why are you calling me so late? Please lend me some money...i said NO! You need to get a job, you do nothing all day long when you can be working. Then it's like 'pls pls, give me $20 then?? Again i said, no...i am not funding you to take out your girlfriend! If you want to entertain her, get a job! Plus there are mmany things you can can do without spending money all the time!! Like walking in the park, hiking, walking aroud a mall et etc......</p><p></p><p>So this afternoon (which is when he likely woke up)...he calls me again asking if i can give him $20 so he can buy some basics?? So last nite it was money to take out his girlfriend and today it is to buy basics! I call bs! I said what happened to all the groceries you had?? The groceries i had bought 1 week ago?? as he was off his medications and spent all his disabilty money? frozen pizzas etc etc.....he said he shared it with his friends. So i'm supposed to fund your feeding your friends?? Told him this isn't my problem! If he wants to entertain and have a girlfriend...he needs to get a job! Go to a food bank i told him if he just neeeds basics!! Then he says he doesn't have his disability card so i said...all this week, why didn't you go to the disabilty office to get your card??? I even offered he come buy for breakfast and his girlfriend was welcoem too! To which he replied 'screw that!.</p><p></p><p>Then he starts telling me don't you dare cash that cheque (for the money he owes me) for the part of the rent i helped him pay when he first moved in. I said this just shows how untrustworthy he is! He said he will call the police if i cash it??? Then he says i don't need the money as much as he does?? I said excuse me? I had to borrow out of my credit card for the money! So i obviously didn't have the cash but knew he was in a bind and was nice enough to help him!! How sick and ungrateful can he be?</p><p></p><p>Yesterday when i dropped off some of his trackpants he wanted, which he asked me to drop off...he was very rude to me, and unappreciative. I even gave him a new pair of running shoes and track pants for an Easter Gift (about $45. He didn't even thank me! So i said to him if he is that hard up for $$ return the running shoes and track pants! and buy groceries! and that next month he think twice before he spends all his money on craplike video game points, junk food etc etc. He then cursed me and hung up!</p><p></p><p>Honestly, it is not easy to say no to even giving him basics! but it is relentless, and he won't have the motivation to do anything as long as i keep helping him! I hope this lights the fire under him to find a job!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul1, post: 682363, member: 19755"] Get a phone call last nite from my son at 11pm at nite - while i was sleeping., asking if i can loan him $40 so he can take out his girlfriend today??? I said to him do you know what time it is and why are you calling me so late? Please lend me some money...i said NO! You need to get a job, you do nothing all day long when you can be working. Then it's like 'pls pls, give me $20 then?? Again i said, no...i am not funding you to take out your girlfriend! If you want to entertain her, get a job! Plus there are mmany things you can can do without spending money all the time!! Like walking in the park, hiking, walking aroud a mall et etc...... So this afternoon (which is when he likely woke up)...he calls me again asking if i can give him $20 so he can buy some basics?? So last nite it was money to take out his girlfriend and today it is to buy basics! I call bs! I said what happened to all the groceries you had?? The groceries i had bought 1 week ago?? as he was off his medications and spent all his disabilty money? frozen pizzas etc etc.....he said he shared it with his friends. So i'm supposed to fund your feeding your friends?? Told him this isn't my problem! If he wants to entertain and have a girlfriend...he needs to get a job! Go to a food bank i told him if he just neeeds basics!! Then he says he doesn't have his disability card so i said...all this week, why didn't you go to the disabilty office to get your card??? I even offered he come buy for breakfast and his girlfriend was welcoem too! To which he replied 'screw that!. Then he starts telling me don't you dare cash that cheque (for the money he owes me) for the part of the rent i helped him pay when he first moved in. I said this just shows how untrustworthy he is! He said he will call the police if i cash it??? Then he says i don't need the money as much as he does?? I said excuse me? I had to borrow out of my credit card for the money! So i obviously didn't have the cash but knew he was in a bind and was nice enough to help him!! How sick and ungrateful can he be? Yesterday when i dropped off some of his trackpants he wanted, which he asked me to drop off...he was very rude to me, and unappreciative. I even gave him a new pair of running shoes and track pants for an Easter Gift (about $45. He didn't even thank me! So i said to him if he is that hard up for $$ return the running shoes and track pants! and buy groceries! and that next month he think twice before he spends all his money on craplike video game points, junk food etc etc. He then cursed me and hung up! Honestly, it is not easy to say no to even giving him basics! but it is relentless, and he won't have the motivation to do anything as long as i keep helping him! I hope this lights the fire under him to find a job! [/QUOTE]
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