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My difficult child Son Quit his job Again! I need to vent....
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<blockquote data-quote="dean" data-source="post: 458359" data-attributes="member: 12752"><p>My son is currently manipulating his grandparents by playing on their sympathies. He's 20 years old and has lied to us so many times that if he says its raining I'm going to step outside and check! He's smart, capable and could be anything he wants to be in life. He was raised in a good home, good values, character building, but when he got into high school he started gravitating toward people who test the system. I'm afraid if he doesn't get it together soon he's going to end up in jail. When he graduated from high school I offered to help him by paying a down payment and financing a car for him. He picked a 2005 mustang, special addition. After I sign the papers, he drove away in this hot rod with promises that he would make payments and keep his grades up in college (albeit a local community college, I was just glad he was going). Found out via a letter from the school he had dropped the classes before we ever went looking for his car. He leaves the house for weeks afterwards saying, "I'm off to school." when I ask him how he's doing, "I got an A in English". The only thing he got an A in is lying. Not only did he drop the classes, but he did it so late that he now is in trouble with financial aid and can't go back if he wanted to. I took the car from him and sold it. He goes to my parents who GIVE him a Tahoe to drive and free insurance. They never gave me or my siblings anything free, so I'm not sure how he's managing this. When I discuss it I'm told it's not my business who they let drive their cars! I feel betrayed by my own parents and he just sits their and smiles. Now he's lost his job and is living with my brother and his kids in their spare room. When will the Halo effect wear off this kid!!!</p><p></p><p>I love him very much, but I see character traits that he never learned from me emerging and no one seems to care that this kid is pulling a fast one except his mother and I.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dean, post: 458359, member: 12752"] My son is currently manipulating his grandparents by playing on their sympathies. He's 20 years old and has lied to us so many times that if he says its raining I'm going to step outside and check! He's smart, capable and could be anything he wants to be in life. He was raised in a good home, good values, character building, but when he got into high school he started gravitating toward people who test the system. I'm afraid if he doesn't get it together soon he's going to end up in jail. When he graduated from high school I offered to help him by paying a down payment and financing a car for him. He picked a 2005 mustang, special addition. After I sign the papers, he drove away in this hot rod with promises that he would make payments and keep his grades up in college (albeit a local community college, I was just glad he was going). Found out via a letter from the school he had dropped the classes before we ever went looking for his car. He leaves the house for weeks afterwards saying, "I'm off to school." when I ask him how he's doing, "I got an A in English". The only thing he got an A in is lying. Not only did he drop the classes, but he did it so late that he now is in trouble with financial aid and can't go back if he wanted to. I took the car from him and sold it. He goes to my parents who GIVE him a Tahoe to drive and free insurance. They never gave me or my siblings anything free, so I'm not sure how he's managing this. When I discuss it I'm told it's not my business who they let drive their cars! I feel betrayed by my own parents and he just sits their and smiles. Now he's lost his job and is living with my brother and his kids in their spare room. When will the Halo effect wear off this kid!!! I love him very much, but I see character traits that he never learned from me emerging and no one seems to care that this kid is pulling a fast one except his mother and I. [/QUOTE]
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