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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 258734" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Bottom line is that it's your home. HOME. Not a halfway house or a motel. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I agree with charging him rent and setting down some basic guidelines for living under your roof. Personally, the sleeping in until 5PM would really REALLY bug me and I would be inclined to say something about how it is not a good example for manster. It isn't and if he's going to be an adult role model in your home (by choice or not) then he is responsible to a degree.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I charge my girls rent, they pay their own insurance, they also contribute to the food expense by buying their own special items. The also help out with chores and keep reasonable hours. My rule is the house is locked at 11PM Sunday through Thursday and 1AM Friday and Saturday. If they can't make it home by those hours, then they find other arrangements. I need my sleep and peace. If they stay up past those hours, then they must do something quiet because all electronic devices are turned off at my bedtime. I hate the clickety-clack of the keyboard when I'm trying to sleep and the muffled sound of a tv or stereo keeps me up. For $250/month, hey, they can go try and find someplace else to live. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Best of luck, hang tough and stay strong. Get your H on the same page with you BEFORE you lay this out to stepson.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 258734, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Bottom line is that it's your home. HOME. Not a halfway house or a motel. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I agree with charging him rent and setting down some basic guidelines for living under your roof. Personally, the sleeping in until 5PM would really REALLY bug me and I would be inclined to say something about how it is not a good example for manster. It isn't and if he's going to be an adult role model in your home (by choice or not) then he is responsible to a degree.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I charge my girls rent, they pay their own insurance, they also contribute to the food expense by buying their own special items. The also help out with chores and keep reasonable hours. My rule is the house is locked at 11PM Sunday through Thursday and 1AM Friday and Saturday. If they can't make it home by those hours, then they find other arrangements. I need my sleep and peace. If they stay up past those hours, then they must do something quiet because all electronic devices are turned off at my bedtime. I hate the clickety-clack of the keyboard when I'm trying to sleep and the muffled sound of a tv or stereo keeps me up. For $250/month, hey, they can go try and find someplace else to live. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Best of luck, hang tough and stay strong. Get your H on the same page with you BEFORE you lay this out to stepson.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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