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<blockquote data-quote="SeekingStrength" data-source="post: 647487" data-attributes="member: 17635"><p>I remember retrieving the mail, and seeing difficult child had an unemployment check. He was 19yo and perfectly healthy. He was <em>beating the system. </em>Living at home, being totally obnoxious, not lifting a finger, and collecting a check for it. I came into the house, pretty upset (okay, LIVID), to give him a lecture about .....being 19, able bodied, and NOT who unemployment was meant for. I was embarrassed to have raised such a human.</p><p></p><p>Guess how much impact that speech had.</p><p></p><p>These were some of our darkest days with him. Trying to get him out of the house with the police saying we had no recourse. <em>Unless he physically hurts one of you, this is his address. If we tried to get grown kids out of the house every time parents complained, that is all we would be doing</em>.</p><p></p><p>Meaning, we were stuck with a leech until he finally moved on and we could change the locks. That was ONE of the worst periods.(there have been others, and some worse).</p><p></p><p>difficult child liked/loved not working. Granted, when he was earning money for his first car, he had incentive and did work 11 months at a grocery store. After he had the car, nope.</p><p></p><p>I have more stories, but you may have heard a lot of them. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeekingStrength, post: 647487, member: 17635"] I remember retrieving the mail, and seeing difficult child had an unemployment check. He was 19yo and perfectly healthy. He was [I]beating the system. [/I]Living at home, being totally obnoxious, not lifting a finger, and collecting a check for it. I came into the house, pretty upset (okay, LIVID), to give him a lecture about .....being 19, able bodied, and NOT who unemployment was meant for. I was embarrassed to have raised such a human. Guess how much impact that speech had. These were some of our darkest days with him. Trying to get him out of the house with the police saying we had no recourse. [I]Unless he physically hurts one of you, this is his address. If we tried to get grown kids out of the house every time parents complained, that is all we would be doing[/I]. Meaning, we were stuck with a leech until he finally moved on and we could change the locks. That was ONE of the worst periods.(there have been others, and some worse). difficult child liked/loved not working. Granted, when he was earning money for his first car, he had incentive and did work 11 months at a grocery store. After he had the car, nope. I have more stories, but you may have heard a lot of them. :confused: [/QUOTE]
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