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Well, my friends, I am back and it is not good news . . .
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 352587" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Kathy, I didnt turn him in the first time, or the second or or or or or. I kept giving him chances. I talked myself blue in the face about what could happen to him if he did it again. At first he only took a few bucks. I rationalized it by saying...well...his SSI check did go into my bank account so I would just repay it from his next months check. Whatever. Taught him nothing. </p><p></p><p>I could have chosen to do the same thing when he stole from me the last time. It was major money but he was still living at home and I could have forced him to live cash free for the period of time he needed to pay me back. I just had had enough. I got to my breaking point. Somewhere deep inside I knew if I didnt say enough right then and there he wasnt going to stop his slippery slope and something really bad was going to happen. I put the brakes on him. I really wish he had cashed all the money in one check though. By doing it in several checks it made for several felonies. Sigh. But do remember, he took 1500 bucks. That was a huge chunk of change. And you know what was so incredibly sad? I was coming home from Jamies house after seeing Hailie born and I was going to buy him a scooter for his birthday. He just couldnt wait for me to get home and took that money from me. If he had waited, he would have got what he wanted and not had all this bad junk happen. He was just too impulsive. Look what it got him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 352587, member: 1514"] Kathy, I didnt turn him in the first time, or the second or or or or or. I kept giving him chances. I talked myself blue in the face about what could happen to him if he did it again. At first he only took a few bucks. I rationalized it by saying...well...his SSI check did go into my bank account so I would just repay it from his next months check. Whatever. Taught him nothing. I could have chosen to do the same thing when he stole from me the last time. It was major money but he was still living at home and I could have forced him to live cash free for the period of time he needed to pay me back. I just had had enough. I got to my breaking point. Somewhere deep inside I knew if I didnt say enough right then and there he wasnt going to stop his slippery slope and something really bad was going to happen. I put the brakes on him. I really wish he had cashed all the money in one check though. By doing it in several checks it made for several felonies. Sigh. But do remember, he took 1500 bucks. That was a huge chunk of change. And you know what was so incredibly sad? I was coming home from Jamies house after seeing Hailie born and I was going to buy him a scooter for his birthday. He just couldnt wait for me to get home and took that money from me. If he had waited, he would have got what he wanted and not had all this bad junk happen. He was just too impulsive. Look what it got him. [/QUOTE]
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