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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 720148" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>Welcome Elaineo,</p><p></p><p>I'm so sorry you are feeling depressed. Please know that you did nothing wrong! Your son stole from you. You did the right thing by filing a police report.</p><p>Just because he's your son does not mean this behavior gets excused. For your son and his girlfriend to say you are a bad parent is wrong and sad. </p><p></p><p>Your son's response is a very common one. Our difficult adult children want nothing more than to be able to steal from us, live in our homes rent free and basically use us. They want to be "adults" but do not want any of the responsibility, they expect us the parents to take care of everything for them and let them live the way they want. Let me tell you honey, that is not how it's supposed to be. </p><p></p><p>It's not easy to call the police on your own child, I know, I've done it more than once and would not hesitate to do it again if I needed to.</p><p></p><p>Know that you do not owe your son anything. When he stole from you he blew up the "trust bridge". You have also put him in rehab twice. I know it's hard because he's your son but he's no longer a little boy. He's making adult choices and needs to face the consequences of those choices. One thing I no for certain, the longer we try to fix things for them the worse it is for everyone. The only one that can change your son is your son.</p><p></p><p>You need to take care of yourself. Again, you have done nothing wrong.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad you found us here. Please let us know how you are doing.</p><p></p><p>((HUGS))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 720148, member: 18516"] Welcome Elaineo, I'm so sorry you are feeling depressed. Please know that you did nothing wrong! Your son stole from you. You did the right thing by filing a police report. Just because he's your son does not mean this behavior gets excused. For your son and his girlfriend to say you are a bad parent is wrong and sad. Your son's response is a very common one. Our difficult adult children want nothing more than to be able to steal from us, live in our homes rent free and basically use us. They want to be "adults" but do not want any of the responsibility, they expect us the parents to take care of everything for them and let them live the way they want. Let me tell you honey, that is not how it's supposed to be. It's not easy to call the police on your own child, I know, I've done it more than once and would not hesitate to do it again if I needed to. Know that you do not owe your son anything. When he stole from you he blew up the "trust bridge". You have also put him in rehab twice. I know it's hard because he's your son but he's no longer a little boy. He's making adult choices and needs to face the consequences of those choices. One thing I no for certain, the longer we try to fix things for them the worse it is for everyone. The only one that can change your son is your son. You need to take care of yourself. Again, you have done nothing wrong. I'm glad you found us here. Please let us know how you are doing. ((HUGS)) [/QUOTE]
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