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<blockquote data-quote="TooTiredToThink" data-source="post: 716998" data-attributes="member: 22173"><p>Hello Grandma nearing 70 and everyone, I am turning 64 this month. I have two other children, one younger and one older than my problem son. The eldest son is doing well. He has a masters degree, good job, nice family and lives in another state. The daughter is doing good. She has a bachelors degree, a good job and a beautiful daughter. My daughter and granddaughter both live with me which is good. The middle son lived with me on and off several times. I would constantly forgive his infractions and let him move back in. Until the last time I told him he couldn't come back, and I meant it. I had door locks and access codes changed. I was working long hours, had no time to watch tv or go to the movies because when I wasn't working, I would sleep. I would purchase DVDs, (both television and movie) with the expectation that one day when I retire I would be able to sit down and enjoy them. They were stored in the room that he occupied. While he was with us, I thought he was doing well. He was purchasing things for an apartment and storing them in the garage. It was my daughter who first noticed that his things were missing from the garage. He happened to be out one afternoon, and I needed something from the room he occupied. When I went into the closet every DVD was gone. It was ok for him to do whatever with his things but it was not Ok for him to take my things. My friends said oh, it's only DVDs. But that wasn't the point. They didn't belong to him (the DVDs weren't even open). It wasn't until the grandsons came to visit and asked me where were the PlayStation games. He had taken them too. This was not the first time he had taken things from the house that did not belong to him. Seeing my distress, my other two children have tried to replaced most of the DVDs over the years. Later I learned that he had taken the money he was saving for an apartment, sold the items he was storing in the garage, took my DVDs and the games, sold them to make a down payment on a car, that was eventually repossessed. However, I still continued to help him out financially. Now I have to learn how to say no when he is constantly needing financial help. Trying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TooTiredToThink, post: 716998, member: 22173"] Hello Grandma nearing 70 and everyone, I am turning 64 this month. I have two other children, one younger and one older than my problem son. The eldest son is doing well. He has a masters degree, good job, nice family and lives in another state. The daughter is doing good. She has a bachelors degree, a good job and a beautiful daughter. My daughter and granddaughter both live with me which is good. The middle son lived with me on and off several times. I would constantly forgive his infractions and let him move back in. Until the last time I told him he couldn't come back, and I meant it. I had door locks and access codes changed. I was working long hours, had no time to watch tv or go to the movies because when I wasn't working, I would sleep. I would purchase DVDs, (both television and movie) with the expectation that one day when I retire I would be able to sit down and enjoy them. They were stored in the room that he occupied. While he was with us, I thought he was doing well. He was purchasing things for an apartment and storing them in the garage. It was my daughter who first noticed that his things were missing from the garage. He happened to be out one afternoon, and I needed something from the room he occupied. When I went into the closet every DVD was gone. It was ok for him to do whatever with his things but it was not Ok for him to take my things. My friends said oh, it's only DVDs. But that wasn't the point. They didn't belong to him (the DVDs weren't even open). It wasn't until the grandsons came to visit and asked me where were the PlayStation games. He had taken them too. This was not the first time he had taken things from the house that did not belong to him. Seeing my distress, my other two children have tried to replaced most of the DVDs over the years. Later I learned that he had taken the money he was saving for an apartment, sold the items he was storing in the garage, took my DVDs and the games, sold them to make a down payment on a car, that was eventually repossessed. However, I still continued to help him out financially. Now I have to learn how to say no when he is constantly needing financial help. Trying. [/QUOTE]
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