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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 46140" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Nan</p><p></p><p>I'm going to be a bit blunt. My husband was alot like your difficult child for many many years. My wonderful sweet mother in law couldn't tolerate the thought of her grandkids being homeless, hungry, ect and always bailed husband out. I shudder to think of the enormous amts of money she's "loaned" husband over the years. But I can tell you she's paid for 2 cars, give you an idea of how far she went. (you know husband needed a car to get to work :faint: )</p><p></p><p>Finally I wised up and put a stop to it. (love can really be blind) I told mother in law while the kids and I truely appreciated all that she'd done for us over the years, husband could care less. That as long as she bailed him out, he would never change. (husband was about mid 40's)</p><p></p><p>Yep, the kids and I suffered. We survived. Food pantries provide more food than you can imagine. Food stamps are a great thing. We've sat in candlelight because our electric was shut off. You name it we had it happen.</p><p></p><p>But for the first time husband really had to suffer with us. He had to endure all of the family complaints. He had to hear his kids ask if there would be supper. He actually faced homelessness.</p><p></p><p>That was about 8 or 9 yrs ago. husband has greatly improved. Nor have we "borrowed" a dime from mother in law. husband isn't perfect, but when he creates a situation he knows it's up to him to fix it.</p><p></p><p>If worse comes to worse you could invite grandkids over for meals. There are ways to help the kids without enabling difficult child son. My mother in law found them. lol And I'm sure you could get pretty creative if you put your mind to it.</p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 46140, member: 84"] Nan I'm going to be a bit blunt. My husband was alot like your difficult child for many many years. My wonderful sweet mother in law couldn't tolerate the thought of her grandkids being homeless, hungry, ect and always bailed husband out. I shudder to think of the enormous amts of money she's "loaned" husband over the years. But I can tell you she's paid for 2 cars, give you an idea of how far she went. (you know husband needed a car to get to work [img]:faint:[/img] ) Finally I wised up and put a stop to it. (love can really be blind) I told mother in law while the kids and I truely appreciated all that she'd done for us over the years, husband could care less. That as long as she bailed him out, he would never change. (husband was about mid 40's) Yep, the kids and I suffered. We survived. Food pantries provide more food than you can imagine. Food stamps are a great thing. We've sat in candlelight because our electric was shut off. You name it we had it happen. But for the first time husband really had to suffer with us. He had to endure all of the family complaints. He had to hear his kids ask if there would be supper. He actually faced homelessness. That was about 8 or 9 yrs ago. husband has greatly improved. Nor have we "borrowed" a dime from mother in law. husband isn't perfect, but when he creates a situation he knows it's up to him to fix it. If worse comes to worse you could invite grandkids over for meals. There are ways to help the kids without enabling difficult child son. My mother in law found them. lol And I'm sure you could get pretty creative if you put your mind to it. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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