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difficult child's joblessness is getting to me. Not sure where to go from here
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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 551717" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>And now I am feeling completely awful.</p><p></p><p>I know. I think, I guess .... that I did the right thing, but it hurts. difficult child came down dressed (by her standards) to job hunt. I asked what the plan was and she said she was going to the County Workforce place. It's really a cool facility and a good place to start. It's about four miles away and she asked if she could use my car, explaining she was out of gas.</p><p></p><p>I told her that she needed to rely on the same funding source for job hunting gas that she uses for gas for recreation. Her boyfriend, while a very nice guy, doesn't seem to drive. He just got his first job ever (he is 21 and had been in school until this semester) and, according to her, he also got a car. Still, she goes and picks him up - even to come here to hang out. Last nght, she went with him and several friends (although her girlfriend drove) to a nearby city to go to a hookah bar. She manages to get that paid for.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, she said she didn't have a way to get money for gas. I calmly told her I'd driver her to workforce development - I needed to run to the store anyway - I'd drop her, pick her up and we'd see from there.</p><p></p><p>She flat out refused and took her car, saying she'd take her chances on running out of gas.</p><p></p><p>I shouldn't feel awful, but I do. </p><p></p><p>I wish I could help my daughter the way my parents helped me. </p><p></p><p>It's just not the same.</p><p></p><p>Dash</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 551717, member: 9175"] And now I am feeling completely awful. I know. I think, I guess .... that I did the right thing, but it hurts. difficult child came down dressed (by her standards) to job hunt. I asked what the plan was and she said she was going to the County Workforce place. It's really a cool facility and a good place to start. It's about four miles away and she asked if she could use my car, explaining she was out of gas. I told her that she needed to rely on the same funding source for job hunting gas that she uses for gas for recreation. Her boyfriend, while a very nice guy, doesn't seem to drive. He just got his first job ever (he is 21 and had been in school until this semester) and, according to her, he also got a car. Still, she goes and picks him up - even to come here to hang out. Last nght, she went with him and several friends (although her girlfriend drove) to a nearby city to go to a hookah bar. She manages to get that paid for. Anyway, she said she didn't have a way to get money for gas. I calmly told her I'd driver her to workforce development - I needed to run to the store anyway - I'd drop her, pick her up and we'd see from there. She flat out refused and took her car, saying she'd take her chances on running out of gas. I shouldn't feel awful, but I do. I wish I could help my daughter the way my parents helped me. It's just not the same. Dash [/QUOTE]
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